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Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies

In research, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,972 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations — Political Science and International Relations is 17.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,246
of 28,054 · #31,220 all time
Rank in Germany
#968
of 1,178
Research works
285
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,972 of 10,521 20.6%73 #8754

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies 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 Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 17.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 20.5 works18×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.14× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.46× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 5.67× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies?

Ranked on the composite score, Ulf Brunnbauer, Sabine Rutar and Stefano Petrungaro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies.

  1. 1 Ulf Brunnbauer Germany · #387,256 worldwide 10 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Sabine Rutar Germany · #792,239 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Stefano Petrungaro Germany · #874,783 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Olga Popova Germany · #1,085,998 worldwide 23 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies

Which keywords describe research at Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Nationalism, Globalization, Human Rights, Ethnicity, Conflict, Transition and Eastern Europe.

▲ 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 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. Identity18▲ 31×11 topics
  2. Nationalism12▲ 34×11 topics
  3. Globalization11▲ 7.4×23 topics
  4. Human Rights10▲ 13×11 topics
  5. Ethnicity9▲ 32×5 topics
  6. Conflict9▲ 68×3 topics
  7. Transition9▲ 118×2 topics
  8. Eastern Europe8▲ 185×3 topics
  9. Authoritarianism8▲ 112×3 topics
  10. Cultural History8▲ 78×3 topics
  11. Religion8▲ 20×5 topics
  12. International Relations7▲ 39×9 topics
  13. Balkans7▲ 371×2 topics
  14. Dissent7▲ 437×1 topic
  15. Post-Communist7▲ 437×1 topic
  16. Memory6▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Geopolitics6▲ 48×6 topics
  18. Russia6▲ 167×3 topics
  19. Colonialism6▲ 15×9 topics
  20. Post-war6▲ 629×1 topic
  21. Yugoslavia6▲ 629×1 topic
  22. Economic Growth6▲ 8.2×15 topics
  23. Migration5▲ 19×6 topics
  24. Gender5▲ 11×8 topics
  25. Security4▲ 8.6×4 topics
  26. Democracy4▲ 15×9 topics
  27. Ukraine4▲ 155×2 topics
  28. Nation-Building4▲ 93×3 topics
  29. National Identity4▲ 43×6 topics
  30. Soviet Union4▲ 87×3 topics
  31. European Integration3▲ 77×4 topics
  32. Social History3▲ 51×2 topics
  33. History3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  34. Political Economy3▲ 16×8 topics
  35. European Union3▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Empire3▲ 46×2 topics
  37. Ethnic Cleansing3▲ 209×2 topics
  38. Information Warfare3▲ 119×2 topics
  39. Hybrid Warfare3▲ 216×1 topic
  40. Military Strategy3▲ 216×1 topic

Which research topics does Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Eastern European Communism and Reforms, Balkans: History, Politics, Society, European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies and European history and politics.

Eastern European Communi…7Eastern European Communism and Reforms: 7 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politi…6Balkans: History, Politics, Society: 6 fractional worksEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 3 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 2 fractional worksHistorical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics: 2 fractional worksRussia and Soviet political economy: 2 fractional worksLegal and Policy Issues: 2 fractional worksSoviet and Russian History: 2 fractional worksCentral European national history: 2 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern European Studies: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesPolitical Science and International RelationsLaw1 others

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

  1. 1 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  2. 2 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 6 works
  3. 3 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  4. 4 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  5. 5 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Russia and Soviet political economy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Legal and Policy Issues Law 2 works
  8. 8 Soviet and Russian History Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Central European national history Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 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 available53.0%not open47.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.7%domestic only72.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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