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University of Music and Performing Arts Graz

In research, University of Music and Performing Arts Graz stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,320 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities — Arts and Humanities is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,841
of 28,054 · #34,978 all time
Rank in Austria
#152
of 168
Research works
446
▲ 117% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is University of Music and Performing Arts Graz 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 #9,320 of 10,521 13.6%75 #13501

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Music and Performing Arts Graz 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).

What does University of Music and Performing Arts Graz specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 39.0 works11×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 4.10× its world share, 8 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.11× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.49× its world share, 39 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.42× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Music and Performing Arts Graz?

Ranked on the composite score, Christian Utz, Wolfgang Suppan and Andreas Dorschel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.

  1. 1 Christian Utz Austria · #205,483 worldwide 3 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Wolfgang Suppan Austria · #207,007 worldwide 25 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Andreas Dorschel Austria · #548,113 worldwide 4 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Matthias Frank Austria · #917,837 worldwide 22 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Susanne Kogler Austria · #1,018,947 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Robert Höldrich Austria · #1,271,556 worldwide 34 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Alois Sontacchi Austria · #1,323,594 worldwide 26 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Daniel C. Mayer Austria · #1,343,417 worldwide 18 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Franz Zotter Austria · #1,411,633 worldwide 30 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 University of Northern Iowa. School of Music. Austria · #1,427,823 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at University of Music and Performing Arts Graz

Which keywords describe research at University of Music and Performing Arts Graz?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ethnomusicology, Musical Theory, Musicology, Identity, Social Justice, Audio-Visual Speech Recognition, Speech Enhancement and Gender.

▲ 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. Ethnomusicology13▲ 271×2 topics
  2. Deep Learning9▲ 2.3×7 topics
  3. Musical Theory8▲ 444×1 topic
  4. Musicology8▲ 444×1 topic
  5. Identity8▲ 9.6×13 topics
  6. Globalization8▲ 3.4×14 topics
  7. Neural Networks6▲ 3.3×3 topics
  8. Social Justice6▲ 8.6×6 topics
  9. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition6▲ 90×1 topic
  10. Speech Enhancement6▲ 90×1 topic
  11. Gender6▲ 9.0×9 topics
  12. Innovation5▲ 4.3×11 topics
  13. Technology5▲ 8.5×6 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 3.2×6 topics
  15. Culture5▲ 7.9×6 topics
  16. Cultural Heritage5▲ 7.3×12 topics
  17. Environmental Sustainability5▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Human-Computer Interaction5▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Gesture Recognition5▲ 53×2 topics
  20. Feminism4▲ 13×8 topics
  21. Indigenous Knowledge4▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Cultural Conservation4▲ 139×1 topic
  23. Ecomusicology4▲ 151×1 topic
  24. Interactive Evolutionary Computation4▲ 157×1 topic
  25. Music Generation4▲ 157×1 topic
  26. Emotional Responses4▲ 28×4 topics
  27. Convolutional Neural Networks4▲ 4.3×3 topics
  28. Authenticity3▲ 113×2 topics
  29. Sociology3▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Music3▲ 53×2 topics
  31. Language Development3▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Self-Efficacy3▲ 9.3×2 topics
  33. Subcultures3▲ 163×1 topic
  34. Vibration Control3▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Youth3▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Bildung3▲ 73×2 topics
  37. Neural Mechanisms3▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Science3▲ 9.7×3 topics
  39. Auditory Cortex3▲ 72×2 topics
  40. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 9.8×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Music and Performing Arts Graz publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Musicology and Musical Analysis, Speech and Audio Processing, Diverse Musicological Studies and Music Technology and Sound Studies.

Musicology and Musical A…8Musicology and Musical Analysis: 8 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 6 fractional worksDiverse Musicological St…4Diverse Musicological Studies: 4 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sou…4Music Technology and Sound Studies: 4 fractional worksMusic History and Culture: 3 fractional worksNeuroscience and Music Perception: 3 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabil…2Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 2 fractional worksTactile and Sensory Interactions: 2 fractional works
MusicSignal ProcessingComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionCognitive Neuroscience2 others

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

  1. 1 Musicology and Musical Analysis Music 8 works
  2. 2 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 6 works
  3. 3 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 4 works
  4. 4 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 works
  5. 5 Music History and Culture Music 3 works
  6. 6 Neuroscience and Music Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  7. 7 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  9. 9 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Tactile and Sensory Interactions Cognitive Neuroscience 2 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 available57.3%not open42.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Music and Performing Arts Graz's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 117% 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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