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Ruhr University Bochum

In research, Ruhr University Bochum stands highest in Social Sciences (#119 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#137 of 10,670 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#59 of 1,896 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, History and Philosophy of Science and Philosophy (Physical and Theoretical Chemistry is 4.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#217
of 22,385 · #244 all time
Rank in Germany
#23
of 795
Research works
62k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4M
22.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.21×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Ruhr University Bochum

What is Ruhr University Bochum 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 #119 of 9,585 10.5%2,551 #115
Physical SciencesDomain #137 of 10,670 10.3%3,967 #172
Arts and HumanitiesField #59 of 1,896 11.5%619 #171
Social SciencesField #195 of 5,988 9.4%1,091 #262
Health SciencesDomain #347 of 9,902 12.8%1,244 #412
PsychologyField #81 of 2,121 12.2%488 #89
MedicineField #336 of 8,541 12.4%1,090 #396
EngineeringField #242 of 5,901 9.4%1,564 #199
Computer ScienceField #189 of 4,417 12.0%665 #248
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #122 of 2,526 8.5%497 #156

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ruhr University Bochum 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#115 #119
  2. Physical Sciences#172 #137
  3. Arts and Humanities#171 #59
  4. Social Sciences#262 #195
  5. Health Sciences#412 #347
  6. Psychology#89 #81
  7. Medicine#396 #336
  8. Engineering#199 #242
  9. Computer Science#248 #189
  10. Sociology and Political Science#156 #122
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 Ruhr University Bochum work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Ruhr University Bochum is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Medicine (13%), Social Sciences (13%).

Physical Sciences: 4,476 fractional works · 46.1% of its workEngineering: 1,746 fractional works · 18.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 439 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 218 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 211 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 189 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 116 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 113 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 97 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 83 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 79 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 754 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 321 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 79 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 489 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 195 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 111 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 108 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 338 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 242 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 315 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 303 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 131 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 188 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 145 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeophysics: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 123 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 108 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,854 fractional works · 29.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,214 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 549 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 233 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 98 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 92 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 691 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPhilosophy: 152 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 129 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 115 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 554 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 168 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 148 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 123 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 72 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 203 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 122 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 84 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,434 fractional works · 14.8% of its workMedicine: 1,259 fractional works · 13.0% of its workSurgery: 134 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 92 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 87 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 86 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 79 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 186 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 146 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 87 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 941 fractional works · 9.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 389 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 224 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 370 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 217 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 111 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRuhr UniversityBochum9,705fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences29%

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. Engineering1,74618.0%
    2. Computer Science7547.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy4895.0%
    4. Materials Science3383.5%
    5. Environmental Science3153.2%
    6. Chemistry3033.1%
    7. Mathematics1881.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1451.5%
    9. Energy1231.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering750.8%
  2. Social Sciences2,85429.4%
    1. Social Sciences1,21412.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities6917.1%
    3. Psychology5545.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2032.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1221.3%
    6. Decision Sciences700.7%
  3. Health Sciences1,43414.8%
    1. Medicine1,25913.0%
    2. Health Professions1461.5%
    3. Nursing170.2%
    4. Veterinary70.1%
    5. Dentistry50.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3894.0%
    2. Neuroscience3703.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1111.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology550.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ruhr University Bochum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry takes 4.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySubfield · 37.9 works4.9×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 62.0 works4.2×
  3. PhilosophySubfield · 151.6 works3.6×
  4. ClassicsSubfield · 20.9 works3.6×
  5. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 107.7 works3.5×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 111 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 389 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 55 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.35× its world share, 370 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.22× its world share, 75 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.99× its world share, 303 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 754 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 145 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.38× its world share, 123 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.20× its world share, 1,746 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 315 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.00× its world share, 338 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.65× its world share, 188 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.26× its world share, 489 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 146 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 1,259 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.47× its world share, 691 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.65× its world share, 203 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 70 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 122 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.87× its world share, 554 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1,214 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.47×691 works
  2. Neuroscience2.35×370 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.26×489 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.22×75 works
  5. Chemistry1.99×303 works
  6. Psychology1.87×554 works
  7. Mathematics1.65×188 works
  8. Energy1.38×123 works
  9. Engineering1.20×1,746 works
  10. Computer Science1.00×754 works
  11. Materials Science1.00×338 works
  12. Social Sciences0.99×1,214 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.95×145 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×389 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.75×70 works
  16. Medicine0.67×1,259 works
  17. Environmental Science0.65×315 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.65×203 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×122 works
  20. Health Professions0.57×146 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.56×55 works
  22. Veterinary0.50×7 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×16 works
  24. Nursing0.36×17 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×111 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×5 works

Who are the top researchers at Ruhr University Bochum?

Ranked on the quality score, Wolfgang Albrecht Linke, Julia Brailovskaia and Jörg Behler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ruhr University Bochum.

