FH Münster
In research, FH Münster stands highest in Engineering (#1,620 of 5,901 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,865 of 9,585 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#1,027 of 2,581 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Computational Mechanics is 13.1× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #2,571 of 22,385 · #2,285 all time
- Rank in Germany
- #110 of 795
- Research works
- 3k ▲ 27% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 32k 10.6 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.88× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 28% world 40%
- International
- 16% world 18%
What is FH Münster known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EngineeringField | #1,620 of 5,901 | 4.0% | 259 | #2068 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,865 of 9,585 | 9.9% | 257 | #2588 | |
| Business, Management and AccountingField | #1,027 of 2,581 | 12.4% | 62 | #874 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #4,284 of 10,670 | 4.9% | 417 | #3652 | |
| Social SciencesField | #2,428 of 5,988 | 9.6% | 106 | #2862 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #4,070 of 9,902 | 8.9% | 90 | #2615 | |
| MedicineField | #4,086 of 8,541 | 8.0% | 62 | #2521 | |
| Mechanical EngineeringSubfield | #743 of 1,319 | 2.4% | 64 | #1230 | |
| Computational MechanicsSubfield | #258 of 386 | 6.9% | 67 | #586 |
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 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.
- Engineering#2,068 #1,620
- Social Sciences#2,588 #2,865
- Business, Management and Accounting#874 #1,027
- Physical Sciences#3,652 #4,284
- Social Sciences#2,862 #2,428
- Health Sciences#2,615 #4,070
- Medicine#2,521 #4,086
- Mechanical Engineering#1,230 #743
- Computational Mechanics#586 #258
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 FH Münster work in?
In 2022-now, 50% of research at FH Münster is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Social Sciences (13%), Medicine (8%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences45850.1%
- Engineering27630.1%
- Materials Science475.1%
- Computer Science455.0%
- Physics and Astronomy303.3%
- Environmental Science252.8%
- Chemistry131.4%
- Mathematics90.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences60.6%
- Energy50.6%
- Chemical Engineering20.3%
- Social Sciences29131.8%
- Social Sciences11913.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting697.5%
- Arts and Humanities444.8%
- Psychology434.7%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.1%
- Decision Sciences60.7%
- Health Sciences10912.0%
- Medicine778.4%
- Health Professions283.1%
- Dentistry20.2%
- Nursing20.2%
- Veterinary10.1%
- Life Sciences576.2%
What does FH Münster specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Computational MechanicsSubfield · 69.5 works13×
- Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 22.6 works4.8×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Business, Management and Accounting2.33×69 works
- Engineering2.01×276 works
- Arts and Humanities1.65×44 works
- Psychology1.56×43 works
- Materials Science1.46×47 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.46×30 works
- Health Professions1.18×28 works
- Social Sciences1.02×119 works
- Chemistry0.92×13 works
- Mathematics0.80×9 works
- Chemical Engineering0.77×2 works
- Neuroscience0.68×10 works
- Decision Sciences0.68×6 works
- Computer Science0.64×45 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×31 works
- Energy0.62×5 works
- Environmental Science0.56×25 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×10 works
- Veterinary0.51×1 works
- Medicine0.44×77 works
- Dentistry0.43×2 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×1 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×6 works
- Nursing0.38×2 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×13 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.24×2 works
- Business, Management and Accounting 2.3×
- Engineering 2.0×
- Arts and Humanities 1.6×
- Psychology 1.6×
- Materials Science 1.5×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.5×
- Health Professions 1.2×
- Social Sciences 1.0×
- Chemistry 0.9×
- Mathematics 0.8×
- Chemical Engineering 0.8×
- Neuroscience 0.7×
- Decision Sciences 0.7×
- Computer Science 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.6×
- Energy 0.6×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.5×
- Veterinary 0.5×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Dentistry 0.4×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.4×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.4×
- Nursing 0.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at FH Münster?
Ranked on the quality score, Iulia Stroila, Christina Strotmann and Laurenz Göllmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FH Münster.
