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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
- LawSubfield · 27.2 works35×
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 20.0 works11×
- Business, Management and AccountingField · 23.5 works5.4×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Business, Management and Accounting 5.4×
- Social Sciences 3.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.9×
- Health Professions 1.5×
- Arts and Humanities 1.2×
- Medicine 0.8×
- Veterinary 0.6×
- Environmental Science 0.4×
- Computer Science 0.3×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Decision Sciences 0.3×
- Neuroscience 0.3×
- Energy 0.3×
- Psychology 0.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.1×
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 Wolfgang Hoffmann‐Riem Germany · #146,395 worldwide 27 citations · 37 works
- 2 Klaus-Stefan Hohenstatt Germany · #182,633 worldwide 0 citations · 73 works
- 3 Stefan Kröll Germany · #197,561 worldwide 240 citations · 90 works
- 4 Karlheinz Muscheler Germany · #273,324 worldwide 3 citations · 48 works
- 5 Anne Röthel Germany · #290,943 worldwide 4 citations · 55 works
- 6 Olaf Muthorst Germany · #306,248 worldwide 1 citations · 35 works
- 7 Thomas Rönnau Germany · #319,777 worldwide 4 citations · 61 works
- 8 Jens Prütting Germany · #404,463 worldwide 0 citations · 62 works
- 9 Peter Balzer Germany · #428,190 worldwide 1 citations · 32 works
- 10 Rüdiger Veil Germany · #429,680 worldwide 4 citations · 112 works
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.
- Sovereignty
- Global Governance
- European Company Law
- Digital Markets Act
- Arbitration
- Legal Transplants
- European Union
- Digital Rights
- Data Protection
- Security Measures
- Prison System
- Big Data
- Criminal Law
- Migration Law
- Artificial Intelligence
- Legal Methodology
- Criminal Justice
- Patient Rights
- Telemedicine
- Medical Ethics
- Human Rights
- Informed Consent
- Physician Liability
- Reproductive Medicine
- Privacy
- Regulatory Agencies
- Constitutional Courts
- Party Competition
- Constitutional Law
- Youth Offenders
- Legal Reforms
- Cybersecurity
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Corporate Governance
- Consumer Protection
- International Law
- Digitalization
- EU Competition Law
- Regulatory Competition
- Regulation
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
- Human Rights27▲ 20×19 topics
- Medical Ethics19▲ 104×2 topics
- Informed Consent18▲ 180×3 topics
- Telemedicine18▲ 105×2 topics
- Physician Liability18▲ 334×2 topics
- Patient Rights18▲ 178×1 topic
- Reproductive Medicine18▲ 954×1 topic
- Criminal Justice13▲ 43×3 topics
- Privacy13▲ 33×2 topics
- Legal Methodology13▲ 511×2 topics
- Regulatory Agencies13▲ 432×2 topics
- Artificial Intelligence13▲ 6.8×13 topics
- Constitutional Courts12▲ 585×2 topics
- Migration Law12▲ 595×1 topic
- Party Competition12▲ 744×1 topic
- Criminal Law11▲ 47×3 topics
- Constitutional Law10▲ 53×3 topics
- Big Data9▲ 7.6×7 topics
- Youth Offenders9▲ 145×2 topics
- Prison System9▲ 113×2 topics
- Legal Reforms8▲ 644×1 topic
- Security Measures8▲ 482×1 topic
- Cybersecurity7▲ 22×2 topics
- Data Protection7▲ 196×2 topics
- Autonomous Vehicles7▲ 24×1 topic
- Digital Rights7▲ 566×1 topic
- Corporate Governance7▲ 6.8×6 topics
- European Union6▲ 21×6 topics
- Consumer Protection6▲ 107×2 topics
- Legal Transplants6▲ 184×2 topics
- International Law6▲ 15×7 topics
- Arbitration5▲ 134×2 topics
- Digitalization5▲ 18×4 topics
- Digital Markets Act4▲ 405×1 topic
- EU Competition Law4▲ 405×1 topic
- European Company Law4▲ 245×1 topic
- Regulatory Competition4▲ 245×1 topic
- Global Governance4▲ 14×8 topics
- Regulation4▲ 5.5×4 topics
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 18 works
- 2 Law and Political Science Law 12 works
- 3 Criminal Law and Policy Sociology and Political Science 8 works
- 4 Digitalization, Law, and Regulation Law 7 works
- 5 Diverse Legal and Medical Studies Strategy and Management 4 works
- 6 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 4 works
- 7 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 3 works
- 8 German Security and Defense Policies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
- 9 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 2 works
- 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
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.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Hamburg
- Universität Hamburg
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
- Hamburg University of Technology
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Helmut Schmidt University
- HAW Hamburg
- Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy
- Philips (Germany)
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.