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Social Sciences research in Austria

University of Vienna ranks first in Austria for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#27 worldwide), followed by Universität Innsbruck and Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Austria's world rank
#13
of 161 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
26k
Top-10% rate
11.5%
Ranked institutions
56

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Sciences in Austria?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of ViennaVienna #2764.113.0%4,930
2Universität InnsbruckInnsbruck #15844.813.1%1,840
3Austrian Academy of SciencesVienna #34836.211.9%1,028
4University of GrazGraz #40834.410.3%1,842
5Central European UniversityVienna #42334.015.7%848
6University of SalzburgSalzburg #45833.211.5%1,292
7Vienna University of Economics and BusinessVienna #47432.813.6%1,269
8University of KlagenfurtKlagenfurt #61230.09.5%802
9Johannes Kepler University of LinzLinz #67429.012.7%871
10TU WienVienna #72628.18.8%788
11Medical University of ViennaVienna #94925.212.1%468
12International Institute for Applied Systems AnalysisLaxenburg #1,12223.423.2%193
13Universität für Weiterbildung KremsKrems #1,61919.417.1%211
14Graz University of TechnologyGraz #1,91517.610.7%429
15BOKU UniversityVienna #2,09116.616.0%211
16Pädagogische Hochschule WienVienna #2,26715.79.3%275
17United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationVienna #2,51714.69.2%269
18University of Applied Sciences Upper AustriaWels #2,63714.111.8%182
19Austrian Foundry Research InstituteLeoben #2,85813.29.6%351
20Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität WienVienna #2,86413.210.4%254
21University of Music and Performing Arts ViennaVienna #3,26111.83.2%383
22Pädagogische Hochschule NiederösterreichBaden bei Wien #3,28311.74.7%187
23Management Center InnsbruckInnsbruck #3,43511.214.2%191
24Akademie der bildenden Künste WienVienna #3,79410.16.1%156
25MODUL University ViennaVienna #3,9469.723.5%108
26Fachhochschule SalzburgSalzburg #4,0519.410.6%168
27Complexity Science HubVienna #4,0969.328.1%97
28University of Applied Sciences BFI ViennaVienna #4,1499.15.0%143
29University of Education Upper AustriaLinz #4,5378.214.2%94
30Mahle (Austria)Rankweil #4,5918.07.8%155
31Hochschule Campus WienVienna #4,9947.110.1%157
32Gesundheit ÖsterreichVienna #5,0177.17.2%97
33Institut für Höhere Studien - Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS)Vienna #5,1846.710.9%97
34Private Pädagogische Hochschule der Diözese LinzLinz #5,2526.63.3%89
35FH JOANNEUM University of Applied SciencesGraz #5,3056.44.3%110
36IMC University of Applied Sciences KremsKrems #5,4756.113.7%75
37Universitätsklinikum KremsKrems #5,5196.07.1%92
38Chamber of LabourVienna #5,6655.75.1%99
39Pädagogische Hochschule SalzburgSalzburg #5,6805.78.0%82
40University of Applied Sciences KufsteinKufstein #5,9105.36.2%61
41University of Applied Sciences St PöltenSt. Pölten #5,9985.17.7%93
42Medical University of GrazGraz #6,0255.112.3%128
43Austrian Institute of TechnologyVienna #6,1014.912.5%113
44Wikimedia ÖsterreichVienna #6,1964.87.8%86
45Innsbruck Medical UniversityInnsbruck #6,1974.813.8%96
46University of Applied Arts ViennaVienna #6,3414.59.5%86
47Kirchliche Pädagogische Hochschule Wien/NiederösterreichVienna #6,3674.58.4%81
48Institut für ökologische WirtschaftsforschungVienna #6,4604.35.6%75
49Austrian Institute of Economic ResearchVienna #6,5674.116.2%88
50UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und TechnikHall in Tirol #6,6314.011.2%86
51University of Applied Sciences BurgenlandEisenstadt #6,6324.06.3%103
52Karl Landsteiner University of Health SciencesKrems #6,7323.818.0%79
53University of Teacher Education StyriaGraz #7,2193.18.6%61
54University of Music and Performing Arts GrazGraz #8,2291.79.7%75
55Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg #8,3171.514.8%91
56University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaVienna #8,742100.010.9%85

Institutions in Austria above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Social Sciences researchers in Austria?

Jörg Matthes, Hajo G. Boomgaarden and Adamantios Diamantopoulos rank highest among researchers based in Austria, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Jörg Matthes#15,086 worldwide overall147.5 of 345 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Hajo G. Boomgaarden#11,604 worldwide overall80.8 of 169 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Adamantios Diamantopoulos#19,667 worldwide overall79.2 of 192 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Friedrich Georg SCHNEIDER#89,068 worldwide overall80.7 of 320 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Keywan Riahi#2,026 worldwide overall56.7 of 100 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Markus Wagner#5,322 worldwide overall54.6 of 83 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Desirée Schmuck#5,898 worldwide overall52.2 of 73 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Kurt Matzler#29,852 worldwide overall62.3 of 178 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Tobias Greitemeyer#72,747 worldwide overall59.0 of 186 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Ulrich S. Tran#61,095 worldwide overall53.1 of 144 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Sophie K. Lecheler#17,385 worldwide overall47.2 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Michaela Trippl#16,780 worldwide overall47.2 of 95 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Mathias Benedek#22,239 worldwide overall56.3 of 98 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Stefan Stieger#67,256 worldwide overall50.8 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Joeri Rogelj#605 worldwide overall41.7 of 63 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Austria on their work in Social Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Austria compares with other countries in Social Sciences