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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Arts and HumanitiesField · 33.1 works19×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 18.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Arts and Humanities 18.6×
- Social Sciences 2.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.7×
- Psychology 0.5×
- Computer Science 0.5×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.3×
- Health Professions 0.3×
- Environmental Science 0.3×
- Medicine 0.2×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Neuroscience 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.0×
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 Michaela Ott Germany · #280,066 worldwide 44 citations · 22 works
- 2 C. Hamann Germany · #342,196 worldwide 98 citations · 31 works
- 3 Siegfried Prößdorf Germany · #871,779 worldwide 38 citations · 24 works
- 4 J. Heim Germany · #1,094,037 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
- 5 Eberhard Than Germany · #1,581,382 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
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.
- Behavioral Economics
- Society
- Fictionality
- Aesthetics
- Literary History
- Nationalism
- Social Memory
- Psychoanalysis
- Neoliberalism
- Governance
- Cultural Policy
- Education
- Cultural Sociology
- Memory
- Sustainability
- Autorschaft
- Museum
- Gender
- History
- Narrative
- Literature
- Identity
- Art
- Exhibition
- Photography
- Bildung
- Innovation
- W.G. Sebald
- Migration
- Colonialism
- Theater
- Digital Transformation
- Philosophy
- Collective Memory
- Visual Culture
- Digital Humanities
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- Feminism
- Media
- Unreliable Narration
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
- Literature17▲ 52×5 topics
- Narrative15▲ 151×3 topics
- Identity14▲ 30×6 topics
- History13▲ 31×3 topics
- Art11▲ 212×2 topics
- Gender10▲ 29×5 topics
- Exhibition10▲ 1420×1 topic
- Museum10▲ 1420×1 topic
- Photography6▲ 234×3 topics
- Autorschaft4▲ 336×1 topic
- Bildung4▲ 219×1 topic
- Sustainability4▲ 2.6×4 topics
- Innovation4▲ 5.8×3 topics
- Memory4▲ 24×1 topic
- W.G. Sebald4▲ 845×1 topic
- Cultural Sociology4▲ 423×2 topics
- Migration3▲ 16×2 topics
- Education3▲ 3.0×2 topics
- Colonialism3▲ 8.8×4 topics
- Cultural Policy3▲ 105×1 topic
- Theater3▲ 262×1 topic
- Governance2▲ 12×2 topics
- Digital Transformation2▲ 7.1×2 topics
- Neoliberalism2▲ 11×3 topics
- Philosophy2▲ 8.6×3 topics
- Psychoanalysis2▲ 47×2 topics
- Collective Memory2▲ 130×1 topic
- Social Memory2▲ 529×1 topic
- Visual Culture2▲ 64×2 topics
- Nationalism2▲ 7.3×4 topics
- Digital Humanities2▲ 275×1 topic
- Literary History2▲ 114×1 topic
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse2▲ 79×2 topics
- Aesthetics2▲ 42×2 topics
- Feminism2▲ 10×3 topics
- Fictionality2▲ 299×1 topic
- Media2▲ 19×1 topic
- Society2▲ 15×1 topic
- Unreliable Narration2▲ 299×1 topic
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Libraries and Information Services Museology 10 works
- 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
- 3 Literature and Cultural Memory Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
- 4 Arts, Culture, and Music Studies Cultural Studies 3 works
- 5 Memory, History, Trauma, Identity Philosophy 2 works
- 6 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
- 7 Art, Aesthetics, and Perception Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
- 8 Narrative Theory and Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
- 9 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 2 works
- 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
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.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Hamburg
- Universität Hamburg
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
- Hamburg University of Technology
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Helmut Schmidt University
- HAW Hamburg
- Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy
- Philips (Germany)
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.