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University of Tübingen

In research, University of Tübingen stands highest in Social Sciences (#23 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#63 of 10,521 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#92 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Paleontology — Classics is 10.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#210
of 28,054 · #184 all time
Rank in Germany
#5
of 1,178
Research works
69k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9M
27.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is University of Tübingen 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 SciencesField #23 of 6,365 25.9%1,206 #127
Social SciencesDomain #63 of 10,521 23.7%2,602 #197
Environmental ScienceField #92 of 3,551 34.4%431 #173
AnthropologySubfield #4 of 153 37.4%87 #24
Physical SciencesDomain #339 of 12,888 23.4%2,254 #239
Life SciencesDomain #206 of 7,800 25.9%1,279 #133
Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield #2 of 72 39.6%128 #24
Arts and HumanitiesField #56 of 1,998 16.3%723 #107
MedicineField #347 of 10,443 22.6%1,428 #230
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #125 of 3,579 25.1%602 #112

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Tübingen 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#127 #23
  2. Social Sciences#197 #63
  3. Environmental Science#173 #92
  4. Anthropology#24 #4
  5. Physical Sciences#239 #339
  6. Life Sciences#133 #206
  7. Nature and Landscape Conservation#24 #2
  8. Arts and Humanities#107 #56
  9. Medicine#230 #347
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#112 #125
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 Tübingen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 48.9 works11×
  2. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 128.3 works7.0×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 60.6 works6.5×
  4. BiochemistrySubfield · 34.2 works5.3×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 179 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 602 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 99 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.97× its world share, 372 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 27 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.70× its world share, 206 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 487 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 194 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 327 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 431 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 123 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.21× its world share, 110 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.98× its world share, 340 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 25 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 128 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 1,428 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 16 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.24× its world share, 723 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 105 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 55 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 98 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 415 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 1,206 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Tübingen?

Ranked on the composite score, Enkelejda Kasneci, Jens Bedke and Claus Garbe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Tübingen.

  1. 1 Enkelejda Kasneci Germany · #3,978 worldwide 1.1k citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Jens Bedke Germany · #4,952 worldwide 789 citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Claus Garbe Germany · #8,148 worldwide 1.6k citations · 200 works
  4. 4 Udo Weimar Germany · #9,037 worldwide 1.4k citations · 84 works
  5. 5 Nicolae Bârsan Germany · #9,052 worldwide 1.4k citations · 65 works
  6. 6 J. Dichgans Germany · #12,086 worldwide 808 citations · 97 works
  7. 7 Otto E. Rössler Germany · #15,070 worldwide 864 citations · 73 works
  8. 8 Gjergji Kasneci Germany · #15,929 worldwide 1k citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Peter Koch Germany · #16,048 worldwide 251 citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Christian Lubich Germany · #16,546 worldwide 735 citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at University of Tübingen

Which keywords describe research at University of Tübingen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Conservation, Gender, Identity, Landscape Management, Biosphere Reserves, Participatory Governance, Virtual Reality and Ethics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology249▼ 0.81×130 topics
  2. Machine Learning189▼ 0.75×69 topics
  3. Identity178▲ 3.2×55 topics
  4. Sustainable Development178▲ 1.44×44 topics
  5. Climate Change176▼ 0.84×89 topics
  6. Globalization165◆ 1.09×102 topics
  7. Gender163▲ 3.9×41 topics
  8. Inflammation159◆ 0.99×82 topics
  9. Conservation151▲ 4.5×20 topics
  10. Virtual Reality146▲ 3.8×14 topics
  11. History133▲ 2.5×47 topics
  12. Ethics127▲ 3.4×44 topics
  13. Literature121▲ 2.9×47 topics
  14. Landscape Management110▲ 81×2 topics
  15. Biosphere Reserves108▲ 109×1 topic
  16. Participatory Governance108▲ 109×1 topic
  17. Governance102▲ 4.0×13 topics
  18. Philosophy98▲ 2.9×34 topics
  19. Immunotherapy88▲ 1.60×18 topics
  20. Religion86▲ 2.3×34 topics
  21. Nationalism85▲ 2.4×28 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders82▲ 1.87×20 topics
  23. Emotion74▲ 4.6×12 topics
  24. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse72▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Neoliberalism70▲ 2.5×22 topics
  26. Bildung65▲ 26×3 topics
  27. Bildungsungleichheit58▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Ethnografisches Schreiben58▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Narrative54▲ 4.4×13 topics
  30. Cultural History52▲ 5.5×13 topics
  31. Metaphysics49▲ 14×5 topics
  32. Neural Mechanisms49▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Autorschaft49▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Literaturkritik49▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Working Memory49▲ 7.0×3 topics
  36. Social History44▲ 6.9×7 topics
  37. Materiality43▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Neuronal Oscillations41▲ 7.0×2 topics
  39. Cognitive Control39▲ 8.5×2 topics
  40. Cortical Connectivity37▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Tübingen publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies, Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Ecology, Conservation, a…108Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 108 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 58 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 49 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 38 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 37 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 32 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…30Neural dynamics and brain function: 30 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 28 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 28 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and Education: 27 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationSociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryGlobal and Planetary Change5 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 108 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 58 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 49 works
  4. 4 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 38 works
  5. 5 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 37 works
  6. 6 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 32 works
  7. 7 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 30 works
  8. 8 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 28 works
  9. 9 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 28 works
  10. 10 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 27 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 available31.4%not open68.6%

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 Tübingen'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.