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Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences

In research, Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,613 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,042 of 6,365 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#1,739 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Strategy and Management and Business, Management and Accounting — Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 17.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,626
of 28,054 · #19,350 all time
Rank in Germany
#613
of 1,178
Research works
2k
▲ 54% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Pforzheim 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 #4,613 of 10,521 19.8%228 #5893
Social SciencesField #4,042 of 6,365 27.7%68 #6381
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,739 of 2,578 16.1%109 #1752
Physical SciencesDomain #11,128 of 12,888 9.3%165 #12974
EngineeringField #5,955 of 6,636 7.8%92 #8789

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pforzheim 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#5,893 #4,613
  2. Social Sciences#6,381 #4,042
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#1,752 #1,739
  4. Physical Sciences#12,974 #11,128
  5. Engineering#8,789 #5,955
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 Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 17.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 39.6 works18×
  2. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 40.1 works11×
  3. Business, Management and AccountingField · 109.5 works7.8×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.42× its world share, 92 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.19× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 23 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.45× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7.85× its world share, 110 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Tobias Brönneke, Anusch Tavakoli and Rainer Drath lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Tobias Brönneke Germany · #240,043 worldwide 8 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Anusch Tavakoli Germany · #352,673 worldwide 1 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Rainer Drath Germany · #389,765 worldwide 66 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Helmut Wienert Germany · #469,168 worldwide 3 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Frank Bertagnolli Germany · #660,414 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Jörg Tropp Germany · #752,910 worldwide 21 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Karl‐Heinz Rau Germany · #802,909 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Rebecca Bulander Germany · #816,868 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Thomas Joos Germany · #868,485 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Andreas Handl Germany · #878,857 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Big Data, Sustainable Development, Customer Relationship Management, Sustainability, Flexible Automation, Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems and Information Technology.

▲ 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. Sustainability32▲ 3.0×32 topics
  2. Sustainable Development28▲ 4.1×13 topics
  3. Big Data27▲ 7.0×10 topics
  4. Digital Transformation27▲ 12×8 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence23▲ 3.9×10 topics
  6. Customer Relationship Management20▲ 32×2 topics
  7. Flexible Automation18▲ 160×1 topic
  8. Information Technology18▲ 8.3×4 topics
  9. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems18▲ 160×1 topic
  10. Strategic Marketing17▲ 175×2 topics
  11. Digital Capital17▲ 208×1 topic
  12. Value Chains17▲ 208×1 topic
  13. Leadership16▲ 7.7×9 topics
  14. Customer Experience16▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Supply Chain Management15▲ 3.8×9 topics
  16. Business Models15▲ 49×2 topics
  17. E-commerce14▲ 5.5×3 topics
  18. Mobile Health13▲ 22×1 topic
  19. Technology Innovation13▲ 97×1 topic
  20. Social Innovation12▲ 19×4 topics
  21. Environmental Management12▲ 6.7×6 topics
  22. Circular Economy12▲ 9.8×6 topics
  23. Organizational Change11▲ 36×4 topics
  24. Employee Engagement10▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Stakeholder Engagement9▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Agility9▲ 146×1 topic
  27. Socio-Technical Systems9▲ 85×1 topic
  28. Brand Equity8▲ 30×3 topics
  29. Trust8▲ 6.8×7 topics
  30. Automation8▲ 28×3 topics
  31. Autonomous Vehicles8▲ 8.5×4 topics
  32. Innovation Policy8▲ 18×4 topics
  33. Environmental Impacts8▲ 6.4×4 topics
  34. Interdisciplinary Research8▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Digital Social Innovation7▲ 123×1 topic
  36. Knowledge Engineering7▲ 123×1 topic
  37. Business Ethics7▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Corporate Social Responsibility7▲ 9.8×5 topics
  39. Green Practices7▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Sustainable Supply Chain Management7▲ 18×1 topic

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

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

Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 18 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 17 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 13 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 9 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 7 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 7 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 6 fractional worksBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis: 6 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 6 fractional worksQuality and Supply Management: 6 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringStrategy and ManagementManagement of Technology and InnovationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 18 works
  2. 2 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 17 works
  3. 3 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 13 works
  4. 4 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 9 works
  5. 5 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  6. 6 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 7 works
  7. 7 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 6 works
  8. 8 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 6 works
  9. 9 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 6 works
  10. 10 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 6 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: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 54% higher 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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