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Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories

In research, Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,606 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,529 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology and Education — Psychology is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,490
of 28,054 · #24,023 all time
Rank in Germany
#559
of 1,178
Research works
343
▲ 189% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories 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 #3,606 of 10,521 40.8%127 #4889
Social SciencesField #2,529 of 6,365 51.1%78 #3191

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories 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 Educational Trajectories specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 35.4 works7.7×
  2. EducationSubfield · 33.3 works7.2×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 4.16× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.85× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.70× its world share, 35 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.08× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories?

Ranked on the composite score, Timo Gnambs, Gisela Will and Felix Bittmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories.

  1. 1 Timo Gnambs Germany · #550,251 worldwide 118 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Gisela Will Germany · #841,723 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Felix Bittmann Germany · #1,571,244 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories

Which keywords describe research at Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Academic Achievement, Education, Mental Health, Student Achievement, Self-Regulation, Inequality, Child Development and Parental Involvement.

▲ 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. Academic Achievement18▲ 71×7 topics
  2. Education15▲ 5.9×10 topics
  3. Mental Health14▲ 6.1×13 topics
  4. Student Achievement10▲ 81×4 topics
  5. Self-Regulation10▲ 38×4 topics
  6. Inequality10▲ 28×3 topics
  7. Child Development10▲ 15×7 topics
  8. Parental Involvement8▲ 30×3 topics
  9. Socioeconomic Status8▲ 99×3 topics
  10. Educational Inequality7▲ 83×3 topics
  11. Globalization7▲ 2.3×12 topics
  12. Education Policy7▲ 67×3 topics
  13. Well-being7▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Early Childhood Education7▲ 55×2 topics
  15. Health7▲ 11×2 topics
  16. School Engagement7▲ 94×1 topic
  17. Student-Teacher Relationships7▲ 94×1 topic
  18. Intergenerational Mobility6▲ 629×1 topic
  19. Social Stratification6▲ 629×1 topic
  20. School Choice6▲ 170×2 topics
  21. School Segregation6▲ 283×1 topic
  22. Teacher Quality6▲ 256×1 topic
  23. Language Development6▲ 30×4 topics
  24. Student Engagement6▲ 9.1×4 topics
  25. Structural Equation Modeling5▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Academic Performance5▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse5▲ 78×2 topics
  28. Self-Efficacy5▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Labor Market5▲ 10×6 topics
  30. Meta-Analysis4▲ 5.0×6 topics
  31. Motivation4▲ 6.7×6 topics
  32. Psychopathology4▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Acculturation4▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Bildungsungleichheit4▲ 83×1 topic
  35. Governance4▲ 7.4×1 topic
  36. Cultural Capital4▲ 40×2 topics
  37. Family Engagement4▲ 59×2 topics
  38. Health Disparities4▲ 9.0×2 topics
  39. Achievement Motivation4▲ 116×2 topics
  40. Social Policy3▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Early Childhood Education and Development, Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies, School Choice and Performance and Sociology and Education Studies.

Early Childhood Education and Development: 7 fractional worksIntergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies: 6 fractional worksSchool Choice and Perfor…6School Choice and Performance: 6 fractional worksSociology and Education …4Sociology and Education Studies: 4 fractional worksParental Involvement in Education: 3 fractional worksGlobal Educational Reforms and Inequalities: 3 fractional worksEducation, Achievement, …3Education, Achievement, and Giftedness: 3 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 3 fractional worksPsychometric Methodologies and Testing: 3 fractional worksYouth Education and Societal Dynamics: 2 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceDemographyExperimental and Cognitive Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 7 works
  2. 2 Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  3. 3 School Choice and Performance Education 6 works
  4. 4 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Parental Involvement in Education Education 3 works
  6. 6 Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities Demography 3 works
  7. 7 Education, Achievement, and Giftedness Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Psychometric Methodologies and Testing Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  10. 10 Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 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 available68.2%not open31.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 189% higher 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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