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Volkswagen Foundation

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Research works
108
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
40.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Volkswagen Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.47× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.01× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.76× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Volkswagen Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Brain Development, Innovation, Adult Stem Cells, Neurogenesis, Neoliberalism, International Relations and Archaeology.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Sustainability6▲ 3.1×18 topics
  2. Innovation4▲ 4.3×11 topics
  3. Brain Development4▲ 17×3 topics
  4. Globalization4▲ 1.77×7 topics
  5. Deep Learning3▲ 1.45×11 topics
  6. Education3▲ 2.2×7 topics
  7. Adult Stem Cells3▲ 82×1 topic
  8. Neurogenesis3▲ 82×1 topic
  9. Big Data3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  10. Neoliberalism3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  11. International Relations2▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Archaeology2▲ 14×2 topics
  13. History2▲ 2.7×7 topics
  14. Gender Roles2▲ 19×3 topics
  15. E-commerce2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  16. Competency-Based Education2▲ 22×1 topic
  17. European Union2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  18. Governance2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  19. Higher Education2▲ 4.8×1 topic
  20. Internationalization2▲ 29×1 topic
  21. Professional Identity Formation2▲ 32×1 topic
  22. Technology2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  23. Neuroscience2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  24. Electric Vehicles2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  25. Genomics2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  26. Historiography2▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Roman Economy2▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Urban Workshops2▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Neuronal Circuits2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  30. Society2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  31. Artistic Expression2▲ 41×1 topic
  32. Environmental Impacts2▲ 6.8×2 topics
  33. Industrial Automation2▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Literary History2▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Supply Chain2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  36. Training2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Cultural Analysis1▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Flexible Automation1▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems1▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Constitutional Law1▲ 9.4×2 topics

Which research topics does Volkswagen Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Criminal Law and Policy, Historical and Archaeological Studies, Diverse Legal and Medical Studies and Medieval European History and Architecture.

Criminal Law and Policy1Criminal Law and Policy: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 0 fractional worksDiverse Legal and Medica…0Diverse Legal and Medical Studies: 0 fractional worksMedieval European Histor…0Medieval European History and Architecture: 0 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 0 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksMechanical Engineering a…0Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research: 0 fractional worksBacillus and Francisella bacterial research: 0 fractional worksTransport Systems and Technology: 0 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHistoryStrategy and ManagementArcheology4 others

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

  1. 1 Criminal Law and PolicySociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Historical and Archaeological StudiesHistory 0 works
  3. 3 Diverse Legal and Medical StudiesStrategy and Management 0 works
  4. 4 Medieval European History and ArchitectureArcheology 0 works
  5. 5 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing SystemsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Traffic Prediction and Management TechniquesBuilding and Construction 0 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations ResearchMechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Bacillus and Francisella bacterial researchMolecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Transport Systems and TechnologyMechanical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Digital Transformation in IndustryIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Volkswagen Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower 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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