- 1
Iulia Stroila
Germany · #903,924 worldwide 83 citations · 21 works
- 2
Christina Strotmann
Germany · #1,075,473 worldwide 374 citations · 17 works
- 3
Laurenz Göllmann
Germany · #1,127,027 worldwide 444 citations · 94 works
- 4
Petra Teitscheid
Germany · #1,164,902 worldwide 752 citations · 68 works
- 5
Silke Friedrich
Germany · #1,215,812 worldwide 718 citations · 73 works
- 6
Johann Jersch
Germany · #1,523,204 worldwide 1k citations · 36 works
- 7
Martin Kreyenschmidt
Germany · #1,543,850 worldwide 1.3k citations · 38 works
- 8
Konrad Mertens
Germany · #1,612,819 worldwide 230 citations · 116 works
- 9
Sebastian Schinzel
Germany · #1,650,067 worldwide 933 citations · 54 works
- 10
Thomas Baaken
Germany · #1,729,341 worldwide 1.1k citations · 112 works
Which keywords describe research at FH Münster?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Thermal Management, Vibration Analysis, Fluid Dynamics, Renewable Energy Integration, Materials Science and Mathematical Modeling.
- Socio-Technical Systems
- Value Chains
- Social Innovation
- Customer Experience
- Professional Development
- Ethnografisches Schreiben
- Luminescent Materials
- Bridge Engineering
- Material Properties
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- Governance
- Artificial Intelligence
- Lightweight Materials
- Additive Manufacturing
- Renewable Resources
- Turbine Technology
- Mathematical Modeling
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Vibration Analysis
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainability
- Thermal Management
- Fluid Dynamics
- Materials Science
- Engineering
- Sustainable Development
- Structural Analysis
- Automotive Engineering
- Digital Transformation
- Construction
- Leadership
- Structural Health Monitoring
- Civil Engineering
- Geotechnical Design
- Bildungsungleichheit
- Organizational Change
- Investment Decisions
- Customer Relationship Management
- Digital Capital
- Mobile Health
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
- Sustainability84▲ 3.8×44 topics
- Renewable Energy72▲ 5.5×23 topics
- Thermal Management60▲ 20×5 topics
- Vibration Analysis58▲ 24×5 topics
- Fluid Dynamics58▲ 45×3 topics
- Renewable Energy Integration58▲ 19×3 topics
- Materials Science57▲ 156×2 topics
- Mathematical Modeling57▲ 72×2 topics
- Engineering57▲ 136×2 topics
- Turbine Technology57▲ 363×1 topic
- Sustainable Development46▲ 3.2×17 topics
- Renewable Resources42▲ 26×5 topics
- Structural Analysis42▲ 50×3 topics
- Additive Manufacturing40▲ 14×5 topics
- Automotive Engineering37▲ 485×1 topic
- Lightweight Materials37▲ 485×1 topic
- Digital Transformation31▲ 6.2×8 topics
- Artificial Intelligence25▲ 1.92×15 topics
- Construction22▲ 18×3 topics
- Governance21▲ 6.9×6 topics
- Leadership20▲ 4.6×12 topics
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse19▲ 53×2 topics
- Structural Health Monitoring18▲ 26×3 topics
- Material Properties17▲ 19×3 topics
- Civil Engineering16▲ 35×2 topics
- Bridge Engineering16▲ 170×1 topic
- Geotechnical Design16▲ 170×1 topic
- Luminescent Materials14▲ 22×3 topics
- Bildungsungleichheit14▲ 55×1 topic
- Ethnografisches Schreiben14▲ 55×1 topic
- Organizational Change14▲ 19×5 topics
- Professional Development13▲ 6.9×6 topics
- Investment Decisions13▲ 11×2 topics
- Customer Experience12▲ 8.3×4 topics
- Customer Relationship Management12▲ 9.8×2 topics
- Social Innovation12▲ 8.4×5 topics
- Digital Capital12▲ 74×1 topic
- Value Chains12▲ 74×1 topic
- Mobile Health11▲ 8.5×3 topics
- Socio-Technical Systems11▲ 48×2 topics
Which research topics does FH Münster publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Physics and Engineering Research Articles, Engineering and Materials Science Studies, Civil and Structural Engineering Research and Sociology and Education Studies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 57 works
- 2 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 37 works
- 3 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 16 works
- 4 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 14 works
- 5 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 12 works
- 6 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
- 7 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 10 works
- 8 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 9 works
- 9 Robotic Process Automation Applications Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
- 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has FH Münster's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 FH Münster as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0040% in 2024.
Fractional works of FH Münster 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.9% in 2014.
Other research institutions in Münster
- University of Münster
- Orthopädische Praxis
- Institut für Soziale Arbeit
- European Association of Social Psychology
- St. Franziskus Hospital
- CeNTech
- Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
- Institut für Forensische Genetik
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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