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Hanover University of Music Drama and Media

In research, Hanover University of Music Drama and Media stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,759 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,257 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#1,945 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory and Arts and Humanities — Literature and Literary Theory is 17.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,078
of 28,054 · #19,747 all time
Rank in Germany
#831
of 1,178
Research works
672
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
20.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Hanover University of Music Drama and Media 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 #6,759 of 10,521 10.7%195 #4499
Social SciencesField #5,257 of 6,365 13.9%72 #4193
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,945 of 1,998 5.7%82 #2658

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hanover University of Music Drama and Media 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#4,499 #6,759
  2. Social Sciences#4,193 #5,257
  3. Arts and Humanities#2,658 #1,945
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 Hanover University of Music Drama and Media specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 17.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 23.0 works17×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 82.0 works11×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.79× its world share, 11 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 14 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.24× its world share, 82 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.67× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 72 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hanover University of Music Drama and Media?

Ranked on the composite score, Christoph Klimmt, Eckart Altenmüller and Reinhard Kopiez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hanover University of Music Drama and Media.

  1. 1 Christoph Klimmt Germany · #13,577 worldwide 606 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Eckart Altenmüller Germany · #80,414 worldwide 319 citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Reinhard Kopiez Germany · #117,408 worldwide 142 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Gunter Reus Germany · #611,261 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Susanne Rode-Breymann Germany · #766,656 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Eva Baumann Germany · #1,161,329 worldwide 15 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Elena Link Germany · #1,383,237 worldwide 10 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Hanover University of Music Drama and Media

Which keywords describe research at Hanover University of Music Drama and Media?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, History, Social Media, Philosophy, Literature, Bildung and Art.

▲ 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. Identity24▲ 13×12 topics
  2. Gender23▲ 17×12 topics
  3. Social Media18▲ 5.0×20 topics
  4. History17▲ 9.6×12 topics
  5. Philosophy15▲ 13×7 topics
  6. Literature14▲ 10.0×8 topics
  7. Education13▲ 3.0×15 topics
  8. Bildung12▲ 142×3 topics
  9. Art11▲ 49×3 topics
  10. Self-Efficacy11▲ 16×5 topics
  11. Ethics10▲ 8.5×10 topics
  12. Emotion10▲ 19×7 topics
  13. Aesthetics10▲ 53×4 topics
  14. Autorschaft10▲ 187×1 topic
  15. Literaturkritik10▲ 187×1 topic
  16. Governance9▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Pain Management9▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Digital Communication9▲ 49×2 topics
  19. Language Variation9▲ 61×2 topics
  20. Discourse Analysis8▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Phraseology8▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Theater8▲ 199×2 topics
  23. Informal Learning8▲ 24×1 topic
  24. Music Education8▲ 100×1 topic
  25. Sociolinguistics8▲ 17×1 topic
  26. Text Linguistics8▲ 155×1 topic
  27. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse8▲ 75×2 topics
  28. Sociology8▲ 23×7 topics
  29. Narrative8▲ 19×4 topics
  30. Photography8▲ 75×3 topics
  31. Cultural Policy7▲ 72×2 topics
  32. Media7▲ 19×5 topics
  33. Society7▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Bildungsungleichheit7▲ 97×1 topic
  35. Brain Plasticity7▲ 76×2 topics
  36. Ethnografisches Schreiben7▲ 97×1 topic
  37. Neural Mechanisms7▲ 31×3 topics
  38. Science7▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Auditory Cortex7▲ 86×1 topic
  40. Emotional Responses7▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Hanover University of Music Drama and Media publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: German Literature and Culture Studies, Linguistic research and analysis, Diverse Music Education Insights and Sociology and Education Studies.

German Literature and Cu…10German Literature and Culture Studies: 10 fractional worksLinguistic research and …8Linguistic research and analysis: 8 fractional worksDiverse Music Education Insights: 8 fractional worksSociology and Education …7Sociology and Education Studies: 7 fractional worksNeuroscience and Music P…7Neuroscience and Music Perception: 7 fractional worksArts, Culture, and Music Studies: 7 fractional worksMedia Influence and Health: 6 fractional worksArt, Aesthetics, and Per…6Art, Aesthetics, and Perception: 6 fractional worksMusicology and Musical Analysis: 5 fractional worksMusicians’ Health and Performance: 5 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryLanguage and LinguisticsMusicSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 10 works
  2. 2 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 8 works
  3. 3 Diverse Music Education Insights Music 8 works
  4. 4 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  5. 5 Neuroscience and Music Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
  6. 6 Arts, Culture, and Music Studies Cultural Studies 7 works
  7. 7 Media Influence and Health Literature and Literary Theory 6 works
  8. 8 Art, Aesthetics, and Perception Visual Arts and Performing Arts 6 works
  9. 9 Musicology and Musical Analysis Music 5 works
  10. 10 Musicians’ Health and Performance Rehabilitation 5 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 available27.8%not open72.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hanover University of Music Drama and Media's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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