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Bucerius Law School

In research, Bucerius Law School stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,083 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Law, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Business, Management and Accounting — Law is 34.6× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#24,868
of 28,054 · #29,055 all time
Rank in Germany
#996
of 1,178
Research works
951
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
2.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Bucerius Law School known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #10,083 of 10,521 5.0%94 #8698

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bucerius Law School 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Bucerius Law School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Law takes 34.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. LawSubfield · 27.2 works35×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 20.0 works11×
  3. Business, Management and AccountingField · 23.5 works5.4×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.52× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 22 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.40× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.89× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.49× its world share, 60 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bucerius Law School?

Ranked on the composite score, Wolfgang Hoffmann‐Riem, Klaus-Stefan Hohenstatt and Stefan Kröll lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bucerius Law School.

  1. 1 Wolfgang Hoffmann‐Riem Germany · #146,395 worldwide 27 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Klaus-Stefan Hohenstatt Germany · #182,633 worldwide 0 citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Stefan Kröll Germany · #197,561 worldwide 240 citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Karlheinz Muscheler Germany · #273,324 worldwide 3 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Anne Röthel Germany · #290,943 worldwide 4 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Olaf Muthorst Germany · #306,248 worldwide 1 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Thomas Rönnau Germany · #319,777 worldwide 4 citations · 61 works
  8. 8 Jens Prütting Germany · #404,463 worldwide 0 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Peter Balzer Germany · #428,190 worldwide 1 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Rüdiger Veil Germany · #429,680 worldwide 4 citations · 112 works
All ranked researchers at Bucerius Law School

Which keywords describe research at Bucerius Law School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Medical Ethics, Informed Consent, Telemedicine, Physician Liability, Patient Rights, Reproductive Medicine and Criminal Justice.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Human Rights27▲ 20×19 topics
  2. Medical Ethics19▲ 104×2 topics
  3. Informed Consent18▲ 180×3 topics
  4. Telemedicine18▲ 105×2 topics
  5. Physician Liability18▲ 334×2 topics
  6. Patient Rights18▲ 178×1 topic
  7. Reproductive Medicine18▲ 954×1 topic
  8. Criminal Justice13▲ 43×3 topics
  9. Privacy13▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Legal Methodology13▲ 511×2 topics
  11. Regulatory Agencies13▲ 432×2 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence13▲ 6.8×13 topics
  13. Constitutional Courts12▲ 585×2 topics
  14. Migration Law12▲ 595×1 topic
  15. Party Competition12▲ 744×1 topic
  16. Criminal Law11▲ 47×3 topics
  17. Constitutional Law10▲ 53×3 topics
  18. Big Data9▲ 7.6×7 topics
  19. Youth Offenders9▲ 145×2 topics
  20. Prison System9▲ 113×2 topics
  21. Legal Reforms8▲ 644×1 topic
  22. Security Measures8▲ 482×1 topic
  23. Cybersecurity7▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Data Protection7▲ 196×2 topics
  25. Autonomous Vehicles7▲ 24×1 topic
  26. Digital Rights7▲ 566×1 topic
  27. Corporate Governance7▲ 6.8×6 topics
  28. European Union6▲ 21×6 topics
  29. Consumer Protection6▲ 107×2 topics
  30. Legal Transplants6▲ 184×2 topics
  31. International Law6▲ 15×7 topics
  32. Arbitration5▲ 134×2 topics
  33. Digitalization5▲ 18×4 topics
  34. Digital Markets Act4▲ 405×1 topic
  35. EU Competition Law4▲ 405×1 topic
  36. European Company Law4▲ 245×1 topic
  37. Regulatory Competition4▲ 245×1 topic
  38. Global Governance4▲ 14×8 topics
  39. Regulation4▲ 5.5×4 topics
  40. Sovereignty4▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does Bucerius Law School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Medical and Health Sciences Research, Law and Political Science, Criminal Law and Policy and Digitalization, Law, and Regulation.

  1. 1 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 18 works
  2. 2 Law and Political Science Law 12 works
  3. 3 Criminal Law and Policy Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  4. 4 Digitalization, Law, and Regulation Law 7 works
  5. 5 Diverse Legal and Medical Studies Strategy and Management 4 works
  6. 6 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 4 works
  7. 7 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 3 works
  8. 8 German Security and Defense Policies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  9. 9 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 European and International Contract Law Law 2 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 available26.1%not open73.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.6%domestic only90.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Bucerius Law School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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