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FernUniversität in Hagen

In research, FernUniversität in Hagen stands highest in Social Sciences (#980 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,201 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#736 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science and Management of Technology and Innovation (History and Philosophy of Science is 11.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,062
of 22,385 · #2,442 all time
Rank in Germany
#123
of 795
Research works
8.9k
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
77k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
FernUniversität in Hagen

What is FernUniversität in Hagen 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 #980 of 9,585 9.6%961 #842
Social SciencesField #1,201 of 5,988 10.1%440 #974
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #736 of 2,526 11.3%198 #743
Business, Management and AccountingField #932 of 2,581 7.9%167 #900
PsychologyField #781 of 2,121 13.5%115 #1054
Computer ScienceField #1,946 of 4,417 5.8%332 #1133
Physical SciencesDomain #5,463 of 10,670 5.7%498 #3260
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #921 of 1,798 7.2%72 #1023
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,190 of 1,896 8.2%133 #1057
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,172 of 1,862 5.0%155 #1019

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where FernUniversität in Hagen 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#842 #980
  2. Social Sciences#974 #1,201
  3. Sociology and Political Science#743 #736
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#900 #932
  5. Psychology#1,054 #781
  6. Computer Science#1,133 #1,946
  7. Physical Sciences#3,260 #5,463
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#1,023 #921
  9. Arts and Humanities#1,057 #1,190
  10. Artificial Intelligence#1,019 #1,172
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does FernUniversität in Hagen work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at FernUniversität in Hagen is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Computer Science (21%), Business, Management and Accounting (10%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,034 fractional works · 59.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 471 fractional works · 27.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 210 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 85 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 54 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLaw: 39 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSafety Research: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 178 fractional works · 10.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 50 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 44 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 145 fractional works · 8.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 123 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 47 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 77 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 52 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFinance: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 40 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 560 fractional works · 32.1% of its workComputer Science: 373 fractional works · 21.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 175 fractional works · 10.0% of its workInformation Systems: 49 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 95 fractional works · 5.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 43 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 103 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMedicine: 55 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 48 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 38 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 50 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeuroscience: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFernUniversitätin Hagen1,746fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences59%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,03459.2%
    1. Social Sciences47127.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting17810.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities1458.3%
    4. Psychology1237.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance774.4%
    6. Decision Sciences402.3%
    1. Computer Science37321.3%
    2. Engineering955.4%
    3. Mathematics432.4%
    4. Environmental Science221.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy150.9%
    6. Energy60.4%
    7. Materials Science30.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.0%
    1. Medicine553.2%
    2. Health Professions482.7%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience261.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology201.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does FernUniversität in Hagen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 29.8 works11×
  2. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 30.7 works5.8×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 26 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.74× its world share, 373 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 95 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.08× its world share, 43 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 55 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.87× its world share, 145 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.17× its world share, 178 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.38× its world share, 40 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.05× its world share, 76 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.32× its world share, 123 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 471 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.17×178 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.87×145 works
  3. Computer Science2.74×373 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.38×40 works
  5. Psychology2.32×123 works
  6. Social Sciences2.13×471 works
  7. Mathematics2.08×43 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.05×76 works
  9. Health Professions1.03×48 works
  10. Neuroscience0.93×26 works
  11. Energy0.40×6 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.38×15 works
  13. Engineering0.36×95 works
  14. Environmental Science0.25×22 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×20 works
  16. Medicine0.16×55 works
  17. Veterinary0.15×0 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.13×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.05×3 works
  21. Chemistry0.04×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×3 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at FernUniversität in Hagen?

Ranked on the quality score, Oliver Christ, Kathrin Jonkmann and Andreas Bortfeldt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FernUniversität in Hagen.

  1. 1 Oliver Christ Germany · #240,873 worldwide 13k citations · 281 works
  2. 2 Kathrin Jonkmann Germany · #305,259 worldwide 2.4k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Andreas Bortfeldt Germany · #311,004 worldwide 3.3k citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Jolanda van der Noll Germany · #318,072 worldwide 1.9k citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Slaviša Radović Germany · #324,095 worldwide 612 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Theo J. Bastiaens Germany · #350,335 worldwide 4.9k citations · 126 works
  7. 7 Laura Froehlich Germany · #448,434 worldwide 1.4k citations · 69 works
  8. 8 Mathias Kauff Germany · #500,592 worldwide 1.5k citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Stefan Stürmer Germany · #525,995 worldwide 3.9k citations · 96 works
  10. 10 Carsten D. Schultz Germany · #582,756 worldwide 1.4k citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at FernUniversität in Hagen

What are the most cited papers from FernUniversität in Hagen?

