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Witten/Herdecke University

In research, Witten/Herdecke University stands highest in Health Sciences (#777 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#880 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,277 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Emergency Medicine — General Health Professions is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,511
of 28,054 · #3,277 all time
Rank in Germany
#124
of 1,178
Research works
9.3k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
142k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Witten/Herdecke University 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
Health SciencesDomain #777 of 11,982 16.1%1,050 #1050
MedicineField #880 of 10,443 14.9%804 #1119
Social SciencesDomain #1,277 of 10,521 24.0%562 #1398
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #213 of 916 20.7%155 #553
Life SciencesDomain #2,228 of 7,800 18.6%165 #2559
Health ProfessionsField #552 of 1,928 19.8%211 #688
Social SciencesField #2,035 of 6,365 27.0%183 #2359
PsychologyField #856 of 2,181 19.3%168 #851
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,030 of 2,578 24.3%92 #1277
SurgerySubfield #746 of 1,816 13.8%129 #841

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Witten/Herdecke University 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. Health Sciences#1,050 #777
  2. Medicine#1,119 #880
  3. Social Sciences#1,398 #1,277
  4. General Health Professions#553 #213
  5. Life Sciences#2,559 #2,228
  6. Health Professions#688 #552
  7. Social Sciences#2,359 #2,035
  8. Psychology#851 #856
  9. Sociology and Political Science#1,277 #1,030
  10. Surgery#841 #746
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 Witten/Herdecke University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 154.7 works6.0×
  2. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 45.8 works5.1×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 23.1 works5.0×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.52× its world share, 46 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.09× its world share, 28 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.27× its world share, 211 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.23× its world share, 804 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.91× its world share, 49 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.77× its world share, 107 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.94× its world share, 168 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 183 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Witten/Herdecke University?

Ranked on the composite score, Frank Wappler, Edmund Neugebauer and Stefan Sauerland lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Witten/Herdecke University.

  1. 1 Frank Wappler Germany · #37,434 worldwide 312 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Edmund Neugebauer Germany · #44,622 worldwide 257 citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Stefan Sauerland Germany · #55,431 worldwide 194 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Peter J. Frosch Germany · #58,969 worldwide 206 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Michael Paulussen Germany · #69,611 worldwide 287 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Thomas Reinehr Germany · #72,044 worldwide 205 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Bertil Bouillon Germany · #108,272 worldwide 127 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Arist von Schlippe Germany · #116,958 worldwide 87 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Joachim Zweynert Germany · #134,828 worldwide 95 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Rolf Lefering Germany · #139,242 worldwide 259 citations · 100 works
All ranked researchers at Witten/Herdecke University

Which keywords describe research at Witten/Herdecke University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Public Health, Healthcare Utilization, Chronic Diseases, Epidemiological Study, Social Capital and Data Collection.

▲ 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. Epidemiology153▲ 2.1×120 topics
  2. Quality of Life108▲ 4.0×50 topics
  3. Public Health88▲ 3.2×48 topics
  4. Mental Health64▲ 2.3×34 topics
  5. Healthcare Utilization53▲ 36×3 topics
  6. Social Capital52▲ 5.3×12 topics
  7. Chronic Diseases46▲ 9.5×7 topics
  8. Depression45▲ 2.7×22 topics
  9. Well-being45▲ 6.3×10 topics
  10. Epidemiological Study44▲ 35×4 topics
  11. Primary Care42▲ 6.0×14 topics
  12. Data Collection42▲ 79×3 topics
  13. Socioeconomic Status42▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Mortality42▲ 3.8×13 topics
  15. Germany41▲ 110×1 topic
  16. Health Surveys41▲ 110×1 topic
  17. Corporate Governance39▲ 2.9×15 topics
  18. Rehabilitation39▲ 5.3×12 topics
  19. Anxiety38▲ 4.3×11 topics
  20. Social Support36▲ 3.4×13 topics
  21. Complications35▲ 3.8×17 topics
  22. Entrepreneurship32▲ 4.4×6 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations32▲ 5.0×15 topics
  24. Neuroscience32▲ 5.8×14 topics
  25. Chronic Disease Management32▲ 8.8×6 topics
  26. Patient Care31▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Mobile Health29▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Elderly Care29▲ 9.8×6 topics
  29. Emotion Regulation29▲ 4.9×9 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life27▲ 6.1×6 topics
  31. Internationalization27▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Pain Management27▲ 6.3×9 topics
  33. Succession Planning27▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Family Firms27▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Socioemotional Wealth27▲ 57×1 topic
  36. Interdisciplinary Collaboration26▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Quality Improvement25▲ 6.9×7 topics
  38. End-of-Life Care24▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Resuscitation23▲ 9.5×4 topics
  40. Psychological Adjustment23▲ 8.5×5 topics

Which research topics does Witten/Herdecke University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health and Medical Studies, Family Business Performance and Succession, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy.

Health and Medical Studies41Health and Medical Studies: 41 fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 27 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 15 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 14 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 13 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 12 fractional worksComplementary and Altern…12Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 12 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 12 fractional worksMedical Practices and Rehabilitation: 12 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealt…12Mobile Health and mHealth Applications: 12 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSocial Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 41 works
  2. 2 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 27 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 15 works
  4. 4 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 14 works
  5. 5 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 13 works
  6. 6 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 12 works
  7. 7 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 12 works
  8. 8 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 12 works
  9. 9 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 12 works
  10. 10 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 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 available33.1%not open66.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Witten/Herdecke University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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.