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Weizenbaum Institute

In research, Weizenbaum Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,366 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,481 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,445
of 28,054 · #26,690 all time
Rank in Germany
#557
of 1,178
Research works
337
▲ 2742% vs 2013–17
Citations
4k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Weizenbaum Institute 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 #3,366 of 10,521 43.9%120 #6273
Social SciencesField #2,481 of 6,365 49.7%75 #4174

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Weizenbaum Institute 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).

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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.48× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.09× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.53× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.40× its world share, 75 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Weizenbaum Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Florian Butollo and Jennifer Haase lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Weizenbaum Institute.

  1. 1 Florian Butollo Germany · #525,311 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Jennifer Haase Germany · #1,533,272 worldwide 18 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Weizenbaum Institute

Which keywords describe research at Weizenbaum Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Divide, Information Technology, Online Communication, Deliberative Democracy and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Social Media30▲ 12×21 topics
  2. Machine Learning17▲ 3.0×21 topics
  3. Big Data16▲ 10×14 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence15▲ 6.1×17 topics
  5. Digital Divide12▲ 27×3 topics
  6. Information Technology12▲ 15×8 topics
  7. Online Communication12▲ 43×2 topics
  8. Deliberative Democracy12▲ 85×2 topics
  9. Civic Engagement11▲ 40×2 topics
  10. Media Use11▲ 100×1 topic
  11. Political Participation11▲ 71×1 topic
  12. Sustainability9▲ 2.1×14 topics
  13. Political Communication9▲ 93×2 topics
  14. Content Analysis9▲ 39×3 topics
  15. News Media8▲ 100×2 topics
  16. Innovation8▲ 4.1×15 topics
  17. Polarization7▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Surveillance7▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Mediatization6▲ 70×2 topics
  20. Agenda Setting6▲ 108×1 topic
  21. Ethics6▲ 7.5×6 topics
  22. Media Framing6▲ 108×1 topic
  23. Accountability6▲ 34×3 topics
  24. Transparency6▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Fake News6▲ 50×1 topic
  26. Misinformation6▲ 50×1 topic
  27. Natural Language Processing6▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Discrimination5▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Algorithmic Bias5▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Fairness5▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Internet of Things5▲ 3.2×7 topics
  32. Governance4▲ 7.8×8 topics
  33. Leadership4▲ 5.2×7 topics
  34. Organizational Change4▲ 34×4 topics
  35. Innovation Policy4▲ 24×4 topics
  36. Digitalization4▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Business Process Management4▲ 100×1 topic
  38. Workflow Mining4▲ 100×1 topic
  39. Trust3▲ 7.0×7 topics
  40. Information Systems3▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Weizenbaum Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Media and Politics, Media Studies and Communication, Misinformation and Its Impacts and Ethics and Social Impacts of AI.

Social Media and Politics11Social Media and Politics: 11 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 6 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 6 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 5 fractional worksBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis: 4 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbul…3Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 3 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Movements: 2 fractional worksDigital Economy and Work Transformation: 2 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 2 fractional worksComputational and Text Analysis Methods: 2 fractional works
CommunicationSociology and Political ScienceSafety ResearchManagement Information Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Social Media and Politics Communication 11 works
  2. 2 Media Studies and Communication Communication 6 works
  3. 3 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 5 works
  5. 5 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 4 works
  6. 6 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  7. 7 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Digital Economy and Work Transformation Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  9. 9 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Computational and Text Analysis Methods General Social Sciences 2 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 available65.5%not open34.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Weizenbaum Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2742% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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