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Research in Chemnitz

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Chemnitz, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Chemnitz University of Technology.

Research institutions
13
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
251k
11.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Chemnitz

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 Chemnitz?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Chemnitz University of TechnologyUniversity 18,917 #1,298
2Chemnitzer Werkstoffmechanik GmbH (Germany)Company 97 not ranked
33D-Micromac (Germany)Company 76 not ranked
4Gesellschaft für Mikroelektronikanwendung Chemnitz (Germany)Company 49 not ranked
5Museum für Naturkunde ChemnitzArchive 43 not ranked
6Sächsisches TextilforschungsinstitutNonprofit 42 not ranked
7ICM ChemnitzResearch facility 28 not ranked
8Sächsisches StaatsarchivArchive 14 not ranked
9TBZ PARIV (Germany)Company 11 not ranked
10Cetex (Germany)Company 8 not ranked
11Beckmann-Institut für TechnologieentwicklungNonprofit 6 not ranked
12Colour Control Farbmesstechnik (Germany)Company 3 not ranked
13ITWResearch facility 1 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.

Chemnitz University of Technology: 98.0%Chemnitzer Werkstoffmechanik GmbH (Germany): 0.5%3D-Micromac (Germany): 0.4%Gesellschaft für Mikroelektronikanwendung Chemnitz (Germany): 0.3%9 others listed: 0.8%98%largest
Chemnitz University of Technology19k · 98.0%Chemnitzer Werkstoffmechanik GmbH (Germany)97 · 0.5%3D-Micromac (Germany)76 · 0.4%Gesellschaft für Mikroelektronikanwendung Chemnitz (Germany)49 · 0.3%9 others listed156 · 0.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Chemnitz work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research in Chemnitz is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Social Sciences (11%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,357 fractional works · 63.9% of its workEngineering: 1,404 fractional works · 38.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 340 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 327 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 153 fractional works · 4.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 127 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 97 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 78 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 72 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 55 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 345 fractional works · 9.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 78 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 65 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 57 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 34 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 233 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 132 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 30 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 102 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 50 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 93 fractional works · 2.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 60 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 58 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 902 fractional works · 24.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 392 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 152 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 100 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 44 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 153 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 79 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 153 fractional works · 4.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 52 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 111 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 54 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 293 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMedicine: 227 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSurgery: 44 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 60 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 135 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNeuroscience: 57 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 44 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 49 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKChemnitz3,687fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences64%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences24%

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
    1. Engineering1,40438.1%
    2. Computer Science3459.4%
    3. Materials Science2336.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1022.8%
    5. Mathematics932.5%
    6. Environmental Science601.6%
    7. Chemistry581.6%
    8. Energy260.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering200.5%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences160.4%
    1. Social Sciences39210.6%
    2. Psychology1534.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1534.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities1113.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance541.5%
    6. Decision Sciences391.1%
    1. Medicine2276.1%
    2. Health Professions601.6%
    3. Dentistry30.1%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Nursing10.0%
    1. Neuroscience571.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology491.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences230.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Chemnitz strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Chemnitz is most concentrated in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction (6.8× the world share in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering).

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 114.7 works6.8×
  2. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 287.3 works4.8×
  3. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 28.5 works4.2×
  4. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 88.4 works3.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.58× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.02× its world share, 53 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 304 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.56× its world share, 1,263 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.83× its world share, 209 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.16× its world share, 84 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.28× its world share, 94 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 205 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 96 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.27× its world share, 134 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 33 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 48 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 135 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 349 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.56×1,263 works
  2. Mathematics2.16×84 works
  3. Materials Science1.83×209 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.58×18 works
  5. Psychology1.35×135 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.28×94 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.27×134 works
  8. Computer Science1.19×304 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.03×33 works
  10. Chemistry1.02×53 works
  11. Arts and Humanities1.01×96 works
  12. Neuroscience0.94×50 works
  13. Social Sciences0.84×349 works
  14. Energy0.79×24 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.68×48 works
  16. Health Professions0.56×48 works
  17. Environmental Science0.33×54 works
  18. Medicine0.32×205 works
  19. Veterinary0.28×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×14 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×44 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×21 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.11×2 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×2 works
  26. Nursing0.05×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Chemnitz?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Additive Manufacturing, Microstructure, Thermal Management, Deep Learning, Tool Wear, Sustainability and Governance.

▲ 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 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
  1. Deep Learning160▲ 1.26×77 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties154▲ 4.3×32 topics
  3. Sustainability132▲ 1.46×52 topics
  4. Machine Learning117◆ 0.95×74 topics
  5. Additive Manufacturing109▲ 9.6×8 topics
  6. Microstructure104▲ 5.4×16 topics
  7. Big Data85▲ 2.4×22 topics
  8. Nanoparticles80▲ 1.71×37 topics
  9. Thermal Management73▲ 6.0×7 topics
  10. Governance63▲ 5.2×10 topics
  11. Nanocomposites61▲ 2.1×20 topics
  12. Tool Wear59▲ 13×3 topics
  13. Composite Materials53▲ 7.0×8 topics
  14. Polymer Composites50▲ 5.1×7 topics
  15. Leadership50▲ 2.8×12 topics
  16. 3D Printing49▲ 6.0×5 topics
  17. Applications45▲ 4.5×7 topics
  18. High-Temperature Electronics45▲ 20×2 topics
  19. Surface Roughness42▲ 8.6×4 topics
  20. Microstructural Evolution41▲ 7.7×4 topics
  21. Virtual Prototyping38▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Assembly Planning37▲ 14×1 topic
  23. Autonomous Vehicles37▲ 4.8×5 topics
  24. Design for Manufacture37▲ 14×1 topic
  25. Process Parameters36▲ 9.1×3 topics
  26. Ceramics36▲ 6.6×4 topics
  27. Renewable Resources35▲ 5.4×6 topics
  28. Biomedical Engineering35▲ 6.7×2 topics
  29. Challenges35▲ 8.3×2 topics
  30. Structural Analysis34▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Fused Deposition Modeling34▲ 8.6×1 topic
  32. Reliability34▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Thermal Behavior34▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Complex Systems33▲ 8.5×4 topics
  35. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse32▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Industrial Automation30▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Machining30▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Surface Integrity30▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Software Engineering30▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Driver Behavior29▲ 10×2 topics

What research is done in Chemnitz?

Manufacturing Process an…34Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 34 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…32Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 32 fractional worksPublic Administration and Political Analysis: 28 fractional worksAdvanced machining proce…28Advanced machining processes and optimization: 28 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigura…26Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 26 fractional worksAdvanced Surface Polishing Techniques: 21 fractional worksElectronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 21 fractional worksEngineering and Material…20Engineering and Materials Science Studies: 20 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 20 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 19 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringPolitical Science and International RelationsMechanical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 34 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 32 works
  3. 3 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 28 works
  4. 4 Advanced machining processes and optimization Mechanical Engineering 28 works
  5. 5 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 26 works
  6. 6 Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques Biomedical Engineering 21 works
  7. 7 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 21 works
  8. 8 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 20 works
  9. 9 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 works
  10. 10 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 19 works

Research output over time

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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.

still counting10%20%30%Chemnitz13.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.2% in 2010.

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