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Bielefeld University

In research, Bielefeld University stands highest in Social Sciences (#246 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#310 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#171 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mathematical Physics, Museology and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Mathematical Physics is 7.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#623
of 22,385 · #611 all time
Rank in Germany
#47
of 795
Research works
33k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
702k
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Bielefeld University

What is Bielefeld University 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 #246 of 9,585 11.2%2,401 #288
Social SciencesField #310 of 5,988 11.4%1,231 #328
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #171 of 2,526 11.6%578 #258
Health SciencesDomain #724 of 9,902 12.6%566 #815
Physical SciencesDomain #942 of 10,670 10.0%1,297 #690
MedicineField #786 of 8,541 10.9%370 #893
Life SciencesDomain #639 of 6,403 9.7%543 #681
Arts and HumanitiesField #209 of 1,896 10.4%413 #303
PsychologyField #242 of 2,121 11.5%374 #294
Health ProfessionsField #287 of 1,895 16.0%184 #359

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bielefeld University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#288 #246
  2. Social Sciences#328 #310
  3. Sociology and Political Science#258 #171
  4. Health Sciences#815 #724
  5. Physical Sciences#690 #942
  6. Medicine#893 #786
  7. Life Sciences#681 #639
  8. Arts and Humanities#303 #209
  9. Psychology#294 #242
  10. Health Professions#359 #287
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Bielefeld University work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Bielefeld University is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Arts and Humanities (9%), Medicine (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,683 fractional works · 49.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,361 fractional works · 25.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 626 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 231 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEducation: 145 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLaw: 68 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 58 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 484 fractional works · 9.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 121 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 85 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 82 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 49 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMuseology: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 421 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 141 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 113 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 92 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 46 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 190 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 93 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 57 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 144 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 93 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 82 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,452 fractional works · 26.9% of its workComputer Science: 357 fractional works · 6.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 179 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 239 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 52 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 233 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 60 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 54 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 209 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 85 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 149 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 140 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 82 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 78 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 639 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMedicine: 424 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 62 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 110 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 201 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 149 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 615 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 292 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 178 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 166 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 124 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 122 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 54 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBielefeldUniversity5,388fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences50%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2,68349.8%
    1. Social Sciences1,36125.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities4849.0%
    3. Psychology4217.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1903.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1442.7%
    6. Decision Sciences821.5%
    1. Computer Science3576.6%
    2. Engineering2394.4%
    3. Mathematics2334.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2093.9%
    5. Environmental Science1492.8%
    6. Chemistry1402.6%
    7. Materials Science781.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences210.4%
    9. Energy190.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.1%
    1. Medicine4247.9%
    2. Health Professions2013.7%
    3. Nursing90.2%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2925.4%
    2. Neuroscience1663.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1222.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology210.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics140.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Bielefeld University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mathematical Physics takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 59.7 works7.0×
  2. MuseologySubfield · 33.3 works5.0×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 85.2 works5.0×
  4. BiochemistrySubfield · 22.2 works4.9×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 122 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 292 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.90× its world share, 166 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.66× its world share, 140 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 358 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 239 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 149 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 78 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.68× its world share, 233 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.74× its world share, 209 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 201 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 424 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.11× its world share, 484 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 190 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 82 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 144 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.57× its world share, 421 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 1,361 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics3.68×233 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.11×484 works
  3. Psychology2.57×421 works
  4. Social Sciences2.00×1,361 works
  5. Neuroscience1.90×166 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.74×209 works
  7. Chemistry1.66×140 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.57×82 works
  9. Health Professions1.42×201 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.25×144 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.10×190 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.02×292 works
  13. Computer Science0.85×358 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.74×14 works
  15. Environmental Science0.56×149 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×122 works
  17. Materials Science0.42×78 works
  18. Medicine0.41×424 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×21 works
  20. Energy0.38×19 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.35×7 works
  22. Nursing0.33×9 works
  23. Engineering0.30×239 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×21 works
  25. Veterinary0.23×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.12×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Bielefeld University?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas Koop, Alfredo Sánchez‐Tójar and John F. Rauthmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bielefeld University.

