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Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science

In research, Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,901 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,255 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science and Social Sciences — Sociology and Political Science is 9.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,637
of 28,054 · #11,469 all time
Rank in Germany
#309
of 1,178
Research works
1.2k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
45.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science 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 #2,901 of 10,521 49.7%105 #1902
Social SciencesField #2,255 of 6,365 49.6%88 #1251

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science 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 Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 51.5 works9.7×
  2. Social SciencesField · 88.2 works4.7×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.89× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.71× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.70× its world share, 88 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Steven Vertovec, Peter van der Veer and Ayelet Shachar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science.

  1. 1 Steven Vertovec Germany · #17,686 worldwide 501 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Peter van der Veer Germany · #88,810 worldwide 159 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Ayelet Shachar Germany · #97,335 worldwide 99 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Marian Burchardt Germany · #151,203 worldwide 67 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 AbdouMaliq Simone Germany · #153,154 worldwide 86 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Annelies Kusters Germany · #300,399 worldwide 73 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Sören Petermann Germany · #467,158 worldwide 25 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Benjamin Boudou Germany · #591,791 worldwide 4 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Uday Chandra Germany · #699,202 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Julia Martí‰nez-Ariño Germany · #875,593 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science

Which keywords describe research at Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Immigration, Ethnicity, Politics, Citizenship, Multiculturalism, Refugees and Social Networks.

▲ 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. Globalization32▲ 11×28 topics
  2. Immigration22▲ 133×3 topics
  3. Ethnicity17▲ 30×8 topics
  4. Politics17▲ 42×9 topics
  5. Citizenship15▲ 86×5 topics
  6. Multiculturalism14▲ 51×4 topics
  7. Refugees14▲ 72×5 topics
  8. Social Networks13▲ 33×2 topics
  9. Cosmopolitanism12▲ 78×3 topics
  10. Labor Market12▲ 28×3 topics
  11. Human Capital12▲ 49×3 topics
  12. National Identity12▲ 69×2 topics
  13. Identity11▲ 10×17 topics
  14. Social Boundaries11▲ 265×1 topic
  15. Societal Attitudes11▲ 265×1 topic
  16. Network Effects10▲ 101×1 topic
  17. Remittances10▲ 167×1 topic
  18. Nationalism9▲ 13×15 topics
  19. Human Rights8▲ 5.2×15 topics
  20. Neoliberalism7▲ 14×9 topics
  21. Colonialism7▲ 9.3×10 topics
  22. Social Capital6▲ 8.0×4 topics
  23. Migration6▲ 12×7 topics
  24. Cultural Diversity6▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Gender6▲ 7.1×13 topics
  26. History6▲ 5.5×11 topics
  27. Religion6▲ 8.1×11 topics
  28. Social Justice6▲ 6.3×9 topics
  29. Ethnic Minority Business5▲ 137×1 topic
  30. Immigrant Entrepreneurship5▲ 137×1 topic
  31. Immigrant5▲ 51×2 topics
  32. Democracy5▲ 9.4×7 topics
  33. Culture5▲ 6.0×9 topics
  34. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 11×6 topics
  35. Authoritarianism4▲ 31×4 topics
  36. Social Support4▲ 5.0×4 topics
  37. Society4▲ 13×5 topics
  38. Ethnic Identity4▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Education Policy3▲ 35×3 topics
  40. Diaspora3▲ 40×3 topics

Which research topics does Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Migration and Labor Dynamics, Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity.

Migration, Refugees, and…11Migration, Refugees, and Integration: 11 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dyna…10Migration and Labor Dynamics: 10 fractional worksMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy: 5 fractional worksDiaspora, migration, transnational identity: 3 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 2 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 2 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 2 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 2 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in Asia: 2 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceDemographyClinical PsychologyMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  2. 2 Migration and Labor Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  3. 3 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  4. 4 Diaspora, migration, transnational identity Demography 3 works
  5. 5 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Education and Islamic Studies Education 2 works
  9. 9 Socioeconomic Development in Asia Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Max Planck Institute for Political and Social Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower 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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