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GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

In research, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,291 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,478 of 6,365 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#726 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Decision Sciences and Management Science and Operations Research — Decision Sciences is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,135
of 28,054 · #13,250 all time
Rank in Germany
#403
of 1,178
Research works
1.5k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences 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 #2,291 of 10,521 34.3%346 #2092
Social SciencesField #1,478 of 6,365 40.0%224 #1489
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #726 of 2,578 39.1%108 #771
Computer ScienceField #3,326 of 4,667 17.0%111 #4464
Physical SciencesDomain #10,272 of 12,888 16.5%145 #17280

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,092 #2,291
  2. Social Sciences#1,489 #1,478
  3. Sociology and Political Science#771 #726
  4. Computer Science#4,464 #3,326
  5. Physical Sciences#17,280 #10,272
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Decision Sciences takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Decision SciencesField · 45.2 works8.9×
  2. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 21.7 works8.4×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.72× its world share, 110 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.50× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.99× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.63× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 8.95× its world share, 45 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.64× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.39× its world share, 224 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Beatrice Rammstedt, Heinz-Herbert Noll and Clemens M. Lechner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences.

  1. 1 Beatrice Rammstedt Germany · #14,610 worldwide 858 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Heinz-Herbert Noll Germany · #188,930 worldwide 70 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Clemens M. Lechner Germany · #386,397 worldwide 93 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Florian Lemmerich Germany · #393,202 worldwide 80 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Sabine Häder Germany · #405,973 worldwide 19 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Katrin Weller Germany · #529,938 worldwide 41 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Brigitte Mathiak Germany · #616,188 worldwide 40 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Claudia Wagner Germany · #699,055 worldwide 146 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Fabian Flöck Germany · #711,252 worldwide 56 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Fariba Karimi Germany · #758,807 worldwide 62 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

Which keywords describe research at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Social Media, Data Quality, Response Rates, Survey Methodology, Machine Learning, Public Opinion and Data Integration.

▲ 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. Big Data54▲ 11×10 topics
  2. Machine Learning43▲ 2.5×32 topics
  3. Social Media43▲ 5.8×19 topics
  4. Data Quality36▲ 181×3 topics
  5. Response Rates30▲ 1226×1 topic
  6. Survey Methodology30▲ 1226×1 topic
  7. Globalization26▲ 2.6×23 topics
  8. Public Opinion21▲ 33×5 topics
  9. Data Integration21▲ 24×5 topics
  10. Data Sharing19▲ 145×2 topics
  11. Data Mining18▲ 4.7×8 topics
  12. Topic Modeling18▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Democracy17▲ 9.2×10 topics
  14. Data Visualization17▲ 72×4 topics
  15. Statistical Analysis16▲ 18×3 topics
  16. Civic Engagement16▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Digital Repositories16▲ 110×2 topics
  18. Information Quality16▲ 51×3 topics
  19. Natural Language Processing16▲ 13×5 topics
  20. Information Technology15▲ 6.0×5 topics
  21. Open Science15▲ 136×1 topic
  22. Scientific Data Management15▲ 136×1 topic
  23. Digital Divide14▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Data Cleaning14▲ 93×1 topic
  25. Record Linkage14▲ 93×1 topic
  26. Workflow Management14▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Political Science14▲ 82×2 topics
  28. Economic Policy14▲ 52×3 topics
  29. Ontologies14▲ 51×2 topics
  30. Research Methodology14▲ 46×4 topics
  31. Statistical Modeling14▲ 64×3 topics
  32. Spatial Analysis14▲ 29×3 topics
  33. Software Development14▲ 54×2 topics
  34. Semantic Web Services13▲ 51×2 topics
  35. Empirical Analysis13▲ 113×1 topic
  36. Reproducibility13▲ 74×1 topic
  37. Scientific Workflows13▲ 74×1 topic
  38. Voter Behavior13▲ 113×1 topic
  39. Information Visualization13▲ 128×1 topic
  40. Visual Analytics13▲ 128×1 topic

Which research topics does GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Survey Methodology and Nonresponse, Research Data Management Practices, Data Quality and Management and Scientific Computing and Data Management.

Survey Methodology and N…30Survey Methodology and Nonresponse: 30 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 15 fractional worksData Quality and Management: 14 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 13 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Political Participation: 13 fractional worksData Visualization and Analytics: 13 fractional worksData Analysis with R13Data Analysis with R: 13 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics12Social Media and Politics: 12 fractional worksTopic Modeling9Topic Modeling: 9 fractional worksComputational and Text A…9Computational and Text Analysis Methods: 9 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceInformation SystemsManagement Science and Operations ResearchInformation Systems and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Survey Methodology and Nonresponse Sociology and Political Science 30 works
  2. 2 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 15 works
  3. 3 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 14 works
  4. 4 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 13 works
  5. 5 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  6. 6 Data Visualization and Analytics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 13 works
  7. 7 Data Analysis with R Artificial Intelligence 13 works
  8. 8 Social Media and Politics Communication 12 works
  9. 9 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  10. 10 Computational and Text Analysis Methods General Social Sciences 9 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 available66.5%not open33.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.2%domestic only77.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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