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University of Passau

In research, University of Passau stands highest in Computer Science (#496 of 4,667 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,457 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,342 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Language and Linguistics, Communication and Computer Science Applications — Language and Linguistics is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,723
of 28,054 · #3,314 all time
Rank in Germany
#176
of 1,178
Research works
6.3k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
72k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is University of Passau 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
Computer ScienceField #496 of 4,667 17.1%314 #250
Social SciencesDomain #1,457 of 10,521 17.3%836 #1390
Social SciencesField #1,342 of 6,365 19.1%448 #1442
Physical SciencesDomain #3,148 of 12,888 16.4%506 #2457
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #466 of 1,201 19.8%109 #705
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #787 of 1,884 17.6%110 #509
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,088 of 2,578 16.7%173 #940
EngineeringField #3,738 of 6,636 15.2%102 #4112
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,191 of 1,998 8.0%162 #1598
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,542 of 2,578 19.9%101 #981

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Passau 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. Computer Science#250 #496
  2. Social Sciences#1,390 #1,457
  3. Social Sciences#1,442 #1,342
  4. Physical Sciences#2,457 #3,148
  5. Political Science and International Relations#705 #466
  6. Artificial Intelligence#509 #787
  7. Sociology and Political Science#940 #1,088
  8. Engineering#4,112 #3,738
  9. Arts and Humanities#1,598 #1,191
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#981 #1,542
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 Passau specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Language and Linguistics takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 45.1 works7.2×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 28.1 works7.2×
  3. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 21.5 works6.0×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.81× its world share, 314 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.47× its world share, 102 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.94× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.89× its world share, 162 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.18× its world share, 101 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 29 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.33× its world share, 41 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 55 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.46× its world share, 448 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Passau?

Ranked on the composite score, Franz Lehner, Hermann de Meer and Johann Graf Lambsdorff lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Passau.

  1. 1 Franz Lehner Germany · #50,345 worldwide 171 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Hermann de Meer Germany · #67,050 worldwide 486 citations · 82 works
  3. 3 Johann Graf Lambsdorff Germany · #71,911 worldwide 331 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Gordon Fraser Germany · #76,212 worldwide 658 citations · 85 works
  5. 5 Sven Apel Germany · #77,122 worldwide 570 citations · 89 works
  6. 6 Volker Weispfenning Germany · #146,104 worldwide 201 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Rolf Bühner Germany · #163,873 worldwide 71 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 G. Ritter Germany · #199,885 worldwide 71 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Erich Fuchs Germany · #230,508 worldwide 28 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Jan H. Schumann Germany · #285,416 worldwide 87 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at University of Passau

Which keywords describe research at University of Passau?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Machine Learning, Governance, Human Rights, Gender, Nationalism, Identity and Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse.

▲ 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. Machine Learning88▲ 1.88×53 topics
  2. Globalization78▲ 2.8×79 topics
  3. Deep Learning66▲ 1.33×51 topics
  4. Human Rights51▲ 3.5×38 topics
  5. Social Media46▲ 2.2×26 topics
  6. Governance42▲ 8.9×12 topics
  7. Identity40▲ 3.9×40 topics
  8. Gender38▲ 4.9×33 topics
  9. Big Data36▲ 2.8×22 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence35▲ 1.78×29 topics
  11. Nationalism35▲ 5.3×20 topics
  12. Innovation35▲ 2.3×28 topics
  13. Colonialism33▲ 4.9×26 topics
  14. Democracy30▲ 5.8×17 topics
  15. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse28▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Sociolinguistics25▲ 9.3×6 topics
  17. Literature25▲ 3.2×22 topics
  18. Gender Differences24▲ 4.4×11 topics
  19. Ethics24▲ 3.4×28 topics
  20. Cultural Studies24▲ 4.3×17 topics
  21. Discourse Analysis23▲ 6.2×3 topics
  22. Language Variation22▲ 27×3 topics
  23. Digital Communication22▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Bildungsungleichheit22▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Ethnografisches Schreiben22▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Trust22▲ 5.4×9 topics
  27. Phraseology22▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Social Movements21▲ 4.9×11 topics
  29. Communication Practices21▲ 72×1 topic
  30. Text Linguistics21▲ 72×1 topic
  31. IoT Security20▲ 4.5×3 topics
  32. European Union20▲ 6.2×17 topics
  33. Security Analysis20▲ 8.0×4 topics
  34. Surveillance20▲ 5.2×5 topics
  35. Intercultural Competence19▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Imperialism19▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Learning Analytics18▲ 10.0×2 topics
  38. Evolutionary Algorithms18▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Gender Studies16▲ 7.4×7 topics
  40. Cultural Memory16▲ 22×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Passau publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, Linguistic research and analysis, Software Testing and Debugging Techniques and Privacy, Security, and Data Protection.

Sociology and Education …22Sociology and Education Studies: 22 fractional worksLinguistic research and …21Linguistic research and analysis: 21 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 14 fractional worksPrivacy, Security, and Data Protection: 14 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Pr…14Teaching and Learning Programming: 14 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 12 fractional worksGerman legal, social, an…12German legal, social, and political studies: 12 fractional worksTopic Modeling11Topic Modeling: 11 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 11 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLanguage and LinguisticsSoftwareComputer Science Applications3 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 22 works
  2. 2 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 21 works
  3. 3 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 14 works
  4. 4 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection Sociology and Political Science 14 works
  5. 5 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 14 works
  6. 6 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 12 works
  7. 7 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 12 works
  8. 8 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  9. 9 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  10. 10 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 11 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 available29.7%not open70.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.4%domestic only83.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Passau's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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.