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Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

In research, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,260 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,096 of 10,521 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,124 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography — Oceanography is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,337
of 28,054 · #855 all time
Rank in Germany
#66
of 1,178
Research works
18k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
377k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,260 of 12,888 18.5%1,307 #736
Social SciencesDomain #1,096 of 10,521 19.6%1,021 #775
Life SciencesDomain #1,124 of 7,800 21.9%320 #1328
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #609 of 3,579 21.8%115 #745
Social SciencesField #1,105 of 6,365 20.6%473 #1008
Environmental ScienceField #762 of 3,551 31.3%196 #415
Computer ScienceField #1,137 of 4,667 16.8%313 #690
MedicineField #2,811 of 10,443 20.7%295 #4610
Health SciencesDomain #3,307 of 11,982 20.9%407 #4852
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #743 of 2,578 17.6%198 #752

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#736 #1,260
  2. Social Sciences#775 #1,096
  3. Life Sciences#1,328 #1,124
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#745 #609
  5. Social Sciences#1,008 #1,105
  6. Environmental Science#415 #762
  7. Computer Science#690 #1,137
  8. Medicine#4,610 #2,811
  9. Health Sciences#4,852 #3,307
  10. Sociology and Political Science#752 #743
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 45.2 works5.3×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 115 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.66× its world share, 132 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.75× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.78× its world share, 85 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.32× its world share, 313 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 87 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.05× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 325 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 196 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 87 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.72× its world share, 62 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.68× its world share, 114 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.33× its world share, 107 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 295 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.58× its world share, 227 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 67 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 65 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.65× its world share, 154 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 473 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg?

Ranked on the composite score, Thorsten Dittmar, Meinhard Simon and Michael Kleyer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg.

  1. 1 Thorsten Dittmar Germany · #19,435 worldwide 817 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Meinhard Simon Germany · #33,164 worldwide 592 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Michael Kleyer Germany · #37,025 worldwide 565 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Jürgen Gmehling Germany · #43,787 worldwide 602 citations · 75 works
  5. 5 Wolfgang E. Krumbein Germany · #47,458 worldwide 363 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Olaf R. P. Bininda‐Emonds Germany · #50,630 worldwide 551 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Jürgen Rullkötter Germany · #51,623 worldwide 486 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Burkhard Kleihaus Germany · #52,523 worldwide 796 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Jan Burke Germany · #56,578 worldwide 383 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Vera Busse Germany · #58,591 worldwide 362 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

Which keywords describe research at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Gender, Identity, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Bildungsungleichheit and Ethnografisches Schreiben.

▲ 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. Climate Change117▲ 1.43×74 topics
  2. Deep Learning97◆ 0.93×66 topics
  3. Renewable Energy86▲ 1.97×36 topics
  4. Machine Learning80▼ 0.80×61 topics
  5. Identity78▲ 3.5×27 topics
  6. Gender75▲ 4.5×27 topics
  7. Sustainability70◆ 0.94×54 topics
  8. Governance69▲ 6.8×11 topics
  9. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse61▲ 48×2 topics
  10. Neural Networks59▲ 1.25×32 topics
  11. Literature42▲ 2.5×22 topics
  12. Bildungsungleichheit41▲ 46×1 topic
  13. Ethnografisches Schreiben41▲ 46×1 topic
  14. Health-related Quality of Life38▲ 5.3×6 topics
  15. Bildung37▲ 37×3 topics
  16. Hearing Loss36▲ 10×3 topics
  17. Autorschaft35▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Literaturkritik35▲ 55×1 topic
  19. Language Development35▲ 9.5×5 topics
  20. Cultural Studies34▲ 2.9×13 topics
  21. Speech Perception34▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Social Isolation32▲ 5.2×3 topics
  23. Cognitive Decline31▲ 8.6×2 topics
  24. CFD Simulation29▲ 8.2×3 topics
  25. Narrative28▲ 5.8×9 topics
  26. Sociolinguistics27▲ 4.8×6 topics
  27. Age-related Hearing Loss27▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Cochlear Implants27▲ 25×1 topic
  29. Art24▲ 9.0×4 topics
  30. Imperialism23▲ 9.4×4 topics
  31. Participation22▲ 7.5×3 topics
  32. Curriculum22▲ 7.7×6 topics
  33. Class Struggle22▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Mathematical Modeling22▲ 8.0×3 topics
  35. Global Capitalism21▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Critique21▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Post-Growth Economy21▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition21▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Speech Enhancement21▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Materials Science21▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation and Economic and Social Issues.

Sociology and Education Studies: 41 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 35 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 27 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 21 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 21 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 20 fractional worksEducation Methods and Te…19Education Methods and Technologies: 19 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 19 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 19 fractional worksLinguistic research and …18Linguistic research and analysis: 18 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryCognitive NeuroscienceSignal Processing5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 41 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 35 works
  3. 3 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 27 works
  4. 4 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  5. 5 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 21 works
  6. 6 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 20 works
  7. 7 Education Methods and Technologies Education 19 works
  8. 8 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 19 works
  9. 9 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 19 works
  10. 10 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 18 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 available34.5%not open65.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher 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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