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Research in Wuppertal

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Wuppertal, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 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
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.0%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Wuppertal?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of WuppertalUniversity 16,640 #1,410
2Helios Universitätsklinikum WuppertalHospital / health system 1,931 #10,372
3Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and EnergyResearch facility 974 #13,000
4Aptiv (Germany)Company 128 #37,531 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 2022–2025. 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 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.

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.

Which keywords describe research in Wuppertal?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Sustainable Development, Governance, Ethics, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Gender, Bildung and History.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development138▲ 2.6×37 topics
  2. Sustainability127▲ 1.54×65 topics
  3. Identity112▲ 4.5×36 topics
  4. Education94▲ 1.62×54 topics
  5. Renewable Energy94▲ 1.92×34 topics
  6. History87▲ 3.7×38 topics
  7. Gender83▲ 4.5×34 topics
  8. Ethics82▲ 5.0×37 topics
  9. Governance81▲ 7.2×10 topics
  10. Literature72▲ 3.9×33 topics
  11. Philosophy71▲ 4.7×28 topics
  12. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse66▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Bildung63▲ 57×3 topics
  14. Virtual Reality61▲ 3.6×11 topics
  15. Conservation56▲ 3.8×13 topics
  16. Social Innovation54▲ 10×8 topics
  17. Social Construction51▲ 107×2 topics
  18. Biosphere Reserves50▲ 115×1 topic
  19. Landscape Management50▲ 84×1 topic
  20. Bildungsungleichheit48▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Ethnografisches Schreiben48▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Narrative47▲ 8.6×12 topics
  23. Autorschaft46▲ 64×1 topic
  24. Literaturkritik46▲ 64×1 topic
  25. Renewable Energy Integration45▲ 3.9×6 topics
  26. Neoliberalism44▲ 3.7×14 topics
  27. Urban Development44▲ 3.6×12 topics
  28. Interdisciplinary Research41▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Innovation Policy39▲ 12×5 topics
  30. Fluid Dynamics38▲ 8.1×6 topics
  31. Empowerment37▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Digital Social Innovation37▲ 82×1 topic
  33. Knowledge Engineering37▲ 82×1 topic
  34. Imperialism36▲ 13×6 topics
  35. Sociolinguistics36▲ 5.6×7 topics
  36. Aesthetics35▲ 14×9 topics
  37. Sociology34▲ 7.3×17 topics
  38. Teaching Methods34▲ 7.0×5 topics
  39. Class Struggle32▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Mathematical Modeling29▲ 9.8×4 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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