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Pädagogische Hochschule Bern

In research, Pädagogische Hochschule Bern stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,426 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,066 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics, Education and Arts and Humanities (Language and Linguistics is 22.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,736
of 22,385 · #10,892 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#71
of 186
Research works
598
▲ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Pädagogische Hochschule Bern

What is Pädagogische Hochschule Bern known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,426 of 9,585 9.1%172 #2352
Social SciencesField #2,066 of 5,988 9.6%103 #2189

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pädagogische Hochschule Bern 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Pädagogische Hochschule Bern work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Pädagogische Hochschule Bern is in Social Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (51%), Arts and Humanities (18%), Psychology (12%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 203 fractional works · 84.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 124 fractional works · 51.2% of its workEducation: 59 fractional works · 24.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 42 fractional works · 17.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 43 fractional works · 17.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 24 fractional works · 10.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 28 fractional works · 11.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 8.0% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPädagogischeHochschule Bern242fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences84%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12451.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities4317.8%
    3. Psychology2811.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting52.0%
    5. Decision Sciences21.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    1. Computer Science72.9%
    2. Mathematics41.7%
    3. Environmental Science41.7%
    4. Engineering31.3%
    5. Chemistry10.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Health Professions93.9%
    2. Medicine62.5%
    3. Dentistry00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Neuroscience20.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Pädagogische Hochschule Bern specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 22.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 24.1 works23×
  2. EducationSubfield · 58.5 works7.9×
  3. Arts and HumanitiesField · 42.9 works6.2×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.47× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.15× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.84× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.05× its world share, 124 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.15×43 works
  2. Social Sciences4.05×124 works
  3. Psychology3.84×28 works
  4. Health Professions1.48×9 works
  5. Mathematics1.47×4 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.04×2 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×5 works
  8. Neuroscience0.58×2 works
  9. Computer Science0.38×7 works
  10. Environmental Science0.33×4 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.18×1 works
  13. Medicine0.13×6 works
  14. Engineering0.09×3 works
  15. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  17. Nursing0.04×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pädagogische Hochschule Bern?

Ranked on the quality score, Sergej Wüthrich, Alexander Wettstein and Larissa Maria Troesch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pädagogische Hochschule Bern.

  1. 1 Sergej Wüthrich Switzerland · #727,623 worldwide 144 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Alexander Wettstein Switzerland · #946,795 worldwide 1.2k citations · 105 works
  3. 3 Larissa Maria Troesch Switzerland · #1,040,487 worldwide 422 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Judith Hangartner Switzerland · #1,254,957 worldwide 351 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Caroline Sahli Lozano Switzerland · #1,271,961 worldwide 194 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Yvonne Dammert Switzerland · #1,302,208 worldwide 61 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Catherine Eve Bauer Switzerland · #1,614,461 worldwide 347 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Judith Sägesser Wyss Switzerland · #1,745,081 worldwide 49 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Erich Ramseier Switzerland · #2,270,139 worldwide 866 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Michelle Jutzi Switzerland · #2,313,567 worldwide 37 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Pädagogische Hochschule Bern

What are the most cited papers from Pädagogische Hochschule Bern?

