Furtwangen University
In research, Furtwangen University stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,772 of 9,902 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,042 of 9,585 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,114 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Museology (Museology is 31.2× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #5,003 of 22,385 · #5,406 all time
- Rank in Germany
- #181 of 795
- Research works
- 2.2k ▲ 16% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 17k 7.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.87× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 32% world 40%
- International
- 17% world 18%
What is Furtwangen University 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #4,772 of 9,902 | 11.2% | 106 | #5392 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #5,042 of 9,585 | 5.1% | 182 | #5656 | |
| EngineeringField | #3,114 of 5,901 | 9.9% | 114 | #3185 | |
| MedicineField | #4,707 of 8,541 | 10.4% | 90 | #5468 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #6,452 of 10,670 | 7.1% | 209 | #7238 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #3,213 of 4,417 | 5.2% | 61 | #2966 | |
| Social SciencesField | #5,087 of 5,988 | 4.0% | 63 | #6044 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Furtwangen University 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.
- Health Sciences#5,392 #4,772
- Social Sciences#5,656 #5,042
- Engineering#3,185 #3,114
- Medicine#5,468 #4,707
- Physical Sciences#7,238 #6,452
- Computer Science#2,966 #3,213
- Social Sciences#6,044 #5,087
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 Furtwangen University work in?
In 2022-now, 40% of research at Furtwangen University is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (22%), Medicine (16%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social 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 Sciences24440.4%
- Engineering13422.3%
- Computer Science6811.2%
- Environmental Science193.1%
- Materials Science122.0%
- Chemistry30.5%
- Physics and Astronomy30.4%
- Energy20.3%
- Mathematics10.2%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
- Chemical Engineering10.1%
- Social Sciences20534.0%
- Social Sciences6811.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting549.0%
- Arts and Humanities437.2%
- Psychology294.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.9%
- Decision Sciences50.8%
- Health Sciences11819.7%
- Medicine9916.4%
- Health Professions182.9%
- Dentistry10.2%
- Nursing10.1%
- Veterinary00.0%
- Life Sciences355.9%
What does Furtwangen University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Museology takes 31.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- MuseologySubfield · 23.1 works31×
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, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Business, Management and Accounting2.79×54 works
- Arts and Humanities2.48×43 works
- Psychology1.60×29 works
- Engineering1.48×134 works
- Computer Science1.45×68 works
- Health Professions1.11×18 works
- Neuroscience0.94×9 works
- Social Sciences0.90×68 works
- Medicine0.85×99 works
- Decision Sciences0.78×4 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×20 works
- Environmental Science0.63×19 works
- Materials Science0.57×12 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×1 works
- Dentistry0.46×1 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×5 works
- Chemistry0.35×3 works
- Energy0.34×2 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.31×2 works
- Chemical Engineering0.28×1 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.20×3 works
- Mathematics0.18×1 works
- Nursing0.18×0 works
- Veterinary0.15×0 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×3 works
- Business, Management and Accounting 2.8×
- Arts and Humanities 2.5×
- Psychology 1.6×
- Engineering 1.5×
- Computer Science 1.4×
- Health Professions 1.1×
- Neuroscience 0.9×
- Social Sciences 0.9×
- Medicine 0.8×
- Decision Sciences 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.6×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Materials Science 0.6×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.5×
- Dentistry 0.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.4×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Energy 0.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.3×
- Chemical Engineering 0.3×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.2×
- Mathematics 0.2×
- Nursing 0.2×
- Veterinary 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Furtwangen University?
Ranked on the quality score, Taghi Tawakoli, Matthias Kohl and Zhanqi Zhao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Furtwangen University.
