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Ansbach University of Applied Sciences

In research, Ansbach University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,943 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,013 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 7.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,391
of 22,385 · #11,256 all time
Rank in Germany
#280
of 795
Research works
450
▲ 153% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Ansbach University of Applied Sciences

What is Ansbach University of Applied Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,943 of 9,585 7.1%116 #8038
Physical SciencesDomain #7,013 of 10,670 4.3%94 #11692

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ansbach University of Applied Sciences sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ansbach University of Applied Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences is in Social Sciences, 40% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (23%), Engineering (18%), Computer Science (15%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 124 fractional works · 49.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 58 fractional works · 23.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 7.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 17 fractional works · 6.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 5.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 12.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 5.4% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 101 fractional works · 40.0% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 17.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 14.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 7.7% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAnsbachUniversity of…253fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences49%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting5823.0%
    2. Social Sciences3212.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities145.4%
    4. Psychology114.4%
    5. Decision Sciences52.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.2%
    1. Engineering4517.7%
    2. Computer Science3714.8%
    3. Materials Science62.5%
    4. Environmental Science51.9%
    5. Energy31.2%
    6. Chemistry10.6%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    8. Mathematics10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine145.6%
    2. Health Professions41.7%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Neuroscience51.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ansbach University of Applied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 58.3 works7.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.90× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.18× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 14 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.87× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.15× its world share, 58 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting7.15×58 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.13×5 works
  3. Computer Science1.90×37 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.87×14 works
  5. Psychology1.45×11 works
  6. Energy1.27×3 works
  7. Engineering1.18×45 works
  8. Neuroscience1.10×4 works
  9. Social Sciences1.01×32 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.94×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.90×1 works
  12. Materials Science0.70×6 works
  13. Health Professions0.64×4 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×3 works
  15. Veterinary0.48×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.39×5 works
  17. Mathematics0.38×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.36×1 works
  19. Medicine0.29×14 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.24×1 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×2 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Joachim Nitschke, Bernd Heesen and Thomas Haupt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ansbach University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Joachim Nitschke Germany · #1,181,323 worldwide 2.3k citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Bernd Heesen Germany · #1,834,833 worldwide 246 citations · 373 works
  3. 3 Thomas Haupt Germany · #2,704,847 worldwide 168 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Otto Auerswald Germany · #2,779,116 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Bastian Seifert Germany · #2,787,406 worldwide 158 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 David Jonathan Wagner Germany · #3,119,602 worldwide 278 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Michael S. J. Walter Germany · #4,055,754 worldwide 360 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Johannes Jungwirth Germany · #4,644,748 worldwide 28 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Sigurd Schacht Germany · #4,779,380 worldwide 72 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Christian Uhl Germany · #5,301,275 worldwide 428 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Ansbach University of Applied Sciences?

The most cited paper from Ansbach University of Applied Sciences is "Common brain disorders are associated with heritable patterns of apparent aging of the brain" (Karolinska Schizophrenia Project (KaSP) et al., 2019), with 634 citations. Next come "Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy with gemcitabine/cisplatin and surgery versus immediate surgery in resectable pancreatic cancer" (332) and "National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic" (293).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Common brain disorders are associated with heritable patterns of apparent aging of the brain Karolinska Schizophrenia Project (KaSP) et al. · Nature Neuroscience Open access 24 Sep 2019 634
2 Neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy with gemcitabine/cisplatin and surgery versus immediate surgery in resectable pancreatic cancer Henriette Golcher, Thomas Baptist Brunner, Helmut Witzigmann et al. · Strahlentherapie und Onkologie Open access 24 Sep 2014 332
3 National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic Jay Joseph Van Bavel et al. · Nature Communications Open access257 authors 26 Jan 2022 293
4 Mastocytosis: State of the Art Hans-Peter Horny, Karl Sotlar, Peter Valent · Pathobiology 2007 226
5 Aberrant expression of CD30 in neoplastic mast cells in high-grade mastocytosis Karl Sotlar, Sabine Cerny‐Reiterer, Karina Petat‐Dutter et al. · Modern Pathology Open access 24 Dec 2010 156
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ansbach University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Customer Experience, Sustainable Development, Business Models, Mobile Health and E-commerce.

▲ 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 institution'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. Big Data28▲ 11×13 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence26▲ 7.3×13 topics
  3. Digital Transformation25▲ 19×13 topics
  4. Sustainable Development21▲ 5.2×11 topics
  5. Customer Experience19▲ 46×4 topics
  6. Sustainability19▲ 3.0×16 topics
  7. Machine Learning18▲ 2.1×26 topics
  8. Business Models16▲ 85×2 topics
  9. Mobile Health15▲ 42×2 topics
  10. E-commerce15▲ 11×3 topics
  11. Technology Innovation15▲ 176×2 topics
  12. Omni-Channel Strategy15▲ 282×1 topic
  13. Additive Manufacturing12▲ 15×4 topics
  14. Polymer Composites11▲ 17×4 topics
  15. 3D Printing10▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Challenges10▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Customer Relationship Management10▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Biomedical Engineering10▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Social Media10▲ 2.7×13 topics
  20. Applications9▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Ceramics9▲ 24×3 topics
  22. Healthcare9▲ 3.1×9 topics
  23. Innovation9▲ 3.4×16 topics
  24. Fused Deposition Modeling9▲ 32×1 topic
  25. Materials9▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Information Technology8▲ 6.7×4 topics
  27. Leadership8▲ 6.3×8 topics
  28. Digital Capital7▲ 168×1 topic
  29. Value Chains7▲ 168×1 topic
  30. Social Capital7▲ 5.4×8 topics
  31. Statistical Analysis7▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Organizational Change6▲ 32×3 topics
  33. Marketing6▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Assembly Planning6▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Design for Manufacture6▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Innovation Ecosystems5▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Socio-Technical Systems5▲ 79×2 topics
  38. Employee Engagement5▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Agility5▲ 128×1 topic
  40. Generation Management5▲ 128×1 topic

Which research topics does Ansbach University of Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital Innovation in Industries, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Corporate Governance and Management and Manufacturing Process and Optimization.

Digital Innovation in In…15Digital Innovation in Industries: 15 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 9 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 7 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 6 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 5 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Ec…4Digital Platforms and Economics: 4 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 3 fractional worksData Analysis with R: 3 fractional worksSports Science and Education: 3 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: 3 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationAutomotive EngineeringStrategy and ManagementIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 15 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 7 works
  4. 4 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 5 works
  6. 6 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 4 works
  7. 7 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 Data Analysis with R Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  9. 9 Sports Science and Education History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  10. 10 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ansbach University of Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 153% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ansbach University of Applied Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00092% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Ansbach University of Applied Sciences0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ansbach University of Applied Sciences over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ansbach University of Applied Sciences7.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.2% in 2021.

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