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Hochschule Osnabrück

In research, Hochschule Osnabrück stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,991 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,416 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,597 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Management of Technology and Innovation and Strategy and Management — Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 10.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,204
of 28,054 · #11,295 all time
Rank in Germany
#293
of 1,178
Research works
2.3k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Hochschule Osnabrück 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 #3,991 of 10,521 15.7%337 #4753
Health SciencesDomain #5,416 of 11,982 15.2%99 #6643
Life SciencesDomain #4,597 of 7,800 32.2%64 #8757
Social SciencesField #4,212 of 6,365 17.2%127 #5422
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,720 of 2,578 15.1%117 #2241
Physical SciencesDomain #9,915 of 12,888 10.2%153 #11101
EngineeringField #6,025 of 6,636 6.5%67 #8956

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hochschule Osnabrück 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#4,753 #3,991
  2. Health Sciences#6,643 #5,416
  3. Life Sciences#8,757 #4,597
  4. Social Sciences#5,422 #4,212
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#2,241 #1,720
  6. Physical Sciences#11,101 #9,915
  7. Engineering#8,956 #6,025
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.

What does Hochschule Osnabrück specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 33.2 works11×
  2. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 21.0 works11×
  3. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 42.6 works7.5×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 117.1 works5.6×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 67 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.27× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 53 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.87× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.55× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.56× its world share, 117 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.93× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 127 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hochschule Osnabrück?

Ranked on the composite score, Stephan Maykus, Harry von Piekartz and Egon Leimböck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hochschule Osnabrück.

  1. 1 Stephan Maykus Germany · #270,154 worldwide 26 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Harry von Piekartz Germany · #385,560 worldwide 47 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Egon Leimböck Germany · #394,167 worldwide 9 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Hermann Witte Germany · #445,253 worldwide 1 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Kai‐Michael Griese Germany · #537,188 worldwide 91 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Martin Moers Germany · #559,804 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Andreas Büscher Germany · #606,062 worldwide 21 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Christoff Zalpour Germany · #606,072 worldwide 65 citations · 108 works
  9. 9 Frank Bensberg Germany · #631,887 worldwide 19 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Ralf Tönjes Germany · #645,548 worldwide 83 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Hochschule Osnabrück

Which keywords describe research at Hochschule Osnabrück?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Digital Transformation, Sustainable Development, Leadership, Information Technology, Strategic Marketing, Customer Relationship Management and Investment Decisions.

▲ 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. Sustainability52▲ 3.3×49 topics
  2. Sustainable Development45▲ 4.3×20 topics
  3. Digital Transformation35▲ 10×11 topics
  4. Leadership33▲ 10×14 topics
  5. Big Data32▲ 5.4×11 topics
  6. Information Technology30▲ 9.4×8 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence29▲ 3.3×14 topics
  8. Strategic Marketing29▲ 200×2 topics
  9. Customer Relationship Management29▲ 30×2 topics
  10. Investment Decisions28▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Digital Capital28▲ 233×1 topic
  12. Value Chains28▲ 233×1 topic
  13. Renewable Energy26▲ 2.8×17 topics
  14. E-commerce21▲ 5.3×4 topics
  15. Customer Experience20▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Business Models20▲ 43×3 topics
  17. Mobile Health19▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Technology Innovation18▲ 91×2 topics
  19. Omni-Channel Strategy18▲ 132×1 topic
  20. Governance18▲ 8.3×6 topics
  21. Corporate Governance17▲ 3.5×9 topics
  22. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse16▲ 61×2 topics
  23. Organizational Change16▲ 33×5 topics
  24. Renewable Energy Integration15▲ 6.9×3 topics
  25. Social Innovation15▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Urban Planning14▲ 27×3 topics
  27. Stakeholder Engagement14▲ 25×3 topics
  28. Environmental Policy14▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Employee Engagement14▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Thermal Management13▲ 6.0×2 topics
  31. Vibration Analysis13▲ 7.4×2 topics
  32. Engineering13▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Fluid Dynamics13▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Agility12▲ 136×1 topic
  35. Socio-Technical Systems12▲ 80×1 topic
  36. Professional Development11▲ 8.4×8 topics
  37. Bildungsungleichheit11▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Ethnografisches Schreiben11▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Business Ethics10▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Corporate Social Responsibility10▲ 10.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Hochschule Osnabrück publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Governance and Management, Digital Innovation in Industries, Physics and Engineering Research Articles and Corporate Management and Leadership.

Corporate Governance and…28Corporate Governance and Management: 28 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 18 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering …13Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 13 fractional worksCorporate Management and…12Corporate Management and Leadership: 12 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 11 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: 9 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies9Health and Medical Studies: 9 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 8 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 6 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 6 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementManagement of Technology and InnovationComputational MechanicsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 28 works
  2. 2 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 18 works
  3. 3 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 13 works
  4. 4 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 12 works
  5. 5 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  6. 6 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 9 works
  8. 8 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 8 works
  9. 9 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  10. 10 Education Methods and Technologies Education 6 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hochschule Osnabrück's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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