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Institute for Communication and Leadership

In research, Institute for Communication and Leadership stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,609 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#36,937
of 42,892
Rank in Switzerland
#381
of 429
Research works
214
▼ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
370
1.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Institute for Communication and Leadership 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 #10,609 of 16,945 6.8%160

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Communication and Leadership 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.

Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 3.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 8.81× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.17× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Communication and Leadership?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Organizational Change, Gender, Information Technology, Multilingualism, Cultural Studies and Agility.

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

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Digital Transformation4▲ 30×3 topics
  2. Leadership3▲ 28×5 topics
  3. Organizational Change2▲ 158×2 topics
  4. Gender2▲ 18×4 topics
  5. Information Technology2▲ 17×3 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  7. Multilingualism2▲ 46×2 topics
  8. Cultural Studies2▲ 19×2 topics
  9. Agility2▲ 501×1 topic
  10. German as a Foreign Language2▲ 469×1 topic
  11. Language Learning2▲ 92×1 topic
  12. Socio-Technical Systems2▲ 293×1 topic
  13. Sustainability2▲ 2.8×3 topics
  14. Governance1▲ 19×3 topics
  15. Discourse Analysis1▲ 24×2 topics
  16. Education1▲ 3.6×3 topics
  17. Innovation1▲ 5.6×2 topics
  18. Sociolinguistics1▲ 32×2 topics
  19. Stakeholder Engagement1▲ 69×2 topics
  20. Customer Experience1▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Digital Capital1▲ 290×1 topic
  22. Language Variation1▲ 93×1 topic
  23. Text Linguistics1▲ 262×1 topic
  24. Value Chains1▲ 290×1 topic
  25. Cultural Policy1▲ 122×1 topic
  26. Theater1▲ 306×1 topic
  27. Bildungsungleichheit1▲ 156×1 topic
  28. Business Models1▲ 65×1 topic
  29. Crisis Communication1▲ 128×1 topic
  30. Industrial Psychology1▲ 698×1 topic
  31. Management1▲ 5.8×1 topic
  32. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse1▲ 112×1 topic
  33. Shared Mental Models1▲ 449×1 topic
  34. Social Media1▲ 3.2×1 topic
  35. Team Processes1▲ 449×1 topic
  36. Technology Innovation1▲ 148×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for Communication and Leadership publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Management and Leadership, Linguistic Education and Pedagogy, Corporate Governance and Management and Linguistic research and analysis.

Corporate Management and…2Corporate Management and Leadership: 2 fractional worksLinguistic Education and…2Linguistic Education and Pedagogy: 2 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 1 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 1 fractional worksArts, Culture, and Music Studies: 1 fractional worksOrganizational Management and Change: 1 fractional worksPublic Relations and Crisis Communication: 1 fractional worksTeam Dynamics and Perfor…1Team Dynamics and Performance: 1 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 1 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementLanguage and LinguisticsStrategy and ManagementCultural Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  2. 2 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 2 works
  3. 3 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 1 works
  5. 5 Arts, Culture, and Music Studies Cultural Studies 1 works
  6. 6 Organizational Management and Change Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  7. 7 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 1 works
  8. 8 Team Dynamics and Performance Social Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 1 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.0%domestic only46.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Communication and Leadership's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% lower 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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