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Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

In research, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel stands highest in Physical Sciences (#674 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#355 of 6,365 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#592 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Paleontology and Oceanography — Classics is 9.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#665
of 28,054 · #349 all time
Rank in Germany
#34
of 1,178
Research works
45k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2M
27.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 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 #674 of 12,888 17.8%1,973 #389
Social SciencesField #355 of 6,365 19.4%630 #498
Social SciencesDomain #592 of 10,521 18.6%1,307 #448
Life SciencesDomain #696 of 7,800 25.4%757 #313
Health SciencesDomain #1,171 of 11,982 20.2%621 #287
MedicineField #1,300 of 10,443 20.0%489 #284
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #463 of 3,579 22.3%309 #325
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #502 of 3,409 31.3%304 #299
Environmental ScienceField #523 of 3,551 22.9%318 #326
EngineeringField #1,119 of 6,636 13.9%593 #687

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 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#389 #674
  2. Social Sciences#498 #355
  3. Social Sciences#448 #592
  4. Life Sciences#313 #696
  5. Health Sciences#287 #1,171
  6. Medicine#284 #1,300
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#325 #463
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#299 #502
  9. Environmental Science#326 #523
  10. Engineering#687 #1,119
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 Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 9.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 25.3 works9.1×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 48.6 works8.6×
  3. OceanographySubfield · 50.6 works3.9×
  4. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 44.4 works3.8×
← 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: 1.37× its world share, 304 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 309 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 50 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 82 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.78× its world share, 130 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 227 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.50× its world share, 256 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 35 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.85× its world share, 592 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 318 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.02× its world share, 166 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.00× its world share, 55 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.69× its world share, 175 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.83× its world share, 41 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 489 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.67× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.58× its world share, 346 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 120 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 76 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 102 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 630 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel?

Ranked on the composite score, André Franke, Marco Liserre and Reiner Siebert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel.

  1. 1 André Franke · #1,437 worldwide 2.2k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Marco Liserre · #2,193 worldwide 4.6k citations · 270 works
  3. 3 Reiner Siebert · #5,051 worldwide 1.2k citations · 118 works
  4. 4 Rainer Horn · #10,896 worldwide 1.4k citations · 127 works
  5. 5 Paul Säftig · #12,340 worldwide 942 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Dieter Adam · #13,094 worldwide 771 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 G. Lagaly · #15,546 worldwide 778 citations · 61 works
  8. 8 Pieter Meiert Grootes · #16,250 worldwide 1.2k citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Wolfgang Lieb · #17,234 worldwide 596 citations · 73 works
  10. 10 Norbert Stock · #17,553 worldwide 1k citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

Which keywords describe research at Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Power Electronics, Governance, Identity, Gender, International Relations, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse and Renewable Energy Integration.

▲ 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 Change246▲ 1.97×90 topics
  2. Sustainability97▼ 0.85×69 topics
  3. Identity80▲ 2.4×39 topics
  4. Gender70▲ 2.8×25 topics
  5. Human Rights67▲ 1.39×40 topics
  6. Power Electronics65▲ 4.2×8 topics
  7. Governance63▲ 4.1×12 topics
  8. Biodiversity56▲ 1.61×30 topics
  9. Catalysis54▲ 1.74×25 topics
  10. History54▲ 1.64×31 topics
  11. Literature53▲ 2.1×25 topics
  12. Renewable Energy Integration52▲ 3.3×5 topics
  13. Microbial Communities51▲ 2.6×10 topics
  14. International Relations48▲ 4.3×17 topics
  15. Nationalism47▲ 2.2×22 topics
  16. Invasive Species46▲ 2.3×20 topics
  17. Conservation45▲ 2.2×20 topics
  18. Holocene35▲ 6.6×3 topics
  19. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse35▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Cultural History35▲ 6.1×12 topics
  21. Ecosystem Functioning34▲ 3.8×7 topics
  22. Sea Level33▲ 7.3×2 topics
  23. Diplomacy33▲ 7.4×6 topics
  24. Sociolinguistics33▲ 3.7×8 topics
  25. Archaeology31▲ 4.9×9 topics
  26. Social History30▲ 7.8×6 topics
  27. Bildung30▲ 20×3 topics
  28. Paleoclimatology29▲ 7.6×2 topics
  29. Bildungsungleichheit29▲ 21×1 topic
  30. Ethnografisches Schreiben29▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Agricultural Origins28▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Radiocarbon Dating28▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Glacial Cycles28▲ 8.9×1 topic
  34. Monsoon Dynamics28▲ 8.9×1 topic
  35. Sexuality24▲ 7.1×2 topics
  36. Youth Offenders24▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Language Variation24▲ 8.7×3 topics
  38. Prison System23▲ 8.9×3 topics
  39. Middle Ages23▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Multimodality23▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research and Criminal Law and Policy.

Sociology and Education …29Sociology and Education Studies: 29 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient …28Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 28 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 28 fractional worksCriminal Law and Policy22Criminal Law and Policy: 22 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 22 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 22 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 21 fractional worksLaw and Political Science20Law and Political Science: 20 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 20 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 19 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePaleontologyAtmospheric ScienceLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education StudiesSociology and Political Science 29 works
  2. 2 Archaeology and ancient environmental studiesPaleontology 28 works
  3. 3 Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchAtmospheric Science 28 works
  4. 4 Criminal Law and PolicySociology and Political Science 22 works
  5. 5 German Literature and Culture StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory 22 works
  6. 6 European history and politicsPolitical Science and International Relations 22 works
  7. 7 Linguistic research and analysisLanguage and Linguistics 21 works
  8. 8 Law and Political ScienceLaw 20 works
  9. 9 Historical, Literary, and Cultural StudiesClassics 20 works
  10. 10 Public Administration and Political AnalysisPolitical Science and International Relations 19 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 available29.4%not open70.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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