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Catholic University of Applied Sciences

In research, Catholic University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,855 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,734
of 22,385 · #20,315 all time
Rank in Germany
#681
of 795
Research works
231
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Catholic University of Applied Sciences

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

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #8,855 of 14,833 8.4%137

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Catholic 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 Catholic University of Applied Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Catholic University of Applied Sciences is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Medicine (15%), Health Professions (14%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 47 fractional works · 62.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 28.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 13.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 12.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 10.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 30.0% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 14.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 11.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCatholicUniversity of…76fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences62%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2228.5%
    2. Psychology1012.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities810.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting68.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.5%
    6. Decision Sciences11.1%
    1. Medicine1114.7%
    2. Health Professions1114.3%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    1. Computer Science33.8%
    2. Engineering00.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Neuroscience22.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 5.43× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.60× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.51× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.21× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.43×11 works
  2. Psychology4.21×10 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.60×8 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.51×6 works
  5. Social Sciences2.25×22 works
  6. Nursing2.04×1 works
  7. Neuroscience1.22×2 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.17×1 works
  9. Medicine0.77×11 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.69×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.48×3 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works
  15. Engineering0.04×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.01×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Bastian A. Vollmer, Jan Lohl and Renate Stemmer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Catholic University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Bastian A. Vollmer Germany · #288,060 worldwide 888 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Jan Lohl Germany · #1,911,503 worldwide 311 citations · 83 works
  3. 3 Renate Stemmer Germany · #2,149,945 worldwide 710 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Sabine Corsten Germany · #2,569,820 worldwide 242 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Michael C. Klein Germany · #2,585,272 worldwide 832 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Anne Sophie Krossa Germany · #2,646,971 worldwide 92 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Peter Löcherbach Germany · #3,077,901 worldwide 55 citations · 75 works
  8. 8 Judith Conrads Germany · #3,695,163 worldwide 30 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Edith Kellnhauser Germany · #4,275,278 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Margret Dörr Germany · #5,275,418 worldwide 88 citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at Catholic University of Applied Sciences

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

The most cited paper from Catholic University of Applied Sciences is "Bosentan for Treatment of Inoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension" (Xavier Jaïs, Andrea Maria D’Armini, Pavel Jansa et al., 2008), with 553 citations. Next come "Meal-Related Structured Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose" (302) and "Emotions in classroom language learning: What can we learn from achievement emotion research?" (275).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bosentan for Treatment of Inoperable Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Xavier Jaïs, Andrea Maria D’Armini, Pavel Jansa et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Dec 2008 553
2 Meal-Related Structured Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Ulrich Schwedes, Markus Siebolds, Gabriele Mertes et al. · Diabetes Care Nov 2002 302
3 Emotions in classroom language learning: What can we learn from achievement emotion research? Kaiqi Shao, Reinhard H. Pekrun, Laura J. Nicholson · System Open access 21 Aug 2019 275
4 Interventional and Surgical Modalities of Treatment in Pulmonary Hypertension ANNE M. KEOGH, Eckhard Mayer, Raymond L. Benza et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Jun 2009 248
5 Community-level changes in condom use and uptake of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by gay and bisexual men in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia: results of repeated behavioural surveillance in 2013–17 Martin Holt, Toby Lea, Limin Mao et al. · The Lancet HIV Open access 6 Jun 2018 184
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Which keywords describe research at Catholic University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, Consumer Behavior, Patient Satisfaction, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Mental Health, Elderly Care, Quality of Life and Professional Development.

▲ 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. Mental Health4▲ 3.7×13 topics
  2. Quality of Life4▲ 3.6×19 topics
  3. Nationalism4▲ 11×5 topics
  4. Consumer Behavior3▲ 7.2×4 topics
  5. Globalization3▲ 2.1×9 topics
  6. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 13×3 topics
  7. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse3▲ 99×2 topics
  8. Elderly Care3▲ 24×4 topics
  9. Professional Development3▲ 18×3 topics
  10. Social Media3▲ 2.6×5 topics
  11. Brand Equity3▲ 54×1 topic
  12. Brand Trust3▲ 67×1 topic
  13. Ethics3▲ 6.9×8 topics
  14. Governance3▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Emotion3▲ 16×3 topics
  16. Depression2▲ 3.7×9 topics
  17. Supervision2▲ 108×2 topics
  18. Quality Improvement2▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Empathy2▲ 26×3 topics
  20. Health Behavior Change2▲ 57×2 topics
  21. Religion2▲ 6.6×8 topics
  22. Bildungsungleichheit2▲ 108×1 topic
  23. Ethnografisches Schreiben2▲ 108×1 topic
  24. Latin America2▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Social Policy2▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Healthcare Quality2▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Narrative Persuasion2▲ 104×1 topic
  28. Public Reporting2▲ 124×1 topic
  29. Transportation2▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Self-Efficacy2▲ 9.6×3 topics
  31. Social Support2▲ 4.6×8 topics
  32. Demographic Transition2▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Migrant Health2▲ 328×1 topic
  34. Gender Studies2▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Coaching2▲ 120×1 topic
  36. Populism2▲ 96×1 topic
  37. Psychodrama2▲ 112×1 topic
  38. Right-Wing2▲ 96×1 topic
  39. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Psychological Distress2▲ 8.2×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification, Sociology and Education Studies, Media Influence and Health and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare.

Consumer Behavior in Bra…3Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 3 fractional worksSociology and Education …2Sociology and Education Studies: 2 fractional worksMedia Influence and Health2Media Influence and Health: 2 fractional worksPatient Satisfaction in …2Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksSocial and Demographic Issues in Germany: 2 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Movements: 2 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, an…2Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 2 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 1 fractional worksSocial Work Education and Practice: 1 fractional works
MarketingSociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 3 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Media Influence and Health Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  4. 4 Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Social and Demographic Issues in Germany General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 1 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Catholic University of Applied Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Catholic University of Applied Sciences0.00028% in 2025200020102020

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

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