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Research in Freiberg

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Freiberg, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are TU Bergakademie Freiberg.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
12k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
193k
15.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Freiberg

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 Freiberg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1TU Bergakademie FreibergUniversity 11,325 #12,993
2Forschungsinstitut für Leder und KunststoffbahnenResearch facility 321 #16,823 all time
3Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany)Company 174 #28,237 all time
4DBI - Gastechnologisches InstitutInstitution 6 not ranked
5IBExU Institut für Sicherheitstechnik (Germany)Company 4 not ranked
6Institut für Qualitätssicherung von Stoffsystemen FreibergResearch facility 2 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.

TU Bergakademie Freiberg: 95.7%Forschungsinstitut für Leder und Kunststoffbahnen: 2.7%Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany): 1.5%DBI - Gastechnologisches Institut: 0.1%2 others listed: 0.1%96%largest
TU Bergakademie Freiberg11k · 95.7%Forschungsinstitut für Leder und Kunststoffbahnen321 · 2.7%Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany)174 · 1.5%DBI - Gastechnologisches Institut6 · 0.1%2 others listed6 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Freiberg work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research in Freiberg is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Materials Science (12%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,701 fractional works · 85.6% of its workEngineering: 835 fractional works · 42.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 293 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 92 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 77 fractional works · 3.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 77 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 53 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 47 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 47 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 44 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 27 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 230 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 125 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMetals and Alloys: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 185 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 49 fractional works · 2.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 127 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeophysics: 62 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 99 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 91 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 41 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 179 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 60 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 46 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 56 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 52 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedicine: 41 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFreiberg1,988fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences9%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering83542.0%
    2. Materials Science23011.6%
    3. Environmental Science1859.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1276.4%
    5. Computer Science995.0%
    6. Chemistry914.6%
    7. Mathematics412.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy361.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering341.7%
    10. Energy231.2%
    1. Social Sciences603.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting462.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities261.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance211.0%
    5. Psychology140.7%
    6. Decision Sciences120.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology291.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences231.1%
    3. Neuroscience20.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.0%
    1. Medicine412.1%
    2. Health Professions90.5%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Freiberg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Freiberg is most concentrated in Ceramics and Composites, Geophysics and Mechanical Engineering (23.2× the world share in Ceramics and Composites).

  1. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 28.4 works23×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 53.9 works8.8×
  3. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 264.2 works8.2×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.40× its world share, 27 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.01× its world share, 83 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 84 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.94× its world share, 108 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.86× its world share, 752 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.79× its world share, 156 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.29× its world share, 201 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.74× its world share, 36 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 40 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 54 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering4.40×27 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.94×108 works
  3. Materials Science3.29×201 works
  4. Chemistry3.01×83 works
  5. Engineering2.86×752 works
  6. Environmental Science1.79×156 works
  7. Mathematics1.74×36 works
  8. Energy1.11×18 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.81×32 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×40 works
  11. Computer Science0.62×84 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.62×10 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×19 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.45×23 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×26 works
  16. Psychology0.25×13 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×20 works
  18. Social Sciences0.24×54 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×1 works
  20. Health Professions0.18×8 works
  21. Nursing0.14×1 works
  22. Dentistry0.12×1 works
  23. Medicine0.10×35 works
  24. Neuroscience0.07×2 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Freiberg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Metal Recovery, Metallurgy, Additive Manufacturing, Sintering, Recycling and Spark Plasma Sintering.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties151▲ 7.7×34 topics
  2. Microstructure121▲ 12×19 topics
  3. Machine Learning87▲ 1.32×50 topics
  4. Environmental Impact83▲ 2.5×42 topics
  5. Metal Recovery76▲ 20×3 topics
  6. Remote Sensing69▲ 2.8×24 topics
  7. Nanoparticles66▲ 2.6×30 topics
  8. Metallurgy55▲ 47×2 topics
  9. Additive Manufacturing55▲ 9.0×8 topics
  10. Sintering55▲ 22×5 topics
  11. Recycling53▲ 7.0×9 topics
  12. Lithium-ion Batteries51▲ 6.2×4 topics
  13. Spark Plasma Sintering49▲ 25×2 topics
  14. Circular Economy49▲ 9.0×7 topics
  15. Catalysis46▲ 3.5×22 topics
  16. Rare Earth Elements44▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Microstructural Evolution44▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Oxidation Resistance44▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Composite Materials44▲ 11×10 topics
  20. Environmental Impacts44▲ 8.1×9 topics
  21. Grain Refinement44▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Ceramic Materials40▲ 22×4 topics
  23. Material Properties39▲ 20×3 topics
  24. CO2 Sequestration35▲ 9.0×4 topics
  25. Sustainable Technology34▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Plate Tectonics34▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Battery Recycling34▲ 21×1 topic
  28. Hydrometallurgical Processes34▲ 21×1 topic
  29. Databases32▲ 57×1 topic
  30. Thermochemical32▲ 57×1 topic
  31. High-Temperature Applications31▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Nanocrystalline Ceramics31▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Processing Techniques31▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Aerospace Applications31▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Electrical Properties29▲ 15×5 topics
  36. Oxidation Mechanism28▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Thermodynamic Modeling28▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Corrosion Behavior27▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Tectonics27▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Water Treatment27▲ 11×6 topics

What research is done in Freiberg?

Extraction and Separatio…31Extraction and Separation Processes: 31 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes …29Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 29 fractional worksAdvanced ceramic materials synthesis: 26 fractional worksMinerals Flotation and Separation Techniques: 23 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bioleaching: 22 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 22 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 20 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…19Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 19 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 19 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 18 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringCeramics and CompositesWater Science and TechnologyBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 31 works
  2. 2 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 29 works
  3. 3 Advanced ceramic materials synthesis Ceramics and Composites 26 works
  4. 4 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 23 works
  5. 5 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 22 works
  6. 6 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 22 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 19 works
  9. 9 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 19 works
  10. 10 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 18 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Freiberg13.4% 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 25.4% in 2006.

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