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University of Applied Sciences Worms

In research, University of Applied Sciences Worms stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,027 of 14,833 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#1,517 of 3,886 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,965 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,845
of 22,385 · #8,133 all time
Rank in Germany
#380
of 795
Research works
660
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
University of Applied Sciences Worms

What is University of Applied Sciences Worms known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #5,027 of 14,833 5.8%339
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,517 of 3,886 8.9%146
Physical SciencesDomain #7,965 of 17,446 4.0%173

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

In 2022-now, 44% of research at University of Applied Sciences Worms is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (20%), Computer Science (20%), Social Sciences (15%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 57 fractional works · 44.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 26 fractional works · 20.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 34.9% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 19.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 6.7% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 13.1% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 11.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversity ofApplied Sciences…128fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences44%

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 Accounting2620.1%
    2. Social Sciences1914.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities32.6%
    5. Decision Sciences21.9%
    6. Psychology10.9%
    1. Computer Science2519.6%
    2. Engineering1310.3%
    3. Environmental Science32.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    6. Energy10.5%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Mathematics00.3%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Medicine1411.1%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.52× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6.24× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.94× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting6.24×26 works
  2. Computer Science2.52×25 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.97×2 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.94×5 works
  5. Social Sciences1.15×19 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.89×3 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×4 works
  8. Engineering0.69×13 works
  9. Veterinary0.64×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.60×2 works
  11. Medicine0.58×14 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×4 works
  13. Neuroscience0.52×1 works
  14. Energy0.52×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.51×3 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.50×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.38×1 works
  18. Dentistry0.36×0 works
  19. Psychology0.31×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.22×0 works
  23. Nursing0.19×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.04×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Ralph M. Kramer, Roland Conrady and Carl Böttinger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Applied Sciences Worms.

  1. 1 Ralph M. Kramer Germany · #1,017,574 worldwide 1.5k citations · 153 works
  2. 2 Roland Conrady Germany · #1,842,854 worldwide 509 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Carl Böttinger Germany · #1,929,036 worldwide 309 citations · 108 works
  4. 4 Steffen Wendzel Germany · #2,064,326 worldwide 1.7k citations · 187 works
  5. 5 Frank K. Peter Germany · #2,174,918 worldwide 27 citations · 90 works
  6. 6 Frank Fichert Germany · #2,245,591 worldwide 681 citations · 87 works
  7. 7 Tobias Grosche Germany · #2,295,292 worldwide 468 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Adrian von Dörnberg Germany · #2,353,637 worldwide 14 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Richard Klophaus Germany · #2,488,477 worldwide 521 citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Lothar Heidenhain Germany · #2,562,249 worldwide 158 citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at University of Applied Sciences Worms

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

The most cited paper from University of Applied Sciences Worms is "The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC" (Kenneth Aamodt et al., 2008), with 1,677 citations. Next come "Elliptic Flow of Charged Particles in Pb-Pb Collisions at s N N = 2.76 TeV" (887) and "The ALICE TPC, a large 3-dimensional tracking device with fast readout for ultra-high multiplicity events" (702).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC Kenneth Aamodt et al. · Journal of Instrumentation Open access1,161 authors 14 Aug 2008 1,677
2 Elliptic Flow of Charged Particles in Pb-Pb Collisions at s N N = 2.76 TeV Kenneth Aamodt et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access967 authors 13 Dec 2010 887
3 The ALICE TPC, a large 3-dimensional tracking device with fast readout for ultra-high multiplicity events J. Alme et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access 8 Jul 2010 702
4 Enhanced production of multi-strange hadrons in high-multiplicity proton–proton collisions J. Adam et al. · Nature Physics Open access1,003 authors 24 Apr 2017 688
5 Centrality dependence of π , K , and p production in Pb-Pb collisions at s N N = 2.76 TeV Betty Abelev et al. · Physical Review C Open access973 authors 15 Oct 2013 661
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at University of Applied Sciences Worms?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Big Data, Sustainable Development, Consumer Behavior, Machine Learning, COVID-19 Impact, Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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. Sustainability13▲ 4.1×17 topics
  2. Machine Learning10▲ 2.4×20 topics
  3. Deep Learning9▲ 2.1×22 topics
  4. Sustainable Development8▲ 4.2×12 topics
  5. Big Data8▲ 6.5×13 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 3.4×10 topics
  7. Consumer Behavior6▲ 7.6×4 topics
  8. COVID-19 Impact5▲ 22×4 topics
  9. Market Power4▲ 52×2 topics
  10. Digital Transformation4▲ 5.5×7 topics
  11. Customer Relationship Management3▲ 19×2 topics
  12. E-commerce3▲ 4.7×4 topics
  13. Economic Development3▲ 3.1×3 topics
  14. Governance3▲ 7.6×3 topics
  15. Collision Avoidance3▲ 13×2 topics
  16. Corporate Governance3▲ 3.3×5 topics
  17. Virtual Reality3▲ 4.9×4 topics
  18. Air Traffic Management3▲ 114×1 topic
  19. Airport Competition3▲ 145×1 topic
  20. Conflict Resolution3▲ 57×1 topic
  21. High-speed Rail3▲ 145×1 topic
  22. Risk Assessment3▲ 3.6×2 topics
  23. Wine Choice3▲ 151×1 topic
  24. Wine Tourism3▲ 151×1 topic
  25. Financial Reporting3▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Renewable Energy Integration3▲ 6.1×2 topics
  27. Semantic Web2▲ 20×3 topics
  28. Customer Experience2▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Business Process Management2▲ 85×1 topic
  30. Privacy2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  31. Workflow Mining2▲ 85×1 topic
  32. Business Models2▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Mobile Health2▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Technology Innovation2▲ 50×2 topics
  35. Encrypted Traffic2▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Engineering2▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Fluid Dynamics2▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Internet Traffic2▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Social Innovation2▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Tax Avoidance2▲ 42×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Air Traffic Management and Optimization, Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends, Wine Industry and Tourism and Business Process Modeling and Analysis.

Air Traffic Management a…3Air Traffic Management and Optimization: 3 fractional worksAviation Industry Analys…3Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends: 3 fractional worksWine Industry and Tourism: 3 fractional worksBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis: 2 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 2 fractional worksInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting: 2 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 2 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…2Corporate Governance and Management: 2 fractional worksConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification: 2 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 2 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceTourism, Leisure and Hospitality ManagementManagement Information Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 works
  3. 3 Wine Industry and Tourism Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 3 works
  4. 4 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 2 works
  6. 6 Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  8. 8 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  9. 9 Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification Marketing 2 works
  10. 10 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 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 available18.2%not open81.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower 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 Worms as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%University of Applied Sciences Worms0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of University of Applied Sciences Worms 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 Worms11.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.2% in 2025.

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