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Research in Schwäbisch Gmünd

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Design Schwäbisch Gmünd and University of Education Schwaebisch Gmuend.

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.5k
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
9.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Schwäbisch Gmünd

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Which research institutions are in Schwäbisch Gmünd?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Design Schwäbisch GmündUniversity 662 #8,518
2University of Education Schwaebisch GmuendUniversity 423 #13,695
3Forschungsinstitut für Edelmetalle und MetallchemieResearch facility 348 #33,474 all time
4Weleda (Germany)Company 26 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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 Design Schwäbisch Gmünd: 45.4%University of Education Schwaebisch Gmuend: 29.0%Forschungsinstitut für Edelmetalle und Metallchemie: 23.9%Weleda (Germany): 1.8%45%largest
University of Design Schwäbisch Gmünd662 · 45.4%University of Education Schwaebisch Gmuend423 · 29.0%Forschungsinstitut für Edelmetalle und Metallchemie348 · 23.9%Weleda (Germany)26 · 1.8%

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

Which fields of science does Schwäbisch Gmünd work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research in Schwäbisch Gmünd is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (34%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 220 fractional works · 60.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 124 fractional works · 34.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 45 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEducation: 37 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 42 fractional works · 11.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 31 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 88 fractional works · 24.1% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 40 fractional works · 11.1% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSchwäbisch Gmünd362fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences61%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12434.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities4211.6%
    3. Psychology318.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting143.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.2%
    6. Decision Sciences41.1%
    1. Engineering4010.9%
    2. Computer Science195.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy92.4%
    4. Environmental Science82.1%
    5. Mathematics61.5%
    6. Materials Science41.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine226.0%
    2. Health Professions174.6%
    3. Nursing20.4%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences72.1%
    2. Neuroscience51.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Schwäbisch Gmünd?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Education, Identity, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben, Digital Transformation and Leadership.

▲ 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-now 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. Education20▲ 3.1×30 topics
  2. Governance17▲ 15×4 topics
  3. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse17▲ 120×2 topics
  4. Identity15▲ 5.6×13 topics
  5. Globalization14▲ 1.92×21 topics
  6. Mental Health14▲ 2.6×16 topics
  7. Digital Transformation11▲ 5.8×8 topics
  8. Educational Technology11▲ 2.5×15 topics
  9. Public Health11▲ 2.1×14 topics
  10. Leadership11▲ 6.1×9 topics
  11. Bildungsungleichheit11▲ 107×1 topic
  12. Ethnografisches Schreiben11▲ 107×1 topic
  13. Gender10▲ 5.0×9 topics
  14. Innovation9▲ 2.4×8 topics
  15. Professional Development9▲ 12×8 topics
  16. Teacher Education8▲ 18×5 topics
  17. Religious Education8▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Multilingualism8▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Curriculum7▲ 19×5 topics
  20. Teaching Methods7▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Digitalization7▲ 9.4×4 topics
  22. Teaching7▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Learning7▲ 6.1×3 topics
  24. Participation6▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Cultural Studies6▲ 4.7×7 topics
  26. Competence6▲ 149×1 topic
  27. Didactics6▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Language Learning6▲ 23×4 topics
  29. Complex Systems6▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Language Acquisition6▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Chronic Diseases6▲ 6.2×5 topics
  32. Mathematics Education6▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Policy Change6▲ 124×1 topic
  34. Public Administration6▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Forecasting5▲ 7.6×3 topics
  36. Customer Experience5▲ 8.7×2 topics
  37. Cognitive Development5▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Geodesy5▲ 93×2 topics
  39. Consensus Building5▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Systematic Review5▲ 26×2 topics

What research is done in Schwäbisch Gmünd?

Sociology and Education …10Sociology and Education Studies: 10 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 5 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 5 fractional worksExperimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 5 fractional worksHistorical Geography and Cartography: 4 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 4 fractional worksLinguistic Education and…4Linguistic Education and Pedagogy: 4 fractional worksGNSS positioning and interference: 4 fractional worksConsumer behavior in food and health: 4 fractional worksMathematics Education an…3Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsGeography, Planning and Development3 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  2. 2 Education Methods and Technologies Education 5 works
  3. 3 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5 works
  5. 5 Historical Geography and Cartography Geography, Planning and Development 4 works
  6. 6 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  7. 7 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 4 works
  8. 8 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Consumer behavior in food and health Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 3 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Schwäbisch Gmünd15.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.4% in 2014.

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