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Herder Institute

In research, Herder Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#16,243 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,870
of 28,054 · #41,072 all time
Rank in Germany
#1,169
of 1,178
Research works
184
▲ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
521
2.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Herder Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #16,243 of 16,945 10.4%144

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Herder Institute 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 Herder Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 20.0 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 10.78× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.27× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.53× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Herder Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Norbert Kersken, Jan Surman and Peter Haslinger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Herder Institute.

  1. 1 Norbert Kersken Germany · #386,026 worldwide 1 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Jan Surman Germany · #583,483 worldwide 3 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Peter Haslinger Germany · #750,021 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Herder Institute

Which keywords describe research at Herder Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, History, Identity, Sexuality, Literature, Cultural Studies, Cold War 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. Gender11▲ 31×5 topics
  2. History9▲ 19×9 topics
  3. Identity7▲ 15×7 topics
  4. Sexuality6▲ 125×2 topics
  5. Literature6▲ 17×6 topics
  6. Cultural Studies5▲ 21×2 topics
  7. Cold War5▲ 123×3 topics
  8. Art5▲ 88×2 topics
  9. Narrative4▲ 38×3 topics
  10. Social History4▲ 68×2 topics
  11. Forced Laborers4▲ 280×1 topic
  12. International Relations4▲ 23×3 topics
  13. Nazi Propaganda4▲ 280×1 topic
  14. Historiography3▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Philosophy3▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Exhibition3▲ 460×1 topic
  17. Feminism3▲ 17×1 topic
  18. Museum3▲ 460×1 topic
  19. Psychoanalysis3▲ 61×3 topics
  20. Transnational3▲ 195×1 topic
  21. Aesthetics3▲ 63×2 topics
  22. Pregnancy3▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Multilingualism3▲ 26×4 topics
  24. Medicine3▲ 50×2 topics
  25. Holocaust2▲ 123×3 topics
  26. Nationalism2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  27. Reproduction2▲ 84×1 topic
  28. Sociolinguistics2▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Language Learning2▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Photography2▲ 79×2 topics
  31. Society2▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Intercultural Competence2▲ 81×2 topics
  33. Language Acquisition2▲ 25×3 topics
  34. Assisted Reproductive Technology2▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Discourse Analysis2▲ 10×2 topics
  36. East German Memory2▲ 368×1 topic
  37. German as a Foreign Language2▲ 179×1 topic
  38. Media2▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Multimodality2▲ 50×2 topics
  40. Teaching Methods2▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Herder Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: European history and politics, Historical Gender and Feminism Studies, Libraries and Information Services and Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes.

European history and pol…4European history and politics: 4 fractional worksHistorical Gender and Fe…3Historical Gender and Feminism Studies: 3 fractional worksLibraries and Informatio…3Libraries and Information Services: 3 fractional worksHistorical Studies on Re…2Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes: 2 fractional worksArt, Aesthetics, and Perception: 2 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 2 fractional worksGerman History and Society2German History and Society: 2 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 2 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksNietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceMuseologyHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  2. 2 Historical Gender and Feminism Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Libraries and Information Services Museology 3 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes History 2 works
  5. 5 Art, Aesthetics, and Perception Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  6. 6 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 2 works
  7. 7 German History and Society History 2 works
  8. 8 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 2 works
  9. 9 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  10. 10 Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel Philosophy 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Herder Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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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