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University of Mannheim

In research, University of Mannheim stands highest in Social Sciences (#393 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#491 of 6,365 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#130 of 1,201 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Communication and Finance — Classics is 19.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,205
of 28,054 · #1,467 all time
Rank in Germany
#115
of 1,178
Research works
14k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
344k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is University of Mannheim 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 #393 of 10,521 28.2%1,255 #215
Social SciencesField #491 of 6,365 34.5%511 #302
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #130 of 1,201 44.4%112 #75
Decision SciencesField #89 of 703 25.9%76 #90
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #419 of 2,578 32.7%194 #206
Business, Management and AccountingField #499 of 2,578 28.0%206 #166
Computer ScienceField #1,108 of 4,667 26.3%230 #446
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #470 of 1,775 23.1%152 #188
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #574 of 1,884 28.5%112 #288
Physical SciencesDomain #4,220 of 12,888 23.5%370 #2865

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 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#215 #393
  2. Social Sciences#302 #491
  3. Political Science and International Relations#75 #130
  4. Decision Sciences#90 #89
  5. Sociology and Political Science#206 #419
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#166 #499
  7. Computer Science#446 #1,108
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#188 #470
  9. Artificial Intelligence#288 #574
  10. Physical Sciences#2,865 #4,220
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 Mannheim specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 19.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 21.2 works19×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 36.1 works7.0×
  3. FinanceSubfield · 29.8 works5.3×
  4. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 36.6 works4.8×
  5. Management Science and Operations ResearchSubfield · 42.4 works4.6×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.58× its world share, 230 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 59 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.63× its world share, 36 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 137 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.05× its world share, 165 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.40× its world share, 206 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.17× its world share, 76 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.80× its world share, 152 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.54× its world share, 145 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 511 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Mannheim?

Ranked on the composite score, Christian Bizer, Peter Vorderer and Christian Homburg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Mannheim.

  1. 1 Christian Bizer Germany · #9,690 worldwide 910 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Peter Vorderer Germany · #13,014 worldwide 692 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Christian Homburg Germany · #18,441 worldwide 1.1k citations · 255 works
  4. 4 Sabine Sonnentag Germany · #24,104 worldwide 808 citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Max Kaase Germany · #27,284 worldwide 268 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Hartmut Esser Germany · #30,316 worldwide 198 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Alfred Kieser Germany · #33,415 worldwide 247 citations · 67 works
  8. 8 Walter Müller Germany · #33,676 worldwide 374 citations · 101 works
  9. 9 Christoph Bode Germany · #37,977 worldwide 332 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Colin Atkinson Germany · #39,449 worldwide 587 citations · 84 works
All ranked researchers at University of Mannheim

Which keywords describe research at University of Mannheim?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, Globalization, Public Opinion, Labor Market, Corporate Governance, Gender, Economic Policy and Democracy.

▲ 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. Globalization87▲ 2.4×57 topics
  2. Social Media78▲ 2.9×24 topics
  3. Machine Learning76▲ 1.24×60 topics
  4. Corporate Governance54▲ 3.9×18 topics
  5. Big Data54▲ 3.2×19 topics
  6. Innovation47▲ 2.4×24 topics
  7. Gender47▲ 4.6×26 topics
  8. Identity44▲ 3.2×28 topics
  9. Economic Growth42▲ 2.6×18 topics
  10. Public Opinion42▲ 18×5 topics
  11. Labor Market42▲ 7.5×14 topics
  12. Democracy40▲ 6.1×14 topics
  13. Social Capital40▲ 4.1×13 topics
  14. Human Rights40▲ 2.1×37 topics
  15. Economic Policy36▲ 38×6 topics
  16. Leadership35▲ 4.0×14 topics
  17. Data Integration35▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Ethics33▲ 3.7×19 topics
  19. Nationalism33▲ 3.9×19 topics
  20. Political Science33▲ 55×3 topics
  21. Literature33▲ 3.2×20 topics
  22. Information Technology33▲ 3.6×8 topics
  23. Governance30▲ 4.9×13 topics
  24. Firm Performance29▲ 8.2×4 topics
  25. Empirical Analysis29▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Voter Behavior29▲ 69×1 topic
  27. Fiscal Policy28▲ 6.8×8 topics
  28. Bildung27▲ 45×3 topics
  29. Semantic Web26▲ 15×5 topics
  30. Autorschaft25▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Literaturkritik25▲ 63×1 topic
  32. Emotion24▲ 6.2×11 topics
  33. Income Inequality24▲ 8.9×7 topics
  34. Online Communication24▲ 8.1×3 topics
  35. Political Communication23▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Civic Engagement23▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Europe22▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Incentives22▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Immigration21▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Linked Data20▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Mannheim publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Electoral Systems and Political Participation, German Literature and Culture Studies, Social Media and Politics and Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies.

Electoral Systems and Po…29Electoral Systems and Political Participation: 29 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…25German Literature and Culture Studies: 25 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 19 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 17 fractional worksMedical and Health Scien…16Medical and Health Sciences Research: 16 fractional worksData Quality and Management: 16 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Movements: 16 fractional worksTopic Modeling15Topic Modeling: 15 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 15 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 14 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsLiterature and Literary TheoryCommunicationClassics4 others

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

  1. 1 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 29 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 25 works
  3. 3 Social Media and Politics Communication 19 works
  4. 4 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 17 works
  5. 5 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  6. 6 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 16 works
  7. 7 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 16 works
  8. 8 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 15 works
  9. 9 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 15 works
  10. 10 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 14 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 available31.8%not open68.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.0%domestic only80.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Mannheim's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower 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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