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Institut für Soziale Arbeit

In research, Institut für Soziale Arbeit stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,152 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,096 of 5,988 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#1,467 of 2,526 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science and Social Psychology (Sociology and Political Science is 7.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,856
of 22,385 · #7,683 all time
Rank in Germany
#231
of 795
Research works
1.6k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.9k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Institut für Soziale Arbeit

What is Institut für Soziale Arbeit known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,152 of 9,585 8.7%230 #4841
Social SciencesField #3,096 of 5,988 9.2%141 #4742
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,467 of 2,526 9.2%91 #2509

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut für Soziale Arbeit 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#4,841 #3,152
  2. Social Sciences#4,742 #3,096
  3. Sociology and Political Science#2,509 #1,467
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Institut für Soziale Arbeit work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Institut für Soziale Arbeit is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Medicine (9%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 264 fractional works · 64.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 159 fractional works · 38.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 102 fractional works · 24.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 18 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 38 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 20 fractional works · 5.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 34 fractional works · 8.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 73 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 34 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 30 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 13.5% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitut fürSoziale Arbeit408fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences65%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences15938.9%
    2. Psychology389.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities348.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting153.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance143.4%
    6. Decision Sciences51.1%
    1. Medicine389.3%
    2. Health Professions348.4%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Chemistry133.2%
    2. Engineering122.9%
    3. Environmental Science92.2%
    4. Computer Science71.7%
    5. Mathematics51.2%
    6. Materials Science41.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology102.4%
    2. Neuroscience40.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institut für Soziale Arbeit specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 101.9 works7.0×
  2. Social PsychologySubfield · 20.4 works5.7×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.02× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.03× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.20× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.90× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.57× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.02× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.08× its world share, 159 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.20×34 works
  2. Social Sciences3.08×159 works
  3. Psychology3.02×38 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.90×34 works
  5. Chemistry2.02×13 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.57×14 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.18×5 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.14×15 works
  9. Mathematics1.03×5 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×1 works
  11. Veterinary0.60×0 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.57×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.56×4 works
  14. Medicine0.49×38 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×10 works
  16. Environmental Science0.45×9 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×2 works
  18. Materials Science0.31×4 works
  19. Computer Science0.22×7 works
  20. Energy0.22×1 works
  21. Engineering0.19×12 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.12×1 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  25. Nursing0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut für Soziale Arbeit?

Ranked on the quality score, Margareta Steinrücke, Stephan Conrad and Nicola Hilti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut für Soziale Arbeit.

  1. 1 Margareta Steinrücke Germany · #2,723,701 worldwide 649 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Stephan Conrad Germany · #2,884,811 worldwide 32 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Nicola Hilti Germany · #3,080,072 worldwide 258 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 W. Lorenz Germany · #3,134,224 worldwide 1 citations · 36 works
  5. 4 G. Wotjak Germany · #3,134,224 worldwide 4 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Michael Herdlitzka Germany · #3,425,897 worldwide 50 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Petra Frerichs Germany · #3,459,349 worldwide 172 citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Jules El-Khatib Germany · #3,513,913 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Theo Brinek Germany · #3,532,390 worldwide 57 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Isabell Oberle Germany · #3,543,044 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Institut für Soziale Arbeit

What are the most cited papers from Institut für Soziale Arbeit?

The most cited paper from Institut für Soziale Arbeit is "COVID-19-Pandemie: Belastungen des medizinischen Personals" (Jens Bohlken, Friederike Schömig, Matthias R. Lemke et al., 2020), with 429 citations. Next come "Fatigue in the General Population" (297) and "Cross-modal perceptual integration of spatially and temporally disparate auditory and visual stimuli" (224).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 COVID-19-Pandemie: Belastungen des medizinischen Personals Jens Bohlken, Friederike Schömig, Matthias R. Lemke et al. · Psychiatrische Praxis Open access 27 Apr 2020 429
2 Fatigue in the General Population Reinhold Schwarz, Oliver Krauß, Andreas Hinz · Oncology Research and Treatment 2003 297
3 Cross-modal perceptual integration of spatially and temporally disparate auditory and visual stimuli Jörg Lewald, Rainer Guski · Cognitive Brain Research 23 Apr 2003 224
4 Zur Analyse der Struktur von sozialen Deutungsmustern Ulrich Oevermann · Sozialer Sinn May 2001 210
5 Action monitoring, error detection, and the basal ganglia: an ERP study Michael Falkenstein, H Hielscher, Isabel Dziobek et al. · Neuroreport 2001 194
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut für Soziale Arbeit?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben, Professional Development, Supervision, Social Innovation and Self-Efficacy.

▲ 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-now 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. Governance45▲ 34×7 topics
  2. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse39▲ 245×2 topics
  3. Bildungsungleichheit36▲ 327×1 topic
  4. Ethnografisches Schreiben36▲ 327×1 topic
  5. Professional Development23▲ 27×6 topics
  6. Supervision22▲ 172×2 topics
  7. Sustainable Development20▲ 3.2×11 topics
  8. Social Innovation20▲ 32×6 topics
  9. Self-Efficacy17▲ 16×2 topics
  10. Coaching17▲ 236×2 topics
  11. Workplace17▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Psychodrama17▲ 219×1 topic
  13. Relationship17▲ 288×1 topic
  14. Elderly Care16▲ 25×6 topics
  15. Leadership15▲ 7.5×8 topics
  16. Identity12▲ 4.2×14 topics
  17. Neoliberalism12▲ 8.3×8 topics
  18. Digital Transformation12▲ 5.3×9 topics
  19. Gender12▲ 5.3×9 topics
  20. Social Policy11▲ 31×3 topics
  21. Social Inequality11▲ 10×5 topics
  22. Urban Development11▲ 7.6×3 topics
  23. Imperialism10▲ 31×3 topics
  24. Empowerment10▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Interdisciplinary Research10▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Gender Studies10▲ 15×5 topics
  27. Innovation Policy10▲ 24×1 topic
  28. Knowledge Engineering10▲ 185×1 topic
  29. Global Capitalism9▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Class Struggle9▲ 70×2 topics
  31. Critique9▲ 105×1 topic
  32. Health-related Quality of Life9▲ 9.6×4 topics
  33. Post-Growth Economy9▲ 195×1 topic
  34. Demographic Transition9▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Migrant Health9▲ 301×1 topic
  36. Economic Evaluation9▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Social Theory9▲ 77×4 topics
  38. Monetary Policy9▲ 9.1×2 topics
  39. Asset Pricing8▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Financial Analysis8▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut für Soziale Arbeit publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sociology and Education Studies, Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy, Innovation, Technology, and Society and Economic and Social Issues.

Sociology and Education …36Sociology and Education Studies: 36 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, an…17Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 17 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, …10Innovation, Technology, and Society: 10 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 9 fractional worksSocial and Demographic Issues in Germany: 9 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and E…8Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 8 fractional worksBiomedical and Chemical Research: 8 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and Education: 6 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 6 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 6 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 36 works
  2. 2 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 17 works
  3. 3 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  4. 4 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 9 works
  5. 5 Social and Demographic Issues in Germany General Health Professions 9 works
  6. 6 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  7. 7 Biomedical and Chemical Research Surgery 8 works
  8. 8 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 6 works
  9. 9 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  10. 10 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 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 available34.4%not open65.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.8%domestic only80.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut für Soziale Arbeit's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Institut für Soziale Arbeit as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Institut für Soziale Arbeit0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut für Soziale Arbeit over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Institut für Soziale Arbeit10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.8% in 2011.

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