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Literaturarchiv

In research, Literaturarchiv stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,439 of 10,521 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#1,423 of 1,998 worldwide) and Literature and Literary Theory (#315 of 390 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Literature and Literary Theory and Arts and Humanities — Literature and Literary Theory is 55.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,342
of 28,054 · #34,984 all time
Rank in Germany
#793
of 1,178
Research works
1.2k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
926
0.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Literaturarchiv 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 #6,439 of 10,521 11.1%223 #9245
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,423 of 1,998 11.1%152 #2205
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #315 of 390 9.1%76 #677
Social SciencesField #5,882 of 6,365 11.3%61 #8161

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Literaturarchiv 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#9,245 #6,439
  2. Arts and Humanities#2,205 #1,423
  3. Literature and Literary Theory#677 #315
  4. Social Sciences#8,161 #5,882
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 Literaturarchiv specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Literature and Literary Theory takes 55.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 75.6 works55×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 152.2 works20×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 20.44× its world share, 152 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 20.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Literaturarchiv?

Ranked on the composite score, Volker Meid, Thomas Anz and Emer O’Sullivan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Literaturarchiv.

  1. 1 Volker Meid Germany · #219,277 worldwide 7 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Thomas Anz Germany · #251,132 worldwide 11 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Emer O’Sullivan Germany · #322,334 worldwide 10 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Hans-Gert Roloff Germany · #457,142 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Michael R. Ott Germany · #511,269 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Ulf Abraham Germany · #513,802 worldwide 2 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Andreas Rehberg Germany · #616,618 worldwide 3 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Elisabeth K. Paefgen Germany · #772,468 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Hermann Patsch Germany · #785,879 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Walter Schönau Germany · #909,826 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Literaturarchiv

Which keywords describe research at Literaturarchiv?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, Bildung, Autorschaft, Literaturkritik, Literature, History and Narrative.

▲ 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. Identity81▲ 43×24 topics
  2. Gender60▲ 43×18 topics
  3. Bildung43▲ 516×2 topics
  4. Autorschaft41▲ 750×1 topic
  5. Literaturkritik41▲ 750×1 topic
  6. Literature39▲ 28×26 topics
  7. History30▲ 16×17 topics
  8. Narrative24▲ 59×8 topics
  9. Cultural History16▲ 49×8 topics
  10. Nationalism15▲ 13×10 topics
  11. Photography14▲ 142×2 topics
  12. Migration14▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Memory14▲ 22×7 topics
  14. Colonialism14▲ 11×10 topics
  15. Cultural Studies13▲ 13×13 topics
  16. Authenticity12▲ 194×2 topics
  17. Humanities12▲ 203×3 topics
  18. Discourse Analysis12▲ 19×6 topics
  19. W.G. Sebald12▲ 701×1 topic
  20. ruins12▲ 701×1 topic
  21. Middle Ages12▲ 207×2 topics
  22. Sociolinguistics12▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Art11▲ 50×4 topics
  24. Social Dynamics11▲ 70×2 topics
  25. Literary Discourse11▲ 188×2 topics
  26. Intellectual History11▲ 149×2 topics
  27. Medieval Literature11▲ 220×2 topics
  28. Postcolonialism11▲ 34×7 topics
  29. Multimodality11▲ 80×2 topics
  30. Narrative Fiction11▲ 392×1 topic
  31. Phraseology11▲ 56×2 topics
  32. Religious Practices11▲ 96×1 topic
  33. Language Variation11▲ 71×1 topic
  34. Text Linguistics11▲ 202×1 topic
  35. Cultural Memory10▲ 82×3 topics
  36. Cultural Identity9▲ 7.0×12 topics
  37. Authorship9▲ 123×2 topics
  38. Race9▲ 30×3 topics
  39. Exhibition8▲ 303×1 topic
  40. Museum8▲ 303×1 topic

Which research topics does Literaturarchiv publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: German Literature and Culture Studies, Literature and Cultural Memory, Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies and Linguistic research and analysis.

German Literature and Cu…41German Literature and Culture Studies: 41 fractional worksLiterature and Cultural …12Literature and Cultural Memory: 12 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, an…11Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 11 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 11 fractional worksLibraries and Information Services: 8 fractional worksGerman Colonialism and I…8German Colonialism and Identity Studies: 8 fractional worksGerman History and Society: 6 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 4 fractional worksMemory, History, Trauma, Identity: 4 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 4 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryClassicsLanguage and LinguisticsMuseology3 others

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

  1. 1 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 41 works
  2. 2 Literature and Cultural Memory Literature and Literary Theory 12 works
  3. 3 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 11 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 11 works
  5. 5 Libraries and Information Services Museology 8 works
  6. 6 German Colonialism and Identity Studies Literature and Literary Theory 8 works
  7. 7 German History and Society History 6 works
  8. 8 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 4 works
  9. 9 Memory, History, Trauma, Identity Philosophy 4 works
  10. 10 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 4 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 available57.4%not open42.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Literaturarchiv's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.