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University of Potsdam

In research, University of Potsdam stands highest in Social Sciences (#327 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#268 of 6,365 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#621 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Language and Linguistics and History and Philosophy of Science — Geophysics is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#616
of 28,054 · #656 all time
Rank in Germany
#30
of 1,178
Research works
22k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
506k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is University of Potsdam 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 #327 of 10,521 23.6%1,863 #495
Social SciencesField #268 of 6,365 25.7%860 #468
Physical SciencesDomain #621 of 12,888 20.9%1,748 #603
Environmental ScienceField #293 of 3,551 30.2%326 #406
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #215 of 2,578 24.5%325 #456
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #118 of 1,209 29.1%209 #238
Language and LinguisticsSubfield #33 of 303 23.5%107 #80
EducationSubfield #221 of 1,892 37.3%116 #359
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #158 of 1,201 22.6%187 #238
Health SciencesDomain #1,602 of 11,982 20.4%372 #2316

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Potsdam 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#495 #327
  2. Social Sciences#468 #268
  3. Physical Sciences#603 #621
  4. Environmental Science#406 #293
  5. Sociology and Political Science#456 #215
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences#238 #118
  7. Language and Linguistics#80 #33
  8. Education#359 #221
  9. Political Science and International Relations#238 #158
  10. Health Sciences#2,316 #1,602
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 Potsdam specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 85.2 works5.5×
  2. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 106.8 works5.5×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 29.1 works4.2×
  4. PhilosophySubfield · 80.8 works4.2×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 122 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 219 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.47× its world share, 106 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.04× its world share, 73 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.25× its world share, 433 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.00× its world share, 209 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 279 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.47× its world share, 326 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 98 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.71× its world share, 90 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.12× its world share, 209 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 88 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 261 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.35× its world share, 430 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.06× its world share, 153 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 53 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 62 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.25× its world share, 305 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 860 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Potsdam?

Ranked on the composite score, Boris Schröder, Ulrich Schiefele and Martin Gebser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Potsdam.

  1. 1 Boris Schröder Germany · #20,403 worldwide 880 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Ulrich Schiefele Germany · #30,974 worldwide 551 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Martin Gebser Germany · #45,494 worldwide 432 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Dieter Neher Germany · #51,651 worldwide 921 citations · 81 works
  5. 5 M. Holschneider Germany · #55,548 worldwide 288 citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Annegret H. Thieken Germany · #55,697 worldwide 393 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Werner Jann Germany · #69,653 worldwide 88 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Matthias Ohrnberger Germany · #74,716 worldwide 220 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Michael Hofreiter Germany · #76,502 worldwide 305 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Reinhold Kliegl Germany · #78,030 worldwide 477 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at University of Potsdam

Which keywords describe research at University of Potsdam?

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

▲ 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. Climate Change251▲ 2.1×86 topics
  2. Machine Learning133◆ 0.91×75 topics
  3. Identity109▲ 3.4×50 topics
  4. Gender105▲ 4.3×41 topics
  5. Governance105▲ 7.1×13 topics
  6. Remote Sensing104▲ 1.90×30 topics
  7. Education97▲ 1.27×69 topics
  8. Ethics92▲ 4.3×33 topics
  9. Globalization91◆ 1.05×86 topics
  10. History81▲ 2.6×37 topics
  11. Philosophy74▲ 3.8×33 topics
  12. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse70▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Leadership69▲ 3.2×20 topics
  14. Literature69▲ 2.9×42 topics
  15. Big Data66▲ 1.63×19 topics
  16. Nationalism59▲ 2.9×26 topics
  17. Cultural Studies57▲ 3.4×24 topics
  18. Digital Transformation53▲ 2.3×14 topics
  19. Bildungsungleichheit53▲ 40×1 topic
  20. Ethnografisches Schreiben53▲ 40×1 topic
  21. Global Warming52▲ 2.8×14 topics
  22. Hydrological Modeling52▲ 4.9×5 topics
  23. Conservation51▲ 2.6×19 topics
  24. Social Interaction49▲ 2.7×9 topics
  25. Syntax46▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Bildung45▲ 31×3 topics
  27. Bilingualism44▲ 7.3×7 topics
  28. Neural Basis42▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Sociolinguistics42▲ 5.0×7 topics
  30. Complex Systems40▲ 8.4×6 topics
  31. Pragmatics40▲ 5.6×6 topics
  32. Aesthetics36▲ 11×9 topics
  33. Language Development34▲ 6.4×6 topics
  34. Art34▲ 8.8×12 topics
  35. Autorschaft34▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Literaturkritik34▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Social History34▲ 9.1×5 topics
  38. Cognitive Control30▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Occupation30▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Subduction27▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Potsdam publish most on?

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

Sociology and Education Studies: 53 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 34 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 26 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 24 fractional worksEuropean history and politics: 24 fractional worksNeurobiology of Language and Bilingualism: 23 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…21Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 21 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 21 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 20 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimato…20Geology and Paleoclimatology Research: 20 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryPolitical Science and International RelationsGeophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 53 works
  2. 2 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 34 works
  3. 3 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 26 works
  4. 4 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 24 works
  5. 5 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 24 works
  6. 6 Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Cognitive Neuroscience 23 works
  7. 7 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 21 works
  8. 8 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 21 works
  9. 9 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 20 works
  10. 10 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 20 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 available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Potsdam's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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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.