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Wittenberg University

In research, Wittenberg University stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,870 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 6.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,199
of 22,385 · #5,792 all time
Rank in United States
#1,103
of 3,332
Research works
2.3k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Wittenberg University

What is Wittenberg University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,870 of 9,585 11.8%97 #5391

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wittenberg 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Wittenberg University work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Wittenberg University is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Arts and Humanities (18%), Medicine (14%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 110 fractional works · 57.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 28.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 34 fractional works · 17.6% of its workReligious studies: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 18.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 7.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 17.1% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 14.5% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWittenbergUniversity193fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences57%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5628.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities3417.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting73.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.0%
    5. Psychology52.7%
    6. Decision Sciences21.1%
    1. Environmental Science147.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy63.0%
    3. Computer Science52.7%
    4. Engineering52.5%
    5. Mathematics20.8%
    6. Materials Science10.7%
    7. Chemistry10.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    9. Energy00.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine2814.5%
    2. Health Professions31.7%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Wittenberg University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 33.9 works6.1×
← 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: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.41× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.33× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 6.09× its world share, 34 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.16× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.09×34 works
  2. Social Sciences2.28×56 works
  3. Nursing1.44×1 works
  4. Environmental Science1.41×14 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.39×6 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.33×6 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.16×7 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.11×2 works
  9. Veterinary1.06×0 works
  10. Psychology0.88×5 works
  11. Medicine0.75×28 works
  12. Mathematics0.67×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.65×6 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.65×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.64×3 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×6 works
  17. Neuroscience0.44×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.41×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.35×5 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×1 works
  22. Energy0.28×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.21×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  25. Engineering0.17×5 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wittenberg University?

Ranked on the quality score, R. T. Lenz, Andrew J. Jajack and James P. Allan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wittenberg University.

  1. 1 R. T. Lenz United States · #1,326,310 worldwide 1.1k citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Andrew J. Jajack United States · #1,377,767 worldwide 3k citations · 33 works
  3. 3 James P. Allan United States · #1,455,406 worldwide 1.7k citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Kelly P. Dillon United States · #1,702,404 worldwide 502 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 T. Edwin Boling United States · #1,729,233 worldwide 323 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Richard S. Flickinger United States · #1,761,416 worldwide 701 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 James L. Huffman United States · #1,874,345 worldwide 1k citations · 184 works
  8. 8 Staci L. Rhine United States · #1,930,775 worldwide 683 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 David C. Finster United States · #2,079,382 worldwide 654 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 John B. Ritter United States · #2,191,192 worldwide 920 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Wittenberg University

What are the most cited papers from Wittenberg University?

The most cited paper from Wittenberg University is "Revised American Thyroid Association Guidelines for the Management of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma" (Samuel A. Wells, Sylvia L. Asa, Henning Dralle et al., 2015), with 2,457 citations. Next come "Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings" (1,045) and "Ecological and evolutionary processes at expanding range margins" (956).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Revised American Thyroid Association Guidelines for the Management of Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma Samuel A. Wells, Sylvia L. Asa, Henning Dralle et al. · Thyroid Open access 27 Mar 2015 2,457
2 Many Labs 2: Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Samples and Settings Richard Anthony Klein et al. · Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science Open access190 authors Dec 2018 1,045
3 Ecological and evolutionary processes at expanding range margins Chris D. Thomas, E. J. Bodsworth, Robert J. Wilson et al. · Nature Open access May 2001 956
4 The Social Desirability Scale-17 (SDS-17) Joachim Stöber · European Journal of Psychological Assessment Sep 2001 764
5 Relative importance of applicant sex, attractiveness, and scholastic standing in evaluation of job applicant resumes. Robert L. Dipboye, Howard L. Fromkin, Kent Wiback · Journal of Applied Psychology Feb 1975 497
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wittenberg University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Nationalism, Globalization, Identity, History, Philosophy, Human Rights and Culture.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization11▲ 3.0×32 topics
  2. Religion9▲ 10×16 topics
  3. Identity8▲ 5.6×19 topics
  4. History8▲ 5.6×12 topics
  5. Nationalism7▲ 8.5×10 topics
  6. Climate Change7▲ 1.34×25 topics
  7. Philosophy7▲ 7.7×12 topics
  8. Human Rights6▲ 3.3×14 topics
  9. Sustainability6▲ 1.31×16 topics
  10. Education6▲ 1.66×15 topics
  11. Culture5▲ 5.0×7 topics
  12. Economic Growth5▲ 3.1×5 topics
  13. Ethics5▲ 4.9×16 topics
  14. Innovation5▲ 2.4×10 topics
  15. Gender4▲ 4.0×11 topics
  16. Governance4▲ 6.5×6 topics
  17. Sustainability Assessment4▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Diversity3▲ 9.5×5 topics
  19. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse3▲ 42×2 topics
  20. Politics3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  21. Democracy3▲ 4.2×4 topics
  22. Environmental Sustainability3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  23. International Relations3▲ 6.2×7 topics
  24. Organizational Performance3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  25. Migration3▲ 4.3×7 topics
  26. Bildungsungleichheit3▲ 51×1 topic
  27. China3▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Ethnografisches Schreiben3▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Genuine Progress Indicator3▲ 65×1 topic
  30. Sustainability Indicators3▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Ethical Behavior2▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Academic Performance2▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Language Learning2▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Trade2▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Educational Inequality2▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Interreligious Relations2▲ 130×1 topic
  37. Islamic Religious Education2▲ 130×1 topic
  38. Religious Education2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  39. Social History2▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Cultural History2▲ 9.2×5 topics

Which research topics does Wittenberg University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sociology and Education Studies, Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, Religion, Theology, and Education and Chinese history and philosophy.

Sociology and Education …3Sociology and Education Studies: 3 fractional worksSustainable Development …3Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy: 3 fractional worksReligion, Theology, and Education: 2 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 2 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 2 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Numerical Methods: 2 fractional worksExperimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 2 fractional worksWorkplace Spirituality a…2Workplace Spirituality and Leadership: 2 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 2 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawReligious studiesEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  2. 2 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 3 works
  3. 3 Religion, Theology, and Education Religious studies 2 works
  4. 4 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Higher Education Research Studies Education 2 works
  6. 6 Heat Transfer and Numerical Methods Computational Mechanics 2 works
  7. 7 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  8. 8 Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Demography 2 works
  9. 9 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 1 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 available19.1%not open80.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.8%domestic only68.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wittenberg University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wittenberg University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00068% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Wittenberg University0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wittenberg University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Wittenberg University9.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.1% in 2023.

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