University of Mannheim
In research, University of Mannheim stands highest in Social Sciences (#430 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#511 of 5,988 worldwide) and Business, Management and Accounting (#329 of 2,581 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Communication and Finance (Classics is 17.4× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,042 of 22,385 · #944 all time
- Rank in Germany
- #63 of 795
- Research works
- 15k ▼ 9% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 356k 24.5 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 14.1% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.16× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 32% world 40%
- International
- 20% world 18%
What is University of Mannheim known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social SciencesDomain | #430 of 9,585 | 15.5% | 1,315 | #345 | |
| Social SciencesField | #511 of 5,988 | 17.0% | 559 | #388 | |
| Business, Management and AccountingField | #329 of 2,581 | 17.9% | 209 | #196 | |
| Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield | #344 of 2,526 | 16.3% | 215 | #325 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #659 of 4,417 | 11.2% | 238 | #478 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #1,578 of 9,902 | 11.5% | 177 | #1468 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,756 of 10,670 | 11.0% | 381 | #1583 | |
| MedicineField | #1,601 of 8,541 | 11.4% | 139 | #1411 | |
| Political Science and International RelationsSubfield | #232 of 1,187 | 18.9% | 126 | #182 | |
| Arts and HumanitiesField | #373 of 1,896 | 9.8% | 166 | #519 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Mannheim 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Social Sciences#345 #430
- Social Sciences#388 #511
- Business, Management and Accounting#196 #329
- Sociology and Political Science#325 #344
- Computer Science#478 #659
- Health Sciences#1,468 #1,578
- Physical Sciences#1,583 #1,756
- Medicine#1,411 #1,601
- Political Science and International Relations#182 #232
- Arts and Humanities#519 #373
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does University of Mannheim work in?
In 2022-now, 66% of research at University of Mannheim is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Computer Science (12%), Business, Management and Accounting (10%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Social Sciences1,43166.4%
- Social Sciences60928.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting22110.2%
- Arts and Humanities1828.5%
- Psychology1717.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1617.5%
- Decision Sciences874.0%
- Physical Sciences42519.7%
- Computer Science26612.3%
- Engineering673.1%
- Mathematics432.0%
- Environmental Science211.0%
- Physics and Astronomy130.6%
- Energy70.3%
- Chemistry40.2%
- Materials Science20.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences20.1%
- Chemical Engineering10.0%
- Health Sciences2079.6%
- Medicine1667.7%
- Health Professions391.8%
- Veterinary20.1%
- Nursing10.0%
- Dentistry10.0%
- Life Sciences924.3%
What does University of Mannheim specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 17.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- ClassicsSubfield · 22.3 works17×
- CommunicationSubfield · 40.1 works6.8×
- FinanceSubfield · 32.8 works5.0×
- Safety ResearchSubfield · 29.9 works5.0×
- Gender StudiesSubfield · 35.8 works4.6×
- Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 20.6 works4.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Decision Sciences4.17×87 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.49×161 works
- Business, Management and Accounting3.18×221 works
- Arts and Humanities2.93×182 works
- Psychology2.61×171 works
- Social Sciences2.23×609 works
- Mathematics1.68×43 works
- Computer Science1.59×266 works
- Neuroscience1.27×44 works
- Health Professions0.68×39 works
- Veterinary0.52×2 works
- Medicine0.40×166 works
- Energy0.36×7 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×35 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.30×6 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.26×13 works
- Engineering0.21×67 works
- Environmental Science0.19×21 works
- Chemistry0.11×4 works
- Chemical Engineering0.09×1 works
- Nursing0.08×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×6 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×2 works
- Dentistry0.06×1 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works
- Materials Science0.03×2 works
- Decision Sciences 4.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3.5×
- Business, Management and Accounting 3.2×
- Arts and Humanities 2.9×
- Psychology 2.6×
- Social Sciences 2.2×
- Mathematics 1.7×
- Computer Science 1.6×
- Neuroscience 1.3×
- Health Professions 0.7×
- Veterinary 0.5×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Energy 0.4×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.3×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.3×
- Engineering 0.2×
- Environmental Science 0.2×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
- Nursing 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Dentistry 0.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.0×
- Materials Science 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at University of Mannheim?
Ranked on the quality score, Sabine Sonnentag, Harald Schoen and Alexander Wuttke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Mannheim.
