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Hochschule Macromedia

In research, Hochschule Macromedia stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,748 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,743 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 7.7× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#20,805
of 28,054 · #35,382 all time
Rank in Germany
#813
of 1,178
Research works
463
▲ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Hochschule Macromedia 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 #6,748 of 10,521 21.4%152 #9971
Social SciencesField #4,743 of 6,365 24.1%70 #6823

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 42.9 works7.7×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.86× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.65× its world share, 43 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.56× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.22× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.19× its world share, 70 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hochschule Macromedia?

Ranked on the composite score, Castulus Kolo, Andreas Graefe and Thomas Döbler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hochschule Macromedia.

  1. 1 Castulus Kolo · #119,443 worldwide 220 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Andreas Graefe · #575,835 worldwide 129 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Thomas Döbler · #613,888 worldwide 15 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Thomas Horky · #1,071,400 worldwide 12 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Holger Sievert · #1,257,251 worldwide 4 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Arno Kohl · #1,312,735 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hochschule Macromedia

Which keywords describe research at Hochschule Macromedia?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, Big Data, Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management, Sustainable Development, E-commerce and Customer Experience.

▲ 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. Social Media25▲ 10.0×15 topics
  2. Big Data16▲ 10×9 topics
  3. Digital Transformation16▲ 17×4 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 6.6×8 topics
  5. Sustainable Development15▲ 5.6×8 topics
  6. Customer Relationship Management14▲ 55×2 topics
  7. Customer Experience11▲ 41×4 topics
  8. E-commerce11▲ 10×3 topics
  9. Business Models10▲ 83×2 topics
  10. Mobile Health10▲ 42×2 topics
  11. Technology Innovation10▲ 187×2 topics
  12. Content Analysis10▲ 45×3 topics
  13. Omni-Channel Strategy10▲ 270×1 topic
  14. Information Technology10▲ 11×5 topics
  15. News Media9▲ 116×2 topics
  16. Mediatization9▲ 95×2 topics
  17. Political Communication9▲ 92×2 topics
  18. Consumer Engagement9▲ 39×1 topic
  19. Electronic Word-of-Mouth9▲ 39×1 topic
  20. Agenda Setting9▲ 147×1 topic
  21. Media Framing9▲ 147×1 topic
  22. Gender8▲ 8.0×10 topics
  23. Social Capital7▲ 8.0×7 topics
  24. Identity7▲ 5.5×12 topics
  25. Innovation7▲ 3.7×11 topics
  26. Investment Decisions6▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse6▲ 88×2 topics
  28. Leadership6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  29. Consumer Behavior6▲ 5.4×5 topics
  30. Governance5▲ 9.5×5 topics
  31. Digital Capital5▲ 162×1 topic
  32. Value Chains5▲ 162×1 topic
  33. Brand Equity5▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Literature5▲ 5.1×8 topics
  35. Online Communication5▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Organizational Change5▲ 36×3 topics
  37. Employee Engagement4▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Emotion4▲ 12×6 topics
  39. Digital Divide4▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Deliberative Democracy4▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Hochschule Macromedia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Innovation in Industries, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Media Studies and Communication and Corporate Governance and Management.

  1. 1 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 10 works
  2. 2 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  3. 3 Media Studies and Communication Communication 9 works
  4. 4 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 5 works
  5. 5 Social Media and Politics Communication 4 works
  6. 6 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  7. 7 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 4 works
  9. 9 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 3 works
  10. 10 Media Influence and Health Literature and Literary Theory 3 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hochschule Macromedia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% 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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