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Social Sciences research in Austria

University of Vienna ranks first in Austria for Social Sciences research in 2022-now (#26 worldwide), followed by Universität Innsbruck and Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Austria's world rank
#13
of 148 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
12k
Top-10% rate
11.3%
Ranked institutions
27

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 #2662.513.0%2,497
2Universität InnsbruckInnsbruck #17640.512.5%834
3Austrian Academy of SciencesVienna #25836.210.9%526
4Central European UniversityVienna #34332.916.2%549
5University of GrazGraz #40031.19.6%844
6University of SalzburgSalzburg #48628.911.9%621
7Vienna University of Economics and BusinessVienna #56527.113.6%470
8University of KlagenfurtKlagenfurt #70724.68.0%361
9Johannes Kepler University of LinzLinz #74324.012.3%364
10TU WienVienna #82222.89.4%312
11Medical University of ViennaVienna #1,23618.111.1%134
12International Institute for Applied Systems AnalysisLaxenburg #1,44116.427.6%94
13United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationVienna #2,24411.310.1%158
14Pädagogische Hochschule WienVienna #2,27911.18.1%169
15Universität für Weiterbildung KremsKrems #2,32310.917.3%116
16Graz University of TechnologyGraz #2,45510.211.2%163
17BOKU UniversityVienna #2,5619.815.0%110
18University of Music and Performing Arts ViennaVienna #2,9108.33.1%152
19Mahle (Austria)Rankweil #2,9918.08.1%84
20Akademie der bildenden Künste WienVienna #3,2906.95.9%90
21Pädagogische Hochschule NiederösterreichBaden bei Wien #3,4146.54.4%96
22Management Center InnsbruckInnsbruck #3,4406.415.1%76
23Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität WienVienna #3,6445.76.7%90
24Fachhochschule SalzburgSalzburg #3,7755.311.1%69
25Hochschule Campus WienVienna #4,2723.97.5%66
26Austrian Foundry Research InstituteLeoben #4,4663.49.5%112
27Chamber of LabourVienna #5,0242.04.8%66

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 Markus Wagner 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 overall99.0 of 220 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Hajo G. Boomgaarden#11,604 worldwide overall67.7 of 143 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Markus Wagner#5,322 worldwide overall50.3 of 73 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Desirée Schmuck#5,898 worldwide overall38.3 of 54 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Sophie K. Lecheler#17,385 worldwide overall39.8 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Folker Hanusch#55,206 worldwide overall36.0 of 97 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Karl Sigmund#55,283 worldwide overall29.2 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Patrick Sakdapolrak#44,577 worldwide overall28.2 of 54 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Áron Buzogány#49,556 worldwide overall28.6 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Wolfgang C. Müller#160,957 worldwide overall32.7 of 110 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Peter Mair#351,081 worldwide overall36.0 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Tomáš Sobotka#128,482 worldwide overall26.6 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Michael Blauberger#58,458 worldwide overall24.7 of 37 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Robert Alexander Huber#47,790 worldwide overall23.2 of 29 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Matthijs Bogaards#68,523 worldwide overall23.5 of 45 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