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Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien

In research, Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien stands highest in Psychology (#184 of 2,181 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,206 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,842 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Psychology, Psychology and Clinical Psychology — Social Psychology is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,514
of 28,054 · #9,938 all time
Rank in Austria
#32
of 168
Research works
2.2k
▲ 177% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien 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
PsychologyField #184 of 2,181 17.4%119 #736
Social SciencesDomain #1,206 of 10,521 14.7%254 #2802
Health SciencesDomain #2,842 of 11,982 15.8%258 #5365
MedicineField #2,485 of 10,443 15.6%214 #4422
Social SciencesField #4,836 of 6,365 13.4%90 #6188

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien 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. Psychology#736 #184
  2. Social Sciences#2,802 #1,206
  3. Health Sciences#5,365 #2,842
  4. Medicine#4,422 #2,485
  5. Social Sciences#6,188 #4,836
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 Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Psychology takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social PsychologySubfield · 51.9 works10×
  2. PsychologyField · 118.7 works6.8×
  3. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 37.6 works6.2×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.27× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.41× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 214 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.86× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.78× its world share, 119 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien?

Ranked on the composite score, Sylvia Hartl, Gerhard Stumm and Konrad Lachmayer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien.

  1. 1 Sylvia Hartl Austria · #228,862 worldwide 70 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Gerhard Stumm Austria · #317,896 worldwide 3 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Konrad Lachmayer Austria · #427,000 worldwide 8 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Antonia Croy Austria · #450,505 worldwide 6 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Thomas Barth Austria · #514,376 worldwide 5 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Gerhard Stumm Austria · #612,306 worldwide 11 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Klaus Ottomeyer Austria · #624,947 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Gerhard Benetka Austria · #654,348 worldwide 19 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Raphael M. Bonelli Austria · #686,922 worldwide 45 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Bernd Rieken Austria · #691,061 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien

Which keywords describe research at Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Psychology, Ethics, Epidemiology, Narrative Analysis, History, Identity Construction, Qualitative Inquiry and Dialogical Self.

▲ 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. Epidemiology45▲ 1.97×98 topics
  2. Globalization27▲ 2.4×19 topics
  3. Cultural Psychology24▲ 96×3 topics
  4. Mental Health23▲ 2.7×31 topics
  5. Ethics22▲ 8.1×20 topics
  6. History21▲ 5.3×13 topics
  7. Treatment20▲ 2.9×36 topics
  8. Inflammation20▲ 1.63×54 topics
  9. Narrative Analysis19▲ 63×3 topics
  10. Depression19▲ 3.7×21 topics
  11. Public Health18▲ 2.1×34 topics
  12. Identity Construction17▲ 58×2 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis16▲ 4.9×14 topics
  14. Qualitative Inquiry16▲ 119×2 topics
  15. Dialogical Self16▲ 313×1 topic
  16. Social Representations Theory16▲ 313×1 topic
  17. Philosophy13▲ 5.1×11 topics
  18. Self-Efficacy13▲ 8.3×6 topics
  19. Emotion13▲ 11×8 topics
  20. Religion13▲ 4.6×9 topics
  21. Workplace13▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Professional Development12▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Gender12▲ 4.0×13 topics
  24. Outcomes12▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Anxiety12▲ 4.4×10 topics
  26. Gender Studies12▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Coaching12▲ 120×2 topics
  28. Emotional Regulation11▲ 86×2 topics
  29. Psychodrama11▲ 109×1 topic
  30. Relationship11▲ 136×1 topic
  31. Sociology11▲ 14×8 topics
  32. Emotion Regulation11▲ 6.2×9 topics
  33. Psychoanalysis11▲ 23×4 topics
  34. Social Theory11▲ 67×2 topics
  35. Neoliberalism11▲ 5.2×5 topics
  36. Psychological Interventions10▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Psychology10▲ 13×7 topics
  38. Literature Analysis9▲ 216×2 topics
  39. Political Science9▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Evidence-Based Practice9▲ 12×5 topics

Which research topics does Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Representations and Identity, Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy, Psychoanalysis and Social Critique and Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications.

Social Representations and Identity: 16 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 11 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Socia…9Psychoanalysis and Social Critique: 9 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques…8Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 8 fractional worksCultural Differences and Values: 7 fractional worksCommunity Health and Development: 7 fractional worksSociology and Education …7Sociology and Education Studies: 7 fractional worksAcademic and Historical …6Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology: 6 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…6Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 6 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 5 fractional works
Social PsychologyCultural StudiesClinical PsychologyGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Social Representations and Identity Social Psychology 16 works
  2. 2 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 11 works
  3. 3 Psychoanalysis and Social Critique Cultural Studies 9 works
  4. 4 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 8 works
  5. 5 Cultural Differences and Values Social Psychology 7 works
  6. 6 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 7 works
  7. 7 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  8. 8 Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology General Psychology 6 works
  9. 9 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 5 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 available27.7%not open72.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.3%domestic only80.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 177% 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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