Research in Aachen
Science Explorer records 48 research institutions in Aachen, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are RWTH Aachen University, FH Aachen and FEV (Germany).
- Research institutions
- 48 5 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 114k ◆ 1% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.2M 19.0 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 14.4% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.
Which research institutions are in Aachen?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RWTH Aachen UniversityUniversity | 93,905 | #191 | |
| 2 | FH AachenUniversity | 13,743 | #2,192 | |
| 3 | Ophthalmology ClinicHospital / health system | 1,333 | #14,193 | |
| 4 | FEV (Germany)Company | 940 | #13,692 | |
| 5 | Inform (Germany)Company | 885 | #16,092 | |
| 6 | Grünenthal Group (Germany)Company | 454 | #21,817 all time | |
| 7 | Forschungsgesellschaft Kraftfahrwesen Aachen (Germany)Company | 270 | #26,834 all time | |
| 8 | AccessResearch facility | 266 | #27,993 all time | |
| 9 | AMO (Germany)Company | 237 | #27,408 all time | |
| 10 | S&F Systemtechnik (Germany)Company | 144 | #33,915 all time | |
| 11 | FEG Textiltechnik (Germany)Company | 114 | not ranked | |
| 12 | Luisenhospital AachenHospital / health system | 104 | not ranked | |
| 13 | Magma (Germany)Company | 100 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Franziskushospital AachenHospital / health system | 84 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Sigma Engineering (Germany)Company | 67 | not ranked | |
| 16 | CemeCon (Germany)Company | 62 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Management Intelligenter Technologien (Germany)Company | 50 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Saint-Gobain (Germany)Company | 44 | not ranked | |
| 19 | Brenk Systemplanung (Germany)Company | 41 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Aachener Institut für Bauschadensforschung und Angewandte BauphysikResearch facility | 38 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Devolo (Germany)Company | 28 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Paion (Germany)Company | 26 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Protemics (Germany)Company | 25 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Bundesverband Herzkranke KinderInstitution | 25 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Microstructure and PoresResearch facility | 24 | not ranked | |
| 26 | BET (Germany)Company | 23 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Europäisches Centrum für Mechatronik (Germany)Company | 23 | not ranked | |
| 28 | ISRA Vision Parsytec (Germany)Company | 21 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Abiomed (Germany)Company | 17 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Energieversorgungs und Verkehrsgesellschaft Aachen (Germany)Company | 16 | not ranked | |
| 31 | GEPRO (Germany)Company | 15 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Kisters (Germany)Company | 14 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Consentec (Germany)Company | 11 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Heusch Boesefeldt (Germany)Company | 10 | not ranked | |
| 35 | ProCom (Germany)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Vygon (Germany)Company | 8 | not ranked | |
| 37 | K&S Projektmanagement (Germany)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Vemac (Germany)Company | 7 | not ranked | |
| 39 | MisereorNonprofit | 6 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Aixtooling (Germany)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Praxiszentrum Orthopädie Unfallchirurgie NordrheinHospital / health system | 3 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Bundesverband IT-MittelstandInstitution | 3 | not ranked | |
| 43 | European Society for Surgical ResearchNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Institut für IndustrieaerodynamikInstitution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Ingenieurgruppe IVV (Germany)Company | 2 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Momatec (Germany)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Förderkreis Hilfe für krebskranke KinderInstitution | 0 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Ludwig Forum für Internationale KunstArchive | 0 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Aachen work in?
In 2022-now, 63% of research in Aachen is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Medicine (14%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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 city does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences14k63.2%
- Engineering7,26034.0%
- Computer Science1,8638.7%
- Materials Science1,1515.4%
- Physics and Astronomy8283.9%
- Environmental Science7683.6%
- Chemistry5362.5%
- Energy3321.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2821.3%
- Mathematics2651.2%
- Chemical Engineering2291.1%
- Health Sciences3,41316.0%
- Medicine3,01714.1%
- Health Professions2491.2%
- Dentistry900.4%
- Nursing440.2%
- Veterinary120.1%
- Social Sciences2,69512.6%
- Social Sciences8634.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting6923.2%
- Psychology3661.7%
- Arts and Humanities3161.5%
- Decision Sciences3051.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1530.7%
- Life Sciences1,7558.2%
What is Aachen strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Aachen is most concentrated in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Software (6.8× the world share in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes).
- Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 95.2 works6.8×
- Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 538.5 works5.8×
- SoftwareSubfield · 49.5 works4.2×
- Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 404.5 works4.2×
- Computational MechanicsSubfield · 434.8 works4.2×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 207.0 works3.6×
- Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 71.8 works3.5×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
The whole field profile
All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Chemical Engineering3.03×192 works
- Engineering2.28×6,200 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.70×684 works
- Energy1.65×276 works
- Chemistry1.62×462 works
- Materials Science1.51×954 works
- Decision Sciences1.47×258 works
- Computer Science1.12×1,574 works
- Neuroscience1.11×326 works
- Mathematics1.04×222 works
- Business, Management and Accounting1.03×604 works
- Dentistry0.88×77 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×841 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×226 works
- Medicine0.73×2,561 works
- Environmental Science0.71×636 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×45 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.58×105 works
- Arts and Humanities0.53×280 works
- Psychology0.53×294 works
- Health Professions0.44×211 works
- Veterinary0.44×11 works
- Nursing0.43×39 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×132 works
- Social Sciences0.33×762 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×155 works
Which keywords describe research in Aachen?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Additive Manufacturing, Microstructure, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Renewable Energy Integration.
- Engineering
- Materials Science
- Assembly Planning
- Surface Roughness
- Process Parameters
- Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
- Materials
- Software Engineering
- Composite Materials
- Fluid Dynamics
- Vibration Analysis
- Renewable Resources
- Energy Storage
- Thermal Management
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Additive Manufacturing
- Microstructure
- Environmental Impact
- Renewable Energy
- Machine Learning
- Sustainability
- Deep Learning
- Mechanical Properties
- Energy Efficiency
- Big Data
- Biomedical Applications
- Heat Transfer
- Electric Vehicles
- Optimization
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Smart Grid
- Model Predictive Control
- Tool Wear
- Industrial Automation
- Flexible Automation
- Chemical Kinetics
- Construction
- Virtual Prototyping
- Design for Manufacture
- Mathematical Modeling
Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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
- Sustainability843▲ 1.61×96 topics
- Machine Learning742◆ 1.04×89 topics
- Deep Learning719◆ 0.98×79 topics
- Renewable Energy663▲ 2.1×53 topics
- Mechanical Properties617▲ 2.9×38 topics
- Environmental Impact438▲ 1.20×60 topics
- Energy Efficiency381▲ 1.93×43 topics
- Microstructure380▲ 3.4×19 topics
- Big Data378▲ 1.85×31 topics
- Additive Manufacturing363▲ 5.5×8 topics
- Biomedical Applications352▲ 1.39×35 topics
- Renewable Energy Integration294▲ 4.2×6 topics
- Heat Transfer291▲ 2.8×20 topics
- Thermal Management289▲ 4.2×8 topics
- Electric Vehicles265▲ 4.3×4 topics
- Energy Storage262▲ 1.89×13 topics
- Optimization247▲ 2.6×25 topics
- Renewable Resources231▲ 6.1×6 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries231▲ 2.6×4 topics
- Vibration Analysis223▲ 3.9×9 topics
- Smart Grid218▲ 2.8×10 topics
- Fluid Dynamics210▲ 6.9×6 topics
- Model Predictive Control205▲ 3.8×6 topics
- Composite Materials198▲ 4.4×11 topics
- Tool Wear191▲ 7.0×3 topics
- Software Engineering184▲ 9.8×3 topics
- Industrial Automation176▲ 13×3 topics
- Materials176▲ 3.5×6 topics
- Flexible Automation173▲ 32×1 topic
- Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems173▲ 32×1 topic
- Chemical Kinetics169▲ 8.6×3 topics
- Process Parameters166▲ 7.2×3 topics
- Construction151▲ 5.3×3 topics
- Surface Roughness147▲ 5.1×4 topics
- Virtual Prototyping144▲ 7.9×2 topics
- Assembly Planning140▲ 9.5×1 topic
- Design for Manufacture140▲ 9.5×1 topic
- Materials Science132▲ 15×4 topics
- Mathematical Modeling128▲ 6.9×4 topics
- Engineering124▲ 13×6 topics
What research is done in Aachen?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 150 works
- 2 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 132 works
- 3 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 106 works
- 4 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 100 works
- 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 98 works
- 6 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 92 works
- 7 Advanced machining processes and optimization Mechanical Engineering 91 works
- 8 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 83 works
- 9 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 80 works
- 10 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 75 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.3% in 2007.
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