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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

In research, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,930 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 10.9× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#22,678
of 28,054 · #31,071 all time
Rank in Germany
#885
of 1,178
Research works
646
▲ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1k
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Deutsche Nationalbibliothek 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 #5,930 of 10,521 10.7%114 #7047

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Deutsche Nationalbibliothek specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 41.9 works11×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 10.95× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.44× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.21× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.13× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek?

Ranked on the composite score, Martina Winkhart-Martis, Andreas Willburger and Ralph Schmitt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.

  1. 1 Martina Winkhart-Martis Germany · #231,189 worldwide 4 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Andreas Willburger Germany · #303,431 worldwide 1 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Ralph Schmitt Germany · #318,095 worldwide 1 citations · 27 works
  4. 3 Barbara Lorinser Germany · #318,095 worldwide 1 citations · 27 works
  5. 3 Brigitte Thäle Germany · #318,095 worldwide 1 citations · 27 works
  6. 3 Kerstin Schweizer Germany · #318,095 worldwide 1 citations · 27 works
  7. 3 Ulrich Jautz Germany · #318,095 worldwide 1 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Johann Rist Germany · #374,470 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Herbert Bruderer Germany · #390,012 worldwide 13 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Udo Di Fabio Germany · #452,383 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

Which keywords describe research at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Governance, Innovation, Digitalization, History, Leadership, Participation and Art.

▲ 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. Literature20▲ 28×8 topics
  2. Governance18▲ 42×2 topics
  3. Innovation17▲ 12×2 topics
  4. Digitalization17▲ 65×3 topics
  5. History17▲ 18×5 topics
  6. Leadership16▲ 26×1 topic
  7. Participation16▲ 123×1 topic
  8. Art16▲ 136×3 topics
  9. Narrative15▲ 73×3 topics
  10. Human Rights15▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Materiality15▲ 303×2 topics
  12. Exhibition15▲ 1024×1 topic
  13. Museum15▲ 1024×1 topic
  14. Criminal Justice14▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Privacy14▲ 35×3 topics
  16. Identity13▲ 14×9 topics
  17. Legal Methodology13▲ 540×1 topic
  18. Party Competition13▲ 848×1 topic
  19. Gender12▲ 17×6 topics
  20. Financial Analysis12▲ 75×1 topic
  21. Monetary Policy12▲ 36×1 topic
  22. Bildung9▲ 209×3 topics
  23. Autorschaft8▲ 277×1 topic
  24. Literaturkritik8▲ 277×1 topic
  25. Philosophy6▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Critique5▲ 185×2 topics
  27. Digital Repositories5▲ 148×2 topics
  28. Aesthetics5▲ 50×4 topics
  29. Linked Data5▲ 93×2 topics
  30. Semantic Web5▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Postmodernism5▲ 99×3 topics
  32. Bibliographic Framework5▲ 499×1 topic
  33. Resource Description and Access5▲ 499×1 topic
  34. Humanities4▲ 126×4 topics
  35. Criminal Law4▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Prison System4▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Modernism3▲ 133×1 topic
  38. Samuel Beckett3▲ 816×1 topic
  39. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse3▲ 54×2 topics
  40. Digital Markets Act3▲ 252×1 topic

Which research topics does Deutsche Nationalbibliothek publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Administration and Political Analysis, Libraries and Information Services, Law and Political Science and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies.

  1. 1 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  2. 2 Libraries and Information Services Museology 15 works
  3. 3 Law and Political Science Law 13 works
  4. 4 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  5. 5 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 8 works
  6. 6 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 5 works
  7. 7 Criminal Law and Policy Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Samuel Beckett and Modernism Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  9. 9 Diverse Legal and Medical Studies Strategy and Management 3 works
  10. 10 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available74.4%not open25.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Deutsche Nationalbibliothek's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher 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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