  1. 1 Thomas Koop Germany · #46,395 worldwide 17k citations · 207 works
  2. 2 Alfredo Sánchez‐Tójar Germany · #60,594 worldwide 2.3k citations · 105 works
  3. 3 John F. Rauthmann Germany · #69,639 worldwide 8.6k citations · 223 works
  4. 4 Romy Schmidt Germany · #70,474 worldwide 2.8k citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Uwe Manthe Germany · #72,535 worldwide 12k citations · 184 works
  6. 6 Andrea Bräutigam Germany · #73,776 worldwide 9k citations · 159 works
  7. 7 Niklas Luhmann Germany · #88,003 worldwide 61k citations · 1,203 works
  8. 8 Mario Botsch Germany · #91,725 worldwide 9.4k citations · 239 works
  9. 9 Alexander Sczyrba Germany · #92,078 worldwide 15k citations · 189 works
  10. 10 G. Baum Germany · #94,056 worldwide 8k citations · 92 works
All ranked researchers at Bielefeld University

What are the most cited papers from Bielefeld University?

The most cited paper from Bielefeld University is "A general and simple method for obtaining R 2 from generalized linear mixed‐effects models" (Shinichi Nakagawa, Holger Schielzeth, 2012), with 10,527 citations. Next come "Network information flow" (7,890) and "Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015" (7,829).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A general and simple method for obtaining R 2 from generalized linear mixed‐effects models Shinichi Nakagawa, Holger Schielzeth · Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3 Dec 2012 10,527
2 Network information flow Rudolf Ahlswede, Ning Cai, Shuo Li et al. · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Jul 2000 7,890
3 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
4 A Broad Host Range Mobilization System for In Vivo Genetic Engineering: Transposon Mutagenesis in Gram Negative Bacteria Reinhard Simon, U. B. Priefer, Alfred Pühler · Nature Biotechnology Nov 1983 7,350
5 Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Theo Vos et al. · The Lancet Open access679 authors 7 Jun 2015 6,558
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bielefeld University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Identity, Gender, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben, Globalization and Leadership.

▲ 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. Globalization197▲ 1.86×98 topics
  2. Governance190▲ 11×14 topics
  3. Identity189▲ 4.8×53 topics
  4. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse164▲ 78×2 topics
  5. Mental Health155▲ 2.0×39 topics
  6. Gender153▲ 5.3×40 topics
  7. Education125▲ 1.35×80 topics
  8. Human Rights121▲ 2.2×50 topics
  9. Bildungsungleichheit120▲ 82×1 topic
  10. Ethnografisches Schreiben120▲ 82×1 topic
  11. Leadership115▲ 4.4×21 topics
  12. Public Health111▲ 1.42×48 topics
  13. Ethics105▲ 3.8×39 topics
  14. History102▲ 2.7×37 topics
  15. Nationalism92▲ 3.8×25 topics
  16. Literature90▲ 3.1×35 topics
  17. Philosophy75▲ 3.1×30 topics
  18. Cultural Studies72▲ 3.6×21 topics
  19. Bildung64▲ 38×3 topics
  20. Complex Systems61▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Social Innovation60▲ 7.3×9 topics
  22. Digitalization60▲ 5.4×7 topics
  23. Lattice QCD58▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Narrative55▲ 6.6×12 topics
  25. Organizational Change53▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Gender Studies53▲ 6.4×9 topics
  27. Autorschaft51▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Literaturkritik51▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Teacher Education51▲ 7.3×7 topics
  30. Sociology50▲ 6.7×19 topics
  31. Art50▲ 10×8 topics
  32. Participation48▲ 9.4×5 topics
  33. Cultural Memory48▲ 17×5 topics
  34. Curriculum48▲ 8.7×5 topics
  35. Socioeconomic Status46▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Public Administration46▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Crisis Management46▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Direct Democracy46▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Policy Change46▲ 67×1 topic
  40. Didactics44▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Bielefeld University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, Public Administration and Political Analysis and Education Methods and Technologies.

Sociology and Education …120Sociology and Education Studies: 120 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 51 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 46 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 43 fractional worksLaw and Political Science: 39 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 33 fractional worksGerman legal, social, an…32German legal, social, and political studies: 32 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 32 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 31 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 30 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryPolitical Science and International RelationsEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 120 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 51 works
  3. 3 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 46 works
  4. 4 Education Methods and Technologies Education 43 works
  5. 5 Law and Political Science Law 39 works
  6. 6 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 33 works
  7. 7 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 32 works
  8. 8 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 32 works
  9. 9 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 31 works
  10. 10 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 30 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.0%domestic only82.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bielefeld University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Bielefeld University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.022% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Bielefeld University0.019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bielefeld University 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%Bielefeld University10.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.8% in 2007.

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