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Research in Leoben

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Leoben, Austria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Montanuniversität Leoben, Austrian Foundry Research Institute and LKH Hochsteiermark.

Research institutions
6
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.8k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
180k
18.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Leoben

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 Leoben?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Montanuniversität LeobenUniversity 7,130 #2,149
2Materials Center Leoben (Austria)Company 612 #18,978
3Austrian Foundry Research InstituteNonprofit 544 #7,416
4Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)Company 434 #18,423
5LKH HochsteiermarkHospital / health system 361 #14,555
6AT&S (Austria)Company 67 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.

Montanuniversität Leoben: 77.9%Materials Center Leoben (Austria): 6.7%Austrian Foundry Research Institute: 5.9%Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria): 4.7%2 others listed: 4.7%78%largest
Montanuniversität Leoben7,130 · 77.9%Materials Center Leoben (Austria)612 · 6.7%Austrian Foundry Research Institute544 · 5.9%Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)434 · 4.7%2 others listed428 · 4.7%

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

Which fields of science does Leoben work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research in Leoben is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Materials Science (15%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,859 fractional works · 74.9% of its workEngineering: 1,094 fractional works · 44.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 412 fractional works · 16.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 150 fractional works · 6.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 94 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 89 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 58 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 58 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 38 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 31 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArchitecture: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 376 fractional works · 15.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 222 fractional works · 8.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 51 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCeramics and Composites: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 21 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMetals and Alloys: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 116 fractional works · 4.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 63 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeophysics: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 58 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 42 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 39 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCatalysis: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 464 fractional works · 18.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 219 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAccounting: 95 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 91 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 148 fractional works · 6.0% of its workLaw: 72 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 58 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 37 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 125 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMedicine: 92 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.2% 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 WORKLeoben2,483fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences75%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering1,09444.1%
    2. Materials Science37615.1%
    3. Environmental Science1164.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences632.5%
    5. Computer Science582.3%
    6. Chemistry421.7%
    7. Energy391.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy331.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering271.1%
    10. Mathematics110.4%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting2198.8%
    2. Social Sciences1486.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance582.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities180.7%
    5. Decision Sciences110.4%
    6. Psychology100.4%
    1. Medicine923.7%
    2. Health Professions281.1%
    3. Dentistry30.1%
    4. Nursing10.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology180.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences90.4%
    3. Neuroscience50.2%
    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 Leoben strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Leoben is most concentrated in Ceramics and Composites, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials (14.7× the world share in Ceramics and Composites).

  1. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 23.1 works15×
  2. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 369.3 works8.9×
  3. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 139.7 works8.7×
  4. AccountingSubfield · 89.2 works6.5×
  5. LawSubfield · 68.1 works5.2×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.70× its world share, 21 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.03× its world share, 36 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 54 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 55 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.48× its world share, 31 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.97× its world share, 1,001 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 100 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.29× its world share, 336 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 83 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.78× its world share, 201 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 56 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 138 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science4.29×336 works
  2. Engineering2.97×1,001 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.78×201 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.70×21 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.57×55 works
  6. Energy1.48×31 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.17×56 works
  8. Chemistry1.03×36 works
  9. Environmental Science0.90×100 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.59×29 works
  11. Social Sciences0.49×138 works
  12. Health Professions0.45×26 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.44×10 works
  14. Mathematics0.36×10 works
  15. Computer Science0.31×54 works
  16. Dentistry0.31×3 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.26×17 works
  18. Medicine0.19×83 works
  19. Neuroscience0.13×5 works
  20. Psychology0.13×9 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×14 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×3 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×1 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×7 works
  25. Nursing0.07×1 works
  26. Veterinary0.05×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Leoben?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Grain Refinement, Financial Reporting, Tax Avoidance, Nanoparticles, Recycling and Metal Recovery.

▲ 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 Properties270▲ 11×35 topics
  2. Microstructure168▲ 13×19 topics
  3. Sustainability119▲ 1.96×54 topics
  4. Nanoparticles109▲ 3.5×32 topics
  5. Grain Refinement92▲ 32×4 topics
  6. Environmental Impact91▲ 2.1×33 topics
  7. Financial Reporting86▲ 28×3 topics
  8. Tax Avoidance85▲ 87×2 topics
  9. Nanocomposites79▲ 4.0×20 topics
  10. Recycling75▲ 7.9×9 topics
  11. Metal Recovery71▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Metallurgy68▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Additive Manufacturing66▲ 8.6×8 topics
  14. Corporate Governance66▲ 3.6×10 topics
  15. Microstructural Evolution60▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Polymer Composites56▲ 8.5×7 topics
  17. Consumer Protection54▲ 50×2 topics
  18. Corrosion Behavior53▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Grain Boundary Engineering51▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Multinational Firms51▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Incentives51▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Social Responsibility50▲ 8.8×2 topics
  23. Corporate Tax50▲ 68×1 topic
  24. Transfer Pricing50▲ 68×1 topic
  25. Sintering50▲ 16×5 topics
  26. Numerical Simulation49▲ 6.8×11 topics
  27. Databases48▲ 68×1 topic
  28. Thermochemical48▲ 68×1 topic
  29. Sovereignty46▲ 20×5 topics
  30. Aerospace Applications46▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Materials45▲ 7.8×6 topics
  32. Regulatory Framework45▲ 53×2 topics
  33. Spark Plasma Sintering45▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Circular Economy44▲ 6.6×7 topics
  35. Thin Films44▲ 9.2×10 topics
  36. Market Power44▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Digital Markets Act43▲ 201×1 topic
  38. EU Competition Law43▲ 201×1 topic
  39. Rare Earth Elements41▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Composite Materials40▲ 7.8×8 topics

What research is done in Leoben?

Corporate Taxation and A…48Corporate Taxation and Avoidance: 48 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes …43Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 43 fractional worksDiverse Legal and Medical Studies: 40 fractional worksLaw and Political Science: 35 fractional worksTaxation and Legal Issues: 32 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 31 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mechanics: 30 fractional worksMicrostructure and mecha…27Microstructure and mechanical properties: 27 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Law: 27 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 27 fractional works
AccountingMechanical EngineeringStrategy and ManagementLaw4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Taxation and Avoidance Accounting 48 works
  2. 2 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 43 works
  3. 3 Diverse Legal and Medical Studies Strategy and Management 40 works
  4. 4 Law and Political Science Law 35 works
  5. 5 Taxation and Legal Issues Accounting 32 works
  6. 6 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties Aerospace Engineering 31 works
  7. 7 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 30 works
  8. 8 Microstructure and mechanical properties Materials Chemistry 27 works
  9. 9 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 27 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 27 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting20%40%Leoben13.0% 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 33.2% in 2001.

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