  1. 1 Wolfgang Albrecht Linke Germany · #20,125 worldwide 22k citations · 330 works
  2. 2 Julia Brailovskaia Germany · #21,773 worldwide 6.3k citations · 206 works
  3. 3 Jörg Behler Germany · #25,989 worldwide 23k citations · 216 works
  4. 4 Maike Luhmann Germany · #30,465 worldwide 11k citations · 237 works
  5. 5 S. De Ridder Germany · #31,266 worldwide 14k citations · 166 works
  6. 6 Thorsten Holz Germany · #31,431 worldwide 16k citations · 357 works
  7. 7 Werner Kutzelnigg Germany · #33,258 worldwide 22k citations · 350 works
  8. 8 Johannes Karges Germany · #33,517 worldwide 6.6k citations · 283 works
  9. 9 Eike Kiltz Germany · #34,886 worldwide 12k citations · 185 works
  10. 10 M. Kroll Germany · #52,516 worldwide 7.8k citations · 88 works
All ranked researchers at Ruhr University Bochum

What are the most cited papers from Ruhr University Bochum?

The most cited paper from Ruhr University Bochum is "Liraglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes" (Steven P. Marso, Gilbert H. Daniels, Kirstine Brown‐Frandsen et al., 2016), with 7,629 citations. Next come "The PRIDE database and related tools and resources in 2019: improving support for quantification data" (7,481) and "The PRIDE database resources in 2022: a hub for mass spectrometry-based proteomics evidences" (6,874).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Liraglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Steven P. Marso, Gilbert H. Daniels, Kirstine Brown‐Frandsen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 13 Jun 2016 7,629
2 The PRIDE database and related tools and resources in 2019: improving support for quantification data Yasset Pérez‐Riverol et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 22 Oct 2018 7,481
3 The PRIDE database resources in 2022: a hub for mass spectrometry-based proteomics evidences Yasset Pérez‐Riverol, Jingwen Bai, Chakradhar Bandla et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 15 Oct 2021 6,874
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
5 Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi Conrad L. Schoch et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access156 authors 27 Mar 2012 5,240
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Which keywords describe research at Ruhr University Bochum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Ethics, Gender, Philosophy, Microstructure, History, Governance and Bildung.

▲ 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. Machine Learning261▼ 0.81×78 topics
  2. Epidemiology239▼ 0.62×124 topics
  3. Sustainability212◆ 0.89×86 topics
  4. Identity200▲ 2.8×57 topics
  5. Globalization185◆ 0.97×105 topics
  6. Ethics161▲ 3.3×47 topics
  7. Gender161▲ 3.1×46 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties158▲ 1.66×35 topics
  9. Sustainable Development150◆ 0.99×52 topics
  10. History146▲ 2.2×46 topics
  11. Philosophy139▲ 3.2×34 topics
  12. Microstructure137▲ 2.7×18 topics
  13. Catalysis136▲ 2.1×26 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications134▲ 1.17×35 topics
  15. Literature120▲ 2.2×47 topics
  16. Governance110▲ 3.5×14 topics
  17. Nationalism109▲ 2.5×29 topics
  18. Religion107▲ 2.4×35 topics
  19. Neurobiology84▲ 3.3×10 topics
  20. Neuroscience80▲ 2.7×15 topics
  21. Molecular Dynamics76▲ 4.5×7 topics
  22. Bildung72▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Social Cognition70▲ 4.0×8 topics
  24. Catalysts70▲ 3.5×3 topics
  25. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse70▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Embodiment68▲ 3.7×7 topics
  27. Security Analysis62▲ 3.8×4 topics
  28. Art57▲ 6.5×10 topics
  29. Hydrogen Bonding57▲ 6.8×6 topics
  30. Bildungsungleichheit56▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Ethnografisches Schreiben56▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Aesthetics54▲ 7.0×11 topics
  33. Neural Circuits54▲ 5.8×4 topics
  34. Autorschaft54▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Literaturkritik54▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Cryptanalysis52▲ 6.4×4 topics
  37. Hippocampus50▲ 8.2×2 topics
  38. Side-Channel Attacks49▲ 9.9×3 topics
  39. Language Variation48▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Cultural Sociology44▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Ruhr University Bochum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Linguistic research and analysis.

Sociology and Education …56Sociology and Education Studies: 56 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…54German Literature and Culture Studies: 54 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…44Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 44 fractional worksLinguistic research and …41Linguistic research and analysis: 41 fractional worksPlasma Diagnostics and Applications: 37 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechanisms: 33 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, a…32Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 32 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 32 fractional worksCryptographic Implementations and Security: 30 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…29Photonic and Optical Devices: 29 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentLanguage and Linguistics5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 56 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 54 works
  3. 3 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 44 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 41 works
  5. 5 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 37 works
  6. 6 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 33 works
  7. 7 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 32 works
  8. 8 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 32 works
  9. 9 Cryptographic Implementations and Security Artificial Intelligence 30 works
  10. 10 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 29 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 available29.8%not open70.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ruhr University Bochum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher 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 Ruhr University Bochum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.039% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%Ruhr University Bochum0.036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ruhr University Bochum 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%Ruhr University Bochum10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2011.

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Which institutions have research most like Ruhr University Bochum's?

Among the world's leading institutions, University of Notre Dame has the research profile closest to Ruhr University Bochum's, with both strong in Arts and Humanities.

  1. 1 University of Notre DameUnited States · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Physics and Astronomy, Chemical Engineering 0.88 Compare
  2. 2 Université Grenoble AlpesFrance · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Physics and Astronomy, Mathematics 0.83 Compare
  3. 3 Princeton UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Physics and Astronomy, Chemical Engineering 0.83 Compare
  4. 4 University of HoustonUnited States · Both strong in Psychology, Neuroscience, Chemical Engineering 0.83 Compare
  5. 5 University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Neuroscience, Arts and Humanities 0.81 Compare

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