- 1
Sabine Sonnentag
Germany · #12,393 worldwide 34k citations · 323 works
- 2
Harald Schoen
Germany · #29,566 worldwide 6.3k citations · 604 works
- 3
Alexander Wuttke
Germany · #46,998 worldwide 1.4k citations · 496 works
- 4
Christian Bizer
Germany · #51,688 worldwide 30k citations · 236 works
- 5
Peter Vorderer
Germany · #59,212 worldwide 11k citations · 225 works
- 6
Marc Debus
Germany · #63,494 worldwide 4.4k citations · 224 works
- 7
Matthias Mader
Germany · #74,189 worldwide 1.3k citations · 161 works
- 8
Jochen E. Gebauer
Germany · #80,487 worldwide 5.9k citations · 105 works
- 9
Irena Kogan
Germany · #91,522 worldwide 3.7k citations · 148 works
- 10
Christian Homburg
Germany · #93,584 worldwide 31k citations · 978 works
Which keywords describe research at University of Mannheim?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Media, Public Opinion, Labor Market, Big Data, Democracy, Economic Policy and Corporate Governance.
- Incentives
- Topic Modeling
- Autorschaft
- Civic Engagement
- Bildung
- Emotion
- Political Communication
- Semantic Web
- Governance
- Empirical Analysis
- Data Integration
- Ethics
- Nationalism
- Economic Growth
- Social Capital
- Democracy
- Innovation
- Gender
- Big Data
- Machine Learning
- Globalization
- Social Media
- Corporate Governance
- Public Opinion
- Labor Market
- Identity
- Economic Policy
- Political Science
- Leadership
- Literature
- Information Technology
- Voter Behavior
- Firm Performance
- Immigration
- Fiscal Policy
- Income Inequality
- Online Communication
- Europe
- Literaturkritik
- Linked Data
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
- Globalization104▲ 2.5×65 topics
- Machine Learning91▲ 1.27×61 topics
- Social Media90▲ 3.0×24 topics
- Big Data67▲ 3.3×20 topics
- Corporate Governance60▲ 3.8×19 topics
- Gender52▲ 4.5×28 topics
- Public Opinion52▲ 20×5 topics
- Innovation50▲ 2.3×25 topics
- Labor Market49▲ 8.0×14 topics
- Democracy48▲ 6.4×15 topics
- Identity46▲ 2.9×32 topics
- Social Capital44▲ 4.0×13 topics
- Economic Policy43▲ 39×6 topics
- Economic Growth43▲ 2.5×18 topics
- Political Science40▲ 56×4 topics
- Nationalism39▲ 4.1×21 topics
- Leadership39▲ 3.7×16 topics
- Ethics38▲ 3.5×20 topics
- Literature38▲ 3.2×22 topics
- Data Integration37▲ 10×4 topics
- Information Technology36▲ 3.5×8 topics
- Empirical Analysis36▲ 74×1 topic
- Voter Behavior36▲ 74×1 topic
- Governance34▲ 4.9×13 topics
- Firm Performance31▲ 8.0×4 topics
- Semantic Web30▲ 15×5 topics
- Immigration29▲ 12×6 topics
- Political Communication28▲ 24×2 topics
- Fiscal Policy28▲ 6.5×8 topics
- Emotion28▲ 6.2×11 topics
- Income Inequality28▲ 9.2×7 topics
- Bildung28▲ 41×3 topics
- Online Communication27▲ 8.2×3 topics
- Civic Engagement26▲ 8.0×3 topics
- Europe26▲ 21×2 topics
- Autorschaft25▲ 59×1 topic
- Literaturkritik25▲ 59×1 topic
- Topic Modeling24▲ 7.3×2 topics
- Linked Data24▲ 28×2 topics
- Incentives23▲ 17×3 topics
Which research topics does University of Mannheim publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Electoral Systems and Political Participation, German Literature and Culture Studies, Social Media and Politics and Populism, Right-Wing Movements.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 36 works
- 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 25 works
- 3 Social Media and Politics Communication 22 works
- 4 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 20 works
- 5 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 17 works
- 6 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 17 works
- 7 Social and Intergroup Psychology Sociology and Political Science 17 works
- 8 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 17 works
- 9 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 17 works
- 10 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 15 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has University of Mannheim's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 Mannheim as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0083% in 2024.
Fractional works of University of Mannheim 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.2% in 2009.
Other research institutions in Mannheim
- Central Institute of Mental Health
- Technische Hochschule Mannheim
- ABB (Germany)
- Fuchs (Germany)
- Westinghouse Electric (Germany)
- Universitäts HNO Klinik Mannheim
- University of Applied Labour Studies of the Federal Employment Agency
- Forschungsgemeinschaft für elektrische Anlagen und Stromwirtschaft
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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