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University of Salzburg

In research, University of Salzburg stands highest in Social Sciences (#714 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#555 of 6,365 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#133 of 1,201 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human-Computer Interaction, Applied Psychology and Religious studies — Human-Computer Interaction is 6.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,162
of 28,054 · #1,671 all time
Rank in Austria
#14
of 168
Research works
15k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
301k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is University of Salzburg 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 #714 of 10,521 21.0%1,292 #659
Social SciencesField #555 of 6,365 22.4%621 #662
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #133 of 1,201 28.3%137 #242
Arts and HumanitiesField #324 of 1,998 16.1%294 #482
MedicineField #2,230 of 10,443 15.6%240 #1693
Health SciencesDomain #2,900 of 11,982 15.7%300 #2195
Life SciencesDomain #1,889 of 7,800 24.7%224 #1852
Physical SciencesDomain #3,282 of 12,888 16.6%626 #1970
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #710 of 2,578 19.6%220 #689
Environmental ScienceField #1,529 of 3,551 23.5%126 #797

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Salzburg 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#659 #714
  2. Social Sciences#662 #555
  3. Political Science and International Relations#242 #133
  4. Arts and Humanities#482 #324
  5. Medicine#1,693 #2,230
  6. Health Sciences#2,195 #2,900
  7. Life Sciences#1,852 #1,889
  8. Physical Sciences#1,970 #3,282
  9. Sociology and Political Science#689 #710
  10. Environmental Science#797 #1,529
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 Salzburg specialise in?

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

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 34.6 works6.9×
  2. Applied PsychologySubfield · 23.4 works6.7×
  3. Religious studiesSubfield · 23.4 works5.7×
  4. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 59.9 works5.6×
  5. CommunicationSubfield · 36.9 works5.5×
  6. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 20.7 works5.5×
← 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: 0.51× its world share, 59 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.83× its world share, 73 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.04× its world share, 198 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 52 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 119 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 126 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.75× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 53 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 240 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.17× its world share, 294 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 90 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 45 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.91× its world share, 216 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 621 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Salzburg?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Simons, Lawrence Kohlberg and Josef Perner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Salzburg.

  1. 1 Peter Simons Austria · #25,578 worldwide 274 citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Lawrence Kohlberg Austria · #38,986 worldwide 817 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Josef Perner Austria · #39,310 worldwide 581 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Martin Held Austria · #59,360 worldwide 345 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Michael Breitenbach Austria · #71,627 worldwide 323 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Justin Stagl Austria · #90,989 worldwide 89 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Heinz Wimmer Austria · #95,627 worldwide 1.2k citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Thomas Blaschke Austria · #108,633 worldwide 519 citations · 93 works
  9. 9 Nicola Hüsing Austria · #117,895 worldwide 490 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Eva Jonas Austria · #132,381 worldwide 299 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at University of Salzburg

Which keywords describe research at University of Salzburg?

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

▲ 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. Globalization95▲ 1.99×83 topics
  2. Climate Change86▲ 1.31×80 topics
  3. Identity75▲ 4.2×50 topics
  4. Human Rights74▲ 2.9×47 topics
  5. Gender66▲ 5.0×37 topics
  6. Social Media59▲ 1.68×27 topics
  7. Education56▲ 1.33×59 topics
  8. Ethics50▲ 4.2×31 topics
  9. History48▲ 2.8×32 topics
  10. Nationalism47▲ 4.2×23 topics
  11. Governance46▲ 5.8×11 topics
  12. Literature38▲ 2.8×34 topics
  13. Ecosystem Services36▲ 3.8×9 topics
  14. Philosophy34▲ 3.1×22 topics
  15. Democracy34▲ 3.9×18 topics
  16. Neoliberalism33▲ 3.8×20 topics
  17. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse33▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Sociolinguistics33▲ 7.1×8 topics
  19. Cultural Studies32▲ 3.4×21 topics
  20. European Union30▲ 5.5×18 topics
  21. Aesthetics29▲ 16×6 topics
  22. Medical Ethics29▲ 9.0×4 topics
  23. Bildung28▲ 36×3 topics
  24. Bildungsungleichheit26▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Ethnografisches Schreiben26▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Political Communication26▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Telemedicine24▲ 7.6×5 topics
  28. Public Opinion24▲ 7.9×6 topics
  29. Language Variation24▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Social History23▲ 11×7 topics
  31. Informed Consent23▲ 12×3 topics
  32. End-of-Life Care23▲ 7.7×2 topics
  33. Phraseology23▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Perception22▲ 14×5 topics
  35. Bioethics22▲ 24×4 topics
  36. Multimodality22▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Genetic Testing22▲ 7.9×4 topics
  38. Physician Liability22▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Patient Rights21▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Reproductive Medicine21▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Salzburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sociology and Education Studies, Medical and Health Sciences Research, German Literature and Culture Studies and Linguistic research and analysis.

Sociology and Education …26Sociology and Education Studies: 26 fractional worksMedical and Health Scien…21Medical and Health Sciences Research: 21 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…21German Literature and Culture Studies: 21 fractional worksLinguistic research and …18Linguistic research and analysis: 18 fractional worksLaw and Political Science: 16 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 16 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and …14Religion, Theology, and Education: 14 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technology Interaction: 13 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 13 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues12Economic and Social Issues: 12 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthLiterature and Literary TheoryLanguage and Linguistics5 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  2. 2 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 21 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 21 works
  4. 4 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 18 works
  5. 5 Law and Political Science Law 16 works
  6. 6 Media Studies and Communication Communication 16 works
  7. 7 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 14 works
  8. 8 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 13 works
  9. 9 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 13 works
  10. 10 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 12 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 available32.8%not open67.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Salzburg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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.