The most cited paper from FernUniversität in Hagen is "Culture specific and cross-culturally generalizable implicit leadership theories" (Deanne N. Den Hartog et al., 1999), with 1,212 citations. Next come "Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised" (1,206) and "Comparison and Evaluation of Clone Detection Tools" (787).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Culture specific and cross-culturally generalizable implicit leadership theories Deanne N. Den Hartog et al. · The Leadership Quarterly Open access144 authors 1999 1,212
2 Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised Pia Hollerbach, Andreas Mokros, Joachim Nitschke et al. · Forensische Psychiatrie Psychologie Kriminologie Open access 5 Jul 2018 1,206
3 Comparison and Evaluation of Clone Detection Tools Stefan Bellon, Rainer Koschke, Giulio Antoniol et al. · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 22 Aug 2007 787
4 Computable Analysis : An Introduction Klaus Weihrauch · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Open access 12 Mar 2014 778
5 A foundation for representing and querying moving objects Ralf Hartmut Güting, Michael H. Böhlen, Martin Erwig et al. · ACM Transactions on Database Systems Open access Mar 2000 759
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at FernUniversität in Hagen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Artificial Intelligence, Leadership, Digital Transformation, Customer Experience and Sustainable Development.

▲ 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. Big Data90▲ 5.4×24 topics
  2. Machine Learning90▲ 1.54×59 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence83▲ 3.4×32 topics
  4. Sustainable Development72▲ 2.6×32 topics
  5. Education71▲ 2.4×40 topics
  6. Governance68▲ 12×9 topics
  7. Digital Transformation59▲ 6.3×16 topics
  8. Leadership58▲ 6.8×13 topics
  9. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse57▲ 84×2 topics
  10. Globalization56▲ 1.63×58 topics
  11. Human Rights47▲ 2.6×34 topics
  12. Gender45▲ 4.8×24 topics
  13. Ethics43▲ 4.9×25 topics
  14. Customer Experience43▲ 15×4 topics
  15. Knowledge Representation40▲ 27×4 topics
  16. Bildungsungleichheit39▲ 81×1 topic
  17. Ethnografisches Schreiben39▲ 81×1 topic
  18. Description Logics38▲ 47×2 topics
  19. E-commerce38▲ 3.8×6 topics
  20. Identity37▲ 2.9×19 topics
  21. Information Technology34▲ 4.2×12 topics
  22. Neoliberalism32▲ 5.2×17 topics
  23. Customer Relationship Management32▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Data Integration28▲ 9.6×4 topics
  25. Mobile Health28▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Marketing27▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Social Innovation27▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Organizational Change27▲ 20×4 topics
  29. Investment Decisions27▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Model Checking26▲ 32×3 topics
  31. Business Models26▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Technology Innovation26▲ 44×3 topics
  33. Digital Capital26▲ 85×1 topic
  34. Value Chains26▲ 85×1 topic
  35. Omni-Channel Strategy25▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Statistical Analysis24▲ 8.1×4 topics
  37. Complex Systems24▲ 13×5 topics
  38. Modal Logic24▲ 46×2 topics
  39. Semantic Web23▲ 14×5 topics
  40. Environmental Sustainability23▲ 8.0×6 topics

Which research topics does FernUniversität in Hagen publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sociology and Education Studies, Corporate Governance and Management, Digital Innovation in Industries and Sports Science and Education.

Sociology and Education …39Sociology and Education Studies: 39 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…26Corporate Governance and Management: 26 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 25 fractional worksSports Science and Education: 21 fractional worksLogic, Reasoning, and Knowledge: 21 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 19 fractional worksLaw and Political Science: 18 fractional worksEducation Methods and Te…18Education Methods and Technologies: 18 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 18 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 18 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceStrategy and ManagementManagement of Technology and InnovationHistory and Philosophy of Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 39 works
  2. 2 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 26 works
  3. 3 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 25 works
  4. 4 Sports Science and Education History and Philosophy of Science 21 works
  5. 5 Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge Artificial Intelligence 21 works
  6. 6 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 19 works
  7. 7 Law and Political Science Law 18 works
  8. 8 Education Methods and Technologies Education 18 works
  9. 9 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 18 works
  10. 10 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 18 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 available21.5%not open78.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has FernUniversität in Hagen's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher 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 FernUniversität in Hagen as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0064% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%FernUniversität in Hagen0.0082% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of FernUniversität in Hagen 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 2025FernUniversität in Hagen8.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.2% in 2008.

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