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Central European University

In research, Central European University stands highest in Social Sciences (#423 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#343 of 5,988 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#96 of 1,187 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations and History (Political Science and International Relations is 12.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,367
of 22,385 · #1,359 all time
Rank in Austria
#16
of 143
Research works
3.5k
▲ 56% vs 2018-21
Citations
40k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Central European University

What is Central European University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #423 of 9,585 15.7%848 #363
Social SciencesField #343 of 5,988 16.2%549 #303
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #96 of 1,187 18.9%202 #96
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #273 of 2,526 14.4%181 #234
Arts and HumanitiesField #300 of 1,896 19.3%125 #319
Physical SciencesDomain #2,490 of 10,670 16.1%116 #2834
PsychologyField #1,061 of 2,121 9.5%72 #864

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Central European University 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#363 #423
  2. Social Sciences#303 #343
  3. Political Science and International Relations#96 #96
  4. Sociology and Political Science#234 #273
  5. Arts and Humanities#319 #300
  6. Physical Sciences#2,834 #2,490
  7. Psychology#864 #1,061
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Central European University work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Central European University is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (52%), Arts and Humanities (12%), Psychology (7%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 963 fractional works · 81.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 624 fractional works · 52.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 229 fractional works · 19.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 202 fractional works · 17.0% of its workLaw: 38 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGender Studies: 25 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 140 fractional works · 11.8% of its workPhilosophy: 39 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory: 34 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArcheology: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClassics: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 86 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 32 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 54 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 41 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 46 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 25 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 131 fractional works · 11.0% of its workComputer Science: 42 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 24 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Energy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 50 fractional works · 4.2% of its workNeuroscience: 33 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCentral EuropeanUniversity1,189fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences81%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences62452.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities14011.8%
    3. Psychology867.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance544.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting463.8%
    6. Decision Sciences151.2%
    1. Computer Science423.5%
    2. Environmental Science312.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy242.0%
    4. Engineering121.0%
    5. Mathematics100.9%
    6. Energy80.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.3%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Neuroscience332.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences100.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology70.6%
    1. Health Professions231.9%
    2. Medicine201.7%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Central European University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 12.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 228.8 works13×
  2. HistorySubfield · 33.7 works8.8×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.71× its world share, 33 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.92× its world share, 24 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.08× its world share, 140 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.19× its world share, 46 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.10× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.37× its world share, 86 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.15× its world share, 624 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.15×624 works
  2. Arts and Humanities4.08×140 works
  3. Psychology2.37×86 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.10×54 works
  5. Neuroscience1.71×33 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.27×15 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.19×46 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.92×24 works
  9. Mathematics0.74×10 works
  10. Health Professions0.74×23 works
  11. Energy0.69×8 works
  12. Environmental Science0.52×31 works
  13. Computer Science0.45×42 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×4 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×10 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×7 works
  17. Nursing0.11×1 works
  18. Medicine0.09×20 works
  19. Engineering0.07×12 works
  20. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Central European University?

Ranked on the quality score, Federico Battiston, Botond Kőszegi and Diána Ürge-Vorsatz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Central European University.

  1. 1 Federico Battiston Austria · #31,617 worldwide 5.2k citations · 134 works
  2. 2 Botond Kőszegi Austria · #44,579 worldwide 12k citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Diána Ürge-Vorsatz Austria · #45,982 worldwide 22k citations · 158 works
  4. 4 Matthijs Bogaards Austria · #68,523 worldwide 2.8k citations · 101 works
  5. 5 Zsolt Enyedi Austria · #112,246 worldwide 3k citations · 106 works
  6. 6 Uwe Puetter Austria · #114,351 worldwide 3k citations · 106 works
  7. 7 Carsten Q. Schneider Austria · #128,476 worldwide 9.8k citations · 161 works
  8. 8 Mihály Fazekas Austria · #154,252 worldwide 2.8k citations · 177 works
  9. 9 Günther Knoblich Austria · #159,343 worldwide 17k citations · 282 works
  10. 10 Aleh Cherp Austria · #181,792 worldwide 4.9k citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Central European University

What are the most cited papers from Central European University?

