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Hearing4all

In research, Hearing4all stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,108 of 7,800 worldwide), Neuroscience (#1,003 of 1,168 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,321 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Signal Processing, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience — Signal Processing is 41.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,700
of 28,054 · #14,457 all time
Rank in Germany
#386
of 1,178
Research works
781
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Hearing4all 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,108 of 7,800 13.9%89 #5674
NeuroscienceField #1,003 of 1,168 13.0%80 #1849
Physical SciencesDomain #12,321 of 12,888 14.7%66 #19844

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hearing4all 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. Life Sciences#5,674 #4,108
  2. Neuroscience#1,849 #1,003
  3. Physical Sciences#19,844 #12,321
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 Hearing4all specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Signal Processing takes 41.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 26.4 works42×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 54.9 works36×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 80.1 works24×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 23.52× its world share, 80 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.12× its world share, 35 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.14× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.79× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 23.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hearing4all?

Ranked on the composite score, Christine Köppl lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hearing4all.

  1. 1 Christine Köppl Germany · #565,172 worldwide 57 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Hearing4all

Which keywords describe research at Hearing4all?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hearing Loss, Quality of Life, Speech Perception, Language Development, Social Isolation, Cochlear Implants, Cognitive Decline and Beamforming.

▲ 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. Hearing Loss61▲ 252×4 topics
  2. Quality of Life40▲ 13×12 topics
  3. Speech Perception40▲ 227×2 topics
  4. Language Development38▲ 151×3 topics
  5. Social Isolation38▲ 87×2 topics
  6. Cochlear Implants37▲ 489×1 topic
  7. Cognitive Decline37▲ 148×1 topic
  8. Deep Learning28▲ 3.8×20 topics
  9. Beamforming23▲ 101×3 topics
  10. Neural Networks22▲ 6.9×6 topics
  11. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition21▲ 188×1 topic
  12. Speech Enhancement21▲ 188×1 topic
  13. Neural Plasticity18▲ 47×4 topics
  14. Cochlear Neuropathy16▲ 265×1 topic
  15. Tinnitus16▲ 265×1 topic
  16. Public Health14▲ 4.5×3 topics
  17. Health Effects13▲ 10×2 topics
  18. Environmental Noise13▲ 135×1 topic
  19. Noise Pollution13▲ 135×1 topic
  20. Convolutional Neural Networks8▲ 5.5×7 topics
  21. Biofilms8▲ 71×2 topics
  22. Acute Otitis Media8▲ 179×1 topic
  23. Otitis Media8▲ 179×1 topic
  24. Neuronal Oscillations7▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Vibration Control6▲ 48×2 topics
  26. Neural Mechanisms6▲ 30×4 topics
  27. Neural Correlates5▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Adaptive Filtering5▲ 164×1 topic
  29. Non-Gaussian Signal Processing5▲ 164×1 topic
  30. Language Acquisition5▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Acoustic Metamaterials5▲ 61×1 topic
  32. Phononic Crystals5▲ 61×1 topic
  33. Functional Connectivity4▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Acoustic Modeling4▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Deep Neural Networks4▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Acoustic Communication4▲ 38×2 topics
  37. Auditory Cortex4▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Temporal Processing4▲ 80×1 topic
  39. Cortical Networks4▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Synchronization4▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does Hearing4all publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Speech and Audio Processing, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics and Noise Effects and Management.

Hearing Loss and Rehabil…37Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 37 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 21 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnit…16Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 16 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…13Noise Effects and Management: 13 fractional worksEar Surgery and Otitis Media: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Adaptive Filtering Techniques: 5 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 5 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and Synthesis: 4 fractional worksNeuroscience and Music Perception: 4 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 4 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceSignal ProcessingSensory SystemsSpeech and Hearing4 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 37 works
  2. 2 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 21 works
  3. 3 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 16 works
  4. 4 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 13 works
  5. 5 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Otorhinolaryngology 8 works
  6. 6 Advanced Adaptive Filtering Techniques Computational Mechanics 5 works
  7. 7 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  9. 9 Neuroscience and Music Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  10. 10 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 4 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 available57.8%not open42.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hearing4all's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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