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Hochschule Fresenius

In research, Hochschule Fresenius stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,805 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,295 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,263 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management — Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 12.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,893
of 28,054 · #10,992 all time
Rank in Germany
#533
of 1,178
Research works
1.3k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Hochschule Fresenius 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 #3,805 of 10,521 14.8%214 #6016
Social SciencesField #5,295 of 6,365 16.8%62 #6663
Physical SciencesDomain #11,263 of 12,888 9.1%62 #7415
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,267 of 2,578 10.9%68 #2778
Health SciencesDomain #11,189 of 11,982 9.7%69 #17509

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hochschule Fresenius 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#6,016 #3,805
  2. Social Sciences#6,663 #5,295
  3. Physical Sciences#7,415 #11,263
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#2,778 #2,267
  5. Health Sciences#17,509 #11,189
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 Hochschule Fresenius specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 21.3 works12×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.41× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.84× its world share, 68 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.56× its world share, 50 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 62 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hochschule Fresenius?

Ranked on the composite score, H.‐R. SCHULTEN, Jan Rommerskirchen and Peter Michael Bak lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hochschule Fresenius.

  1. 1 H.‐R. SCHULTEN Germany · #280,540 worldwide 131 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Jan Rommerskirchen Germany · #398,822 worldwide 14 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Peter Michael Bak Germany · #432,561 worldwide 147 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Thomas P. Knepper Germany · #475,153 worldwide 45 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Peter W. Gündling Germany · #509,988 worldwide 2 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Thomas Glatte Germany · #1,250,429 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Sabine S. Hammer Germany · #1,407,515 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Arthur H. Schmidt Germany · #1,448,064 worldwide 26 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Hochschule Fresenius

Which keywords describe research at Hochschule Fresenius?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Sustainable Development, Leadership, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Customer Experience, Mobile Health and Business Models.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development30▲ 5.2×13 topics
  2. Digital Transformation27▲ 14×7 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence22▲ 4.5×14 topics
  4. Big Data21▲ 6.4×11 topics
  5. Leadership20▲ 12×13 topics
  6. Customer Experience16▲ 30×4 topics
  7. Mobile Health16▲ 32×3 topics
  8. Sustainability16▲ 1.80×26 topics
  9. Education16▲ 2.5×14 topics
  10. E-commerce15▲ 6.7×3 topics
  11. Business Models14▲ 56×2 topics
  12. Omni-Channel Strategy14▲ 184×1 topic
  13. Technology Innovation14▲ 125×1 topic
  14. Customer Relationship Management14▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Organizational Change12▲ 46×3 topics
  16. Information Technology11▲ 6.4×5 topics
  17. Investment Decisions11▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Ethics10▲ 6.0×11 topics
  19. Digital Capital10▲ 154×1 topic
  20. Value Chains10▲ 154×1 topic
  21. Social Innovation10▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Employee Engagement10▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Urban Planning9▲ 31×3 topics
  24. Governance9▲ 7.6×5 topics
  25. Environmental Policy9▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Agility9▲ 178×1 topic
  27. Socio-Technical Systems9▲ 104×1 topic
  28. Urban Development9▲ 6.7×5 topics
  29. Professional Development9▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Workplace8▲ 27×4 topics
  31. Marketing8▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Psychological Testing8▲ 153×2 topics
  33. Evaluation8▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Physical Training7▲ 213×1 topic
  35. Research7▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Self-Efficacy7▲ 7.5×5 topics
  37. Innovation Policy7▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse7▲ 47×2 topics
  39. Coaching7▲ 109×2 topics
  40. Psychology7▲ 14×6 topics

Which research topics does Hochschule Fresenius publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Innovation in Industries, Corporate Governance and Management, Corporate Management and Leadership and Sports Science and Education.

Digital Innovation in Industries: 14 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 10 fractional worksCorporate Management and…9Corporate Management and Leadership: 9 fractional worksSports Science and Educa…7Sports Science and Education: 7 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 6 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 6 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies6Health and Medical Studies: 6 fractional worksReal estate and construction management: 6 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 4 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders: 4 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementHistory and Philosophy of Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 14 works
  2. 2 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 10 works
  3. 3 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  4. 4 Sports Science and Education History and Philosophy of Science 7 works
  5. 5 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 6 works
  6. 6 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 6 works
  8. 8 Real estate and construction management Architecture 6 works
  9. 9 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  10. 10 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 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 available20.5%not open79.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hochschule Fresenius's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.