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FH Münster

In research, FH Münster stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,909 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,007 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,818 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering — Computational Mechanics is 14.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,518
of 28,054 · #7,679 all time
Rank in Germany
#345
of 1,178
Research works
3k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is FH Münster 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 #4,909 of 10,521 17.0%257 #5325
Health SciencesDomain #6,007 of 11,982 14.7%90 #7325
Physical SciencesDomain #6,818 of 12,888 5.6%417 #6594
Social SciencesField #4,333 of 6,365 18.6%106 #4746
EngineeringField #4,636 of 6,636 3.8%259 #5596
MedicineField #7,796 of 10,443 13.6%62 #7681
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,962 of 2,578 18.0%62 #2651
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,336 of 1,351 1.6%64 #2549
Computational MechanicsSubfield #376 of 376 2.8%67 #1196

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where FH Münster 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. Social Sciences#5,325 #4,909
  2. Health Sciences#7,325 #6,007
  3. Physical Sciences#6,594 #6,818
  4. Social Sciences#4,746 #4,333
  5. Engineering#5,596 #4,636
  6. Medicine#7,681 #7,796
  7. Business, Management and Accounting#2,651 #1,962
  8. Mechanical Engineering#2,549 #1,336
  9. Computational Mechanics#1,196 #376
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 FH Münster specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 66.5 works14×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 22.0 works5.3×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.91× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.14× its world share, 259 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.49× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.50× its world share, 27 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.63× its world share, 38 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.38× its world share, 62 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 106 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at FH Münster?

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas Jüstel, Joachim Merchel and Aladin El-Mafaalani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FH Münster.

  1. 1 Thomas Jüstel Germany · #92,025 worldwide 463 citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Joachim Merchel Germany · #174,778 worldwide 25 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Aladin El-Mafaalani Germany · #236,218 worldwide 46 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Martin Poppe Germany · #331,711 worldwide 19 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Peter Breitschmid Germany · #431,272 worldwide 0 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 G. Hensen Germany · #482,153 worldwide 2 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Stefan Gaertner Germany · #543,123 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Laurenz Göllmann Germany · #553,160 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Helmuth Neuhaus Germany · #599,320 worldwide 9 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Michael Tüxen Germany · #601,343 worldwide 63 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at FH Münster

Which keywords describe research at FH Münster?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Thermal Management, Vibration Analysis, Fluid Dynamics, Materials Science, Renewable Energy Integration and Mathematical Modeling.

▲ 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. Sustainability79▲ 4.0×38 topics
  2. Renewable Energy68▲ 5.8×20 topics
  3. Thermal Management58▲ 22×5 topics
  4. Vibration Analysis57▲ 26×4 topics
  5. Fluid Dynamics56▲ 50×3 topics
  6. Materials Science56▲ 169×2 topics
  7. Renewable Energy Integration56▲ 20×3 topics
  8. Engineering56▲ 149×2 topics
  9. Mathematical Modeling56▲ 78×2 topics
  10. Turbine Technology55▲ 380×1 topic
  11. Sustainable Development41▲ 3.2×16 topics
  12. Structural Analysis40▲ 52×3 topics
  13. Additive Manufacturing39▲ 15×5 topics
  14. Renewable Resources39▲ 28×5 topics
  15. Automotive Engineering36▲ 563×1 topic
  16. Lightweight Materials36▲ 563×1 topic
  17. Digital Transformation28▲ 6.5×8 topics
  18. Construction21▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Artificial Intelligence21▲ 1.89×14 topics
  20. Governance20▲ 7.5×6 topics
  21. Leadership19▲ 5.0×11 topics
  22. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse19▲ 56×2 topics
  23. Structural Health Monitoring17▲ 28×3 topics
  24. Material Properties16▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Civil Engineering16▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Bridge Engineering15▲ 186×1 topic
  27. Geotechnical Design15▲ 186×1 topic
  28. Bildungsungleichheit13▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Ethnografisches Schreiben13▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Organizational Change13▲ 21×5 topics
  31. Professional Development12▲ 7.7×6 topics
  32. Investment Decisions12▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Luminescent Materials12▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Customer Relationship Management12▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Digital Capital12▲ 77×1 topic
  36. Value Chains12▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Challenges10▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Customer Experience10▲ 8.5×4 topics
  39. Socio-Technical Systems10▲ 54×2 topics
  40. Social Innovation10▲ 7.9×4 topics

Which research topics does FH Münster publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Physics and Engineering Research Articles, Engineering and Materials Science Studies, Civil and Structural Engineering Research and Sociology and Education Studies.

Physics and Engineering …55Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 55 fractional worksEngineering and Material…36Engineering and Materials Science Studies: 36 fractional worksCivil and Structural Engineering Research: 15 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 13 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 12 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 10 fractional worksLuminescence Properties of Advanced Materials: 9 fractional worksRobotic Process Automation Applications: 8 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 8 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 8 fractional works
Computational MechanicsMechanical EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 55 works
  2. 2 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 36 works
  3. 3 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  5. 5 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 12 works
  6. 6 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  7. 7 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 9 works
  8. 8 Robotic Process Automation Applications Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  10. 10 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 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 available27.6%not open72.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has FH Münster's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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