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Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen

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Research works
91
▼ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
391
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

What does Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 16.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 21.5 works16×
  2. Social SciencesField · 27.6 works5.8×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.49× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.00× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.22× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 5.83× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neoliberalism, Global Capitalism, Imperialism, Sustainable Development, Nationalism, Social Innovation, Gender and Cultural Memory.

▲ 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. Neoliberalism11▲ 82×3 topics
  2. Global Capitalism10▲ 479×1 topic
  3. Imperialism10▲ 346×1 topic
  4. Sustainable Development5▲ 8.7×4 topics
  5. Nationalism4▲ 21×4 topics
  6. Social Innovation3▲ 58×2 topics
  7. Gender3▲ 16×6 topics
  8. Cultural Memory3▲ 143×2 topics
  9. Governance3▲ 21×2 topics
  10. Bildungsungleichheit2▲ 188×1 topic
  11. Identity2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  12. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse2▲ 135×1 topic
  13. Antisemitism2▲ 551×1 topic
  14. Cultural Sociology2▲ 398×2 topics
  15. Globalization2▲ 2.7×5 topics
  16. Right-Wing Extremism2▲ 551×1 topic
  17. Urban Development2▲ 15×2 topics
  18. Biosphere Reserves2▲ 370×1 topic
  19. Landscape Management2▲ 270×1 topic
  20. Epistemic Practices2▲ 657×1 topic
  21. Innovation Policy2▲ 46×1 topic
  22. Interdisciplinary Research2▲ 52×1 topic
  23. Sociological History2▲ 657×1 topic
  24. Innovation2▲ 3.8×2 topics
  25. 1960s1▲ 331×1 topic
  26. Cultural Policy1▲ 88×2 topics
  27. Global1▲ 103×1 topic
  28. Human Microbiome1▲ 530×1 topic
  29. Human Rights1▲ 3.5×2 topics
  30. Microbial Metabolites1▲ 102×1 topic
  31. Corporate Governance1▲ 4.2×4 topics
  32. Public Opinion1▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Social Capital1▲ 5.9×4 topics
  34. Literature1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  35. European Legal Systems1▲ 69×1 topic
  36. Income Inequality1▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Judicial Review1▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Migration1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. Political Economy1▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Theater1▲ 164×1 topic

Which research topics does Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic and Social Issues, Sociology and Education Studies, German legal, social, and political studies and Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies.

Economic and Social Issues10Economic and Social Issues: 10 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 2 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 2 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 2 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 2 fractional worksGerman Social Sciences and History: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Science and Technology: 1 fractional worksCommunism, Protests, Social Movements: 1 fractional worksArts, Culture, and Music Studies: 1 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceNature and Landscape ConservationBiochemistryCultural Studies1 others

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

  1. 1 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 2 works
  5. 5 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 German Social Sciences and History Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Environmental Science and Technology Biochemistry 1 works
  8. 8 Communism, Protests, Social Movements Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Arts, Culture, and Music Studies Cultural Studies 1 works
  10. 10 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 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 available58.6%not open41.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors0.9%domestic only99.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Göttingen's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% lower 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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