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Stuttgart Observatory

In research, Stuttgart Observatory stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,652 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#2,866 of 10,670 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#979 of 2,581 worldwide), 2022-now. 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 15.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,367
of 22,385 · #872 all time
Rank in Germany
#102
of 795
Research works
6.4k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
11%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Stuttgart Observatory

What is Stuttgart Observatory 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 #1,652 of 9,585 3.3%459 #666
Physical SciencesDomain #2,866 of 10,670 2.0%223 #779
Business, Management and AccountingField #979 of 2,581 4.8%158 #221
Arts and HumanitiesField #788 of 1,896 3.9%101 #500
EngineeringField #2,511 of 5,901 1.6%165 #882
Social SciencesField #2,570 of 5,988 1.8%146 #913
Health SciencesDomain #4,280 of 9,902 1.6%102 #1722
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,274 of 2,526 1.1%71 #675
MedicineField #5,498 of 8,541 2.4%62 #1902

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#666 #1,652
  2. Physical Sciences#779 #2,866
  3. Business, Management and Accounting#221 #979
  4. Arts and Humanities#500 #788
  5. Engineering#882 #2,511
  6. Social Sciences#913 #2,570
  7. Health Sciences#1,722 #4,280
  8. Sociology and Political Science#675 #1,274
  9. Medicine#1,902 #5,498
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Stuttgart Observatory work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Stuttgart Observatory is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Business, Management and Accounting (19%), Social Sciences (17%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 475 fractional works · 55.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 164 fractional works · 19.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 62 fractional works · 7.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 53 fractional works · 6.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 41 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 151 fractional works · 17.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 73 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 30 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLaw: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCommunication: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 105 fractional works · 12.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 27 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClassics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 45 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 27 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 235 fractional works · 27.3% of its workEngineering: 170 fractional works · 19.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 55 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 29 fractional works · 3.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArchitecture: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 107 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMedicine: 65 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 39 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 29 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 45 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiochemistry: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKStuttgartObservatory862fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences55%

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. Business, Management and Accounting16419.1%
    2. Social Sciences15117.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities10512.2%
    4. Psychology455.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance80.9%
    6. Decision Sciences20.2%
    1. Engineering17019.7%
    2. Computer Science192.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy172.0%
    4. Environmental Science111.2%
    5. Energy60.8%
    6. Chemistry40.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.4%
    8. Materials Science30.4%
    9. Mathematics10.1%
    1. Medicine657.5%
    2. Health Professions394.5%
    3. Veterinary20.2%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology222.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences121.4%
    3. Neuroscience91.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Stuttgart Observatory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management of Technology and Innovation takes 15.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 40.6 works15×
  2. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 52.6 works13×
  3. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 54.6 works11×
  4. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 61.7 works8.2×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.31× its world share, 170 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.72× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.22× its world share, 105 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.91× its world share, 164 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.73× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 151 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting5.91×164 works
  2. Arts and Humanities4.22×105 works
  3. Psychology1.73×45 works
  4. Health Professions1.72×39 works
  5. Veterinary1.72×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.38×151 works
  7. Engineering1.31×170 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.91×17 works
  9. Energy0.82×6 works
  10. Neuroscience0.61×9 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×22 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×8 works
  13. Medicine0.39×65 works
  14. Chemistry0.33×4 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×12 works
  16. Computer Science0.28×19 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×3 works
  18. Environmental Science0.25×11 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.25×2 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×2 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  22. Nursing0.13×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.11×3 works
  24. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Stuttgart Observatory?

Ranked on the quality score, Ludwig Hermann, Claudia Rose and Julia Depa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stuttgart Observatory.

