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Research in Ilmenau

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Ilmenau, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Technische Universität Ilmenau.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
12k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
149k
12.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1956-2026
71 years on the record
Ilmenau

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 Ilmenau?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Technische Universität IlmenauUniversity 11,382 #2,720
2IMMS Institut für Mikroelektronik- und Mechatronik-Systeme gemeinnützige GmbH (IMMS GmbH)Research facility 279 #24,788 all time
3MetraLabs (Germany)Company 16 not ranked
4Normag (Germany)Company 5 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.

Technische Universität Ilmenau: 97.4%IMMS Institut für Mikroelektronik- und Mechatronik-Systeme gemeinnützige GmbH (IMMS GmbH): 2.4%MetraLabs (Germany): 0.1%Normag (Germany): 0.0%97%largest
Technische Universität Ilmenau11k · 97.4%IMMS Institut für Mikroelektronik- und Mechatronik-Systeme gemeinnützige GmbH (IMMS GmbH)279 · 2.4%MetraLabs (Germany)16 · 0.1%Normag (Germany)5 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Ilmenau work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research in Ilmenau is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Computer Science (17%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,705 fractional works · 76.0% of its workEngineering: 946 fractional works · 42.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 291 fractional works · 13.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 135 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 117 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 108 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 68 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 51 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 44 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 43 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 386 fractional works · 17.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 92 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 89 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 57 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSignal Processing: 46 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 115 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 67 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 91 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 51 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 47 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 37 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 24 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 26 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 375 fractional works · 16.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 161 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 62 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCommunication: 34 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 70 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 45 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 18 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 44 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 28 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 27 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 22 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 91 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNeuroscience: 54 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 41 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 74 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedicine: 58 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKIlmenau2,244fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences17%

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. Engineering94642.2%
    2. Computer Science38617.2%
    3. Materials Science1155.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy914.0%
    5. Environmental Science472.1%
    6. Mathematics371.7%
    7. Energy281.2%
    8. Chemistry261.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences180.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering120.5%
    1. Social Sciences1617.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting703.1%
    3. Decision Sciences452.0%
    4. Psychology442.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities281.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance271.2%
    1. Neuroscience542.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology291.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences80.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine582.6%
    2. Health Professions150.7%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ilmenau strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ilmenau is most concentrated in Signal Processing, Communication and Control and Systems Engineering (6.3× the world share in Signal Processing).

  1. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 38.1 works6.3×
  2. CommunicationSubfield · 31.3 works5.7×
  3. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 123.9 works5.7×
  4. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 22.8 works5.5×
  5. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 57.8 works5.0×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.46× its world share, 48 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.49× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 23 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.19× its world share, 341 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.36× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.83× its world share, 849 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.47× its world share, 102 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.40× its world share, 33 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.80× its world share, 80 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 25 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 62 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.12× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 147 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.83×849 works
  2. Computer Science2.19×341 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.12×41 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.80×80 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.49×10 works
  6. Materials Science1.47×102 works
  7. Neuroscience1.46×48 works
  8. Mathematics1.40×33 works
  9. Energy1.36×25 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.97×62 works
  11. Chemistry0.73×23 works
  12. Psychology0.58×36 works
  13. Social Sciences0.58×147 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×24 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×17 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.43×25 works
  17. Environmental Science0.42×42 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×26 works
  19. Health Professions0.25×13 works
  20. Medicine0.13×51 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×7 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  23. Nursing0.05×0 works
  24. Veterinary0.04×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Ilmenau?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Nonlinear Systems, Heat Transfer, Beamforming, Optimization and Thin Films.

▲ 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 Learning168▲ 2.2×67 topics
  2. Machine Learning125▲ 1.67×67 topics
  3. Neural Networks88▲ 2.5×30 topics
  4. Nonlinear Systems48▲ 9.9×8 topics
  5. Nanoparticles47▲ 1.65×33 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency46▲ 2.2×32 topics
  7. Heat Transfer44▲ 4.0×16 topics
  8. Social Media44▲ 1.42×23 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties44▲ 1.99×30 topics
  10. Energy Storage43▲ 3.0×13 topics
  11. Big Data43▲ 1.99×19 topics
  12. Optimization42▲ 4.2×18 topics
  13. Convolutional Neural Networks37▲ 2.3×13 topics
  14. Microstructure35▲ 3.0×17 topics
  15. Beamforming32▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Model Predictive Control32▲ 5.5×5 topics
  17. Cathode Materials31▲ 3.6×3 topics
  18. Thin Films29▲ 6.8×10 topics
  19. Stability Analysis26▲ 7.5×5 topics
  20. Thermal Management26▲ 3.6×8 topics
  21. Large-Eddy Simulation26▲ 6.2×4 topics
  22. Feedback Control26▲ 6.9×8 topics
  23. Statistical Analysis26▲ 6.6×5 topics
  24. Autonomous Vehicles25▲ 5.4×5 topics
  25. Fluid Dynamics24▲ 7.5×6 topics
  26. Distributed Control23▲ 9.6×3 topics
  27. Industrial Automation22▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Wireless Networks21▲ 6.4×9 topics
  29. Robust Control21▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Neuromorphic Computing21▲ 8.1×2 topics
  31. Content Analysis21▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. Vortex Dynamics20▲ 8.0×4 topics
  33. Fault Detection20▲ 6.4×3 topics
  34. MIMO Systems19▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Fluid Mechanics19▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Turbulent Flows19▲ 8.8×3 topics
  37. Boundary Layer Transition19▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Particle Image Velocimetry19▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Process Monitoring18▲ 8.6×2 topics
  40. News Media18▲ 18×2 topics

What research is done in Ilmenau?

Fluid Dynamics and Turbu…17Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 17 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems…16Advanced Control Systems Optimization: 16 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 15 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 14 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 14 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 14 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 14 fractional worksAdvanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques: 13 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 13 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 12 fractional works
Computational MechanicsControl and Systems EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSignal Processing4 others

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

  1. 1 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 17 works
  2. 2 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 16 works
  3. 3 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 14 works
  5. 5 Media Studies and Communication Communication 14 works
  6. 6 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 14 works
  7. 7 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 14 works
  8. 8 Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques Mechanical Engineering 13 works
  9. 9 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  10. 10 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works

Research output over time

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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%Ilmenau16.8% 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 27.6% in 2000.

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