- 1
Taghi Tawakoli
Germany · #962,476 worldwide 2.7k citations · 68 works
- 2
Matthias Kohl
Germany · #1,022,670 worldwide 10k citations · 379 works
- 3
Zhanqi Zhao
Germany · #1,176,949 worldwide 5.2k citations · 269 works
- 4
Edgar Seemann
Germany · #1,238,922 worldwide 2.3k citations · 26 works
- 5
Markus Egert
Germany · #1,361,853 worldwide 3.4k citations · 80 works
- 6
Mohsen Barmouz
Germany · #1,402,174 worldwide 1.6k citations · 58 works
- 7
Fatemeh Stodt
Germany · #1,445,473 worldwide 78 citations · 17 works
- 8
Christoph Reich
Germany · #1,657,748 worldwide 2.1k citations · 207 works
- 9
Horst Briehl
Germany · #1,871,849 worldwide 542 citations · 35 works
- 10
Stefan Walzer
Germany · #1,941,810 worldwide 243 citations · 22 works
Which keywords describe research at Furtwangen University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Literature, Narrative, Art, Exhibition, Museum, History and Customer Experience.
- Micromachining
- Digital Capital
- Medical Applications
- Customer Relationship Management
- Process Parameters
- Agility
- Governance
- Waste Management
- Machining
- Technology Innovation
- Business Models
- E-commerce
- Leadership
- Sustainability
- Museum
- Big Data
- History
- Machine Learning
- Sustainable Development
- Deep Learning
- Digital Transformation
- Artificial Intelligence
- Literature
- Narrative
- Art
- Exhibition
- Customer Experience
- Tool Wear
- Mobile Health
- Organizational Change
- Omni-Channel Strategy
- Surface Roughness
- Surface Integrity
- Employee Engagement
- Socio-Technical Systems
- Generation Management
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- Investment Decisions
- Social Innovation
- Value Chains
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
- Digital Transformation33▲ 10×8 topics
- Deep Learning32▲ 1.56×49 topics
- Artificial Intelligence30▲ 3.5×19 topics
- Sustainable Development30▲ 3.1×16 topics
- Literature27▲ 8.2×6 topics
- Machine Learning27▲ 1.33×41 topics
- Narrative26▲ 28×3 topics
- History25▲ 5.9×4 topics
- Art24▲ 44×3 topics
- Big Data24▲ 4.1×13 topics
- Exhibition23▲ 323×1 topic
- Museum23▲ 323×1 topic
- Customer Experience21▲ 22×4 topics
- Sustainability21▲ 1.45×25 topics
- Tool Wear19▲ 24×3 topics
- Leadership17▲ 5.7×6 topics
- Mobile Health16▲ 18×3 topics
- E-commerce14▲ 4.2×5 topics
- Organizational Change13▲ 28×3 topics
- Business Models13▲ 30×3 topics
- Omni-Channel Strategy13▲ 101×1 topic
- Technology Innovation13▲ 62×2 topics
- Surface Roughness11▲ 14×3 topics
- Machining10▲ 32×1 topic
- Surface Integrity10▲ 32×1 topic
- Waste Management10▲ 4.2×3 topics
- Employee Engagement10▲ 9.1×2 topics
- Governance10▲ 5.0×4 topics
- Socio-Technical Systems10▲ 65×2 topics
- Agility10▲ 111×1 topic
- Generation Management10▲ 111×1 topic
- Process Parameters10▲ 15×3 topics
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse9▲ 40×2 topics
- Customer Relationship Management9▲ 11×2 topics
- Investment Decisions9▲ 12×3 topics
- Medical Applications9▲ 20×2 topics
- Social Innovation8▲ 8.9×5 topics
- Digital Capital8▲ 77×1 topic
- Value Chains8▲ 77×1 topic
- Micromachining8▲ 28×2 topics
Which research topics does Furtwangen University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Libraries and Information Services, Digital Innovation in Industries, Advanced machining processes and optimization and Corporate Management and Leadership.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Libraries and Information Services Museology 23 works
- 2 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 13 works
- 3 Advanced machining processes and optimization Mechanical Engineering 10 works
- 4 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
- 5 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 8 works
- 6 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
- 7 Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques Biomedical Engineering 7 works
- 8 Consumer behavior in food and health Sociology and Political Science 7 works
- 9 Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
- 10 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 6 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 Furtwangen University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 16% 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 Furtwangen University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.
Fractional works of Furtwangen University 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 17.0% in 2008.
Other research institutions in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald
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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