The most cited paper from Central European University is "“Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies" (Joseph Henrich, Robert T. Boyd, Samuel Bowles et al., 2005), with 1,943 citations. Next come "Natural pedagogy" (1,626) and "Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences: A Guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis" (1,354).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 “Economic man” in cross-cultural perspective: Behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies Joseph Henrich, Robert T. Boyd, Samuel Bowles et al. · Behavioral and Brain Sciences Dec 2005 1,943
2 Natural pedagogy Gergely Csibra, György Gergely · Trends in Cognitive Sciences Review 14 Mar 2009 1,626
3 Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences: A Guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis Carsten Q. Schneider, Claudius Wagemann 22 Oct 2012 1,354
4 What Works? A Meta Analysis of Recent Active Labor Market Program Evaluations David Card, Jochen Kluve, Andrea Michaela Weber · Journal of the European Economic Association 10 Oct 2017 993
5 The physics of higher-order interactions in complex systems Federico Battiston, Enrico Amico, Alain Barrat et al. · Nature Physics Open access Oct 2021 956
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Central European University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Globalization, Nationalism, Democracy, Identity, International Relations, Gender and Global Governance.

▲ 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. Globalization117▲ 5.0×79 topics
  2. Human Rights113▲ 9.3×57 topics
  3. Nationalism73▲ 14×25 topics
  4. Democracy59▲ 14×19 topics
  5. Identity55▲ 6.4×37 topics
  6. International Relations49▲ 17×21 topics
  7. Gender48▲ 7.5×25 topics
  8. Global Governance45▲ 16×19 topics
  9. Social Media45▲ 2.7×20 topics
  10. European Union44▲ 17×18 topics
  11. Religion42▲ 7.7×22 topics
  12. Ethics40▲ 6.7×30 topics
  13. International Law40▲ 11×22 topics
  14. Public Opinion36▲ 25×5 topics
  15. Colonialism35▲ 6.3×25 topics
  16. Neoliberalism34▲ 8.0×21 topics
  17. Political Economy32▲ 11×14 topics
  18. Economic Development32▲ 3.4×23 topics
  19. History31▲ 3.8×25 topics
  20. Feminism31▲ 8.8×13 topics
  21. Governance29▲ 7.6×13 topics
  22. Authoritarianism29▲ 28×5 topics
  23. European Integration29▲ 43×6 topics
  24. Cold War28▲ 39×4 topics
  25. Cultural Identity27▲ 4.6×17 topics
  26. Ethnicity26▲ 5.9×13 topics
  27. Eastern Europe25▲ 41×3 topics
  28. Social Cognition24▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Soviet Union24▲ 36×3 topics
  30. Politics24▲ 7.5×14 topics
  31. Empire23▲ 23×6 topics
  32. Diplomacy23▲ 21×7 topics
  33. Judicial Review22▲ 22×5 topics
  34. National Identity22▲ 16×7 topics
  35. Occupation22▲ 30×3 topics
  36. Cosmopolitanism22▲ 17×7 topics
  37. Social History22▲ 22×4 topics
  38. Memory21▲ 7.4×10 topics
  39. Cultural Diplomacy21▲ 22×4 topics
  40. Sovereignty20▲ 19×9 topics

Which research topics does Central European University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: European and International Law Studies, Populism, Right-Wing Movements, Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics and Electoral Systems and Political Participation.

European and Internation…16European and International Law Studies: 16 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Mov…16Populism, Right-Wing Movements: 16 fractional worksHistorical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics: 14 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Political Participation: 13 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 12 fractional worksHistorical Gender and Feminism Studies: 12 fractional worksChild and Animal Learning Development: 11 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and…11Political Philosophy and Ethics: 11 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 10 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 10 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceDevelopmental and Educational Psychology

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

  1. 1 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  2. 2 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  3. 3 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  4. 4 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  5. 5 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  6. 6 Historical Gender and Feminism Studies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  7. 7 Child and Animal Learning Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 11 works
  8. 8 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  9. 9 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  10. 10 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 10 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 available55.8%not open44.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.5%domestic only70.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Central European University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Central European University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0048% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Central European University0.0044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Central European University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Central European University14.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.7% in 2014.

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