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German Police University

In research, German Police University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,643 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,484 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science (Political Science and International Relations is 14.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,706
of 22,385 · #24,745 all time
Rank in Germany
#632
of 795
Research works
315
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
German Police University

What is German Police University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,643 of 9,585 11.6%97 #6074
Social SciencesField #4,484 of 5,988 12.5%63 #4170

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where German Police 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 fields of science does German Police University work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at German Police University is in Social Sciences, 7% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (57%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%), Psychology (8%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 112 fractional works · 86.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 74 fractional works · 57.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 33 fractional works · 25.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 27 fractional works · 21.2% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 17 fractional works · 13.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 9.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.1% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGerman PoliceUniversity129fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences87%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7457.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1713.2%
    3. Psychology118.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities75.7%
    5. Decision Sciences21.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    1. Health Professions53.7%
    2. Medicine43.1%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Computer Science32.6%
    2. Environmental Science11.1%
    3. Engineering10.5%
    4. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Neuroscience21.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does German Police University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 27.4 works14×
  2. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 33.1 works7.1×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.98× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.10× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.69× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.51× its world share, 74 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.51×74 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.10×17 works
  3. Psychology2.69×11 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.98×7 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.60×2 works
  6. Health Professions1.42×5 works
  7. Neuroscience0.71×2 works
  8. Nursing0.53×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×1 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.37×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.34×3 works
  12. Environmental Science0.22×1 works
  13. Medicine0.16×4 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  18. Engineering0.04×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at German Police University?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrea Fischbach, Antonio Minguez Vera and Thomas Goergen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is German Police University.

  1. 1 Andrea Fischbach Germany · #875,234 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Antonio Minguez Vera Germany · #1,050,428 worldwide 1.6k citations · 83 works
  3. 3 Thomas Goergen Germany · #1,846,996 worldwide 502 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Dirk Heidemann Germany · #2,238,301 worldwide 436 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Catharina Vogt Germany · #2,345,918 worldwide 74 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Thomas Kubera Germany · #2,415,142 worldwide 7 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Christian Barthel Germany · #2,606,729 worldwide 116 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Dieter Kugelmann Germany · #2,697,188 worldwide 53 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Markus Thiel Germany · #2,830,691 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Michaela Wendekamm Germany · #2,935,362 worldwide 52 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at German Police University

What are the most cited papers from German Police University?

The most cited paper from German Police University is "A meta-analysis on promotion- and prevention-focused job crafting" (Philipp Wolfgang Lichtenthaler, Andrea Fischbach, 2018), with 436 citations. Next come "Work Engagement Among Employees Facing Emotional Demands" (298) and "Benefiting from Public Sector Innovation: The Moderating Role of Customer and Learning Orientation" (162).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A meta-analysis on promotion- and prevention-focused job crafting Philipp Wolfgang Lichtenthaler, Andrea Fischbach · European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology Review Oct 2018 436
2 Work Engagement Among Employees Facing Emotional Demands Despoina Xanthopoulou, Arnold B. Bakker, Andrea Fischbach · Journal of Personnel Psychology 2013 298
3 Benefiting from Public Sector Innovation: The Moderating Role of Customer and Learning Orientation Torsten Oliver Salge, Antonio Minguez Vera · Public Administration Review 30 Apr 2012 162
4 Bicycle accidents – Do we only see the tip of the iceberg? Christian Juhra, Britta Wieskötter, Kar‐Hai Chu et al. · Injury 22 Nov 2011 147
5 Hospital innovativeness and organizational performance Torsten Oliver Salge, Antonio Minguez Vera · Health Care Management Review 2009 127
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at German Police University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Digitalization, European Union, Leadership, Economic Crisis, Financial Markets, Security and Policing.

▲ 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-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
  1. Human Rights19▲ 14×10 topics
  2. Digitalization17▲ 65×2 topics
  3. European Union16▲ 55×3 topics
  4. Leadership16▲ 25×6 topics
  5. Economic Crisis14▲ 97×3 topics
  6. Financial Markets14▲ 88×2 topics
  7. Security14▲ 16×2 topics
  8. Policing13▲ 3273×1 topic
  9. Risk Governance13▲ 3273×1 topic
  10. Digital Transformation12▲ 16×4 topics
  11. Criminal Law11▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Youth Offenders10▲ 165×2 topics
  13. Constitutional Law10▲ 56×2 topics
  14. Prison System9▲ 132×2 topics
  15. Legal Reforms9▲ 735×1 topic
  16. Security Measures9▲ 544×1 topic
  17. Employee Engagement9▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Organizational Change9▲ 87×2 topics
  19. Agility9▲ 464×1 topic
  20. Socio-Technical Systems9▲ 268×1 topic
  21. Governance8▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Law Enforcement6▲ 87×3 topics
  23. Social Identity6▲ 53×2 topics
  24. Mental Health6▲ 3.2×11 topics
  25. Police Legitimacy6▲ 396×1 topic
  26. Procedural Justice6▲ 396×1 topic
  27. Innovation6▲ 4.1×4 topics
  28. Job Satisfaction5▲ 8.4×4 topics
  29. Bildungsungleichheit4▲ 115×1 topic
  30. Participation4▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Public Administration4▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse4▲ 81×1 topic
  33. Autonomous Vehicles4▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Complex Systems4▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Policy Change4▲ 232×1 topic
  36. Data Protection4▲ 98×2 topics
  37. Cybersecurity4▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Digital Rights4▲ 302×1 topic
  39. Gender Studies3▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Cultural Memory3▲ 48×2 topics

Which research topics does German Police University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: German Security and Defense Policies, Criminal Law and Policy, Corporate Management and Leadership and Policing Practices and Perceptions.

German Security and Defe…13German Security and Defense Policies: 13 fractional worksCriminal Law and Policy: 9 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 9 fractional worksPolicing Practices and Perceptions: 6 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 4 fractional worksPublic Administration an…4Public Administration and Political Analysis: 4 fractional worksDigitalization, Law, and Regulation: 4 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 3 fractional worksConsumer behavior in food and health: 2 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementLaw

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

  1. 1 German Security and Defense Policies Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  2. 2 Criminal Law and Policy Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  3. 3 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  4. 4 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  5. 5 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  6. 6 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  7. 7 Digitalization, Law, and Regulation Law 4 works
  8. 8 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Consumer behavior in food and health Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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 available18.6%not open81.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has German Police University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is German Police University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%German Police University0.00043% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of German Police University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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