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University of Wuppertal

In research, University of Wuppertal stands highest in Social Sciences (#831 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,196 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#869 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Nature and Landscape Conservation — History and Philosophy of Science is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,410
of 28,054 · #898 all time
Rank in Germany
#73
of 1,178
Research works
17k
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
277k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is University of Wuppertal 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 #831 of 10,521 16.4%1,299 #1034
Physical SciencesDomain #1,196 of 12,888 11.9%1,326 #634
Social SciencesField #869 of 6,365 19.2%558 #1168
MathematicsField #207 of 1,053 12.3%118 #262
EducationSubfield #384 of 1,892 35.5%89 #697
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #589 of 2,578 15.6%264 #743
EngineeringField #1,729 of 6,636 8.2%532 #772
Arts and HumanitiesField #620 of 1,998 10.7%354 #606
Life SciencesDomain #2,686 of 7,800 20.9%124 #4235
PsychologyField #825 of 2,181 19.6%156 #1114

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Wuppertal 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#1,034 #831
  2. Physical Sciences#634 #1,196
  3. Social Sciences#1,168 #869
  4. Mathematics#262 #207
  5. Education#697 #384
  6. Sociology and Political Science#743 #589
  7. Engineering#772 #1,729
  8. Arts and Humanities#606 #620
  9. Life Sciences#4,235 #2,686
  10. Psychology#1,114 #825
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 Wuppertal specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 38.9 works8.6×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 67.8 works7.3×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 49.9 works7.1×
  4. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 101.4 works6.5×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.35× its world share, 62 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 192 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 27 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.20× its world share, 532 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 137 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 62 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.39× its world share, 118 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.59× its world share, 170 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 53 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 141 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.15× its world share, 354 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.32× its world share, 126 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 46 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 60 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.74× its world share, 156 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 558 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 Wuppertal?

Ranked on the composite score, Jörg Rinklebe, U. Pietrzyk and J. Holtz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Wuppertal.

  1. 1 Jörg Rinklebe Germany · #11,890 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
  2. 2 U. Pietrzyk Germany · #12,330 worldwide 770 citations · 56 works
  3. 3 J. Holtz Germany · #16,373 worldwide 811 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Ullrich R. Pfeiffer Germany · #17,727 worldwide 550 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Ian Barnes Germany · #27,529 worldwide 686 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 K. Becker Germany · #31,189 worldwide 851 citations · 83 works
  7. 7 Heinz Sünker Germany · #38,145 worldwide 160 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Peter Grassberger Germany · #39,553 worldwide 813 citations · 77 works
  9. 9 J. Rautenberg Germany · #51,540 worldwide 571 citations · 66 works
  10. 10 Karsten Voss Germany · #56,228 worldwide 565 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at University of Wuppertal

Which keywords describe research at University of Wuppertal?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Governance, Sustainable Development, Gender, Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Ethics, Bildung and History.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development126▲ 2.7×32 topics
  2. Identity110▲ 5.2×35 topics
  3. Sustainability96▲ 1.33×56 topics
  4. Education91▲ 1.80×53 topics
  5. History84▲ 4.0×36 topics
  6. Gender82▲ 5.1×33 topics
  7. Governance78▲ 8.0×9 topics
  8. Ethics76▲ 5.3×36 topics
  9. Literature71▲ 4.4×32 topics
  10. Philosophy68▲ 5.2×27 topics
  11. Renewable Energy68▲ 1.60×32 topics
  12. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse65▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Bildung62▲ 65×3 topics
  14. Virtual Reality59▲ 4.0×10 topics
  15. Conservation52▲ 4.1×13 topics
  16. Social Innovation50▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Social Construction49▲ 119×2 topics
  18. Biosphere Reserves49▲ 129×1 topic
  19. Landscape Management49▲ 94×1 topic
  20. Bildungsungleichheit47▲ 54×1 topic
  21. Ethnografisches Schreiben47▲ 54×1 topic
  22. Narrative46▲ 9.8×12 topics
  23. Autorschaft46▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Literaturkritik46▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Neoliberalism41▲ 3.9×13 topics
  26. Renewable Energy Integration40▲ 4.0×6 topics
  27. Interdisciplinary Research38▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Fluid Dynamics37▲ 9.1×6 topics
  29. Innovation Policy37▲ 13×5 topics
  30. Empowerment36▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Sociolinguistics36▲ 6.4×7 topics
  32. Digital Social Innovation35▲ 90×1 topic
  33. Knowledge Engineering35▲ 90×1 topic
  34. Imperialism34▲ 14×6 topics
  35. Teaching Methods33▲ 7.9×5 topics
  36. Aesthetics33▲ 15×9 topics
  37. Sociology32▲ 8.1×17 topics
  38. Class Struggle30▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Language Variation29▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Mathematical Modeling29▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Wuppertal publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies, Sociology and Education Studies, German Literature and Culture Studies and Innovation, Technology, and Society.

Ecology, Conservation, a…49Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 49 fractional worksSociology and Education …47Sociology and Education Studies: 47 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…46German Literature and Culture Studies: 46 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, …35Innovation, Technology, and Society: 35 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 26 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 25 fractional worksPublic Administration an…25Public Administration and Political Analysis: 25 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues: 24 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 19 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 18 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationSociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryLanguage and Linguistics3 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 49 works
  2. 2 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 47 works
  3. 3 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 46 works
  4. 4 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 35 works
  5. 5 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 26 works
  6. 6 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 25 works
  7. 7 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 25 works
  8. 8 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 24 works
  9. 9 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 19 works
  10. 10 Education Methods and Technologies Education 18 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 available28.4%not open71.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Wuppertal's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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.