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Kühne Logistics University

In research, Kühne Logistics University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,774 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 10.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,115
of 22,385 · #11,275 all time
Rank in Germany
#364
of 795
Research works
418
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.4k
22.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Kühne Logistics University

What is Kühne Logistics University 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 #5,774 of 9,585 20.5%83 #6714

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kühne Logistics University work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Kühne Logistics University is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (34%), Engineering (16%), Social Sciences (14%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 90 fractional works · 65.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 47 fractional works · 34.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 10.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 14 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 28.5% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 15.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKühne LogisticsUniversity138fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences66%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting4734.4%
    2. Social Sciences1913.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance107.1%
    4. Decision Sciences75.1%
    5. Psychology53.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities21.3%
    1. Engineering2215.8%
    2. Computer Science107.1%
    3. Environmental Science53.9%
    4. Energy10.8%
    5. Mathematics10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine31.9%
    2. Health Professions21.2%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    2. Neuroscience10.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kühne Logistics University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 47.4 works11×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.91× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10.68× its world share, 47 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.33× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.32× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting10.68×47 works
  2. Decision Sciences5.33×7 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.32×10 works
  4. Psychology1.27×5 works
  5. Social Sciences1.09×19 works
  6. Engineering1.05×22 works
  7. Computer Science0.91×10 works
  8. Energy0.88×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.78×5 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.69×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.49×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.47×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.44×2 works
  14. Nursing0.35×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.26×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.12×0 works
  18. Medicine0.10×3 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kühne Logistics University?

Ranked on the quality score, Niels Van Quaquebeke, Maria Besiou and Christian Tröster lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kühne Logistics University.

  1. 1 Niels Van Quaquebeke Germany · #54,994 worldwide 4.8k citations · 167 works
  2. 2 Maria Besiou Germany · #141,662 worldwide 2.4k citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Christian Tröster Germany · #155,906 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Kai Hoberg Germany · #289,739 worldwide 1.9k citations · 83 works
  5. 5 Asvin Goel Germany · #396,563 worldwide 1.7k citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Michele Acciaro Germany · #412,556 worldwide 2.7k citations · 93 works
  7. 7 Moritz Petersen Germany · #751,335 worldwide 992 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Christian Barrot Germany · #826,327 worldwide 1.2k citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Sandra Transchel Germany · #950,182 worldwide 840 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Shushu Liao Germany · #1,124,895 worldwide 184 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Kühne Logistics University

What are the most cited papers from Kühne Logistics University?

The most cited paper from Kühne Logistics University is "Seeding Strategies for Viral Marketing: An Empirical Comparison" (Oliver Fast Hinz, Bernd Skiera, Christian Barrot et al., 2011), with 679 citations. Next come "Energy management in seaports: A new role for port authorities" (407) and "The financial economics of gold — A survey" (335).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Seeding Strategies for Viral Marketing: An Empirical Comparison Oliver Fast Hinz, Bernd Skiera, Christian Barrot et al. · Journal of Marketing 28 Sep 2011 679
2 Energy management in seaports: A new role for port authorities Michele Acciaro, Hilda Ghiara, Maria Inès Cusano · Energy Policy 14 May 2014 407
3 The financial economics of gold — A survey Fergal A. O’Connor, Brian M. Lucey, Jonathan A. Batten et al. · International Review of Financial Analysis 29 Jul 2015 335
4 Environmental sustainability in seaports: a framework for successful innovation Michele Acciaro, Thierry Vanelslander, Christa Sys et al. · Maritime Policy & Management 29 Jul 2014 314
5 The role of perceived enjoyment and perceived informativeness in assessing the acceptance of AR wearables Eric Holdack, Katja Lurie-Stoyanov, Harro Fabian Fromme · Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 3 Sep 2020 295
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kühne Logistics University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Big Data, Risk Management, Consumer Behavior, Leadership, Environmental Management and E-commerce.

▲ 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. Supply Chain Management16▲ 13×13 topics
  2. Sustainability14▲ 4.0×23 topics
  3. Big Data8▲ 6.3×10 topics
  4. Climate Change7▲ 1.80×13 topics
  5. Consumer Behavior7▲ 7.8×9 topics
  6. Risk Management7▲ 10×4 topics
  7. Environmental Impact6▲ 2.4×12 topics
  8. E-commerce6▲ 7.2×4 topics
  9. Environmental Management6▲ 9.8×2 topics
  10. Leadership6▲ 8.2×9 topics
  11. Corporate Governance5▲ 5.3×8 topics
  12. Information Sharing5▲ 55×2 topics
  13. Disruption Mitigation5▲ 68×1 topic
  14. Innovation5▲ 3.2×12 topics
  15. Supply Chain Resilience5▲ 68×1 topic
  16. Business Process Management4▲ 152×1 topic
  17. Workflow Mining4▲ 152×1 topic
  18. Environmental Impacts4▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Firm Performance4▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Performance Measurement4▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Circular Economy4▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Supply Chain4▲ 15×7 topics
  23. Maritime Transportation4▲ 55×2 topics
  24. Green Practices4▲ 35×1 topic
  25. Sustainable Supply Chain Management4▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Job Satisfaction4▲ 6.0×3 topics
  27. Organizational Performance4▲ 10×7 topics
  28. Collaborative Relationships4▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Lean Manufacturing4▲ 14×1 topic
  30. Social Capital4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Inventory Management3▲ 26×4 topics
  32. Logistics3▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Container Terminals3▲ 88×1 topic
  34. Crowdsourcing3▲ 34×3 topics
  35. Operations Research3▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Fuel Consumption3▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Air Quality3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Customer Experience3▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Alternative Fuels3▲ 52×2 topics
  40. Demand Forecasting3▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Kühne Logistics University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management, Business Process Modeling and Analysis, Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Quality and Supply Management.

Supply Chain Resilience …5Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 5 fractional worksBusiness Process Modelin…4Business Process Modeling and Analysis: 4 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain…4Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 4 fractional worksQuality and Supply Manag…4Quality and Supply Management: 4 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logistics: 3 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 3 fractional worksUrban and Freight Transp…2Urban and Freight Transport Logistics: 2 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 2 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…2Big Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementManagement Information SystemsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringEnvironmental Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 5 works
  2. 2 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 4 works
  3. 3 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 4 works
  4. 4 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 4 works
  5. 5 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 2 works
  8. 8 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  9. 9 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 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.

openly available45.9%not open54.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.8%domestic only61.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kühne Logistics University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Kühne Logistics University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Kühne Logistics University0.00050% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Kühne Logistics University 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%Kühne Logistics University15.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.9% in 2017.

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