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Rütgers (Germany)

In research, Rütgers (Germany) stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,235 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,330
of 22,385 · #9,050 all time
Rank in Germany
#342
of 795
Research works
1.6k
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
76%
world 18%
Rütgers (Germany)

What is Rütgers (Germany) 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 #6,235 of 9,585 11.1%100 #5437

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rütgers (Germany) 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 Rütgers (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Rütgers (Germany) is in Social Sciences, 21% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Medicine (18%), Arts and Humanities (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 111 fractional works · 55.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 63 fractional works · 31.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 12 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Administration: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 6.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 6.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 42 fractional works · 21.1% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 17.9% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRütgers (Germany)200fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences56%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6331.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities136.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting136.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance104.8%
    5. Psychology104.8%
    6. Decision Sciences31.4%
    1. Medicine3617.9%
    2. Health Professions62.9%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Engineering104.8%
    2. Computer Science73.5%
    3. Environmental Science52.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.9%
    6. Materials Science20.8%
    7. Chemistry10.6%
    8. Mathematics10.3%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology94.3%
    2. Neuroscience63.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.87× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 36 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.28× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.98× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.25× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.57× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 63 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.50×63 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.28×13 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.25×10 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.98×13 works
  5. Neuroscience1.87×6 works
  6. Psychology1.57×10 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.44×3 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.42×1 works
  9. Health Professions1.10×6 works
  10. Medicine0.93×36 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.81×9 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×2 works
  13. Nursing0.56×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.47×5 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.46×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.45×7 works
  17. Chemistry0.40×1 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.33×0 works
  19. Engineering0.32×10 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.28×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.22×2 works
  23. Energy0.15×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rütgers (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, André Knop, Peter Hoffmann and Ute Claussen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rütgers (Germany).

  1. 1 André Knop Germany · #2,901,239 worldwide 1.6k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Peter Hoffmann Germany · #3,441,276 worldwide 5.4k citations · 380 works
  3. 3 Ute Claussen Germany · #3,471,793 worldwide 10 citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Jürgen Walter Stadelhofer Germany · #3,484,068 worldwide 945 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Georg Hartwig Germany · #3,690,193 worldwide 2 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Hippolyt Köhler Germany · #3,899,449 worldwide 30 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Hartmut Höke Germany · #4,047,258 worldwide 961 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Max Weger Germany · #4,130,171 worldwide 55 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Josef Pöpsel Germany · #4,156,648 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Rolf-Dieter Klein Germany · #4,349,147 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Rütgers (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Rütgers (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Rütgers (Germany) is "Unrealistic optimism about future life events." (Neil D. Weinstein, 1980), with 4,886 citations. Next come "Scaffolding and Achievement in Problem-Based and Inquiry Learning: A Response to Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark (2006)" (2,612) and "Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist" (1,388).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Unrealistic optimism about future life events. Neil D. Weinstein · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Nov 1980 4,886
2 Scaffolding and Achievement in Problem-Based and Inquiry Learning: A Response to Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark (2006) Cindy E. Hmelo‐Silver, Ravit Golan Duncan, Clark A. Chinn · Educational Psychologist 26 Apr 2007 2,612
3 Reconstructing Womanhood: The Emergence of the Afro-American Woman Novelist Donald B. Gibson, Hazel V. Carby · Journal of American History Dec 1988 1,388
4 Activated Ras requires autophagy to maintain oxidative metabolism and tumorigenesis Jessie Yanxiang Guo, Hsin-Yi Chen, Robin Mathew et al. · Genes & Development Open access 11 Feb 2011 1,337
5 Core–shell nanoparticles: synthesis and applications in catalysis and electrocatalysis Manoj B. Gawande, Anandarup Goswami, Tewodros Asefa et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2015 1,150
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rütgers (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Investment Decisions, Information Technology, Digital Capital, Value Chains, Globalization, Intraocular Pressure, Global Prevalence and Myopia.

▲ 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. Globalization10▲ 2.6×46 topics
  2. Epidemiology10▲ 1.25×33 topics
  3. Investment Decisions7▲ 28×3 topics
  4. Information Technology7▲ 7.2×5 topics
  5. Digital Capital6▲ 181×1 topic
  6. Value Chains6▲ 181×1 topic
  7. Intraocular Pressure5▲ 30×2 topics
  8. Education5▲ 1.47×23 topics
  9. Human Rights5▲ 2.4×25 topics
  10. Nationalism5▲ 5.3×15 topics
  11. Identity4▲ 3.0×23 topics
  12. Social Justice4▲ 3.7×17 topics
  13. Colonialism4▲ 4.6×17 topics
  14. Gender4▲ 3.9×22 topics
  15. Global Prevalence4▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Myopia4▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Glaucoma4▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Refractive Error4▲ 48×1 topic
  19. Visual Impairment4▲ 38×1 topic
  20. Monetary Policy4▲ 8.4×9 topics
  21. History4▲ 2.8×20 topics
  22. Corneal Biomechanics4▲ 49×1 topic
  23. Keratoconus4▲ 49×1 topic
  24. Feminism4▲ 6.2×9 topics
  25. Neoliberalism4▲ 4.9×17 topics
  26. Religion4▲ 3.8×17 topics
  27. Democracy3▲ 4.9×15 topics
  28. Ethics3▲ 3.4×16 topics
  29. Intersectionality3▲ 8.1×8 topics
  30. Culture3▲ 2.9×12 topics
  31. Femtosecond Laser2▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Intraocular Lens Implantation2▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Economic Policy2▲ 23×6 topics
  34. Teacher Education2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  35. Financial Crisis2▲ 9.5×7 topics
  36. Cold War2▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Gender Dynamics2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  38. Stereotypes2▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Institutional Theory2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  40. Social Policy2▲ 9.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Rütgers (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Governance and Management, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, Corneal surgery and disorders and Intraocular Surgery and Lenses.

Corporate Governance and…6Corporate Governance and Management: 6 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 4 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 4 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 2 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 2 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…2Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 2 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 2 fractional worksPublic Policy and Administration Research: 1 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 1 fractional worksDigital Games and Media: 1 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementEpidemiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOphthalmology2 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 6 works
  2. 2 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  4. 4 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 2 works
  5. 5 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 2 works
  7. 7 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Public Policy and Administration Research Public Administration 1 works
  9. 9 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available26.5%not open73.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors75.6%domestic only24.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rütgers (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Rütgers (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Rütgers (Germany)0.00090% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rütgers (Germany) 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%30%Rütgers (Germany)11.3% 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 20.3% in 2010.

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