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Universität Koblenz

In research, Universität Koblenz stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,834 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,792 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,113 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,542
of 28,054 · #7,158 all time
Rank in ??
#187
of 692
Research works
1.7k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
43k
25.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Universität Koblenz 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 #3,834 of 10,521 29.5%175 #2031
Social SciencesField #3,792 of 6,365 31.8%74 #2397
Physical SciencesDomain #8,113 of 12,888 16.7%103 #6752

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universität Koblenz 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#2,031 #3,834
  2. Social Sciences#2,397 #3,792
  3. Physical Sciences#6,752 #8,113
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.

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: 0.85× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.50× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.91× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.29× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.62× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.60× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 74 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universität Koblenz?

Ranked on the composite score, Petra Schubert, Sergej Sizov and Thomas Götz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universität Koblenz.

  1. 1 Petra Schubert ?? · #600,508 worldwide 112 citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Sergej Sizov ?? · #795,370 worldwide 93 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Thomas Götz ?? · #1,171,378 worldwide 60 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Raphael Memmesheimer ?? · #1,524,929 worldwide 25 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Thorsten Gieser ?? · #1,588,847 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Universität Koblenz

Which keywords describe research at Universität Koblenz?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Gender, Governance, Bildung, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Autorschaft, Literaturkritik and Emotion.

▲ 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. Identity20▲ 8.4×20 topics
  2. Gender16▲ 9.0×18 topics
  3. Climate Change13▲ 1.48×43 topics
  4. Deep Learning12◆ 1.13×38 topics
  5. Social Media11▲ 2.4×17 topics
  6. Governance9▲ 8.8×6 topics
  7. Education9▲ 1.58×23 topics
  8. Bildung9▲ 82×3 topics
  9. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse8▲ 61×2 topics
  10. Autorschaft8▲ 113×1 topic
  11. Literaturkritik8▲ 113×1 topic
  12. Emotion8▲ 12×10 topics
  13. Literature8▲ 4.4×15 topics
  14. Conservation8▲ 5.3×12 topics
  15. Ethics8▲ 4.8×15 topics
  16. Biodiversity7▲ 3.0×14 topics
  17. History7▲ 3.0×18 topics
  18. Bildungsungleichheit7▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Ethnografisches Schreiben7▲ 72×1 topic
  20. Invasive Species7▲ 4.9×11 topics
  21. Social Capital6▲ 3.8×11 topics
  22. Nationalism6▲ 4.0×11 topics
  23. Well-being6▲ 4.5×11 topics
  24. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 7.3×5 topics
  25. Cultural History5▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Urban Development5▲ 4.3×8 topics
  27. Humanities5▲ 64×3 topics
  28. Intrinsic Motivation5▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Medieval Literature5▲ 74×1 topic
  30. Religious Practices5▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Trust4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  32. Sociolinguistics4▲ 7.2×3 topics
  33. Knowledge Sharing4▲ 8.1×7 topics
  34. Narrative4▲ 8.1×7 topics
  35. Digital Communication4▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Language Variation4▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Multimodality4▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Social Identity4▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Communication Practices4▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Text Linguistics4▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Universität Koblenz publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: German Literature and Culture Studies, Sociology and Education Studies, Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies and Linguistic research and analysis.

German Literature and Culture Studies: 8 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 7 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, an…5Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 5 fractional worksLinguistic research and …4Linguistic research and analysis: 4 fractional worksBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis: 4 fractional worksSocial and Intergroup Psychology: 3 fractional worksGeographies of human-ani…3Geographies of human-animal interactions: 3 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 3 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 3 fractional worksMemory, History, Trauma, Identity: 2 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheorySociology and Political ScienceClassicsLanguage and Linguistics4 others

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

  1. 1 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 8 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  3. 3 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 5 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 4 works
  5. 5 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 4 works
  6. 6 Social and Intergroup Psychology Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 3 works
  8. 8 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 3 works
  9. 9 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Memory, History, Trauma, Identity Philosophy 2 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.9%domestic only72.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universität Koblenz's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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