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University of Augsburg

In research, University of Augsburg stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,105 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#921 of 10,521 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,346 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geometry and Topology, Condensed Matter Physics and Literature and Literary Theory — Geometry and Topology is 6.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,235
of 28,054 · #928 all time
Rank in Germany
#62
of 1,178
Research works
13k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
241k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is University of Augsburg 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,105 of 12,888 14.9%1,076 #690
Social SciencesDomain #921 of 10,521 19.0%1,153 #1009
MedicineField #1,346 of 10,443 21.2%314 #3080
Health SciencesDomain #1,816 of 11,982 21.5%388 #3668
Social SciencesField #1,025 of 6,365 17.3%496 #1245
Computer ScienceField #916 of 4,667 16.3%280 #752
Arts and HumanitiesField #437 of 1,998 12.9%222 #620
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #694 of 2,578 17.1%205 #728
Life SciencesDomain #2,221 of 7,800 23.5%144 #4255
Physics and AstronomyField #482 of 1,646 17.0%116 #315

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Augsburg 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. Physical Sciences#690 #1,105
  2. Social Sciences#1,009 #921
  3. Medicine#3,080 #1,346
  4. Health Sciences#3,668 #1,816
  5. Social Sciences#1,245 #1,025
  6. Computer Science#752 #916
  7. Arts and Humanities#620 #437
  8. Sociology and Political Science#728 #694
  9. Life Sciences#4,255 #2,221
  10. Physics and Astronomy#315 #482
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 University of Augsburg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geometry and Topology takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 29.4 works6.5×
  2. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 28.3 works6.4×
  3. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 64.8 works4.4×
  4. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 52.3 works4.3×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 72 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.31× its world share, 280 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 25 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.98× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 314 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 117 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.80× its world share, 77 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.94× its world share, 96 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.89× its world share, 116 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 67 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.59× its world share, 314 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.78× its world share, 222 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.46× its world share, 130 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.62× its world share, 96 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.01× its world share, 169 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 496 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Augsburg?

Ranked on the composite score, Antony Unwin, Reiner Keller and Johannes Wagner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Augsburg.

  1. 1 Antony Unwin Germany · #10,474 worldwide 634 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Reiner Keller Germany · #24,927 worldwide 211 citations · 76 works
  3. 3 Johannes Wagner Germany · #29,510 worldwide 453 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Avidan U. Neumann Germany · #43,102 worldwide 545 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Helena Bilandzić Germany · #62,898 worldwide 358 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 A. P. Kampf Germany · #71,363 worldwide 443 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Robert Klein Germany · #77,936 worldwide 249 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Christiane Tietz Germany · #81,654 worldwide 47 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Gert‐Ludwig Ingold Germany · #85,078 worldwide 294 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 J. Mannhart Germany · #85,122 worldwide 834 citations · 96 works
All ranked researchers at University of Augsburg

Which keywords describe research at University of Augsburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Sustainability, Identity, Deep Learning, Renewable Energy, Bildungsungleichheit and Ethnografisches Schreiben.

▲ 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. Deep Learning116▲ 1.22×65 topics
  2. Sustainability103▲ 1.54×51 topics
  3. Machine Learning94◆ 1.04×69 topics
  4. Climate Change89▲ 1.20×76 topics
  5. Renewable Energy75▲ 1.89×27 topics
  6. Identity64▲ 3.2×41 topics
  7. Globalization64▲ 1.18×73 topics
  8. Governance64▲ 7.0×9 topics
  9. Human Rights57▲ 2.0×36 topics
  10. Education53◆ 1.11×48 topics
  11. Gender49▲ 3.3×26 topics
  12. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse46▲ 41×2 topics
  13. Big Data45▲ 1.79×18 topics
  14. Literature42▲ 2.8×29 topics
  15. Ethics36▲ 2.7×27 topics
  16. History36▲ 1.88×27 topics
  17. Bildungsungleichheit36▲ 44×1 topic
  18. Ethnografisches Schreiben36▲ 44×1 topic
  19. Neoliberalism34▲ 3.4×21 topics
  20. Leadership34▲ 2.5×13 topics
  21. Global Warming33▲ 2.9×12 topics
  22. Discourse Analysis29▲ 4.2×7 topics
  23. Sociolinguistics29▲ 5.5×9 topics
  24. Bildung27▲ 30×3 topics
  25. Fluid Dynamics26▲ 6.9×6 topics
  26. Emotion25▲ 4.3×12 topics
  27. European Union24▲ 3.9×14 topics
  28. Multimodality24▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Mathematical Modeling22▲ 8.9×3 topics
  30. Language Variation22▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Autorschaft21▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Literaturkritik21▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Phraseology20▲ 9.6×2 topics
  34. Digital Communication20▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Engineering20▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Materials Science20▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Turbine Technology20▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Complex Systems19▲ 6.3×6 topics
  39. Communication Practices18▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Text Linguistics18▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Augsburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, Physics and Engineering Research Articles and Linguistic research and analysis.

Sociology and Education Studies: 36 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 21 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering …20Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 20 fractional worksLinguistic research and …18Linguistic research and analysis: 18 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 15 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 14 fractional worksLaw and Political Science14Law and Political Science: 14 fractional worksMathematics and Applicat…13Mathematics and Applications: 13 fractional worksCriminal Law and Policy13Criminal Law and Policy: 13 fractional worksMedical and Health Scien…12Medical and Health Sciences Research: 12 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryComputational MechanicsLanguage and Linguistics5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 36 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 21 works
  3. 3 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 20 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 18 works
  5. 5 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 15 works
  6. 6 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 14 works
  7. 7 Law and Political Science Law 14 works
  8. 8 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 13 works
  9. 9 Criminal Law and Policy Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  10. 10 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Augsburg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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.