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German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies

In research, German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,489 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,163 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Decision Sciences — Decision Sciences is 12.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,711
of 28,054 · #22,568 all time
Rank in Germany
#657
of 1,178
Research works
500
▲ 148% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies 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 #4,489 of 10,521 33.9%154 #6035
Social SciencesField #3,163 of 6,365 39.1%85 #3957

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies 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 Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Decision Sciences takes 12.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Decision SciencesField · 27.6 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 2.22× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.28× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 14 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.23× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 12.50× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.82× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.92× its world share, 84 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 12.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies?

Ranked on the composite score, Christian Kerst, Otmane Azeroual and Monika Jungbauer-Gans lead among researchers whose main affiliation is German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies.

  1. 1 Christian Kerst Germany · #438,058 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Otmane Azeroual Germany · #477,126 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Monika Jungbauer-Gans Germany · #960,866 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 David Broneske Germany · #1,172,260 worldwide 34 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies

Which keywords describe research at German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Interdisciplinary Research, Education, Bibliometric Analysis, Research Evaluation, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Governance and Bildungsungleichheit.

▲ 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. Education20▲ 5.1×12 topics
  2. Big Data17▲ 8.4×12 topics
  3. Interdisciplinary Research17▲ 84×4 topics
  4. Bibliometric Analysis14▲ 108×1 topic
  5. Research Evaluation14▲ 256×1 topic
  6. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse12▲ 131×2 topics
  7. Globalization12▲ 2.6×19 topics
  8. Governance11▲ 15×7 topics
  9. Machine Learning11▲ 1.53×22 topics
  10. Sustainability11▲ 1.90×10 topics
  11. Bildungsungleichheit9▲ 133×1 topic
  12. Ethnografisches Schreiben9▲ 133×1 topic
  13. Higher Education9▲ 7.2×13 topics
  14. Inequality8▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management8▲ 3.8×3 topics
  16. Data Science8▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Analytics8▲ 35×1 topic
  18. Business Intelligence8▲ 35×1 topic
  19. Labor Market7▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Intergenerational Mobility7▲ 422×1 topic
  21. Social Stratification7▲ 422×1 topic
  22. Data Integration6▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Data Sharing6▲ 107×2 topics
  24. Digital Repositories6▲ 99×2 topics
  25. Ecology6▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Open Science6▲ 120×1 topic
  27. Scientific Data Management6▲ 120×1 topic
  28. Personality Traits5▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Unemployment5▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Quality Assurance5▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Information Retrieval5▲ 9.7×4 topics
  32. Political Economy5▲ 8.0×6 topics
  33. Income Inequality5▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Quality Assessment5▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Academic Achievement4▲ 12×5 topics
  36. Career Development4▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Technological Change4▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Wage Inequality4▲ 105×1 topic
  39. Academic Mobility4▲ 50×2 topics
  40. Teacher Education4▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: scientometrics and bibliometrics research, Sociology and Education Studies, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies.

scientometrics and bibli…14scientometrics and bibliometrics research: 14 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 9 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…8Big Data and Business Intelligence: 8 fractional worksIntergenerational and Ed…7Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies: 7 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 6 fractional worksLabor market dynamics and wage inequality: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Governa…4Higher Education Governance and Development: 4 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 3 fractional worksData Quality and Management: 3 fractional worksSurvey Methodology and Nonresponse: 3 fractional works
Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySociology and Political ScienceManagement Information SystemsInformation Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 14 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 8 works
  4. 4 Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  5. 5 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 6 works
  6. 6 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  8. 8 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  9. 9 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  10. 10 Survey Methodology and Nonresponse Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 148% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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