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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

In research, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,992 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology, Arts and Humanities and Political Science and International Relations (Museology is 106.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,861
of 22,385 · #12,614 all time
Rank in Germany
#513
of 795
Research works
646
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

What is Deutsche Nationalbibliothek 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 #4,992 of 9,585 8.7%114 #5095

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

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Arts and Humanities (32%), Computer Science (12%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 130 fractional works · 81.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 35.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 fractional works · 12.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 10.2% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 51 fractional works · 31.6% of its workMuseology: 21 fractional works · 13.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 15 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 14.6% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 11.7% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 9.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDeutscheNationalbibliothek160fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences3%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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5735.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities5131.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance127.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting74.3%
    5. Psychology31.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Computer Science1911.7%
    2. Environmental Science21.3%
    3. Engineering10.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine52.9%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Deutsche Nationalbibliothek specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 106.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MuseologySubfield · 20.9 works107×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 50.5 works11×
  3. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 20.1 works8.4×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.51× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 10.93× its world share, 50 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.55× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.82× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities10.93×50 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.55×12 works
  3. Social Sciences2.82×57 works
  4. Computer Science1.51×19 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.34×7 works
  6. Psychology0.59×3 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.28×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.26×2 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.17×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×1 works
  12. Medicine0.15×5 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.06×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.05×0 works
  16. Engineering0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek?

Ranked on the quality score, Wolf-Michael Kähler, Clemens Zintzen and Günther Schweikle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.

  1. 1 Wolf-Michael Kähler Germany · #1,379,445 worldwide 87 citations · 487 works
  2. 2 Clemens Zintzen Germany · #1,467,459 worldwide 91 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Günther Schweikle Germany · #1,811,585 worldwide 157 citations · 216 works
  4. 4 Heinrich Krahn Germany · #1,827,847 worldwide 45 citations · 140 works
  5. 5 Wolfgang Oelfke Germany · #1,836,228 worldwide 53 citations · 137 works
  6. 6 Digby Fairweather Germany · #1,900,532 worldwide 24 citations · 117 works
  7. 7 Gert Gutjahr Germany · #1,913,911 worldwide 69 citations · 138 works
  8. 8 Dieter Eh Germany · #1,921,444 worldwide 37 citations · 111 works
  9. 9 Rüdiger Diedrigkeit Germany · #1,937,929 worldwide 9 citations · 130 works
  10. 10 Elmar Goldstein Germany · #1,998,573 worldwide 7 citations · 92 works
All ranked researchers at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

What are the most cited papers from Deutsche Nationalbibliothek?

The most cited paper from Deutsche Nationalbibliothek is "Computer Vision — ECCV’98" (Hans Burkhardt, Bernd Neumann, 1998), with 379 citations. Next come "CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF BANKS: A SURVEY" (258) and "Quantum Computing and Quantum Communications" (186).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Computer Vision — ECCV’98 Hans Burkhardt, Bernd Neumann · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 1998 379
2 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF BANKS: A SURVEY Jakob de Haan, Razvan Vlahu · Journal of Economic Surveys Open access 13 Jan 2015 258
3 Quantum Computing and Quantum Communications Colin P. Williams · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 1999 186
4 Implementation of Functional Languages Kluge, Werner · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 1997 181
5 Prosumer Revisited: Zur Aktualität einer Debatte Kai-Uwe Hellmann · VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften eBooks Book chapterOpen access 24 Dec 2009 124
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, History, Narrative, Art, Materiality, Exhibition, Museum and 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. Literature27▲ 31×9 topics
  2. History23▲ 21×6 topics
  3. Narrative22▲ 88×4 topics
  4. Art22▲ 149×3 topics
  5. Materiality21▲ 346×2 topics
  6. Exhibition21▲ 1103×1 topic
  7. Museum21▲ 1103×1 topic
  8. Governance19▲ 37×3 topics
  9. Innovation18▲ 11×3 topics
  10. Digitalization18▲ 53×3 topics
  11. Leadership16▲ 21×1 topic
  12. Participation16▲ 108×1 topic
  13. Human Rights16▲ 9.6×5 topics
  14. Digital Repositories14▲ 260×2 topics
  15. Criminal Justice14▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Identity14▲ 12×9 topics
  17. Privacy14▲ 30×3 topics
  18. Legal Methodology13▲ 465×1 topic
  19. Party Competition13▲ 750×1 topic
  20. Gender13▲ 15×6 topics
  21. Financial Analysis12▲ 64×1 topic
  22. Monetary Policy12▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Semantic Web12▲ 77×4 topics
  24. Linked Data11▲ 178×2 topics
  25. Bibliographic Framework11▲ 825×1 topic
  26. Resource Description and Access11▲ 825×1 topic
  27. Bildung9▲ 179×3 topics
  28. Autorschaft8▲ 245×1 topic
  29. Literaturkritik8▲ 245×1 topic
  30. Philosophy6▲ 9.2×7 topics
  31. Critique5▲ 156×2 topics
  32. Postmodernism5▲ 91×3 topics
  33. Aesthetics5▲ 39×4 topics
  34. Humanities4▲ 100×4 topics
  35. Data Citation4▲ 49×2 topics
  36. Data Sharing4▲ 76×2 topics
  37. Criminal Law4▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Open Science4▲ 88×1 topic
  39. Prison System4▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Scientific Data Management4▲ 88×1 topic

Which research topics does Deutsche Nationalbibliothek publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Libraries and Information Services, Public Administration and Political Analysis, Law and Political Science and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies.

Libraries and Informatio…21Libraries and Information Services: 21 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 16 fractional worksLaw and Political Science: 13 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and E…12Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 12 fractional worksLibrary Science and Info…11Library Science and Information Systems: 11 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 8 fractional worksCriminal Law and Policy: 4 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 4 fractional worksSamuel Beckett and Modernism: 3 fractional worksDiverse Legal and Medical Studies: 3 fractional works
MuseologyPolitical Science and International RelationsLawEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Libraries and Information Services Museology 21 works
  2. 2 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  3. 3 Law and Political Science Law 13 works
  4. 4 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  5. 5 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 11 works
  6. 6 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 8 works
  7. 7 Criminal Law and Policy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 4 works
  9. 9 Samuel Beckett and Modernism Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  10. 10 Diverse Legal and Medical Studies Strategy and Management 3 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 available74.4%not open25.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Deutsche Nationalbibliothek's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower 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 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Deutsche Nationalbibliothek0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Deutsche Nationalbibliothek 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2024Deutsche Nationalbibliothek5.5% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2022.

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