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Leuphana University of Lüneburg

In research, Leuphana University of Lüneburg stands highest in Social Sciences (#547 of 10,521 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#180 of 2,578 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#757 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management of Technology and Innovation — Management of Technology and Innovation is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,918
of 28,054 · #3,164 all time
Rank in Germany
#142
of 1,178
Research works
6.1k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
132k
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Leuphana University of Lüneburg 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 #547 of 10,521 29.4%951 #583
Business, Management and AccountingField #180 of 2,578 43.0%187 #245
Social SciencesField #757 of 6,365 27.4%418 #713
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #616 of 2,578 24.1%171 #545
Environmental ScienceField #905 of 3,551 32.7%121 #598
PsychologyField #770 of 2,181 29.4%122 #835
Physical SciencesDomain #4,680 of 12,888 20.0%440 #4287
Arts and HumanitiesField #848 of 1,998 18.2%130 #987
Health SciencesDomain #5,522 of 11,982 26.8%80 #9679
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #586 of 1,201 23.3%69 #654

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leuphana University of Lüneburg 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#583 #547
  2. Business, Management and Accounting#245 #180
  3. Social Sciences#713 #757
  4. Sociology and Political Science#545 #616
  5. Environmental Science#598 #905
  6. Psychology#835 #770
  7. Physical Sciences#4,287 #4,680
  8. Arts and Humanities#987 #848
  9. Health Sciences#9,679 #5,522
  10. Political Science and International Relations#654 #586
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Leuphana University of Lüneburg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management of Technology and Innovation takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 25.2 works5.4×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 35 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 84 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 175 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 122 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.07× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.95× its world share, 130 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.79× its world share, 187 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.70× its world share, 56 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.61× its world share, 122 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 418 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leuphana University of Lüneburg?

Ranked on the composite score, Daniel J. Lang, Berta Martín‐López and Joern Fischer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leuphana University of Lüneburg.

  1. 1 Daniel J. Lang Germany · #36,184 worldwide 496 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Berta Martín‐López Germany · #36,715 worldwide 759 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Joern Fischer Germany · #39,513 worldwide 634 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Gerd Michelsen Germany · #43,501 worldwide 206 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Henrik von Wehrden Germany · #92,287 worldwide 401 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Matthias Barth Germany · #93,962 worldwide 99 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Jens Newig Germany · #137,582 worldwide 215 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Christian Welzel Germany · #139,184 worldwide 188 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Günter Burkart Germany · #144,293 worldwide 39 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Patrick Velte Germany · #159,166 worldwide 245 citations · 111 works
All ranked researchers at Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Which keywords describe research at Leuphana University of Lüneburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Globalization, Identity, Governance, Gender, Institutional Theory, Social Capital and Innovation.

▲ 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. Sustainability85▲ 2.3×73 topics
  2. Globalization72▲ 2.4×70 topics
  3. Climate Change50▲ 1.21×62 topics
  4. Identity49▲ 4.4×36 topics
  5. Sustainable Development49▲ 2.0×43 topics
  6. Innovation47▲ 2.9×34 topics
  7. Education43▲ 1.63×45 topics
  8. Gender41▲ 5.0×28 topics
  9. Governance38▲ 7.6×9 topics
  10. Corporate Governance38▲ 3.4×17 topics
  11. Renewable Energy38▲ 1.73×28 topics
  12. Social Capital37▲ 4.6×16 topics
  13. Leadership34▲ 4.7×22 topics
  14. Ethics33▲ 4.5×26 topics
  15. Human Rights33▲ 2.1×40 topics
  16. Neoliberalism32▲ 5.9×18 topics
  17. Environmental Management32▲ 5.2×10 topics
  18. History32▲ 3.0×22 topics
  19. Institutional Theory32▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Entrepreneurship25▲ 4.3×9 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation25▲ 4.4×15 topics
  22. Literature25▲ 3.0×21 topics
  23. Business Ethics25▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Corporate Social Responsibility24▲ 9.9×5 topics
  25. Nationalism24▲ 3.4×17 topics
  26. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse24▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Philosophy23▲ 3.4×20 topics
  28. Shareholder Value22▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Environmental Sustainability22▲ 9.2×7 topics
  30. Organizational Change19▲ 17×6 topics
  31. Social-Ecological Systems19▲ 9.4×3 topics
  32. Complex Systems19▲ 12×5 topics
  33. Bildungsungleichheit19▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Ethnografisches Schreiben19▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Sustainability Reporting18▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Environmental Disclosure18▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Stakeholder Theory18▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Critique17▲ 50×2 topics
  39. Imperialism17▲ 14×6 topics
  40. Ethical Consumption16▲ 9.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Leuphana University of Lüneburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Environmental Sustainability in Business and Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences.

Sociology and Education …19Sociology and Education Studies: 19 fractional worksCorporate Social Respons…18Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 18 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 14 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 14 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 13 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 13 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 13 fractional worksSustainability and Clima…13Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 13 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 11 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceStrategy and ManagementMarketingManagement of Technology and Innovation5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 19 works
  2. 2 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 18 works
  3. 3 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 14 works
  4. 4 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 14 works
  5. 5 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  6. 6 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 13 works
  7. 7 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 13 works
  8. 8 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  9. 9 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 11 works
  10. 10 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 11 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 available44.1%not open55.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leuphana University of Lüneburg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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