  1. 1 Ludwig Hermann Germany · #456,141 worldwide 1.9k citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Claudia Rose Germany · #779,976 worldwide 1.9k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Julia Depa Germany · #838,108 worldwide 756 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 P. P. Ewald Germany · #1,034,608 worldwide 14k citations · 115 works
  5. 5 Heinz Rapp Germany · #1,269,818 worldwide 139 citations · 645 works
  6. 6 Hans-Joachim Hess Germany · #1,420,186 worldwide 891 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Felix Salzer Germany · #1,469,026 worldwide 472 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Calvert J. Winter Germany · #1,524,241 worldwide 786 citations · 641 works
  9. 9 Otto Pfleiderer Germany · #1,647,211 worldwide 161 citations · 67 works
  10. 10 Fr. Bartschat Germany · #1,687,995 worldwide 44 citations · 188 works
All ranked researchers at Stuttgart Observatory

What are the most cited papers from Stuttgart Observatory?

The most cited paper from Stuttgart Observatory is "The Astropy Project : Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package*" (The Astropy Collaboration et al., 2022), with 5,044 citations. Next come "The Demography of Massive Dark Objects in Galaxy Centers" (4,074) and "The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological analysis of the DR12 galaxy sample" (3,192).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Astropy Project : Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package* The Astropy Collaboration et al. · Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Open access136 authors 2022 5,044
2 The Demography of Massive Dark Objects in Galaxy Centers John Magorrian, Scott D. Tremaine, Douglas O. Richstone et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access Jun 1998 4,074
3 The clustering of galaxies in the completed SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological analysis of the DR12 galaxy sample Shadab Alam et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 24 Mar 2017 3,192
4 THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III Shadab Alam et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access304 authors 27 Jul 2015 2,476
5 The Epochs of Early‐Type Galaxy Formation as a Function of Environment D. Thomas, Claudia Maraston, Ralf Bender et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 10 Mar 2005 1,655
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Stuttgart Observatory?

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

▲ 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. Sustainable Development98▲ 7.3×15 topics
  2. Digital Transformation77▲ 17×5 topics
  3. Sustainability71▲ 3.4×15 topics
  4. Renewable Energy64▲ 5.1×6 topics
  5. Renewable Energy Integration53▲ 19×2 topics
  6. Materials Science52▲ 151×3 topics
  7. Thermal Management52▲ 19×3 topics
  8. Engineering52▲ 132×2 topics
  9. Fluid Dynamics52▲ 42×1 topic
  10. Vibration Analysis52▲ 22×1 topic
  11. Artificial Intelligence49▲ 4.0×10 topics
  12. Information Technology48▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Leadership48▲ 11×7 topics
  14. Customer Relationship Management48▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Digital Capital47▲ 314×1 topic
  16. Value Chains47▲ 314×1 topic
  17. Big Data46▲ 5.5×6 topics
  18. Governance42▲ 15×5 topics
  19. Business Models39▲ 63×2 topics
  20. Customer Experience39▲ 28×3 topics
  21. E-commerce39▲ 7.9×2 topics
  22. Mobile Health38▲ 31×2 topics
  23. Omni-Channel Strategy38▲ 212×1 topic
  24. Technology Innovation38▲ 130×1 topic
  25. Organizational Change35▲ 52×4 topics
  26. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse28▲ 82×2 topics
  27. Renewable Resources27▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Professional Development26▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Structural Health Monitoring26▲ 39×3 topics
  30. Bildungsungleichheit26▲ 110×1 topic
  31. Ethnografisches Schreiben26▲ 110×1 topic
  32. Historical Analysis26▲ 99×2 topics
  33. Employee Engagement26▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Material Properties26▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Self-Efficacy25▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Agility25▲ 202×1 topic
  37. Socio-Technical Systems25▲ 117×1 topic
  38. Emotional Regulation25▲ 116×2 topics
  39. Construction25▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Workplace24▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Stuttgart Observatory publish most on?

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

Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 52 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 47 fractional worksDigital Innovation in In…38Digital Innovation in Industries: 38 fractional worksSociology and Education …26Sociology and Education Studies: 26 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 25 fractional worksCivil and Structural Engineering Research: 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: 16 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 52 works
  2. 2 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 47 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 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 25 works
  6. 6 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 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 16 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Stuttgart Observatory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Observatory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Stuttgart Observatory0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Stuttgart Observatory 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 Observatory4.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.3% in 1992.

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