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German Central Institute for Social Issues

In research, German Central Institute for Social Issues stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,177 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 12.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,959
of 28,054 · #7,841 all time
Rank in Germany
#957
of 1,178
Research works
2.3k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is German Central Institute for Social Issues 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 #8,177 of 10,521 15.6%86 #6934

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where German Central Institute for Social Issues 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).

What does German Central Institute for Social Issues specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 35.8 works12×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 11.98× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.55× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at German Central Institute for Social Issues?

Ranked on the composite score, Christoph Benz, Josef Naas and Swantje Weinhold lead among researchers whose main affiliation is German Central Institute for Social Issues.

  1. 1 Christoph Benz Germany · #527,153 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Josef Naas Germany · #754,430 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Swantje Weinhold Germany · #762,338 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Rotte Kh Germany · #1,021,988 worldwide 5 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Helmut Dorn Germany · #1,112,194 worldwide 35 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 S Tanneberger Germany · #1,151,890 worldwide 8 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Jürgen Schultze-Motel Germany · #1,184,115 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 M Görlich Germany · #1,209,025 worldwide 17 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 E. Gey Germany · #1,275,608 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 H. Engelhardt Germany · #1,382,965 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at German Central Institute for Social Issues

Which keywords describe research at German Central Institute for Social Issues?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, Nationalism, History, Literature, Cultural Studies, Globalization and Governance.

▲ 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. Identity14▲ 19×13 topics
  2. Gender13▲ 22×10 topics
  3. Nationalism8▲ 18×9 topics
  4. Globalization8▲ 4.0×18 topics
  5. History7▲ 10×11 topics
  6. Literature7▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Education7▲ 3.8×13 topics
  8. Cultural Studies6▲ 16×6 topics
  9. Governance6▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Innovation6▲ 5.2×3 topics
  11. Multilingualism6▲ 33×3 topics
  12. Bildung5▲ 156×3 topics
  13. Migration5▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Autorschaft5▲ 216×1 topic
  15. Language Learning5▲ 60×2 topics
  16. Literaturkritik5▲ 216×1 topic
  17. Cultural Memory5▲ 89×2 topics
  18. Sociolinguistics5▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Colonialism4▲ 9.1×10 topics
  20. Discourse Analysis4▲ 17×2 topics
  21. German as a Foreign Language4▲ 286×1 topic
  22. Intercultural Competence4▲ 118×1 topic
  23. Art4▲ 47×3 topics
  24. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse4▲ 100×2 topics
  25. Language Variation4▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Text Linguistics4▲ 194×1 topic
  27. Narrative4▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Science4▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Philosophy3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  30. Interdisciplinarity3▲ 246×2 topics
  31. Mycobacterium tuberculosis3▲ 59×1 topic
  32. Tuberculosis3▲ 62×1 topic
  33. Cultural Policy3▲ 75×1 topic
  34. Postcolonialism3▲ 25×4 topics
  35. Theater3▲ 189×1 topic
  36. Bildungsungleichheit3▲ 98×1 topic
  37. Cultural Sociology3▲ 218×2 topics
  38. Ethnografisches Schreiben3▲ 98×1 topic
  39. Politics3▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Gender Studies3▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does German Central Institute for Social Issues publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: German Literature and Culture Studies, Linguistic Education and Pedagogy, Linguistic research and analysis and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

German Literature and Cu…5German Literature and Culture Studies: 5 fractional worksLinguistic Education and…4Linguistic Education and Pedagogy: 4 fractional worksLinguistic research and …4Linguistic research and analysis: 4 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…3Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksArts, Culture, and Music Studies: 3 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 3 fractional worksLibraries and Informatio…3Libraries and Information Services: 3 fractional worksGerman Colonialism and I…2German Colonialism and Identity Studies: 2 fractional worksPublic Administration an…2Public Administration and Political Analysis: 2 fractional worksGerman legal, social, an…2German legal, social, and political studies: 2 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryLanguage and LinguisticsInfectious DiseasesCultural Studies3 others

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

  1. 1 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  2. 2 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 4 works
  3. 3 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 4 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 3 works
  5. 5 Arts, Culture, and Music Studies Cultural Studies 3 works
  6. 6 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Libraries and Information Services Museology 3 works
  8. 8 German Colonialism and Identity Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  9. 9 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 2 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 available19.4%not open80.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has German Central Institute for Social Issues's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017.

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