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Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

In research, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,728 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,557 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Professions (#1,015 of 1,928 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 14.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,593
of 28,054 · #10,695 all time
Rank in Germany
#422
of 1,178
Research works
1.5k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,728 of 11,982 22.3%94 #5332
Social SciencesDomain #4,557 of 10,521 30.0%97 #2854
Health ProfessionsField #1,015 of 1,928 25.2%66 #1353

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 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. Health Sciences#5,332 #3,728
  2. Social Sciences#2,854 #4,557
  3. Health Professions#1,353 #1,015
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 Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 14.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 48.3 works14×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.40× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 10.36× its world share, 66 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.61× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.01× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Hermann Burr, H. Meisel and Anita Tisch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

  1. 1 Hermann Burr Germany · #358,746 worldwide 72 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 H. Meisel Germany · #362,535 worldwide 115 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Anita Tisch Germany · #559,053 worldwide 46 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 A Lindner Germany · #564,036 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Anne Marit Wöhrmann Germany · #650,654 worldwide 26 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 W. Schuphan Germany · #689,172 worldwide 78 citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Paul Schreiber Germany · #715,915 worldwide 22 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Sascha Wischniewski Germany · #757,403 worldwide 34 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 C. A. Barth Germany · #857,752 worldwide 40 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 W. Rödel Germany · #859,807 worldwide 9 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Which keywords describe research at Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Health Impact, Work-related Stress, Psychosocial Work Environment, Sickness Presenteeism, Mental Health, Job Satisfaction and Leadership.

▲ 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. Cardiovascular Disease31▲ 11×5 topics
  2. Health Impact26▲ 197×2 topics
  3. Work-related Stress24▲ 109×2 topics
  4. Psychosocial Work Environment24▲ 372×1 topic
  5. Sickness Presenteeism24▲ 372×1 topic
  6. Mental Health23▲ 6.4×13 topics
  7. Job Satisfaction17▲ 16×8 topics
  8. Leadership16▲ 14×9 topics
  9. Health Effects14▲ 9.8×12 topics
  10. Public Health14▲ 4.0×12 topics
  11. Sustainable Development14▲ 3.6×7 topics
  12. Labor Market14▲ 19×7 topics
  13. Unemployment13▲ 62×2 topics
  14. Digital Transformation12▲ 9.3×4 topics
  15. Health Outcomes12▲ 18×3 topics
  16. Economic Crisis12▲ 40×1 topic
  17. Precarious Employment12▲ 76×1 topic
  18. Organizational Change10▲ 56×4 topics
  19. Accident Prevention9▲ 54×2 topics
  20. Occupational Safety9▲ 40×2 topics
  21. Safety Culture9▲ 54×2 topics
  22. Employee Engagement9▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Organizational Culture8▲ 8.8×4 topics
  24. Agility8▲ 249×1 topic
  25. Socio-Technical Systems8▲ 146×1 topic
  26. Employee Behavior8▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Innovation Policy8▲ 33×3 topics
  28. Risk Perception8▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Chronic Diseases8▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Social Innovation8▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Work-Life Balance8▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Workplace Safety8▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Interdisciplinary Research8▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Knowledge Engineering8▲ 234×1 topic
  35. Human Factors7▲ 39×2 topics
  36. Construction Safety7▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Safety Climate7▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Work Engagement6▲ 27×3 topics
  39. Gender Inequality6▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Telecommuting6▲ 75×1 topic

Which research topics does Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Workplace Health and Well-being, Employment and Welfare Studies, Corporate Management and Leadership and Innovation, Technology, and Society.

Workplace Health and Wel…24Workplace Health and Well-being: 24 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…12Employment and Welfare Studies: 12 fractional worksCorporate Management and…8Corporate Management and Leadership: 8 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 8 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 7 fractional worksWork-Family Balance Chal…6Work-Family Balance Challenges: 6 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 5 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 5 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 4 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 4 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSociology and Political ScienceRadiological and Ultrasound Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 24 works
  2. 2 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 12 works
  3. 3 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 8 works
  4. 4 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  5. 5 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 7 works
  6. 6 Work-Family Balance Challenges Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  7. 7 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 5 works
  8. 8 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 5 works
  9. 9 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 4 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 available32.2%not open67.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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