Kühne Logistics University
In research, Kühne Logistics University stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,859 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting — Business, Management and Accounting is 10.9× its share of world research.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #13,935 of 28,054 · #21,745 all time
- Rank in Germany
- #536 of 1,178
- Research works
- 418 ▲ 44% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 9.4k 22.6 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 35.7% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 46% world 28%
What is Kühne Logistics University 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 | #3,859 of 10,521 | 39.3% | 83 | #5256 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kühne Logistics University 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 Kühne Logistics University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Business, Management and AccountingField · 44.2 works11×
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, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Business, Management and Accounting 10.9×
- Decision Sciences 5.8×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3.2×
- Psychology 1.3×
- Engineering 1.1×
- Social Sciences 1.1×
- Energy 1.0×
- Computer Science 0.9×
- Environmental Science 0.8×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.8×
- Mathematics 0.5×
- Arts and Humanities 0.5×
- Health Professions 0.4×
- Neuroscience 0.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.2×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Nursing 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Kühne Logistics University?
Ranked on the composite score, Jan U. Becker, Asvin Goel and Alexander Himme lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kühne Logistics University.
- 1 Jan U. Becker Germany · #194,093 worldwide 151 citations · 23 works
- 2 Asvin Goel Germany · #297,978 worldwide 120 citations · 22 works
- 3 Alexander Himme Germany · #343,228 worldwide 35 citations · 21 works
- 4 Niels Van Quaquebeke Germany · #350,541 worldwide 101 citations · 21 works
Which keywords describe research at Kühne Logistics University?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Big Data, Consumer Behavior, Risk Management, Environmental Management, E-commerce and Leadership.
- Emissions
- Alternative Fuels
- Fuel Consumption
- Customer Experience
- Inventory Management
- Social Capital
- Collaborative Relationships
- Job Satisfaction
- Maritime Transportation
- Green Practices
- Business Process Management
- Performance Measurement
- Disruption Mitigation
- Circular Economy
- Information Sharing
- Leadership
- Environmental Management
- Risk Management
- Consumer Behavior
- Sustainability
- Supply Chain Management
- Big Data
- Climate Change
- E-commerce
- Corporate Governance
- Environmental Impact
- Innovation
- Environmental Impacts
- Firm Performance
- Supply Chain Resilience
- Workflow Mining
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Supply Chain
- Organizational Performance
- Lean Manufacturing
- Crowdsourcing
- Container Terminals
- Operations Research
- Air Quality
- Demand Forecasting
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
- Supply Chain Management15▲ 13×13 topics
- Sustainability12▲ 4.1×21 topics
- Big Data8▲ 6.7×10 topics
- Consumer Behavior6▲ 8.0×9 topics
- Climate Change6▲ 1.79×12 topics
- Risk Management6▲ 9.9×4 topics
- E-commerce6▲ 7.3×4 topics
- Environmental Management5▲ 11×2 topics
- Corporate Governance5▲ 5.7×8 topics
- Leadership5▲ 8.7×8 topics
- Environmental Impact5▲ 2.3×11 topics
- Information Sharing5▲ 52×2 topics
- Innovation5▲ 3.5×12 topics
- Circular Economy4▲ 12×2 topics
- Environmental Impacts4▲ 12×3 topics
- Disruption Mitigation4▲ 70×1 topic
- Firm Performance4▲ 18×2 topics
- Performance Measurement4▲ 11×3 topics
- Supply Chain Resilience4▲ 70×1 topic
- Business Process Management4▲ 146×1 topic
- Workflow Mining4▲ 146×1 topic
- Green Practices4▲ 37×1 topic
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management4▲ 37×1 topic
- Maritime Transportation4▲ 57×2 topics
- Supply Chain4▲ 14×5 topics
- Job Satisfaction4▲ 6.5×3 topics
- Organizational Performance4▲ 11×6 topics
- Collaborative Relationships3▲ 55×1 topic
- Lean Manufacturing3▲ 13×1 topic
- Social Capital3▲ 4.8×8 topics
- Crowdsourcing3▲ 36×3 topics
- Inventory Management3▲ 26×4 topics
- Container Terminals3▲ 88×1 topic
- Customer Experience3▲ 15×4 topics
- Operations Research3▲ 13×1 topic
- Fuel Consumption3▲ 30×2 topics
- Air Quality3▲ 12×3 topics
- Alternative Fuels2▲ 55×2 topics
- Demand Forecasting2▲ 37×2 topics
- Emissions2▲ 10×2 topics
Which research topics does Kühne Logistics University publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management, Business Process Modeling and Analysis, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Quality and Supply Management.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 4 works
- 2 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 4 works
- 3 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 4 works
- 4 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 3 works
- 5 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
- 6 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 2 works
- 7 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 2 works
- 8 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 2 works
- 9 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
- 10 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 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 Kühne Logistics University's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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 Hamburg
- Universität Hamburg
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
- Hamburg University of Technology
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
- Helmut Schmidt University
- HAW Hamburg
- Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy
- Philips (Germany)
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.