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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
- Business, Management and AccountingField · 42.9 works7.7×
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: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Business, Management and Accounting 7.7×
- Social Sciences 3.2×
- Arts and Humanities 2.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2.6×
- Psychology 2.2×
- Decision Sciences 2.1×
- Neuroscience 0.6×
- Health Professions 0.5×
- Computer Science 0.5×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Energy 0.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
- Environmental Science 0.2×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
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 Castulus Kolo · #119,443 worldwide 220 citations · 25 works
- 2 Andreas Graefe · #575,835 worldwide 129 citations · 31 works
- 3 Thomas Döbler · #613,888 worldwide 15 citations · 30 works
- 4 Thomas Horky · #1,071,400 worldwide 12 citations · 23 works
- 5 Holger Sievert · #1,257,251 worldwide 4 citations · 26 works
- 6 Arno Kohl · #1,312,735 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
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.
- Deliberative Democracy
- Emotion
- Organizational Change
- Literature
- Value Chains
- Governance
- Leadership
- Investment Decisions
- Identity
- Gender
- Agenda Setting
- Consumer Engagement
- Mediatization
- Information Technology
- Content Analysis
- Mobile Health
- E-commerce
- Customer Relationship Management
- Artificial Intelligence
- Big Data
- Social Media
- Digital Transformation
- Sustainable Development
- Customer Experience
- Business Models
- Technology Innovation
- Omni-Channel Strategy
- News Media
- Political Communication
- Electronic Word-of-Mouth
- Media Framing
- Social Capital
- Innovation
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
- Consumer Behavior
- Digital Capital
- Brand Equity
- Online Communication
- Employee Engagement
- Digital Divide
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
- Social Media25▲ 10.0×15 topics
- Big Data16▲ 10×9 topics
- Digital Transformation16▲ 17×4 topics
- Artificial Intelligence16▲ 6.6×8 topics
- Sustainable Development15▲ 5.6×8 topics
- Customer Relationship Management14▲ 55×2 topics
- Customer Experience11▲ 41×4 topics
- E-commerce11▲ 10×3 topics
- Business Models10▲ 83×2 topics
- Mobile Health10▲ 42×2 topics
- Technology Innovation10▲ 187×2 topics
- Content Analysis10▲ 45×3 topics
- Omni-Channel Strategy10▲ 270×1 topic
- Information Technology10▲ 11×5 topics
- News Media9▲ 116×2 topics
- Mediatization9▲ 95×2 topics
- Political Communication9▲ 92×2 topics
- Consumer Engagement9▲ 39×1 topic
- Electronic Word-of-Mouth9▲ 39×1 topic
- Agenda Setting9▲ 147×1 topic
- Media Framing9▲ 147×1 topic
- Gender8▲ 8.0×10 topics
- Social Capital7▲ 8.0×7 topics
- Identity7▲ 5.5×12 topics
- Innovation7▲ 3.7×11 topics
- Investment Decisions6▲ 30×2 topics
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse6▲ 88×2 topics
- Leadership6▲ 7.3×7 topics
- Consumer Behavior6▲ 5.4×5 topics
- Governance5▲ 9.5×5 topics
- Digital Capital5▲ 162×1 topic
- Value Chains5▲ 162×1 topic
- Brand Equity5▲ 42×2 topics
- Literature5▲ 5.1×8 topics
- Online Communication5▲ 18×2 topics
- Organizational Change5▲ 36×3 topics
- Employee Engagement4▲ 14×2 topics
- Emotion4▲ 12×6 topics
- Digital Divide4▲ 9.2×2 topics
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 10 works
- 2 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 9 works
- 3 Media Studies and Communication Communication 9 works
- 4 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 5 works
- 5 Social Media and Politics Communication 4 works
- 6 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
- 7 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
- 8 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 4 works
- 9 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 3 works
- 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
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.
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 Stuttgart
- University of Stuttgart
- University of Hohenheim
- Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
- Stuttgart Observatory
- Alcatel Lucent (Germany)
- Daimler (Germany)
- Robert Bosch (Germany)
- Stuttgart Technical University of Applied Sciences
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.