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University of Applied Sciences Kufstein

In research, University of Applied Sciences Kufstein stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,910 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Business, Management and Accounting (Business, Management and Accounting is 5.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,130
of 22,385 · #13,048 all time
Rank in Austria
#76
of 143
Research works
380
▲ 78% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
University of Applied Sciences Kufstein

What is University of Applied Sciences Kufstein 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 #5,910 of 9,585 6.2%61 #6978

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Applied Sciences Kufstein 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 fields of science does University of Applied Sciences Kufstein work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at University of Applied Sciences Kufstein is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Business, Management and Accounting (16%), Computer Science (13%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 70 fractional works · 52.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 25.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 8.4% of its workCommunication: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 21 fractional works · 16.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 30.1% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 13.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 11.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 9.0% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversity ofApplied Sciences…134fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences52%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3425.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2116.0%
    3. Psychology64.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities32.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.9%
    1. Computer Science1813.4%
    2. Engineering1611.8%
    3. Environmental Science42.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.6%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Medicine129.0%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.6%
    2. Neuroscience32.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    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 University of Applied Sciences Kufstein specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Business, Management and Accounting takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Business, Management and AccountingField · 21.4 works5.0×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.47× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.72× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.96× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.96×21 works
  2. Social Sciences2.02×34 works
  3. Computer Science1.72×18 works
  4. Psychology1.49×6 works
  5. Neuroscience1.47×3 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.32×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.96×1 works
  8. Engineering0.78×16 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.77×3 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.73×2 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×5 works
  12. Health Professions0.62×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.55×4 works
  14. Medicine0.47×12 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.22×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  19. Nursing0.10×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at University of Applied Sciences Kufstein?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexandra Brunner‐Sperdin, August Felix Zabernigg and André Haller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Applied Sciences Kufstein.

  1. 1 Alexandra Brunner‐Sperdin Austria · #863,093 worldwide 1.1k citations · 20 works
  2. 2 August Felix Zabernigg Austria · #959,040 worldwide 2.7k citations · 108 works
  3. 3 André Haller Austria · #1,731,161 worldwide 495 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Gertrud Beck Austria · #2,576,787 worldwide 174 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Georg Matuszek Austria · #2,708,701 worldwide 9 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Ingrid Hovdar-Stojakovic Austria · #2,930,434 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Stefan Märk Austria · #2,937,646 worldwide 250 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Klaus B. Gattringer Austria · #3,305,765 worldwide 473 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Hans-Peter Steinbacher Austria · #3,342,495 worldwide 19 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Frank Engel Austria · #3,793,483 worldwide 78 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at University of Applied Sciences Kufstein

What are the most cited papers from University of Applied Sciences Kufstein?

The most cited paper from University of Applied Sciences Kufstein is "2012 provisional classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative" (Bhaskar Dasgupta et al., 2012), with 673 citations. Next come "Potentials of industry 4.0 for supply chain management within the triple bottom line of sustainability – A systematic literature review" (368) and "Destination attractiveness and destination attachment: The mediating role of tourists' attitude" (224).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 2012 provisional classification criteria for polymyalgia rheumatica: a European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology collaborative initiative Bhaskar Dasgupta et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 8 Mar 2012 673
2 Potentials of industry 4.0 for supply chain management within the triple bottom line of sustainability – A systematic literature review Hendrik Sebastian Birkel, Julian Marius Müller · Journal of Cleaner Production Review 22 Dec 2020 368
3 Destination attractiveness and destination attachment: The mediating role of tourists' attitude Bernd Frederik Reitsamer, Alexandra Brunner‐Sperdin, Nicola E. Stokburger-Sauer · Tourism Management Perspectives 27 May 2016 224
4 Taste Alterations in Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy: A Neglected Side Effect? August Felix Zabernigg, Eva‐Maria Gamper, Johannes Maria Giesinger et al. · The Oncologist Open access 28 Jul 2010 214
5 The Computer-based Health Evaluation Software (CHES): a software for electronic patient-reported outcome monitoring Bernhard Holzner, Johannes Maria Giesinger, Jakob Pinggera et al. · BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making Open access 9 Nov 2012 195
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at University of Applied Sciences Kufstein?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, Deep Learning, Sustainable Development, Urban Regeneration, Disaster Management, Customer Relationship Management, Community Engagement and Mega Events.

▲ 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. Social Media15▲ 8.1×13 topics
  2. Deep Learning12▲ 2.6×27 topics
  3. Sustainable Development7▲ 3.3×11 topics
  4. Machine Learning7▲ 1.49×14 topics
  5. Sustainability6▲ 1.88×15 topics
  6. Urban Regeneration4▲ 70×2 topics
  7. Disaster Management4▲ 21×2 topics
  8. Identity4▲ 4.5×5 topics
  9. Community Engagement4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  10. Customer Relationship Management4▲ 23×2 topics
  11. Digital Transformation4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  12. Economic Impact4▲ 5.8×2 topics
  13. Leadership4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  14. Mega Events4▲ 87×1 topic
  15. Sport Tourism4▲ 87×1 topic
  16. Content Analysis4▲ 23×4 topics
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks4▲ 4.0×7 topics
  18. Crisis Communication4▲ 76×1 topic
  19. Public Relations4▲ 111×1 topic
  20. Big Data4▲ 2.9×8 topics
  21. Gender4▲ 4.8×3 topics
  22. Fan Culture3▲ 90×1 topic
  23. Sport3▲ 62×1 topic
  24. User-Generated Content3▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Brand Equity3▲ 35×3 topics
  26. Consumer Engagement3▲ 18×1 topic
  27. Electronic Word-of-Mouth3▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Financial Performance3▲ 3.8×4 topics
  29. Political Communication3▲ 36×2 topics
  30. News Media2▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Supply Chain2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  32. Organizational Change2▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Agenda Setting2▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Media Framing2▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Brand Community2▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Brand Trust2▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Business Models2▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Customer Experience2▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Teaching2▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Gender Dynamics2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Applied Sciences Kufstein publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Public Relations and Crisis Communication, Sports, Gender, and Society and Digital Marketing and Social Media.

Sport and Mega-Event Imp…4Sport and Mega-Event Impacts: 4 fractional worksPublic Relations and Cri…4Public Relations and Crisis Communication: 4 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Soci…3Sports, Gender, and Society: 3 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…3Digital Marketing and Social Media: 3 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 2 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 2 fractional worksPhysical Education and P…2Physical Education and Pedagogy: 2 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 2 fractional worksSports Analytics and Performance: 2 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceCommunicationGender StudiesMarketing4 others

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

  1. 1 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 4 works
  3. 3 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 3 works
  4. 4 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  5. 5 Media Studies and Communication Communication 2 works
  6. 6 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 2 works
  7. 7 Physical Education and Pedagogy Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 2 works
  8. 8 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 2 works
  9. 9 Sports Analytics and Performance Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has University of Applied Sciences Kufstein's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 78% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is University of Applied Sciences Kufstein as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%University of Applied Sciences Kufstein0.00051% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of University of Applied Sciences Kufstein 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%University of Applied Sciences Kufstein13.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.1% in 2025.

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