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Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

In research, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt stands highest in Social Sciences (#942 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#367 of 1,998 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,330 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geography, Planning and Development, Language and Linguistics and Communication — Geography, Planning and Development is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,861
of 28,054 · #6,621 all time
Rank in Germany
#210
of 1,178
Research works
4.4k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt 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 #942 of 10,521 19.0%717 #1297
Arts and HumanitiesField #367 of 1,998 14.9%170 #633
Social SciencesField #1,330 of 6,365 19.0%348 #1865
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #846 of 2,578 16.6%139 #920
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,162 of 2,578 21.0%81 #707
Physical SciencesDomain #7,778 of 12,888 18.0%171 #7188
PsychologyField #1,484 of 2,181 24.7%82 #1996

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt 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. Social Sciences#1,297 #942
  2. Arts and Humanities#633 #367
  3. Social Sciences#1,865 #1,330
  4. Sociology and Political Science#920 #846
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#707 #1,162
  6. Physical Sciences#7,188 #7,778
  7. Psychology#1,996 #1,484
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 Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geography, Planning and Development takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geography, Planning and DevelopmentSubfield · 22.6 works11×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 40.7 works9.3×
  3. CommunicationSubfield · 20.3 works7.5×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 46 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.50× its world share, 29 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.91× its world share, 170 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.54× its world share, 81 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.20× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.69× its world share, 82 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.76× its world share, 348 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt?

Ranked on the composite score, Bernd Stauß, Heinrich Kühn and Alexander Hübner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

  1. 1 Bernd Stauß Germany · #79,966 worldwide 220 citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Heinrich Kühn Germany · #88,615 worldwide 187 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Alexander Hübner Germany · #122,597 worldwide 109 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Klaus-Dieter Altmeppen Germany · #153,761 worldwide 86 citations · 70 works
  5. 5 Karl Kohut Germany · #177,062 worldwide 20 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Walter Hömberg Germany · #184,969 worldwide 19 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Bernd Birgmeier Germany · #216,237 worldwide 28 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Jens Hogreve Germany · #244,879 worldwide 142 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Klaus Meier Germany · #248,893 worldwide 66 citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Klaus D. Wilde Germany · #261,218 worldwide 29 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Which keywords describe research at Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethics, Governance, Identity, Leadership, Philosophy, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Literature and Emotion.

▲ 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. Ethics53▲ 11×29 topics
  2. Identity46▲ 6.4×39 topics
  3. Globalization45▲ 2.3×63 topics
  4. Governance43▲ 13×10 topics
  5. Sustainable Development42▲ 2.6×24 topics
  6. Mental Health35▲ 2.4×24 topics
  7. Leadership33▲ 7.0×12 topics
  8. History32▲ 4.7×29 topics
  9. Social Media32▲ 2.3×24 topics
  10. Philosophy32▲ 7.3×20 topics
  11. Education32▲ 1.87×39 topics
  12. Literature31▲ 5.8×29 topics
  13. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse29▲ 72×2 topics
  14. Digital Transformation29▲ 5.5×10 topics
  15. Gender29▲ 5.4×26 topics
  16. Emotion26▲ 13×9 topics
  17. Religion25▲ 5.4×21 topics
  18. Bildungsungleichheit25▲ 85×1 topic
  19. Ethnografisches Schreiben25▲ 85×1 topic
  20. Materiality24▲ 65×2 topics
  21. Nationalism22▲ 4.7×12 topics
  22. Anthropocene21▲ 39×3 topics
  23. Biopolitics21▲ 31×6 topics
  24. Affect21▲ 54×2 topics
  25. Geography21▲ 63×2 topics
  26. Conservation21▲ 4.8×8 topics
  27. Space20▲ 59×2 topics
  28. Social Innovation20▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Multispecies Ethnography20▲ 76×1 topic
  30. Non-representational20▲ 76×1 topic
  31. Cultural Studies19▲ 5.1×17 topics
  32. Migration18▲ 5.5×13 topics
  33. Digitalization18▲ 9.0×5 topics
  34. Sociology18▲ 13×15 topics
  35. Political Communication17▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Sociolinguistics16▲ 8.7×7 topics
  37. Biosphere Reserves16▲ 122×1 topic
  38. Landscape Management16▲ 89×1 topic
  39. Organizational Change15▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Bildung15▲ 46×3 topics

Which research topics does Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, Geographies of human-animal interactions, Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies and Linguistic research and analysis.

Sociology and Education Studies: 25 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 20 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 16 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 12 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 12 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 12 fractional worksMedia Studies and Commun…11Media Studies and Communication: 11 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…10German Literature and Culture Studies: 10 fractional worksSyntax, Semantics, Lingu…10Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation: 10 fractional worksGerman legal, social, an…9German legal, social, and political studies: 9 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGeography, Planning and DevelopmentNature and Landscape ConservationLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 25 works
  2. 2 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 20 works
  3. 3 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 16 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 12 works
  5. 5 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 12 works
  6. 6 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 12 works
  7. 7 Media Studies and Communication Communication 11 works
  8. 8 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 10 works
  9. 9 Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language and Linguistics 10 works
  10. 10 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 9 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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