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Universität Trier

In research, Universität Trier stands highest in Social Sciences (#800 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,194 of 6,365 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#436 of 1,998 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science and History — History and Philosophy of Science is 9.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,179
of 28,054 · #2,073 all time
Rank in Germany
#154
of 1,178
Research works
8.9k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
174k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Universität Trier 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 #800 of 10,521 20.4%1,014 #576
Social SciencesField #1,194 of 6,365 21.0%402 #826
Arts and HumanitiesField #436 of 1,998 15.8%227 #734
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #720 of 2,578 21.1%165 #639
PsychologyField #667 of 2,181 27.7%181 #337
Physical SciencesDomain #4,296 of 12,888 15.7%354 #2911
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #404 of 1,201 21.8%92 #307
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,266 of 2,578 19.8%118 #812
Computer ScienceField #2,500 of 4,667 12.0%148 #1490
Environmental ScienceField #2,071 of 3,551 27.7%67 #1125

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universität Trier 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#576 #800
  2. Social Sciences#826 #1,194
  3. Arts and Humanities#734 #436
  4. Sociology and Political Science#639 #720
  5. Psychology#337 #667
  6. Physical Sciences#2,911 #4,296
  7. Political Science and International Relations#307 #404
  8. Business, Management and Accounting#812 #1,266
  9. Computer Science#1,490 #2,500
  10. Environmental Science#1,125 #2,071
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 Trier specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 24.3 works9.8×
  2. HistorySubfield · 28.8 works5.6×
← 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: 0.51× its world share, 38 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.79× its world share, 73 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 148 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 64 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 67 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.25× its world share, 42 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.90× its world share, 227 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.29× its world share, 118 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 32 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.59× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.71× its world share, 181 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 402 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universität Trier?

Ranked on the composite score, Dirk H. Hellhammer, Michael Stubbs and Hanns W. Maull lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universität Trier.

  1. 1 Dirk H. Hellhammer Germany · #10,155 worldwide 1k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Michael Stubbs Germany · #48,800 worldwide 198 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Hanns W. Maull Germany · #98,431 worldwide 145 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Gerhard Robbers Germany · #113,633 worldwide 50 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Jochen Brandtstädter Germany · #120,140 worldwide 172 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Reiner Horst Germany · #123,099 worldwide 232 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Alois Hahn Germany · #142,381 worldwide 44 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Bernhard Swoboda Germany · #152,262 worldwide 199 citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Martin Endreß Germany · #155,680 worldwide 58 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Paul Windolf Germany · #156,840 worldwide 89 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Universität Trier

Which keywords describe research at Universität Trier?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Governance, Identity, Emotion Regulation, Neural Mechanisms, Globalization, Education and History.

▲ 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. Globalization62▲ 1.97×58 topics
  2. Education59▲ 2.1×45 topics
  3. Gender55▲ 6.3×31 topics
  4. Climate Change54▲ 1.25×68 topics
  5. Identity49▲ 4.2×33 topics
  6. Sustainable Development43▲ 1.70×32 topics
  7. Innovation42▲ 2.5×27 topics
  8. History41▲ 3.6×30 topics
  9. Governance40▲ 7.7×11 topics
  10. Digital Transformation36▲ 4.2×12 topics
  11. Emotion Regulation36▲ 7.2×9 topics
  12. Big Data33▲ 2.3×15 topics
  13. Neural Mechanisms33▲ 22×4 topics
  14. Philosophy33▲ 4.7×25 topics
  15. Literature33▲ 3.8×27 topics
  16. Ethics33▲ 4.2×27 topics
  17. Leadership32▲ 4.2×14 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis29▲ 3.0×10 topics
  19. Religion27▲ 3.5×21 topics
  20. Bildung26▲ 49×3 topics
  21. Embodiment25▲ 8.3×6 topics
  22. Cultural Studies25▲ 4.1×16 topics
  23. Neoliberalism24▲ 4.2×17 topics
  24. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse23▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Decision Making23▲ 4.7×4 topics
  26. Prefrontal Cortex22▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Mobile Health21▲ 9.7×3 topics
  28. Bildungsungleichheit21▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Customer Experience21▲ 8.7×4 topics
  30. Ethnografisches Schreiben21▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Autorschaft21▲ 61×1 topic
  32. Literaturkritik21▲ 61×1 topic
  33. Neuroimaging Studies20▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Social Cognition20▲ 7.4×8 topics
  35. Cultural History20▲ 10×12 topics
  36. Executive Functions19▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Cognitive Control18▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Adolescent Brain Development18▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Attentional Networks18▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Sociology18▲ 8.0×16 topics

Which research topics does Universität Trier publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies and Sports Science and Education.

Sociology and Education …21Sociology and Education Studies: 21 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…21German Literature and Culture Studies: 21 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 18 fractional worksSports Science and Education: 15 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 14 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 14 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 13 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues12Economic and Social Issues: 12 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 12 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 12 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryCognitive NeuroscienceHistory and Philosophy of Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 21 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 21 works
  3. 3 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 18 works
  4. 4 Sports Science and Education History and Philosophy of Science 15 works
  5. 5 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 14 works
  6. 6 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 14 works
  7. 7 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 13 works
  8. 8 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  9. 9 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 12 works
  10. 10 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 12 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 available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universität Trier's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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