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Institut für Handelsforschung

In research, Institut für Handelsforschung stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,407 of 16,945 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#3,506 of 3,973 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,717 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,982
of 42,892
Rank in Germany
#1,450
of 2,077
Research works
559
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
12%
world 28%

What is Institut für Handelsforschung known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #12,407 of 16,945 4.4%390
Business, Management and AccountingField #3,506 of 3,973 4.2%164
Social SciencesField #9,717 of 10,206 5.4%151

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut für Handelsforschung 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).

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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 6.00× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.29× its world share, 8 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.86× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.36× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.97× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut für Handelsforschung?

Ranked on the composite score, Lars Gorton, Hedda Pommrich and Hans Perczynski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut für Handelsforschung.

  1. 1 Lars Gorton Germany · #459,633 worldwide 2 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Hedda Pommrich Germany · #462,724 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Hans Perczynski Germany · #494,538 worldwide 0 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Cécile Brokelind Germany · #900,391 worldwide 2 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Per Samuelsson Germany · #991,572 worldwide 9 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Andreas Inghammar Germany · #1,073,870 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 P.W.M. Peters Germany · #1,140,330 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Institut für Handelsforschung

Which keywords describe research at Institut für Handelsforschung?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medical Ethics, Patient Rights, Sustainable Development, Germany, Health Surveys, Public Health, Customer Experience and Big Data.

▲ 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Medical Ethics6▲ 132×1 topic
  2. Patient Rights6▲ 234×1 topic
  3. Sustainable Development4▲ 7.3×5 topics
  4. Germany3▲ 489×1 topic
  5. Health Surveys3▲ 489×1 topic
  6. Public Health3▲ 6.9×2 topics
  7. Big Data2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  8. Customer Experience2▲ 48×2 topics
  9. Digital Transformation2▲ 13×2 topics
  10. Business Models2▲ 87×1 topic
  11. Technology Innovation2▲ 199×1 topic
  12. European Company Law2▲ 347×1 topic
  13. Regulatory Competition2▲ 347×1 topic
  14. Demographic Transition1▲ 64×1 topic
  15. Elderly Care1▲ 26×1 topic
  16. Gender1▲ 6.7×2 topics
  17. Cultural Studies1▲ 8.6×3 topics
  18. Human Microbiome1▲ 461×1 topic
  19. Microbial Metabolites1▲ 89×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut für Handelsforschung publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Medical and Health Sciences Research, Health and Medical Studies, Digital Innovation in Industries and Corporate Governance and Law.

Medical and Health Scien…6Medical and Health Sciences Research: 6 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 3 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 2 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Law: 2 fractional worksSocial and Demographic I…1Social and Demographic Issues in Germany: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Science and Technology: 1 fractional worksLibraries and Information Services: 1 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 1 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 1 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsManagement of Technology and InnovationStrategy and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  2. 2 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  4. 4 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 2 works
  5. 5 Social and Demographic Issues in Germany General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Environmental Science and Technology Biochemistry 1 works
  7. 7 Libraries and Information Services Museology 1 works
  8. 8 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 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 available12.0%not open88.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut für Handelsforschung's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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