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Hochschule Hannover

In research, Hochschule Hannover stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,334 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,337 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,792 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,574
of 28,054 · #17,873 all time
Rank in Germany
#768
of 1,178
Research works
1.4k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Hochschule Hannover 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 #7,334 of 10,521 12.5%186 #9467
Social SciencesField #5,337 of 6,365 13.6%78 #7250
Physical SciencesDomain #11,792 of 12,888 11.2%76 #17847

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hochschule Hannover 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#9,467 #7,334
  2. Social Sciences#7,250 #5,337
  3. Physical Sciences#17,847 #11,792
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.

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: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.31× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.66× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.83× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 13 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.93× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.52× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.01× its world share, 50 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.81× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hochschule Hannover?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Szyszka, Andrea Lange-Vester and Ulrike Buchholz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hochschule Hannover.

  1. 1 Peter Szyszka · #233,096 worldwide 92 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Andrea Lange-Vester · #431,917 worldwide 81 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Ulrike Buchholz · #461,822 worldwide 29 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Uwe Sander · #497,228 worldwide 28 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Annika Schach · #600,673 worldwide 7 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Sven Max Litzcke · #621,554 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Carsten Kleiner · #740,669 worldwide 58 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Susanne Knorre · #784,886 worldwide 6 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Christian Wartena · #819,004 worldwide 66 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Gerhard Fortwengel · #875,913 worldwide 11 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Hochschule Hannover

Which keywords describe research at Hochschule Hannover?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Governance, Leadership, Digital Communication, Language Variation, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Discourse Analysis and Multimodality.

▲ 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. Digital Transformation19▲ 12×5 topics
  2. Governance16▲ 16×5 topics
  3. Leadership16▲ 11×5 topics
  4. Digital Communication15▲ 70×2 topics
  5. Language Variation15▲ 86×2 topics
  6. Sustainable Development15▲ 3.1×11 topics
  7. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse14▲ 109×2 topics
  8. Discourse Analysis14▲ 17×2 topics
  9. Multimodality14▲ 84×2 topics
  10. Sociolinguistics13▲ 23×1 topic
  11. Text Linguistics13▲ 211×1 topic
  12. Social Media13▲ 3.0×12 topics
  13. Public Health13▲ 2.8×12 topics
  14. Organizational Change12▲ 51×3 topics
  15. Customer Relationship Management11▲ 25×2 topics
  16. Bildungsungleichheit11▲ 121×1 topic
  17. Ethnografisches Schreiben11▲ 121×1 topic
  18. Strategic Marketing11▲ 154×2 topics
  19. Information Technology10▲ 6.9×5 topics
  20. Big Data10▲ 3.6×9 topics
  21. Epidemiological Study10▲ 48×2 topics
  22. Investment Decisions10▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Stakeholder Engagement10▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Chronic Diseases10▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Healthcare Utilization10▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Germany10▲ 156×1 topic
  27. Health Surveys10▲ 156×1 topic
  28. Digital Capital10▲ 168×1 topic
  29. Value Chains10▲ 168×1 topic
  30. Professional Development9▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Agility9▲ 208×1 topic
  32. Socio-Technical Systems9▲ 122×1 topic
  33. Supervision8▲ 80×2 topics
  34. Customer Experience8▲ 16×4 topics
  35. Community Engagement7▲ 7.1×4 topics
  36. Business Models7▲ 32×3 topics
  37. Crisis Communication7▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Elderly Care7▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Public Relations7▲ 92×1 topic
  40. Mobile Health7▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Hochschule Hannover publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic research and analysis, Sociology and Education Studies, Health and Medical Studies and Corporate Governance and Management.

Linguistic research and …13Linguistic research and analysis: 13 fractional worksSociology and Education …11Sociology and Education Studies: 11 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies10Health and Medical Studies: 10 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…10Corporate Governance and Management: 10 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 9 fractional worksPublic Relations and Crisis Communication: 7 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, an…7Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 7 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 6 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 5 fractional worksCollaboration in agile enterprises: 5 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsStrategy and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic research and analysisLanguage and Linguistics 13 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education StudiesSociology and Political Science 11 works
  3. 3 Health and Medical StudiesGeneral Health Professions 10 works
  4. 4 Corporate Governance and ManagementStrategy and Management 10 works
  5. 5 Corporate Management and LeadershipOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  6. 6 Public Relations and Crisis CommunicationCommunication 7 works
  7. 7 Psychology, Coaching, and TherapySocial Psychology 7 works
  8. 8 Digital Innovation in IndustriesManagement of Technology and Innovation 6 works
  9. 9 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing SystemsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Collaboration in agile enterprisesManagement of Technology and Innovation 5 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-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hochschule Hannover's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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