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Hertie School

In research, Hertie School stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,945 of 9,585 worldwide), Political Science and International Relations (#284 of 1,187 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,437 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 17.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,600
of 22,385 · #4,146 all time
Rank in Germany
#224
of 795
Research works
1.5k
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
27k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Hertie School

What is Hertie School known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,945 of 9,585 21.4%274 #1156
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #284 of 1,187 24.1%88 #255
Social SciencesField #1,437 of 5,988 22.4%205 #904

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hertie School 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#1,156 #1,945
  2. Political Science and International Relations#255 #284
  3. Social Sciences#904 #1,437
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Hertie School work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Hertie School is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (61%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 294 fractional works · 82.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 220 fractional works · 61.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 93 fractional works · 25.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 63 fractional works · 17.7% of its workLaw: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 28 fractional works · 7.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 5.6% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 5.8% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHertie School358fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences82%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences22061.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting287.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance277.7%
    4. Psychology82.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities72.1%
    6. Decision Sciences30.9%
    1. Engineering154.3%
    2. Computer Science92.6%
    3. Environmental Science72.0%
    4. Energy30.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    7. Mathematics10.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Health Professions143.9%
    2. Medicine72.0%
    1. Neuroscience30.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hertie School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 17.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 92.6 works17×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.41× its world share, 28 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.58× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.84× its world share, 220 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.84×220 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.58×28 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.41×28 works
  4. Health Professions1.46×14 works
  5. Energy0.93×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.90×3 works
  7. Psychology0.77×8 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.72×8 works
  9. Neuroscience0.57×3 works
  10. Environmental Science0.40×7 works
  11. Computer Science0.34×9 works
  12. Engineering0.29×16 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.12×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×2 works
  17. Medicine0.10×7 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Hertie School?

Ranked on the quality score, Simon Stacey, Johanna Mair and David Knoke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hertie School.

  1. 1 Simon Stacey Germany · #16,254 worldwide 21k citations · 265 works
  2. 2 Johanna Mair Germany · #29,131 worldwide 18k citations · 219 works
  3. 3 David Knoke Germany · #32,152 worldwide 18k citations · 433 works
  4. 4 Lion Hirth Germany · #46,121 worldwide 7.3k citations · 118 works
  5. 5 Simon Munzert Germany · #85,965 worldwide 10k citations · 124 works
  6. 6 Markus Jachtenfuchs Germany · #89,465 worldwide 4.1k citations · 104 works
  7. 7 Mary Kay Gugerty Germany · #102,738 worldwide 4k citations · 377 works
  8. 8 Shyama Kuruvilla Germany · #115,490 worldwide 3.7k citations · 209 works
  9. 9 Mark Andreas Lindst Auml Dt Kayser Germany · #117,885 worldwide 2k citations · 136 works
  10. 10 Claus Offe Germany · #156,092 worldwide 15k citations · 357 works
All ranked researchers at Hertie School

What are the most cited papers from Hertie School?

The most cited paper from Hertie School is "The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises" (Nick Watts et al., 2020), with 1,949 citations. Next come "The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels" (1,675) and "The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future" (1,608).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises Nick Watts et al. · The Lancet Open access 2 Dec 2020 1,949
2 The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels Marina B Romanello et al. · The Lancet Open access 25 Oct 2022 1,675
3 The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future Marina B Romanello et al. · The Lancet Open access Oct 2021 1,608
4 The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate Nick Watts et al. · The Lancet Open access Nov 2019 1,502
5 Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions Pete Smith et al. · Nature Climate Change Open access 4 Dec 2015 1,470
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hertie School?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Globalization, Democracy, Governance, European Union, Global Governance, Political Economy and Public Opinion.

▲ 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-now 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. Human Rights50▲ 14×36 topics
  2. Globalization43▲ 6.1×55 topics
  3. Democracy32▲ 26×15 topics
  4. Governance27▲ 23×11 topics
  5. European Union26▲ 32×14 topics
  6. Global Governance25▲ 30×15 topics
  7. Political Economy22▲ 24×12 topics
  8. Social Media19▲ 3.8×17 topics
  9. Economic Growth16▲ 5.5×16 topics
  10. Public Opinion16▲ 36×5 topics
  11. Judicial Review15▲ 50×3 topics
  12. Political Dynamics15▲ 156×2 topics
  13. Compliance15▲ 144×2 topics
  14. Constitutionalism15▲ 46×2 topics
  15. ECHR15▲ 117×1 topic
  16. European Legal Systems15▲ 117×1 topic
  17. Institutionalization15▲ 44×3 topics
  18. International Law14▲ 13×11 topics
  19. European Integration14▲ 72×2 topics
  20. multi-level14▲ 216×1 topic
  21. normative power14▲ 216×1 topic
  22. Neoliberalism14▲ 11×16 topics
  23. Economic Development12▲ 4.3×17 topics
  24. Sovereignty11▲ 34×9 topics
  25. Income Inequality11▲ 21×6 topics
  26. Social Policy10▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Social Capital10▲ 5.1×13 topics
  28. Authoritarianism9▲ 30×4 topics
  29. Trust9▲ 9.2×7 topics
  30. Welfare State9▲ 32×3 topics
  31. Ideational Power9▲ 83×1 topic
  32. Institutional Change9▲ 70×1 topic
  33. Fiscal Policy9▲ 12×6 topics
  34. Ethnic Conflict8▲ 49×3 topics
  35. Accountability8▲ 18×4 topics
  36. Corruption8▲ 14×5 topics
  37. Labor Market8▲ 7.9×9 topics
  38. NGOs8▲ 24×4 topics
  39. Digital Divide8▲ 8.4×5 topics
  40. International Relations8▲ 9.0×13 topics

Which research topics does Hertie School publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: European and International Law Studies, European Union Policy and Governance, Social Policy and Reform Studies and Political Conflict and Governance.

European and Internation…15European and International Law Studies: 15 fractional worksEuropean Union Policy an…14European Union Policy and Governance: 14 fractional worksSocial Policy and Reform Studies: 9 fractional worksPolitical Conflict and Governance: 6 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 5 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 4 fractional worksCorruption and Economic Development: 4 fractional worksElectoral Systems and Political Participation: 4 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 4 fractional worksInternational Relations and Foreign Policy: 4 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceCommunicationSafety Research

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

  1. 1 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 15 works
  2. 2 European Union Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  3. 3 Social Policy and Reform Studies Political Science and International Relations 9 works
  4. 4 Political Conflict and Governance Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  5. 5 Social Media and Politics Communication 5 works
  6. 6 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  7. 7 Corruption and Economic Development Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  9. 9 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 4 works
  10. 10 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 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 available46.1%not open53.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.2%domestic only68.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hertie School's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Hertie School as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Hertie School0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hertie School over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Hertie School18.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.8% in 2011.

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