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University of Münster

In research, University of Münster stands highest in Organic Chemistry (#2 of 615 worldwide), Chemistry (#11 of 1,330 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#192 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, History and Philosophy of Science and Religious studies — Classics is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#262
of 28,054 · #169 all time
Rank in Germany
#11
of 1,178
Research works
64k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6M
25.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is University of Münster 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
Organic ChemistrySubfield #2 of 615 35.3%241 #4
ChemistryField #11 of 1,330 28.7%362 #7
Physical SciencesDomain #192 of 12,888 20.0%2,272 #129
Social SciencesDomain #216 of 10,521 20.5%2,995 #244
Arts and HumanitiesField #67 of 1,998 13.6%740 #151
Social SciencesField #226 of 6,365 21.3%1,439 #237
Life SciencesDomain #464 of 7,800 21.8%922 #318
Health SciencesDomain #918 of 11,982 21.5%835 #307
MedicineField #811 of 10,443 21.5%677 #307
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #206 of 2,578 19.5%564 #221

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Münster 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. Organic Chemistry#4 #2
  2. Chemistry#7 #11
  3. Physical Sciences#129 #192
  4. Social Sciences#244 #216
  5. Arts and Humanities#151 #67
  6. Social Sciences#237 #226
  7. Life Sciences#318 #464
  8. Health Sciences#307 #918
  9. Medicine#307 #811
  10. Sociology and Political Science#221 #206
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 Münster specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 6.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 28.9 works6.9×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 72.4 works6.7×
  3. Religious studiesSubfield · 65.1 works5.5×
  4. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 60.5 works5.4×
  5. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 240.8 works4.5×
  6. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 51.6 works4.5×
  7. PhilosophySubfield · 131.0 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: 0.42× its world share, 142 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 482 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 53 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.85× its world share, 211 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.37× its world share, 34 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.66× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.29× its world share, 362 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 346 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 144 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 463 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 170 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.90× its world share, 220 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.80× its world share, 232 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.89× its world share, 295 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 28 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 113 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 677 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.98× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.65× its world share, 740 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.12× its world share, 253 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 72 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 126 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.71× its world share, 366 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 1,439 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Münster?

Ranked on the composite score, Klaus Berger, André Karch and Günter Breithardt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Münster.

  1. 1 Klaus Berger Germany · #7,595 worldwide 612 citations · 94 works
  2. 2 André Karch Germany · #7,662 worldwide 5.2k citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Günter Breithardt Germany · #9,402 worldwide 652 citations · 82 works
  4. 4 R. Santo Germany · #9,555 worldwide 943 citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Thorsten Hennig‐Thurau Germany · #13,061 worldwide 1.4k citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Bernhard T. Baune Germany · #14,275 worldwide 3.7k citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Martin Burger Germany · #23,614 worldwide 972 citations · 107 works
  8. 8 F. Ekkehardt Hahn Germany · #24,473 worldwide 995 citations · 99 works
  9. 9 Ulrich Keil Germany · #25,053 worldwide 400 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Gerd Assmann Germany · #25,165 worldwide 938 citations · 109 works
All ranked researchers at University of Münster

Which keywords describe research at University of Münster?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Identity, Gender, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben, Ethics and Bildung.

▲ 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. Identity192▲ 3.8×60 topics
  2. Education179▲ 1.48×69 topics
  3. Gender174▲ 4.6×45 topics
  4. Governance173▲ 7.5×14 topics
  5. Globalization162▲ 1.18×100 topics
  6. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse157▲ 54×2 topics
  7. History141▲ 2.9×46 topics
  8. Human Rights136▲ 1.88×54 topics
  9. Ethics131▲ 3.9×45 topics
  10. Philosophy112▲ 3.6×34 topics
  11. Bildungsungleichheit110▲ 53×1 topic
  12. Ethnografisches Schreiben110▲ 53×1 topic
  13. Literature110▲ 2.9×51 topics
  14. Nationalism98▲ 3.0×28 topics
  15. Religion96▲ 2.9×38 topics
  16. Leadership91▲ 2.7×16 topics
  17. Bildung91▲ 40×3 topics
  18. Neoliberalism83▲ 3.3×25 topics
  19. Organic Synthesis73▲ 9.1×10 topics
  20. Transition Metal Complexes68▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Professional Development66▲ 4.7×13 topics
  22. Superconductivity66▲ 5.5×9 topics
  23. Sociolinguistics62▲ 4.7×8 topics
  24. Sociology61▲ 6.4×19 topics
  25. Teacher Education59▲ 6.7×6 topics
  26. Autorschaft59▲ 39×1 topic
  27. Literaturkritik59▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Transition Metal Catalysis59▲ 10.0×4 topics
  29. Complex Systems52▲ 6.9×5 topics
  30. Metaphysics52▲ 17×5 topics
  31. Aesthetics52▲ 9.8×10 topics
  32. Imperialism51▲ 9.1×8 topics
  33. Curriculum51▲ 7.7×8 topics
  34. Crisis Management51▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Participation51▲ 7.3×4 topics
  36. Language Variation49▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Digital Communication48▲ 9.6×3 topics
  38. Multimodality48▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Direct Democracy47▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Policy Change47▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Münster publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies, Public Administration and Political Analysis and Education Methods and Technologies.

Sociology and Education …110Sociology and Education Studies: 110 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 59 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 47 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 47 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 45 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 40 fractional worksLaw and Political Science40Law and Political Science: 40 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 39 fractional worksRadical Photochemical Reactions: 39 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…38Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 38 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryPolitical Science and International RelationsEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 110 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 59 works
  3. 3 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 47 works
  4. 4 Education Methods and Technologies Education 47 works
  5. 5 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 45 works
  6. 6 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 40 works
  7. 7 Law and Political Science Law 40 works
  8. 8 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 39 works
  9. 9 Radical Photochemical Reactions Organic Chemistry 39 works
  10. 10 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 38 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 available25.0%not open75.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Münster's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.