The most cited paper from Pädagogische Hochschule Bern is "HypE: An Algorithm for Fast Hypervolume-Based Many-Objective Optimization" (Johannes Bader, Eckart Zitzler, 2010), with 2,108 citations. Next come "Teacher well-being: A systematic review of the research literature from the year 2000–2019" (653) and "The Need to Distinguish Between Quantity and Quality in Research on Parental Involvement: The Example of Parental Help With Homework" (216).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 HypE: An Algorithm for Fast Hypervolume-Based Many-Objective Optimization Johannes Bader, Eckart Zitzler · Evolutionary Computation 22 Jul 2010 2,108
2 Teacher well-being: A systematic review of the research literature from the year 2000–2019 Tina Hascher, Jennifer Waber · Educational Research Review ReviewOpen access Nov 2021 653
3 The Need to Distinguish Between Quantity and Quality in Research on Parental Involvement: The Example of Parental Help With Homework Sandra Moroni, Hanna Dumont, Ulrich Trautwein et al. · The Journal of Educational Research 15 Jul 2015 216
4 Functional Intestinal Bile Acid 7α-Dehydroxylation by Clostridium scindens Associated with Protection from Clostridium difficile Infection in a Gnotobiotic Mouse Model Nicolas Studer, Lyne Desharnais, Markus Beutler et al. · Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology Open access 20 Dec 2016 203
5 Last phase of the Little Ice Age forced by volcanic eruptions Stefan Brönnimann, Jörg Franke, Samuel U. Nussbaumer et al. · Nature Geoscience Open access 24 Jul 2019 181
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pädagogische Hochschule Bern?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Education, Multilingualism, Governance, Didactics, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben and Teacher Education.

▲ 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-now 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. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse39▲ 411×2 topics
  2. Education30▲ 7.3×25 topics
  3. Multilingualism24▲ 62×5 topics
  4. Governance22▲ 28×2 topics
  5. Didactics22▲ 95×2 topics
  6. Bildungsungleichheit21▲ 318×1 topic
  7. Ethnografisches Schreiben21▲ 318×1 topic
  8. Teacher Education20▲ 66×5 topics
  9. Teaching20▲ 63×4 topics
  10. E-Learning18▲ 7.9×4 topics
  11. Curriculum18▲ 75×4 topics
  12. Learning18▲ 25×3 topics
  13. Digital Learning18▲ 14×2 topics
  14. Competence18▲ 634×1 topic
  15. Teaching Methods17▲ 45×4 topics
  16. Language Learning14▲ 82×2 topics
  17. Language Acquisition13▲ 48×4 topics
  18. Cultural Studies13▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Intercultural Competence13▲ 149×2 topics
  20. Digital Media13▲ 29×1 topic
  21. German as a Foreign Language13▲ 377×1 topic
  22. Sociolinguistics12▲ 28×5 topics
  23. Professional Development12▲ 24×7 topics
  24. Educational Technology11▲ 3.8×10 topics
  25. Discourse Analysis8▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Language Variation8▲ 56×1 topic
  27. Text Linguistics8▲ 159×1 topic
  28. Language Policy7▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Academic Achievement7▲ 17×9 topics
  30. Pedagogy7▲ 5.9×6 topics
  31. Teacher Training7▲ 4.7×7 topics
  32. Student Engagement6▲ 6.6×9 topics
  33. Teacher Professional Development6▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Self-Efficacy6▲ 9.6×5 topics
  35. Student Perceptions6▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Bilingual Education6▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Language Education6▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Cultural Diversity5▲ 9.9×2 topics
  39. Gender Studies5▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Mathematics Education5▲ 48×2 topics

Which research topics does Pädagogische Hochschule Bern publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sociology and Education Studies, Education Methods and Technologies, Linguistic Education and Pedagogy and Linguistic research and analysis.

Sociology and Education …21Sociology and Education Studies: 21 fractional worksEducation Methods and Te…18Education Methods and Technologies: 18 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 13 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 8 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 4 fractional worksCollaborative Teaching and Inclusion: 4 fractional worksFrench Language Learning Methods: 4 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 4 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 3 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationLanguage and LinguisticsLiterature and Literary Theory2 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  2. 2 Education Methods and Technologies Education 18 works
  3. 3 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 13 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 8 works
  5. 5 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 4 works
  6. 6 Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion Education 4 works
  7. 7 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 4 works
  8. 8 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 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 available56.5%not open43.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.1%domestic only78.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pädagogische Hochschule Bern's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Pädagogische Hochschule Bern as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00075% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Pädagogische Hochschule Bern0.00095% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pädagogische Hochschule Bern over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Pädagogische Hochschule Bern11.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.6% in 2019.

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