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Paderborn University

In research, Paderborn University stands highest in Social Sciences (#860 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#990 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#805 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science and Modeling and Simulation (History and Philosophy of Science is 6.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#1,415
of 22,385 · #910 all time
Rank in Germany
#71
of 795
Research works
20k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
286k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%

What is Paderborn University 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 #860 of 9,585 9.9%1,107 #779
Physical SciencesDomain #990 of 10,670 7.3%1,593 #614
Social SciencesField #805 of 5,988 10.2%485 #865
EngineeringField #1,100 of 5,901 5.8%707 #587
Computer ScienceField #831 of 4,417 7.9%412 #387
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #560 of 2,526 9.5%198 #586
Arts and HumanitiesField #464 of 1,896 8.7%288 #622
EducationSubfield #629 of 1,930 14.7%118 #526
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #796 of 2,176 6.2%176 #478
MathematicsField #420 of 1,051 13.0%130 #374

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Paderborn University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#779 #860
  2. Physical Sciences#614 #990
  3. Social Sciences#865 #805
  4. Engineering#587 #1,100
  5. Computer Science#387 #831
  6. Sociology and Political Science#586 #560
  7. Arts and Humanities#622 #464
  8. Education#526 #629
  9. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#478 #796
  10. Mathematics#374 #420
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Paderborn University work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Paderborn University is in Physical Sciences, 38% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Social Sciences (16%), Computer Science (15%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,790 fractional works · 54.9% of its workEngineering: 784 fractional works · 24.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 191 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 171 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 68 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 67 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 63 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 61 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 57 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 474 fractional works · 14.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 182 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInformation Systems: 66 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 48 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 39 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 156 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 107 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 140 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 117 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 62 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 45 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,254 fractional works · 38.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 536 fractional works · 16.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 213 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEducation: 129 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 63 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 339 fractional works · 10.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 74 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 66 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 56 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 152 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 121 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 44 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 55 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 50 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 38 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 111 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 85 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 103 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 55 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 39 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKPaderbornUniversity3,259fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences38%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering78424.1%
    2. Computer Science47414.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1564.8%
    4. Mathematics1404.3%
    5. Materials Science1173.6%
    6. Chemistry451.4%
    7. Environmental Science341.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering180.6%
    9. Energy170.5%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.2%
  1. Social Sciences1,25438.5%
    1. Social Sciences53616.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities33910.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1524.7%
    4. Psychology1213.7%
    5. Decision Sciences551.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance501.5%
    1. Medicine852.6%
    2. Health Professions230.7%
    3. Nursing20.1%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology551.7%
    2. Neuroscience391.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Paderborn University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 31.8 works6.3×
  2. Modeling and SimulationSubfield · 23.4 works5.1×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.58× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.87× its world share, 474 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.60× its world share, 784 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.03× its world share, 117 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.65× its world share, 140 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.15× its world share, 156 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.61× its world share, 339 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.45× its world share, 152 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 55 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 121 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 536 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics3.65×140 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.61×339 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.15×156 works
  4. Computer Science1.87×474 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.75×55 works
  6. Engineering1.60×784 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.58×18 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.45×152 works
  9. Social Sciences1.30×536 works
  10. Psychology1.22×121 works
  11. Materials Science1.03×117 works
  12. Chemistry0.88×45 works
  13. Neuroscience0.74×39 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×50 works
  15. Energy0.55×17 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×55 works
  17. Health Professions0.27×23 works
  18. Environmental Science0.21×34 works
  19. Veterinary0.19×1 works
  20. Medicine0.14×85 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×6 works
  23. Nursing0.11×2 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×6 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Paderborn University?

Ranked on the quality score, Wolfgang Ulaga, Thomas Zentgraf and Andreas Eggert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Paderborn University.

  1. 1 Wolfgang Ulaga Germany · #59,677 worldwide 11k citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Thomas Zentgraf Germany · #89,749 worldwide 29k citations · 271 works
  3. 3 Andreas Eggert Germany · #141,668 worldwide 8.5k citations · 146 works
  4. 4 Linda Sansoni Germany · #187,795 worldwide 4.1k citations · 82 works
  5. 5 Hermann Sohr Germany · #189,489 worldwide 4.9k citations · 98 works
  6. 6 Nancy V. Wünderlich Germany · #196,696 worldwide 3.8k citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Matthias Pelster Germany · #326,696 worldwide 1.4k citations · 107 works
  8. 8 Walter Oevel Germany · #333,076 worldwide 2.3k citations · 145 works
  9. 9 Michael Winkler Germany · #342,512 worldwide 21k citations · 303 works
  10. 10 Henning Wachsmuth Germany · #382,034 worldwide 3.8k citations · 263 works
All ranked researchers at Paderborn University

What are the most cited papers from Paderborn University?

