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Christiani

In research, Christiani stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,669 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#6,493 of 9,330 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#2,842 of 3,511 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,753
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#975
of 1,603
Research works
462
▼ 61% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
3.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Christiani

What is Christiani 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 #8,669 of 14,833 5.0%383
Social SciencesField #6,493 of 9,330 5.4%167
Arts and HumanitiesField #2,842 of 3,511 4.4%182

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Christiani 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 Christiani work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Christiani is in Social Sciences, 21% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (38%), Psychology (18%), Arts and Humanities (17%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 17 fractional works · 73.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 38.3% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 16.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 15.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 16.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 20.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 12.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKChristiani24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences73%

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 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences938.3%
    2. Psychology418.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities416.6%
    1. Health Professions312.8%
    2. Medicine27.8%
    1. Materials Science02.1%
    2. Environmental Science01.8%
    3. Computer Science01.4%
    4. Engineering00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 4.84× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 5.73× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 5.97× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.03× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology5.97×4 works
  2. Arts and Humanities5.73×4 works
  3. Health Professions4.84×3 works
  4. Social Sciences3.03×9 works
  5. Materials Science0.61×0 works
  6. Medicine0.41×2 works
  7. Environmental Science0.36×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.18×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works
  10. Engineering0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Christiani?

Ranked on the quality score, Sophus Lie, Th. Scheerer and Carl Störmer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Christiani.

  1. 1 Sophus Lie Germany · #1,785,210 worldwide 1.9k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Th. Scheerer Germany · #2,052,582 worldwide 60 citations · 87 works
  3. 3 Carl Störmer Germany · #2,178,994 worldwide 972 citations · 96 works
  4. 4 H. Geelmuyden Germany · #2,280,927 worldwide 344 citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Adolph Strecker Germany · #2,366,232 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Hansteen Germany · #2,389,629 worldwide 8 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Ivar Bang Germany · #2,400,671 worldwide 311 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Alexander Christiani Germany · #2,496,358 worldwide 5 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 L. Vegard Germany · #2,500,463 worldwide 5k citations · 121 works
  10. 10 Alf Guldberg Germany · #2,575,888 worldwide 61 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Christiani

What are the most cited papers from Christiani?

The most cited paper from Christiani is "SHAPE ANALYSIS OF SYMMETRIC STRUCTURES: QUANTIFYING VARIATION AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND ASYMMETRY" (Christian Peter Klingenberg, Marta Barluenga, Axel Meyer, 2002), with 193 citations. Next come "Risks Associated With Lentiviral Vector Exposures and Prevention Strategies" (164) and "Religion and Civic Engagement: A Comparative Analysis" (159).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SHAPE ANALYSIS OF SYMMETRIC STRUCTURES: QUANTIFYING VARIATION AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND ASYMMETRY Christian Peter Klingenberg, Marta Barluenga, Axel Meyer · Evolution 2002 193
2 Risks Associated With Lentiviral Vector Exposures and Prevention Strategies Ryan Schlimgen, John Howard, Dawn P. Wooley et al. · Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Open access Dec 2016 164
3 Religion and Civic Engagement: A Comparative Analysis Corwin E. Smidt · The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Sep 1999 159
4 Clinical Management and the Duration of Disability for Work-Related Low Back Pain Mohammed A. Mahmud, Barbara S. Webster, Theodore K. Courtney et al. · Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Dec 2000 100
5 Programming Constraint Services Schulte, Christian · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paperOpen access 2002 89
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Christiani?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Embodiment, Healthcare, Interactional Expertise, Public Health, Tacit Knowledge, Ethics, Qualitative Research and Primary Care.

▲ 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 32 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Embodiment4▲ 102×3 topics
  2. Healthcare4▲ 13×2 topics
  3. Interactional Expertise4▲ 1378×1 topic
  4. Public Health4▲ 10×3 topics
  5. Tacit Knowledge4▲ 319×1 topic
  6. Ethics3▲ 25×6 topics
  7. Education3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  8. Qualitative Research3▲ 13×4 topics
  9. Primary Care2▲ 29×2 topics
  10. Phenomenology2▲ 84×2 topics
  11. Pedagogy2▲ 17×1 topic
  12. Social Sciences2▲ 59×1 topic
  13. Human Rights2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  14. Empathy2▲ 63×3 topics
  15. Secularism2▲ 70×3 topics
  16. Medical Education2▲ 25×2 topics
  17. European Legal Systems2▲ 184×1 topic
  18. Healthcare Workers2▲ 27×1 topic
  19. Judicial Review2▲ 75×1 topic
  20. NHS2▲ 439×1 topic
  21. Narrative Medicine2▲ 235×1 topic
  22. Physician2▲ 235×1 topic
  23. Church History1▲ 133×2 topics
  24. Identity1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  25. Sustainability1▲ 2.3×4 topics
  26. Religion1▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Calvinism1▲ 190×1 topic
  28. Community Health1▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Global Health1▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Pediatrics1▲ 158×1 topic
  31. Reformation1▲ 152×1 topic
  32. Securitization1▲ 281×1 topic

Which research topics does Christiani publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research, Research in Social Sciences, Empathy and Medical Education and European and International Law Studies.

Education, Healthcare an…4Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 4 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 2 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Educ…2Empathy and Medical Education: 2 fractional worksEuropean and Internation…2European and International Law Studies: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Challenges: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksGlobal Security and Publ…1Global Security and Public Health: 1 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 1 fractional worksReligious Education and Schools: 1 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologyEducationPsychiatry and Mental healthPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Research in Social Sciences Education 2 works
  3. 3 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  4. 4 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Challenges General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Global Security and Public Health Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 1 works
  9. 9 Religious Education and Schools Education 1 works
  10. 10 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 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 available17.4%not open82.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Christiani's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Christiani as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000063% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Christiani0.000034% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Christiani 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.

5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2017Christiani3.4% in 20172010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.8% in 2013.

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