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Hochschule für bildende Künste

In research, Hochschule für bildende Künste stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,545 of 21,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#9,717 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 18.6× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#27,765
of 28,054 · #20,370 all time
Rank in Germany
#1,163
of 1,178
Research works
458
▲ 504% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is Hochschule für bildende Künste 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
Physical SciencesDomain #11,545 of 21,541 7.8%327
EngineeringField #9,717 of 11,412 11.9%121

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hochschule für bildende Künste 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 Hochschule für bildende Künste specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 18.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 33.1 works19×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 18.55× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.30× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 18.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hochschule für bildende Künste?

Ranked on the composite score, Michaela Ott, C. Hamann and Siegfried Prößdorf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hochschule für bildende Künste.

  1. 1 Michaela Ott Germany · #280,066 worldwide 44 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 C. Hamann Germany · #342,196 worldwide 98 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Siegfried Prößdorf Germany · #871,779 worldwide 38 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 J. Heim Germany · #1,094,037 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Eberhard Than Germany · #1,581,382 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Hochschule für bildende Künste

Which keywords describe research at Hochschule für bildende Künste?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Narrative, Identity, History, Art, Gender, Exhibition and Museum.

▲ 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. Literature17▲ 52×5 topics
  2. Narrative15▲ 151×3 topics
  3. Identity14▲ 30×6 topics
  4. History13▲ 31×3 topics
  5. Art11▲ 212×2 topics
  6. Gender10▲ 29×5 topics
  7. Exhibition10▲ 1420×1 topic
  8. Museum10▲ 1420×1 topic
  9. Photography6▲ 234×3 topics
  10. Autorschaft4▲ 336×1 topic
  11. Bildung4▲ 219×1 topic
  12. Sustainability4▲ 2.6×4 topics
  13. Innovation4▲ 5.8×3 topics
  14. Memory4▲ 24×1 topic
  15. W.G. Sebald4▲ 845×1 topic
  16. Cultural Sociology4▲ 423×2 topics
  17. Migration3▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Education3▲ 3.0×2 topics
  19. Colonialism3▲ 8.8×4 topics
  20. Cultural Policy3▲ 105×1 topic
  21. Theater3▲ 262×1 topic
  22. Governance2▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Digital Transformation2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  24. Neoliberalism2▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Philosophy2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  26. Psychoanalysis2▲ 47×2 topics
  27. Collective Memory2▲ 130×1 topic
  28. Social Memory2▲ 529×1 topic
  29. Visual Culture2▲ 64×2 topics
  30. Nationalism2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  31. Digital Humanities2▲ 275×1 topic
  32. Literary History2▲ 114×1 topic
  33. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse2▲ 79×2 topics
  34. Aesthetics2▲ 42×2 topics
  35. Feminism2▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Fictionality2▲ 299×1 topic
  37. Media2▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Society2▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Unreliable Narration2▲ 299×1 topic
  40. Behavioral Economics2▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Hochschule für bildende Künste publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Libraries and Information Services, German Literature and Culture Studies, Literature and Cultural Memory and Arts, Culture, and Music Studies.

  1. 1 Libraries and Information Services Museology 10 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  3. 3 Literature and Cultural Memory Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  4. 4 Arts, Culture, and Music Studies Cultural Studies 3 works
  5. 5 Memory, History, Trauma, Identity Philosophy 2 works
  6. 6 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  7. 7 Art, Aesthetics, and Perception Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  8. 8 Narrative Theory and Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  9. 9 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 2 works
  10. 10 Consumer behavior in food and health Sociology and Political Science 2 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 available17.0%not open83.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.8%domestic only96.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hochschule für bildende Künste's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 504% 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.

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