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Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography

In research, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,267 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,875 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,305
of 28,054 · #14,466 all time
Rank in Germany
#411
of 1,178
Research works
398
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography 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 #4,267 of 10,521 36.3%79 #4456
Social SciencesField #2,875 of 6,365 36.3%62 #2830

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.56× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.10× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.62× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.76× its world share, 62 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography?

Ranked on the composite score, Thilo Lang, Andreas M. Wüst and Sebastian Lentz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography.

  1. 1 Thilo Lang Germany · #274,900 worldwide 45 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Andreas M. Wüst Germany · #431,221 worldwide 46 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Sebastian Lentz Germany · #712,346 worldwide 27 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Frank Meyer Germany · #827,653 worldwide 27 citations · 75 works
  5. 5 Judith Miggelbrink Germany · #948,553 worldwide 24 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography

Which keywords describe research at Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Sustainable Development, Semantic Web, Geospatial Crowdsourcing, Volunteered Geographic Information, Neoliberalism, Identity and Shrinking Cities.

▲ 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. Globalization14▲ 6.7×26 topics
  2. Sustainable Development10▲ 6.1×13 topics
  3. Semantic Web8▲ 84×2 topics
  4. Geospatial Crowdsourcing8▲ 401×1 topic
  5. Volunteered Geographic Information8▲ 401×1 topic
  6. Neoliberalism7▲ 19×10 topics
  7. Identity6▲ 8.5×13 topics
  8. Climate Change6▲ 2.2×23 topics
  9. Shrinking Cities6▲ 305×1 topic
  10. Urban Decline6▲ 305×1 topic
  11. Sustainability5▲ 1.97×15 topics
  12. Conservation4▲ 10.0×6 topics
  13. Colonialism4▲ 8.1×10 topics
  14. Biosphere Reserves4▲ 297×1 topic
  15. Landscape Management4▲ 216×1 topic
  16. Nationalism4▲ 7.9×12 topics
  17. Spatial Planning4▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Rural Development4▲ 10×2 topics
  19. International Relations4▲ 14×5 topics
  20. Governance3▲ 9.8×7 topics
  21. Geodesy3▲ 211×1 topic
  22. Map Projections3▲ 511×1 topic
  23. Gentrification3▲ 228×1 topic
  24. Geography Education3▲ 211×2 topics
  25. Urbanism3▲ 81×1 topic
  26. Political Economy3▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Transition3▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Experiential Learning3▲ 55×2 topics
  29. Urban Development3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  30. Fieldwork3▲ 131×2 topics
  31. Geography3▲ 78×2 topics
  32. Active Learning3▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Geographic Information Systems3▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Spatial Thinking3▲ 293×1 topic
  35. Authoritarianism2▲ 27×4 topics
  36. Social Innovation2▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Geopolitics2▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Gender Identity2▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Interdisciplinarity2▲ 160×2 topics
  40. Society2▲ 11×6 topics

Which research topics does Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geographic Information Systems Studies, Urbanization and City Planning, Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies and Historical Geography and Cartography.

Geographic Information S…8Geographic Information Systems Studies: 8 fractional worksUrbanization and City Planning: 6 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 4 fractional worksHistorical Geography and Cartography: 3 fractional worksUrban Planning and Governance: 3 fractional worksGeography Education and …3Geography Education and Pedagogy: 3 fractional worksMigration, Aging, and Tourism Studies: 2 fractional worksHistorical Geography and Geographical Thought: 2 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 2 fractional worksRural development and sustainability: 2 fractional works
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentUrban StudiesNature and Landscape ConservationDemography2 others

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

  1. 1 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 8 works
  2. 2 Urbanization and City Planning Urban Studies 6 works
  3. 3 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  4. 4 Historical Geography and Cartography Geography, Planning and Development 3 works
  5. 5 Urban Planning and Governance Urban Studies 3 works
  6. 6 Geography Education and Pedagogy Geography, Planning and Development 3 works
  7. 7 Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies Demography 2 works
  8. 8 Historical Geography and Geographical Thought Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  9. 9 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Rural development and sustainability General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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