The most cited paper from Paderborn University is "QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials" (Paolo Giannozzi et al., 2009), with 29,445 citations. Next come "Advanced capabilities for materials modelling with Q uantum ESPRESSO" (7,842) and "CP2K: An electronic structure and molecular dynamics software package - Quickstep: Efficient and accurate electronic structure calculations" (4,461).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials Paolo Giannozzi et al. · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter Open access Sep 2009 29,445
2 Advanced capabilities for materials modelling with Q uantum ESPRESSO P Giannozzi et al. · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter Open access 27 Sep 2017 7,842
3 CP2K: An electronic structure and molecular dynamics software package - Quickstep: Efficient and accurate electronic structure calculations Thomas D. Kühne et al. · The Journal of Chemical Physics Open access 19 May 2020 4,461
4 Self-consistent-charge density-functional tight-binding method for simulations of complex materials properties Marcus Elstner, Dirk V. Porezag, G. Jungnickel et al. · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 Sep 1998 4,205
5 Advanced capabilities for materials modelling with Quantum ESPRESSO Paolo Giannozzi et al. · TUScholarShare (Temple University) 24 Oct 2017 3,763
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Paderborn University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Identity, Gender, Education, Mechanical Properties, Governance, Teacher Education and Bildungsungleichheit.

▲ 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. Education113▲ 2.0×61 topics
  2. Sustainability112▲ 1.41×46 topics
  3. Machine Learning107◆ 0.99×63 topics
  4. Identity98▲ 4.2×35 topics
  5. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse94▲ 74×2 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties92▲ 2.9×26 topics
  7. Gender80▲ 4.5×33 topics
  8. Big Data76▲ 2.4×24 topics
  9. Governance64▲ 6.0×8 topics
  10. Ethics63▲ 3.8×34 topics
  11. Literature62▲ 3.5×32 topics
  12. Biosensors60▲ 3.7×9 topics
  13. Cultural Studies55▲ 4.5×21 topics
  14. Teacher Education54▲ 13×6 topics
  15. Bildungsungleichheit54▲ 60×1 topic
  16. Ethnografisches Schreiben54▲ 60×1 topic
  17. History53▲ 2.4×29 topics
  18. Microstructure52▲ 3.1×11 topics
  19. Philosophy51▲ 3.5×29 topics
  20. Renewable Energy Integration47▲ 4.4×6 topics
  21. Mathematical Modeling46▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Teaching Methods45▲ 8.6×6 topics
  23. Additive Manufacturing45▲ 4.5×8 topics
  24. Curriculum43▲ 13×5 topics
  25. Optical Modulators43▲ 9.3×3 topics
  26. Learning42▲ 4.3×5 topics
  27. Teaching42▲ 9.8×4 topics
  28. Didactics42▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Competence40▲ 107×1 topic
  30. Professional Development36▲ 5.4×9 topics
  31. Narrative36▲ 7.2×10 topics
  32. Sociolinguistics35▲ 5.9×7 topics
  33. Fluid Dynamics35▲ 7.5×5 topics
  34. Multilingualism35▲ 6.6×6 topics
  35. Entanglement34▲ 6.8×4 topics
  36. Integrated Circuits33▲ 7.0×3 topics
  37. Bildung31▲ 30×3 topics
  38. Art30▲ 10×10 topics
  39. Language Learning30▲ 13×4 topics
  40. Multimodality30▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Paderborn University publish most on?

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 54 works
  2. 2 Education Methods and Technologies Education 40 works
  3. 3 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 28 works
  4. 4 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 26 works
  5. 5 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 26 works
  6. 6 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 23 works
  7. 7 Metal Forming Simulation Techniques Mechanical Engineering 22 works
  8. 8 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 22 works
  9. 9 Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis Mechanical Engineering 20 works
  10. 10 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 20 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 available26.0%not open74.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.5%domestic only84.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Paderborn University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Paderborn University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Paderborn University0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Paderborn University 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Paderborn University7.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.3% in 2005.

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