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Goethe-Institute United Kingdom

In research, Goethe-Institute United Kingdom stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,823 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,616 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 5.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,367
of 28,054 · #7,745 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#417
of 1,094
Research works
2k
▼ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Goethe-Institute United Kingdom 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 #4,823 of 10,521 11.4%126 #2608
Physical SciencesDomain #8,616 of 12,888 17.2%66 #9127

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Goethe-Institute United Kingdom 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 Goethe-Institute United Kingdom specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 36.6 works5.2×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.44× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 5.18× its world share, 37 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.48× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.69× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Goethe-Institute United Kingdom?

Ranked on the composite score, Werner Schwarz, Silke Heimes and Adolf Muschg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Goethe-Institute United Kingdom.

  1. 1 Werner Schwarz United Kingdom · #298,181 worldwide 3 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Silke Heimes United Kingdom · #377,465 worldwide 19 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Adolf Muschg United Kingdom · #638,302 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Uwe Beise United Kingdom · #1,001,747 worldwide 1 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Goethe-Institute United Kingdom

Which keywords describe research at Goethe-Institute United Kingdom?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Identity, History, Religion, Ethics, Globalization, Education and Theology.

▲ 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. Globalization11▲ 2.2×40 topics
  2. Education10▲ 2.4×26 topics
  3. Gender10▲ 7.2×18 topics
  4. Identity9▲ 5.3×25 topics
  5. History9▲ 5.1×21 topics
  6. Religion7▲ 6.3×14 topics
  7. Ethics7▲ 5.7×19 topics
  8. Colonialism6▲ 5.5×18 topics
  9. Mental Health6▲ 1.68×21 topics
  10. Literature6▲ 4.5×23 topics
  11. Philosophy6▲ 5.5×14 topics
  12. Cultural Identity6▲ 4.5×10 topics
  13. Cultural Studies6▲ 6.0×17 topics
  14. Innovation6▲ 2.1×10 topics
  15. Theology6▲ 24×4 topics
  16. Culture5▲ 4.1×14 topics
  17. Social History5▲ 25×3 topics
  18. Nationalism5▲ 4.0×12 topics
  19. Migration4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  20. Resilience4▲ 3.5×11 topics
  21. Calvinism4▲ 69×1 topic
  22. Neoliberalism4▲ 4.7×16 topics
  23. Reformation4▲ 56×1 topic
  24. Lattice QCD4▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Memory4▲ 6.3×10 topics
  26. Society4▲ 7.9×7 topics
  27. Sociology4▲ 11×9 topics
  28. Feminism4▲ 5.1×9 topics
  29. Politics3▲ 4.7×10 topics
  30. Clinical Practice3▲ 7.6×3 topics
  31. Gender Studies3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. Language Learning3▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Attachment3▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse3▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Bildung3▲ 32×3 topics
  36. Childhood Trauma3▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Narrative3▲ 6.8×8 topics
  38. Developmental Trauma2▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Participation2▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy2▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Goethe-Institute United Kingdom publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research, High-Energy Particle Collisions Research and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions.

Reformation and Early Mo…4Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 4 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 2 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Col…2High-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 2 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…2Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 2 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 2 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 2 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…1German Literature and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksArts, Culture, and Music Studies: 1 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…1Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 1 fractional works
HistoryClinical PsychologyNuclear and High Energy PhysicsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 4 works
  2. 2 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  4. 4 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  5. 5 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 2 works
  7. 7 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  8. 8 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Arts, Culture, and Music Studies Cultural Studies 1 works
  10. 10 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 1 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 available39.2%not open60.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors73.2%domestic only26.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Goethe-Institute United Kingdom's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower 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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