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Merz Akademie

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Research works
70
▲ 78% vs 2018-21
Citations
44
0.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Merz Akademie

Not ranked overall: Merz Akademie is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Merz Akademie work in?

In all years, 82% of research at Merz Akademie is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (43%), Arts and Humanities (24%), Psychology (8%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 57 fractional works · 81.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 30 fractional works · 43.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 27.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 12.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 17 fractional works · 23.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 12 fractional works · 17.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 11.6% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMerz Akademie70fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences82%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting3043.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities1723.7%
    3. Psychology68.0%
    4. Social Sciences56.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    1. Engineering67.9%
    2. Computer Science23.1%
    3. Mathematics00.6%
    1. Medicine23.4%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
    1. Neuroscience22.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Neuroscience: 6.80× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceMathematics: 2.78× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.37× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 11.11× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology11.11×5 works
  2. Neuroscience6.80×2 works
  3. Arts and Humanities6.37×2 works
  4. Mathematics2.78×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.45×2 works
  6. Health Professions0.93×0 works
  7. Medicine0.66×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Merz Akademie?

Ranked on the quality score, Heinrich Keßler and Georg A. Winkelhofer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Merz Akademie.

  1. 1 Heinrich Keßler Germany · #1,901,803 worldwide 66 citations · 109 works
  2. 2 Georg A. Winkelhofer Germany · #2,328,489 worldwide 132 citations · 105 works
All ranked researchers at Merz Akademie

What are the most cited papers from Merz Akademie?

The most cited paper from Merz Akademie is "A bi-level Bernoulli scheme for database sampling" (Peter J. Haas, Christian König, 2004), with 78 citations. Next come "Kooperation in interdisziplinären Teams in Forschung, Produktentwicklung und Kunst" (13) and "Once Again, the Doorknob: Affordance, Forgiveness, and Ambiguity in Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction" (4).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A bi-level Bernoulli scheme for database sampling Peter J. Haas, Christian König Conference paper 13 Jun 2004 78
2 Kooperation in interdisziplinären Teams in Forschung, Produktentwicklung und Kunst Brigitte Steinheider, George Legrady · Berichte des German Chapter of the ACM Book chapter 2001 13
3 Once Again, the Doorknob: Affordance, Forgiveness, and Ambiguity in Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Robot Interaction Olia Lialina · Media theory. Open access 23 Aug 2019 4
4 Evaluation of alexithymia, anger and anxiety depression levels in smokers Yasemin Alagöz, Fatma Gökşin Cihan, Ruhuşen Kutlu et al. · Journal of Substance Use Feb 2024 2
5 PM als Management von Risiken Heinrich Keßler, Georg A. Winkelhofer Book chapter 2004 2
All 46 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Merz Akademie?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Customer Relationship Management, Information Technology, Value Chains, Discourse Analysis, Language Variation, Digital Transformation, Sustainable Development and Customer Experience.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Customer Relationship Management19▲ 284×2 topics
  2. Information Technology19▲ 89×1 topic
  3. Value Chains19▲ 895×1 topic
  4. Discourse Analysis12▲ 74×1 topic
  5. Language Variation12▲ 302×1 topic
  6. Digital Transformation10▲ 50×2 topics
  7. Sustainable Development9▲ 11×2 topics
  8. Customer Experience9▲ 143×2 topics
  9. Big Data9▲ 23×2 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 15×1 topic
  11. Business Models8▲ 156×1 topic
  12. Identity3▲ 5.3×6 topics
  13. Mechanical Properties3▲ 4.0×3 topics
  14. Flexible Automation2▲ 118×1 topic
  15. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems2▲ 118×1 topic
  16. Genetics2▲ 4.3×3 topics
  17. Nanoparticles2▲ 2.4×2 topics
  18. Epoxy Composites2▲ 430×1 topic
  19. Reinforcement2▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Executive Functioning2▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Parenting Stress2▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Autism Spectrum Disorders2▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Caregiver Well-Being2▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Colonialism2▲ 4.3×2 topics
  25. Family Quality of Life2▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Neurodevelopmental Disorders2▲ 14×1 topic
  27. Migration1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  28. Social Interaction1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  29. Video Games1▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Language Development1▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Neurobiology1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  32. Organizational Change1▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Aesthetics1▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Art1▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Esports1▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Executive Function1▲ 22×2 topics
  37. German Literature1▲ 316×1 topic
  38. Interdisciplinary Collaboration1▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Online Gaming1▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Postcolonialism1▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Merz Akademie publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Family and Disability Support Research, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Educational and Psychological Assessments and Behavioral and Psychological Studies.

Family and Disability Su…2Family and Disability Support Research: 2 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…2Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 2 fractional worksEducational and Psychological Assessments: 1 fractional worksBehavioral and Psychological Studies: 1 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 1 fractional worksUrban Development and So…0Urban Development and Societal Issues: 0 fractional worksLiterature, Culture, and Criticism: 0 fractional worksCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills: 0 fractional worksPsychological Treatments and Assessments: 0 fractional worksDisability Education and Employment: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental health4 others

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

  1. 1 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  3. 3 Educational and Psychological Assessments Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  6. 6 Urban Development and Societal Issues Urban Studies 0 works
  7. 7 Literature, Culture, and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  8. 8 Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills Statistics and Probability 0 works
  9. 9 Psychological Treatments and Assessments Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Disability Education and Employment Safety Research 0 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 available22.1%not open77.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Merz Akademie's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 78% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Merz Akademie as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000049% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Merz Akademie over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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