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Research in Oberhausen

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Oberhausen, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT.

Research institutions
7
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
11.3%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Oberhausen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHTResearch facility 620 #9,000
2Evangelisches Krankenhaus OberhausenHospital / health system 288 #27,661 all time
3HELIOS St. Elisabeth Klinik OberhausenHospital / health system 105 not ranked
4Adipositas Zentrum OberhausenHospital / health system 93 not ranked
5Imerys (Germany)Company 42 not ranked
6BABCOCK Industry & Power (Germany)Company 5 not ranked
7LVR-IndustriemuseumArchive 2 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT: 53.7%Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oberhausen: 24.9%HELIOS St. Elisabeth Klinik Oberhausen: 9.1%Adipositas Zentrum Oberhausen: 8.1%3 others listed: 4.2%54%largest
Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT620 · 53.7%Evangelisches Krankenhaus Oberhausen288 · 24.9%HELIOS St. Elisabeth Klinik Oberhausen105 · 9.1%Adipositas Zentrum Oberhausen93 · 8.1%3 others listed49 · 4.2%

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

What is Oberhausen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Oberhausen is most concentrated in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Energy (9.8× the world share in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment).

  1. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 20.1 works9.8×
  2. EnergyField · 23.0 works9.4×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Oberhausen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysts, Catalysis, Waste Management, Electrocatalysis, Environmental Impact, Renewable Energy, Recycling and Sustainability.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Sustainability22▲ 3.4×22 topics
  2. Environmental Impact20▲ 4.5×17 topics
  3. Renewable Energy19▲ 5.0×21 topics
  4. Catalysts17▲ 32×3 topics
  5. Catalysis17▲ 9.4×15 topics
  6. Waste Management16▲ 15×6 topics
  7. Electrocatalysis16▲ 21×2 topics
  8. Recycling16▲ 15×8 topics
  9. Circular Economy14▲ 19×6 topics
  10. Carbon Dioxide14▲ 33×4 topics
  11. Nanomaterials14▲ 4.8×10 topics
  12. Renewable Fuels12▲ 40×3 topics
  13. Metal-Organic Frameworks12▲ 10×4 topics
  14. Water Splitting11▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Energy Storage11▲ 6.1×8 topics
  16. Sustainable Energy10▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Energy Conversion10▲ 18×1 topic
  18. Oxygen Reduction10▲ 29×1 topic
  19. Energy Efficiency9▲ 3.8×11 topics
  20. Metal Recovery9▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Biomass9▲ 30×3 topics
  22. Hydrogenation8▲ 18×4 topics
  23. Bioenergy8▲ 54×2 topics
  24. Environmental Impacts7▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Health Consequences7▲ 9.5×2 topics
  26. CO2 Reduction7▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Molecular Catalysis7▲ 58×2 topics
  28. E-Waste7▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Hazardous Substances7▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Renewable Resources7▲ 15×5 topics
  31. Life Cycle Assessment6▲ 8.7×6 topics
  32. Catalytic6▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Policy6▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Bioeconomy6▲ 159×1 topic
  35. Electrochemical Conversion6▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Metallic Surfaces6▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Transition6▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Ionic Liquids6▲ 7.5×5 topics
  39. Oxidation5▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Selective Oxidation5▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Oberhausen?

Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 10 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 7 fractional worksBioeconomy and Sustainab…6Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development: 6 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques…6CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 6 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 5 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 5 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…4Advanced battery technologies research: 4 fractional worksCatalysts for Methane Reforming: 4 fractional worksIntegrated Energy Systems Optimization: 4 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 3 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesMaterials Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 10 works
  2. 2 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  4. 4 CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  5. 5 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 5 works
  6. 6 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 5 works
  7. 7 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Catalysts for Methane Reforming Catalysis 4 works
  9. 9 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 3 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.