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Arts and Humanities research in Austria

University of Vienna ranks first in Austria for Arts and Humanities research in 2022-now (#5 worldwide), followed by Universität Innsbruck and Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Austria's world rank
#11
of 103 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
4.9k
Top-10% rate
11.6%
Ranked institutions
10

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

What is the best university for Arts and Humanities in Austria?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of ViennaVienna #578.712.7%1,325
2Universität InnsbruckInnsbruck #11437.213.3%437
3Austrian Academy of SciencesVienna #16732.214.4%370
4University of GrazGraz #18630.810.1%466
5University of SalzburgSalzburg #25626.511.3%294
6Central European UniversityVienna #30024.419.3%124
7TU WienVienna #50817.58.0%107
8University of KlagenfurtKlagenfurt #57415.88.9%143
9Medical University of ViennaVienna #62014.817.5%72
10University of Music and Performing Arts ViennaVienna #1,1017.23.5%201

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

Who are the top Arts and Humanities researchers in Austria?

Ron Pinhasi, Jörg Matthes and H. G. Widdowson rank highest among researchers based in Austria, on their papers in Arts and Humanities that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Ron Pinhasi#3,720 worldwide overall27.0 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Jörg Matthes#15,086 worldwide overall23.1 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3H. G. Widdowson#161,337 worldwide overall24.0 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Manfred Schreiner#535,926 worldwide overall22.2 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Sarah Mercer#39,437 worldwide overall24.2 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Katja Sterflinger#330,399 worldwide overall19.5 of 33 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Christiane Dalton‐Puffer#175,212 worldwide overall19.9 of 54 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Guadalupe Piñar#189,475 worldwide overall16.9 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Ute Smit#113,445 worldwide overall16.9 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Tobias Greitemeyer#72,747 worldwide overall14.5 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Julia Hüttner#168,988 worldwide overall13.4 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Matthew Pelowski#67,560 worldwide overall11.9 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Sharon Macdonald#177,290 worldwide overall13.7 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Olivia Cheronet#12,300 worldwide overall10.7 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Elizabeth J. Erling#197,055 worldwide overall11.9 of 29 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Austria on their work in Arts and Humanities 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 Arts and Humanities