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Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

In research, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,701 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,661 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,848 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations — Political Science and International Relations is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,434
of 28,054 · #11,662 all time
Rank in Germany
#342
of 1,178
Research works
723
▲ 104% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.2k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Rhine-Waal 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 #4,701 of 10,521 16.9%146 #7604
Social SciencesField #3,661 of 6,365 18.5%82 #5945
Physical SciencesDomain #7,848 of 12,888 19.5%94 #12206

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rhine-Waal 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#7,604 #4,701
  2. Social Sciences#5,945 #3,661
  3. Physical Sciences#12,206 #7,848
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 Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 27.4 works6.4×
← 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: 1.14× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.70× its world share, 8 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.71× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.52× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.11× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.45× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Sommer, Florian Wichern and Thomas Pitz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Peter Sommer Germany · #205,357 worldwide 65 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Florian Wichern Germany · #385,994 worldwide 195 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Thomas Pitz Germany · #607,448 worldwide 106 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Jens Gebauer Germany · #695,104 worldwide 55 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Regina Weber Germany · #754,546 worldwide 31 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Marion Halfmann Germany · #787,427 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Dirk Reiser Germany · #907,715 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Dietrich Darr Germany · #918,719 worldwide 54 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Ivan Volosyak Germany · #944,463 worldwide 48 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Fränk Zimmer Germany · #1,129,984 worldwide 6 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Governance, Digitalization, Leadership, Innovation, Crisis Management, Complex Systems and Participation.

▲ 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. Sustainability22▲ 3.1×37 topics
  2. Climate Change14▲ 1.86×35 topics
  3. Governance12▲ 13×10 topics
  4. Innovation12▲ 3.8×13 topics
  5. Globalization11▲ 1.94×25 topics
  6. Social Media10▲ 2.4×12 topics
  7. Sustainable Development10▲ 2.2×16 topics
  8. Leadership10▲ 7.1×5 topics
  9. Digitalization9▲ 16×3 topics
  10. Corporate Governance8▲ 3.8×7 topics
  11. Crisis Management8▲ 64×2 topics
  12. Environmental Impact8▲ 1.60×21 topics
  13. Education8▲ 1.55×19 topics
  14. Human Rights8▲ 2.5×10 topics
  15. Complex Systems7▲ 24×3 topics
  16. Participation7▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Policy Change7▲ 183×1 topic
  18. Public Administration7▲ 29×1 topic
  19. Nationalism6▲ 4.3×5 topics
  20. International Law6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  21. Social Capital6▲ 3.6×12 topics
  22. Consumer Behavior5▲ 3.0×7 topics
  23. Digital Transformation5▲ 3.4×6 topics
  24. Global Governance5▲ 7.9×8 topics
  25. Environmental Sustainability5▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Inequality4▲ 6.7×6 topics
  27. Social Inequality4▲ 5.6×3 topics
  28. Environmental Justice4▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Motor Imagery4▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Renewable Resources4▲ 8.5×3 topics
  31. Sustainability Assessment4▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Finance4▲ 7.3×3 topics
  33. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse4▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Brain-Computer Interfaces4▲ 14×1 topic
  35. EEG Analysis4▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Cosmopolitanism4▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Multiculturalism4▲ 6.7×3 topics
  38. Product Design3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  39. Bildungsungleichheit3▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Ethnografisches Schreiben3▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Public Administration and Political Analysis, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Sociology and Education Studies and Environmental Justice and Health Disparities.

Public Administration an…7Public Administration and Political Analysis: 7 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 4 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Justice and Health Disparities: 3 fractional worksEngineering and Materials Science Studies: 3 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 3 fractional worksSustainable Development …3Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 3 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and Ethics: 2 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Banking Studies: 2 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Imp…2Sport and Mega-Event Impacts: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsCognitive NeuroscienceSociology and Political ScienceMechanical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  2. 2 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  3. 3 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  4. 4 Environmental Justice and Health Disparities Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  8. 8 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Accounting 2 works
  10. 10 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 2 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 104% 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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