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Stuttgart Media University

In research, Stuttgart Media University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,184 of 9,585 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,895 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,886
of 22,385 · #7,739 all time
Rank in Germany
#260
of 795
Research works
925
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Stuttgart Media University

What is Stuttgart Media University 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 #4,184 of 9,585 8.9%160 #4544
Physical SciencesDomain #6,895 of 10,670 4.8%87 #6545

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stuttgart Media University 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 Stuttgart Media University work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Stuttgart Media University is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (21%), Computer Science (19%), Business, Management and Accounting (17%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 173 fractional works · 59.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 20.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 9.9% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 51 fractional works · 17.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 16 fractional works · 5.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 15 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAccounting: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 28 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 17 fractional works · 5.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMuseology: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 97 fractional works · 32.9% of its workComputer Science: 56 fractional works · 18.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 16 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 9.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 5.3% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKStuttgart MediaUniversity294fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences59%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6120.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting5117.4%
    3. Psychology289.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities237.8%
    5. Decision Sciences62.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.5%
    1. Computer Science5618.9%
    2. Engineering289.5%
    3. Mathematics82.9%
    4. Environmental Science20.5%
    5. Materials Science20.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Health Professions113.6%
    2. Medicine51.7%
    1. Neuroscience62.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.44× its world share, 56 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.63× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.43× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.70× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.41× its world share, 51 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.07× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 61 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting5.41×51 works
  2. Psychology3.07×28 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.70×23 works
  4. Computer Science2.44×56 works
  5. Mathematics2.43×8 works
  6. Decision Sciences2.11×6 works
  7. Social Sciences1.64×61 works
  8. Health Professions1.37×11 works
  9. Neuroscience1.30×6 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×4 works
  11. Engineering0.63×28 works
  12. Materials Science0.15×2 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.11×2 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×1 works
  17. Medicine0.09×5 works
  18. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Stuttgart Media University?

Ranked on the quality score, Christof Seeger, Roland Mangold and Eduard Schönstedt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stuttgart Media University.

  1. 1 Christof Seeger Germany · #975,278 worldwide 199 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Roland Mangold Germany · #1,517,572 worldwide 610 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Eduard Schönstedt Germany · #1,595,750 worldwide 48 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Swaran S. Sandhu Germany · #1,801,040 worldwide 667 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Sabiha Ghellal Germany · #2,067,644 worldwide 331 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Arnd Engeln Germany · #2,141,622 worldwide 171 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Fridtjof Toenniessen Germany · #2,265,812 worldwide 4 citations · 64 works
  8. 8 Roland Schmitz Germany · #2,276,918 worldwide 387 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Mike Friedrichsen Germany · #2,391,660 worldwide 331 citations · 106 works
  10. 10 Rafael Capurro Germany · #2,459,149 worldwide 2.4k citations · 219 works
All ranked researchers at Stuttgart Media University

What are the most cited papers from Stuttgart Media University?

The most cited paper from Stuttgart Media University is "AttrakDiff: Ein Fragebogen zur Messung wahrgenommener hedonischer und pragmatischer Qualität" (Marc Hassenzahl, Michael Burmester, Franz Koller, 2003), with 935 citations. Next come "Polymer gels with tunable ionic Seebeck coefficient for ultra-sensitive printed thermopiles" (288) and "Appraisal of Emotions in Media Use: Toward a Process Model of Meta-Emotion and Emotion Regulation" (186).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 AttrakDiff: Ein Fragebogen zur Messung wahrgenommener hedonischer und pragmatischer Qualität Marc Hassenzahl, Michael Burmester, Franz Koller · Berichte des German Chapter of the ACM Book chapter 2003 935
2 Polymer gels with tunable ionic Seebeck coefficient for ultra-sensitive printed thermopiles Dan Zhao, Anna Martinelli, Andreas Willfahrt et al. · Nature Communications Open access 6 Mar 2019 288
3 Appraisal of Emotions in Media Use: Toward a Process Model of Meta-Emotion and Emotion Regulation Anne Bartsch, Peter Vorderer, Roland Mangold et al. · Media Psychology 19 Mar 2008 186
4 Creating cinematic wide gamut HDR-video for the evaluation of tone mapping operators and HDR-displays Jan Froehlich, Stefan Grandinetti, Bernd Eberhardt et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 7 Mar 2014 184
5 Towards an ontological foundation of information ethics Rafael Capurro · Ethics and Information Technology 21 Nov 2006 151
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Stuttgart Media University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Big Data, Customer Experience, Sustainable Development, Business Models, Mobile Health, Artificial Intelligence and Customer Relationship Management.

▲ 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. Digital Transformation21▲ 13×5 topics
  2. Sustainable Development18▲ 4.0×8 topics
  3. Big Data18▲ 6.3×10 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence17▲ 4.1×11 topics
  5. Customer Experience14▲ 28×3 topics
  6. Business Models13▲ 63×3 topics
  7. Mobile Health13▲ 30×3 topics
  8. Customer Relationship Management12▲ 30×2 topics
  9. E-commerce12▲ 7.5×3 topics
  10. Technology Innovation12▲ 124×2 topics
  11. Education12▲ 2.4×14 topics
  12. Information Technology12▲ 8.6×4 topics
  13. Omni-Channel Strategy12▲ 197×1 topic
  14. Social Media11▲ 2.7×17 topics
  15. Investment Decisions11▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Digital Capital11▲ 207×1 topic
  17. Value Chains11▲ 207×1 topic
  18. Literature10▲ 6.3×5 topics
  19. Leadership10▲ 6.9×4 topics
  20. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse10▲ 84×2 topics
  21. Governance9▲ 9.8×3 topics
  22. Organizational Change9▲ 41×4 topics
  23. Narrative9▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Learning Outcomes9▲ 7.2×4 topics
  25. History8▲ 4.2×3 topics
  26. Art8▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Authorship8▲ 97×2 topics
  28. Exhibition8▲ 221×1 topic
  29. Museum8▲ 221×1 topic
  30. Virtual Reality8▲ 5.3×8 topics
  31. Trust7▲ 8.5×4 topics
  32. Autonomous Vehicles7▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Bildungsungleichheit7▲ 85×1 topic
  34. Ethnografisches Schreiben7▲ 85×1 topic
  35. User Experience7▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Human-Computer Interaction7▲ 13×6 topics
  37. Agility6▲ 151×1 topic
  38. Embodiment6▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Socio-Technical Systems6▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Driver Behavior6▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Stuttgart Media University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital Innovation in Industries, Corporate Governance and Management, Libraries and Information Services and Sociology and Education Studies.

Digital Innovation in Industries: 12 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 11 fractional worksLibraries and Informatio…8Libraries and Information Services: 8 fractional worksSociology and Education …7Sociology and Education Studies: 7 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 6 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 6 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies5Health and Medical Studies: 5 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 5 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 4 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 4 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementMuseologySociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 12 works
  2. 2 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 11 works
  3. 3 Libraries and Information Services Museology 8 works
  4. 4 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  5. 5 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  6. 6 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 6 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 5 works
  8. 8 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 5 works
  9. 9 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 4 works
  10. 10 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 4 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 available28.1%not open71.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Stuttgart Media University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Stuttgart Media University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00090% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Stuttgart Media University0.0013% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Stuttgart Media University 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Stuttgart Media University7.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.8% in 2018.

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