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Universität Hamburg

In research, Universität Hamburg stands highest in Social Sciences (#91 of 10,521 worldwide), Medicine (#142 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#166 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Religious studies — Classics is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#156
of 28,054 · #149 all time
Rank in Germany
#4
of 1,178
Research works
79k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8M
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Universität Hamburg 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 #91 of 10,521 22.0%3,857 #177
MedicineField #142 of 10,443 19.4%2,290 #180
Health SciencesDomain #166 of 11,982 20.0%2,622 #196
Physical SciencesDomain #187 of 12,888 20.3%3,721 #146
Social SciencesField #131 of 6,365 23.3%1,809 #221
PsychologyField #50 of 2,181 27.4%520 #225
Life SciencesDomain #194 of 7,800 21.5%1,145 #202
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #66 of 2,578 21.8%745 #140
Arts and HumanitiesField #74 of 1,998 13.3%843 #110
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #175 of 3,579 20.0%555 #165

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universität Hamburg 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#177 #91
  2. Medicine#180 #142
  3. Health Sciences#196 #166
  4. Physical Sciences#146 #187
  5. Social Sciences#221 #131
  6. Psychology#225 #50
  7. Life Sciences#202 #194
  8. Sociology and Political Science#140 #66
  9. Arts and Humanities#110 #74
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#165 #175
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 Universität Hamburg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 40.9 works6.1×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 158.1 works4.4×
  3. Religious studiesSubfield · 68.4 works3.6×
  4. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 165.3 works3.3×
← 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, 164 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 555 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 134 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 278 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 31 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 115 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 753 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 240 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 52 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 1,104 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 440 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 234 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.42× its world share, 189 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.22× its world share, 561 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 30 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 274 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 2,290 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.57× its world share, 843 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 348 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 94 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 243 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 520 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 1,809 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universität Hamburg?

Ranked on the composite score, Christian M. Ringle, Thorsten Schlomm and Ronald Simon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universität Hamburg.

  1. 1 Christian M. Ringle · #1,289 worldwide 11k citations · 82 works
  2. 2 Thorsten Schlomm · #1,533 worldwide 1.6k citations · 120 works
  3. 3 Ronald Simon · #2,148 worldwide 1.7k citations · 118 works
  4. 4 Guido Sauter · #2,839 worldwide 2k citations · 189 works
  5. 5 Horst Weller · #10,202 worldwide 1.8k citations · 73 works
  6. 6 Hartwig Huland · #10,509 worldwide 1.7k citations · 246 works
  7. 7 Juliane House · #11,264 worldwide 491 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Pierre Tennstedt · #12,168 worldwide 1.3k citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Tanja Zeller · #12,174 worldwide 946 citations · 96 works
  10. 10 Thomas Rösch · #14,018 worldwide 406 citations · 99 works
All ranked researchers at Universität Hamburg

Which keywords describe research at Universität Hamburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nationalism, History, Climate Change, Gender, Identity, Religion, Governance and Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse.

▲ 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. Epidemiology379▼ 0.84×131 topics
  2. Climate Change361▲ 1.18×101 topics
  3. Machine Learning265▼ 0.71×81 topics
  4. Deep Learning254▼ 0.65×78 topics
  5. Globalization250◆ 1.12×116 topics
  6. Sustainability229▼ 0.83×89 topics
  7. History228▲ 2.9×43 topics
  8. Identity207▲ 2.5×62 topics
  9. Nationalism198▲ 3.8×31 topics
  10. Inflammation190▼ 0.81×83 topics
  11. Gender188▲ 3.0×47 topics
  12. Religion173▲ 3.2×35 topics
  13. Public Health163◆ 0.99×56 topics
  14. Human Rights161▲ 1.38×65 topics
  15. Quality of Life156◆ 0.95×56 topics
  16. Philosophy155▲ 3.1×37 topics
  17. Governance151▲ 4.0×17 topics
  18. Literature132▲ 2.1×49 topics
  19. Immunotherapy126▲ 1.56×19 topics
  20. Culture123▲ 2.0×25 topics
  21. Ethics114▲ 2.1×40 topics
  22. Colonialism111▲ 2.1×42 topics
  23. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse110▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Global Warming109▲ 2.4×14 topics
  25. Neoliberalism108▲ 2.7×24 topics
  26. Migration89▲ 2.3×19 topics
  27. Emotion Regulation84▲ 2.4×9 topics
  28. Bildungsungleichheit80▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Ethnografisches Schreiben80▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Sociolinguistics76▲ 3.6×8 topics
  31. Cultural Memory75▲ 13×6 topics
  32. Dark Matter72▲ 5.5×4 topics
  33. Multilingualism72▲ 3.8×6 topics
  34. Imperialism66▲ 7.3×8 topics
  35. Particle Physics60▲ 7.0×2 topics
  36. Bildung59▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Autorschaft50▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Literaturkritik50▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Class Struggle49▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Identity Politics48▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Universität Hamburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, German legal, social, and political studies and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies.

Sociology and Education …80Sociology and Education Studies: 80 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…50German Literature and Culture Studies: 50 fractional worksGerman legal, social, an…46German legal, social, and political studies: 46 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…42Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 42 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 42 fractional worksIndian and Buddhist Studies: 41 fractional worksChinese history and phil…37Chinese history and philosophy: 37 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 32 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 32 fractional worksEuropean history and pol…31European history and politics: 31 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryNuclear and High Energy PhysicsReligious studies3 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education StudiesSociology and Political Science 80 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture StudiesLiterature and Literary Theory 50 works
  3. 3 German legal, social, and political studiesSociology and Political Science 46 works
  4. 4 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studiesNuclear and High Energy Physics 42 works
  5. 5 Economic and Social IssuesSociology and Political Science 42 works
  6. 6 Indian and Buddhist StudiesReligious studies 41 works
  7. 7 Chinese history and philosophySociology and Political Science 37 works
  8. 8 Linguistic research and analysisLanguage and Linguistics 32 works
  9. 9 Health and Medical StudiesGeneral Health Professions 32 works
  10. 10 European history and politicsPolitical Science and International Relations 31 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 available33.2%not open66.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universität Hamburg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.