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Research in Wuppertal

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Wuppertal, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Wuppertal, Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal and Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy.

Research institutions
12
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
327k
16.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Wuppertal

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 Wuppertal?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of WuppertalUniversity 16,640 #1,022
2Helios Universitätsklinikum WuppertalHospital / health system 1,931 #12,102
3Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and EnergyResearch facility 974 #14,112
4Aptiv (Germany)Company 128 #31,649 all time
5Kirchliche Hochschule WuppertalHospital / health system 108 not ranked
6Institut für Arbeitsmedizin, Sicherheitstechnik und ErgonomieNonprofit 104 not ranked
7BARMER GEKHospital / health system 101 not ranked
8AiCuris (Germany)Company 60 not ranked
9Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and ProductionNonprofit 48 not ranked
10Vorwerk (Germany)Company 29 not ranked
11gkv informatik (Germany)Company 23 not ranked
12Happich (Germany)Company 7 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 Wuppertal: 82.6%Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal: 9.6%Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy: 4.8%Aptiv (Germany): 0.6%8 others listed: 2.4%83%largest
University of Wuppertal17k · 82.6%Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal1,931 · 9.6%Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy974 · 4.8%Aptiv (Germany)128 · 0.6%8 others listed480 · 2.4%

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

Which fields of science does Wuppertal work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Wuppertal is in Physical Sciences, 40% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Engineering (17%), Arts and Humanities (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,620 fractional works · 42.6% of its workEngineering: 634 fractional works · 16.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 154 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 60 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 59 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 56 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 240 fractional works · 6.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 75 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 195 fractional works · 5.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 75 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 194 fractional works · 5.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 53 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 138 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 71 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 67 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,538 fractional works · 40.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 648 fractional works · 17.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 301 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEducation: 103 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 89 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCultural Studies: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 401 fractional works · 10.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 105 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 77 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 72 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 42 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 189 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 50 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 48 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 169 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 56 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 39 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 78 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 52 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 54 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 468 fractional works · 12.3% of its workMedicine: 374 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSurgery: 58 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 41 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 83 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 62 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 180 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 89 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWuppertal3,806fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences40%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering63416.6%
    2. Computer Science2406.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1955.1%
    4. Environmental Science1945.1%
    5. Mathematics1383.6%
    6. Materials Science711.9%
    7. Chemistry671.8%
    8. Energy371.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences371.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering60.2%
  2. Social Sciences1,53840.4%
    1. Social Sciences64817.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities40110.5%
    3. Psychology1895.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1694.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance782.0%
    6. Decision Sciences541.4%
    1. Medicine3749.8%
    2. Health Professions832.2%
    3. Nursing100.3%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology892.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences371.0%
    3. Neuroscience350.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology140.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Wuppertal strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Wuppertal is most concentrated in History and Philosophy of Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (7.4× the world share in History and Philosophy of Science).

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 38.9 works7.4×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 52.1 works6.4×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 67.8 works6.3×
← 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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 33 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 82 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 27 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.19× its world share, 64 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 205 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 29 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.09× its world share, 34 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.15× its world share, 584 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 169 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 64 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.96× its world share, 118 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.31× its world share, 174 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 71 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 308 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.80× its world share, 373 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 147 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 50 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 74 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 162 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 596 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.80×373 works
  2. Mathematics2.96×118 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.31×174 works
  4. Psychology1.57×162 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.51×50 works
  6. Social Sciences1.39×596 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.34×147 works
  8. Chemistry1.19×64 works
  9. Engineering1.15×584 works
  10. Energy1.09×34 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×74 works
  12. Environmental Science1.00×169 works
  13. Health Professions0.80×71 works
  14. Computer Science0.77×205 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×29 works
  16. Materials Science0.54×64 works
  17. Neuroscience0.49×27 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.49×6 works
  19. Nursing0.48×8 works
  20. Medicine0.47×308 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×82 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×4 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×12 works
  24. Veterinary0.28×1 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×33 works
  26. Dentistry0.04×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Wuppertal?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Sustainable Development, Governance, Ethics, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, History, Bildung and Gender.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development148▲ 2.5×39 topics
  2. Sustainability135▲ 1.45×70 topics
  3. Identity116▲ 4.2×38 topics
  4. Education105▲ 1.61×56 topics
  5. Renewable Energy104▲ 1.88×37 topics
  6. History95▲ 3.6×41 topics
  7. Ethics92▲ 4.8×38 topics
  8. Gender85▲ 4.2×35 topics
  9. Governance84▲ 6.8×10 topics
  10. Philosophy78▲ 4.6×29 topics
  11. Literature75▲ 3.6×35 topics
  12. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse71▲ 48×2 topics
  13. Bildung66▲ 55×3 topics
  14. Virtual Reality65▲ 3.5×12 topics
  15. Conservation58▲ 3.5×13 topics
  16. Social Innovation57▲ 9.7×9 topics
  17. Social Construction52▲ 99×2 topics
  18. Biosphere Reserves52▲ 110×1 topic
  19. Landscape Management52▲ 77×1 topic
  20. Bildungsungleichheit49▲ 47×1 topic
  21. Ethnografisches Schreiben49▲ 47×1 topic
  22. Narrative48▲ 8.2×12 topics
  23. Renewable Energy Integration48▲ 3.8×6 topics
  24. Urban Development48▲ 3.5×13 topics
  25. Neoliberalism47▲ 3.4×18 topics
  26. Autorschaft46▲ 61×1 topic
  27. Literaturkritik46▲ 61×1 topic
  28. Interdisciplinary Research43▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Innovation Policy41▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Fluid Dynamics40▲ 7.5×6 topics
  31. Empowerment39▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Aesthetics38▲ 13×9 topics
  33. Digital Social Innovation38▲ 80×1 topic
  34. Knowledge Engineering38▲ 80×1 topic
  35. Teaching Methods38▲ 6.2×5 topics
  36. Sociolinguistics38▲ 5.4×7 topics
  37. Sociology38▲ 7.0×17 topics
  38. Imperialism37▲ 12×7 topics
  39. Class Struggle33▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Metaphysics32▲ 20×5 topics

What research is done in Wuppertal?

Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 50 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 48 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…46German Literature and Culture Studies: 46 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, …37Innovation, Technology, and Society: 37 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 27 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 26 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering …26Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 26 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 25 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 19 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 19 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationSociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryLanguage and Linguistics3 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 50 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 48 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 46 works
  4. 4 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 37 works
  5. 5 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 27 works
  6. 6 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  7. 7 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 26 works
  8. 8 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 25 works
  9. 9 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 19 works
  10. 10 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 19 works

Research output over time

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grewheldshrank

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%Wuppertal14.2% 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 25.4% in 2009.

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