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CBS University of Applied Sciences

In research, CBS University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,268 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Strategy and Management and Business, Management and Accounting — Strategy and Management is 20.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,861
of 28,054 · #26,764 all time
Rank in Germany
#817
of 1,178
Research works
470
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is CBS University of Applied Sciences 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 #7,268 of 10,521 15.7%82 #6545

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

What does CBS University of Applied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Strategy and Management takes 20.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 20.1 works20×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 49.0 works13×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.70× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13.16× its world share, 49 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 13.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at CBS University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Digital Transformation, Customer Experience, Customer Relationship Management, E-commerce, Business Models, Information Technology and Investment Decisions.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development11▲ 5.9×11 topics
  2. Digital Transformation9▲ 14×9 topics
  3. Customer Experience8▲ 47×4 topics
  4. Customer Relationship Management8▲ 49×2 topics
  5. E-commerce8▲ 11×4 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 4.8×9 topics
  7. Business Models7▲ 90×2 topics
  8. Big Data7▲ 6.8×5 topics
  9. Sustainability7▲ 2.5×16 topics
  10. Information Technology7▲ 12×4 topics
  11. Investment Decisions7▲ 48×2 topics
  12. Digital Capital6▲ 305×1 topic
  13. Value Chains6▲ 305×1 topic
  14. Mobile Health6▲ 39×2 topics
  15. Omni-Channel Strategy6▲ 250×1 topic
  16. Technology Innovation6▲ 170×1 topic
  17. Environmental Management6▲ 12×6 topics
  18. Innovation5▲ 4.2×11 topics
  19. Consumer Behavior5▲ 6.4×7 topics
  20. Circular Economy5▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Corporate Governance4▲ 5.3×4 topics
  22. Social Capital4▲ 7.3×5 topics
  23. Leadership4▲ 7.8×10 topics
  24. Entrepreneurship4▲ 8.9×6 topics
  25. Economic Growth4▲ 4.0×4 topics
  26. Business Ethics4▲ 39×3 topics
  27. Innovation Policy4▲ 31×4 topics
  28. Market Dynamics3▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Resource Efficiency3▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Green Practices3▲ 32×1 topic
  31. Sustainable Supply Chain Management3▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Corporate Social Responsibility3▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Sustainability Assessment3▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Social Innovation3▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Organizational Change3▲ 32×4 topics
  36. Institutional Theory3▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Platform Competition3▲ 84×1 topic
  38. Two-Sided Markets3▲ 84×1 topic
  39. Metal Recovery2▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Succession Planning2▲ 43×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Governance and Management, Digital Innovation in Industries, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Digital Platforms and Economics.

Corporate Governance and…6Corporate Governance and Management: 6 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 6 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 3 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 3 fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 2 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 2 fractional worksSustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 2 fractional worksCorporate Law and Human Rights: 2 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 2 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementManagement of Technology and InnovationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law2 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 6 works
  2. 2 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  3. 3 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 3 works
  4. 4 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 3 works
  5. 5 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  6. 6 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 2 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  8. 8 Corporate Law and Human Rights Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  9. 9 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 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 available27.5%not open72.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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