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Munich University of Applied Sciences

In research, Munich University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,649 of 10,521 worldwide), Engineering (#2,657 of 6,636 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#1,210 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management of Technology and Innovation, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management — Management of Technology and Innovation is 9.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,139
of 28,054 · #967 all time
Rank in Germany
#330
of 1,178
Research works
12k
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
184k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
15%
world 28%

What is Munich University of Applied Sciences 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 #3,649 of 10,521 13.0%369 #2966
EngineeringField #2,657 of 6,636 10.3%317 #1410
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,210 of 2,578 8.9%117 #1639
Physical SciencesDomain #6,170 of 12,888 10.7%513 #709
Social SciencesField #4,288 of 6,365 14.1%140 #3454
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,930 of 2,578 14.3%67 #1791
Computer ScienceField #3,801 of 4,667 9.8%93 #2034

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Munich University of Applied Sciences 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#2,966 #3,649
  2. Engineering#1,410 #2,657
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#1,639 #1,210
  4. Physical Sciences#709 #6,170
  5. Social Sciences#3,454 #4,288
  6. Sociology and Political Science#1,791 #1,930
  7. Computer Science#2,034 #3,801
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 Munich University of Applied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management of Technology and Innovation takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 27.4 works9.3×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 36.9 works7.4×
  3. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 33.8 works7.3×
  4. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 28.9 works5.2×
← 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, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 93 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.18× its world share, 317 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.53× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.76× its world share, 117 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.48× its world share, 31 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 140 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 Munich University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Hagenauer, Adolf Baeyer and Thomas Stockhammer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Munich University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 J. Hagenauer Germany · #6,372 worldwide 990 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Adolf Baeyer Germany · #27,228 worldwide 396 citations · 67 works
  3. 3 Thomas Stockhammer Germany · #44,766 worldwide 390 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Alfred Treibs Germany · #74,831 worldwide 289 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 O. Redlich Germany · #90,269 worldwide 245 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 W. Hieber Germany · #93,195 worldwide 324 citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Ernst Otto Fischer Germany · #124,192 worldwide 578 citations · 124 works
  8. 8 Georg Peters Germany · #154,900 worldwide 199 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Karl Wolf Germany · #155,885 worldwide 129 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 A. E. Tschitschibabin Germany · #173,516 worldwide 184 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Munich University of Applied Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Munich University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Big Data, Renewable Energy Integration, Customer Relationship Management, Vibration Analysis and Investment Decisions.

▲ 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. Sustainability71▲ 3.0×42 topics
  2. Sustainable Development51▲ 3.3×25 topics
  3. Digital Transformation46▲ 8.9×12 topics
  4. Big Data42▲ 4.8×19 topics
  5. Renewable Energy40▲ 2.9×23 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence34▲ 2.6×23 topics
  7. Information Technology29▲ 6.2×9 topics
  8. Leadership28▲ 6.2×12 topics
  9. Renewable Energy Integration27▲ 8.3×5 topics
  10. Customer Relationship Management27▲ 19×2 topics
  11. Vibration Analysis27▲ 10×7 topics
  12. Investment Decisions26▲ 22×3 topics
  13. Digital Capital26▲ 144×1 topic
  14. Value Chains26▲ 144×1 topic
  15. Thermal Management25▲ 7.8×6 topics
  16. Fluid Dynamics22▲ 16×4 topics
  17. E-commerce22▲ 3.8×5 topics
  18. Customer Experience22▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Mathematical Modeling21▲ 25×2 topics
  20. Materials Science21▲ 54×3 topics
  21. Engineering21▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Turbine Technology21▲ 120×1 topic
  23. Socio-Technical Systems20▲ 90×2 topics
  24. Business Models20▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Governance20▲ 6.3×7 topics
  26. Mobile Health20▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Omni-Channel Strategy19▲ 95×1 topic
  28. Technology Innovation19▲ 65×2 topics
  29. Employee Engagement19▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Organizational Change18▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Industrial Automation18▲ 27×3 topics
  32. Software Engineering18▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Social Innovation18▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Flexible Automation18▲ 71×1 topic
  35. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems18▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse17▲ 44×2 topics
  37. Agility17▲ 127×1 topic
  38. Generation Management17▲ 127×1 topic
  39. Additive Manufacturing17▲ 5.6×6 topics
  40. Bildungsungleichheit12▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Munich University of Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Governance and Management, Physics and Engineering Research Articles, Digital Innovation in Industries and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.

Corporate Governance and Management: 26 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 21 fractional worksDigital Innovation in In…19Digital Innovation in Industries: 19 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigura…18Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 18 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 17 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 12 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, …8Innovation, Technology, and Society: 8 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 8 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: 7 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 7 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementComputational MechanicsManagement of Technology and InnovationIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 26 works
  2. 2 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 21 works
  3. 3 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 19 works
  4. 4 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 18 works
  5. 5 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 17 works
  6. 6 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  7. 7 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  8. 8 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 7 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 7 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 available14.6%not open85.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Munich University of Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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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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.