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Stuttgart Observatory

In research, Stuttgart Observatory stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,890 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,101 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,897 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Computational Mechanics — Management of Technology and Innovation is 16.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,003
of 28,054 · #6,529 all time
Rank in Germany
#626
of 1,178
Research works
6.4k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
11%
world 28%

What is Stuttgart Observatory 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,890 of 10,521 4.6%459 #5401
Social SciencesField #5,101 of 6,365 4.4%146 #5020
Physical SciencesDomain #10,897 of 12,888 1.7%223 #3840
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,223 of 2,578 4.5%158 #2223
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,873 of 1,998 4.2%101 #2160
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,452 of 2,578 3.9%71 #2725
EngineeringField #6,372 of 6,636 0.5%165 #5678
Health SciencesDomain #11,521 of 11,982 3.0%102 #9330
MedicineField #10,233 of 10,443 2.1%62 #8258

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stuttgart Observatory 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. Social Sciences#5,401 #5,890
  2. Social Sciences#5,020 #5,101
  3. Physical Sciences#3,840 #10,897
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#2,223 #2,223
  5. Arts and Humanities#2,160 #1,873
  6. Sociology and Political Science#2,725 #2,452
  7. Engineering#5,678 #6,372
  8. Health Sciences#9,330 #11,521
  9. Medicine#8,258 #10,233
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 Stuttgart Observatory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management of Technology and Innovation takes 16.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 40.1 works16×
  2. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 49.6 works13×
  3. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 51.7 works11×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.34× its world share, 165 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.81× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.27× its world share, 101 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.96× its world share, 158 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.77× its world share, 44 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 146 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Stuttgart Observatory?

Ranked on the composite score, P. P. Ewald, Rüdiger Zuck and Wilhelm Weinberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stuttgart Observatory.

  1. 1 P. P. Ewald Germany · #14,423 worldwide 2.3k citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Rüdiger Zuck Germany · #127,666 worldwide 41 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Wilhelm Weinberg Germany · #180,327 worldwide 111 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Christian Schäfer Germany · #282,541 worldwide 59 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Uwe Schweikert Germany · #304,066 worldwide 2 citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Max Bense Germany · #348,926 worldwide 27 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Jochen Theurer Germany · #454,957 worldwide 0 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Rainer Joeckel Germany · #509,654 worldwide 0 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Ludwig Baumeister Germany · #525,227 worldwide 0 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Peter Hammacher Germany · #527,036 worldwide 2 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Stuttgart Observatory

Which keywords describe research at Stuttgart Observatory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Digital Transformation, Renewable Energy Integration, Materials Science, Thermal Management, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development93▲ 7.1×14 topics
  2. Digital Transformation75▲ 17×5 topics
  3. Sustainability61▲ 3.1×13 topics
  4. Renewable Energy56▲ 4.7×4 topics
  5. Renewable Energy Integration50▲ 18×2 topics
  6. Materials Science49▲ 147×3 topics
  7. Thermal Management49▲ 18×3 topics
  8. Engineering49▲ 130×2 topics
  9. Fluid Dynamics49▲ 43×1 topic
  10. Vibration Analysis49▲ 22×1 topic
  11. Artificial Intelligence48▲ 4.3×10 topics
  12. Information Technology48▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Customer Relationship Management47▲ 39×2 topics
  14. Digital Capital46▲ 306×1 topic
  15. Value Chains46▲ 306×1 topic
  16. Leadership46▲ 12×7 topics
  17. Big Data45▲ 6.0×6 topics
  18. Governance41▲ 15×5 topics
  19. Business Models39▲ 66×2 topics
  20. Customer Experience38▲ 31×3 topics
  21. E-commerce38▲ 7.7×2 topics
  22. Mobile Health38▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Omni-Channel Strategy38▲ 216×1 topic
  24. Technology Innovation38▲ 147×1 topic
  25. Organizational Change34▲ 56×4 topics
  26. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse27▲ 80×2 topics
  27. Structural Health Monitoring26▲ 41×3 topics
  28. Professional Development26▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Historical Analysis26▲ 106×2 topics
  30. Bildungsungleichheit26▲ 105×1 topic
  31. Ethnografisches Schreiben26▲ 105×1 topic
  32. Material Properties26▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Self-Efficacy25▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Construction25▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Bridge Engineering24▲ 291×1 topic
  36. Civil Engineering24▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Emotional Regulation24▲ 128×2 topics
  38. Employee Engagement24▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Workplace24▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Agility24▲ 213×1 topic

Which research topics does Stuttgart Observatory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Physics and Engineering Research Articles, Corporate Governance and Management, Digital Innovation in Industries and Sociology and Education Studies.

Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 49 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 46 fractional worksDigital Innovation in In…38Digital Innovation in Industries: 38 fractional worksSociology and Education …26Sociology and Education Studies: 26 fractional worksCivil and Structural Engineering Research: 24 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 24 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, an…24Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 24 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 20 fractional worksEngineering and Materials Science Studies: 17 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 15 fractional works
Computational MechanicsStrategy and ManagementManagement of Technology and InnovationSociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 49 works
  2. 2 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 46 works
  3. 3 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 38 works
  4. 4 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  5. 5 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 24 works
  6. 6 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 24 works
  7. 7 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 24 works
  8. 8 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 20 works
  9. 9 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 17 works
  10. 10 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 15 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 available11.4%not open88.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stuttgart Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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