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University of Education Freiburg

In research, University of Education Freiburg stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,637 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,170 of 6,365 worldwide) and Education (#735 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,666
of 28,054 · #12,300 all time
Rank in Germany
#384
of 1,178
Research works
1.7k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is University of Education Freiburg 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 #2,637 of 10,521 24.2%324 #3157
Social SciencesField #2,170 of 6,365 24.7%212 #2424
EducationSubfield #735 of 1,892 39.2%72 #804
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,468 of 2,578 16.9%98 #1793
Physical SciencesDomain #9,420 of 12,888 28.5%61 #16152
Health SciencesDomain #10,093 of 11,982 16.9%78 #8389

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Education Freiburg 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#3,157 #2,637
  2. Social Sciences#2,424 #2,170
  3. Education#804 #735
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,793 #1,468
  5. Physical Sciences#16,152 #9,420
  6. Health Sciences#8,389 #10,093
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 Education Freiburg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 44.6 works6.8×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.01× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.39× its world share, 55 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.53× its world share, 49 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.46× its world share, 50 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.51× its world share, 212 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Education Freiburg?

Ranked on the composite score, Uwe H. Bittlingmayer, Albert Scherr and Luís Saboga-Nunes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Education Freiburg.

  1. 1 Uwe H. Bittlingmayer Germany · #66,673 worldwide 142 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Albert Scherr Germany · #176,671 worldwide 147 citations · 102 works
  3. 3 Luís Saboga-Nunes Germany · #204,114 worldwide 98 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Diana Sahrai Germany · #269,362 worldwide 74 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Rolf Ploetzner Germany · #270,620 worldwide 296 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Bettina Fritzsche Germany · #312,810 worldwide 35 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Ulrike Hormel Germany · #401,574 worldwide 32 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Markus Wirtz Germany · #672,442 worldwide 65 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Andreas Köpfer Germany · #672,694 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Udo Kempf Germany · #679,866 worldwide 1 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at University of Education Freiburg

Which keywords describe research at University of Education Freiburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Governance, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben, Educational Technology, Education, Nationalism and Teacher Education.

▲ 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. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse48▲ 247×2 topics
  2. Governance42▲ 27×5 topics
  3. Bildungsungleichheit36▲ 253×1 topic
  4. Ethnografisches Schreiben36▲ 253×1 topic
  5. Education32▲ 3.9×27 topics
  6. Educational Technology29▲ 5.1×13 topics
  7. Nationalism18▲ 8.0×9 topics
  8. Teacher Education16▲ 27×6 topics
  9. E-Learning16▲ 3.2×7 topics
  10. Identity15▲ 4.4×14 topics
  11. Teacher Professional Development15▲ 20×3 topics
  12. Curriculum15▲ 34×4 topics
  13. Gender Studies15▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Socioeconomic Status15▲ 58×4 topics
  15. Teaching Methods14▲ 21×6 topics
  16. Teaching14▲ 24×3 topics
  17. Professional Development14▲ 15×8 topics
  18. Cultural Memory14▲ 58×2 topics
  19. Learning14▲ 9.7×3 topics
  20. Didactics13▲ 28×3 topics
  21. Competence13▲ 232×1 topic
  22. Digital Learning13▲ 5.0×1 topic
  23. Social Support13▲ 4.7×9 topics
  24. Chronic Disease Management12▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Antisemitism12▲ 253×1 topic
  26. Right-Wing Extremism12▲ 253×1 topic
  27. Student Engagement12▲ 6.1×9 topics
  28. Digital Divide11▲ 9.3×2 topics
  29. Health Disparities11▲ 8.7×7 topics
  30. Health Literacy11▲ 82×1 topic
  31. Mathematics Education11▲ 51×2 topics
  32. eHealth11▲ 82×1 topic
  33. Chronic Diseases11▲ 8.6×2 topics
  34. Pedagogical Content Knowledge10▲ 77×1 topic
  35. Teacher Knowledge10▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Discourse Analysis10▲ 8.4×4 topics
  37. Self-Efficacy10▲ 8.0×8 topics
  38. Epidemiological Study10▲ 32×2 topics
  39. Healthcare Utilization10▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Germany10▲ 103×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Education Freiburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, Education Methods and Technologies, German legal, social, and political studies and Health Literacy and Information Accessibility.

Sociology and Education …36Sociology and Education Studies: 36 fractional worksEducation Methods and Te…13Education Methods and Technologies: 13 fractional worksGerman legal, social, an…12German legal, social, and political studies: 12 fractional worksHealth Literacy and Information Accessibility: 11 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 10 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies10Health and Medical Studies: 10 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 7 fractional worksVisual and Cognitive Learning Processes: 7 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 7 fractional worksCognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills: 6 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationGeneral Health ProfessionsLanguage and Linguistics2 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 Education Methods and Technologies Education 13 works
  3. 3 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  4. 4 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 11 works
  5. 5 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 10 works
  6. 6 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 10 works
  7. 7 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 7 works
  8. 8 Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 7 works
  9. 9 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 7 works
  10. 10 Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills Statistics and Probability 6 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 available34.7%not open65.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Education Freiburg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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.