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Research in Salzburg

Science Explorer records 22 research institutions in Salzburg, Austria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University and Fachhochschule Salzburg.

Research institutions
22
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
26k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
18.9%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Salzburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of SalzburgUniversity 15,350 #2,162
2Paracelsus Medical UniversityUniversity 3,984 #4,144
3Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and PreventionResearch facility 1,793 #12,099
4Salzburger LandesklinikenHospital / health system 1,722 #20,542
5Fachhochschule SalzburgUniversity 1,035 #7,323
6Unfallkrankenhaus SalzburgHospital / health system 676 #17,422
7Christian Doppler KlinikHospital / health system 512 #18,032
8Pädagogische Hochschule SalzburgUniversity 485 #21,079
9Research Studios AustriaNonprofit 383 #29,019 all time
10Mozarteum University of SalzburgUniversity 218 #27,314 all time
11Universitätskliniken SalzburgHospital / health system 80 not ranked
12EB House AustriaHospital / health system 73 not ranked
13Gesundheitszentrum OberndorfHospital / health system 13 not ranked
14Haus der Natur - Museum für Natur und TechnikArchive 11 not ranked
15Georesearch ForschungsgesellschaftNonprofit 10 not ranked
16Wings for LifeNonprofit 9 not ranked
17Salzburg Global SeminarNonprofit 5 not ranked
18Bühler (Austria)Company 3 not ranked
19Benteler (Austria)Company 3 not ranked
20PROJEKTkompetenzInstitution 2 not ranked
21Arbeitsgemeinschaft medikamentöse TumortherapieNonprofit 2 not ranked
22Archiv der Erzdiözese SalzburgArchive 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Salzburg: 58.2%Paracelsus Medical University: 15.1%Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention: 6.8%Salzburger Landeskliniken: 6.5%17 others listed: 13.3%58%largest
University of Salzburg15k · 58.2%Paracelsus Medical University3,984 · 15.1%Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and Prevention1,793 · 6.8%Salzburger Landeskliniken1,722 · 6.5%17 others listed3,520 · 13.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Salzburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Salzburg is most concentrated in Human-Computer Interaction, Applied Psychology and History and Philosophy of Science (4.7× the world share in Human-Computer Interaction).

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 43.6 works4.7×
  2. Applied PsychologySubfield · 28.3 works4.4×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 30.0 works4.3×
  4. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 72.6 works3.7×
  5. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 41.8 works3.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Salzburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Gender, Identity, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Governance, Inflammation, Bildungsungleichheit and Ethnografisches Schreiben.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology226▲ 1.26×123 topics
  2. Inflammation131▲ 1.39×79 topics
  3. Deep Learning110▼ 0.71×71 topics
  4. Globalization109▲ 1.22×88 topics
  5. Climate Change107◆ 0.88×83 topics
  6. Identity94▲ 2.9×53 topics
  7. Gender85▲ 3.5×43 topics
  8. Human Rights84▲ 1.81×49 topics
  9. Treatment81▲ 1.48×48 topics
  10. Public Health80▲ 1.22×50 topics
  11. Social Media77▲ 1.20×28 topics
  12. Risk Factors73▲ 1.48×35 topics
  13. Governance68▲ 4.6×12 topics
  14. History65▲ 2.0×37 topics
  15. Ethics59▲ 2.7×36 topics
  16. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse55▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Nationalism55▲ 2.6×23 topics
  18. Complications55▲ 2.4×17 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis55▲ 2.0×17 topics
  20. Literature53▲ 2.1×39 topics
  21. Bildungsungleichheit43▲ 33×1 topic
  22. Ethnografisches Schreiben43▲ 33×1 topic
  23. Biomechanics41▲ 3.0×12 topics
  24. Sociolinguistics37▲ 4.4×8 topics
  25. Medical Ethics36▲ 6.1×6 topics
  26. Aesthetics36▲ 11×8 topics
  27. Bildung34▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Telemedicine31▲ 5.3×6 topics
  29. Genetic Testing30▲ 5.9×4 topics
  30. Social History29▲ 7.6×7 topics
  31. Informed Consent28▲ 8.2×3 topics
  32. Language Variation28▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Political Communication27▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Multimodality27▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Phraseology27▲ 7.8×3 topics
  36. Bioethics26▲ 16×5 topics
  37. Perception26▲ 8.5×5 topics
  38. Physician Liability26▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Autorschaft26▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Literaturkritik26▲ 27×1 topic

What research is done in Salzburg?

Sociology and Education Studies: 43 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 26 fractional worksMedical and Health Scien…25Medical and Health Sciences Research: 25 fractional worksLinguistic research and …22Linguistic research and analysis: 22 fractional worksLaw and Political Science: 18 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 17 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies16Health and Medical Studies: 16 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and Education: 16 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 16 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment…16Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 16 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthLanguage and Linguistics6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 43 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 26 works
  3. 3 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 25 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 22 works
  5. 5 Law and Political Science Law 18 works
  6. 6 Media Studies and Communication Communication 17 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 16 works
  8. 8 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 16 works
  9. 9 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 16 works
  10. 10 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 16 works

Research output over time

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