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Research in Wels

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Wels, Austria. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria and Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen.

Research institutions
3
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.5k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
45k
12.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Wels

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 Wels?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Applied Sciences Upper AustriaUniversity 2,558 #2,432
2Klinikum Wels-GrieskirchenHospital / health system 450 #19,523
3Barmherzige Schwestern vom heiligen KreuzNonprofit 450 #12,641 all time

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.

Which fields of science does Wels work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Wels is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Computer Science (20%), Medicine (15%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 543 fractional works · 54.3% of its workEngineering: 252 fractional works · 25.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 50 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 39 fractional works · 3.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 30 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 24 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 203 fractional works · 20.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 73 fractional works · 7.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 42 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 32 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 24 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 225 fractional works · 22.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 85 fractional works · 8.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 22 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMarketing: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 27 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 165 fractional works · 16.5% of its workMedicine: 150 fractional works · 15.0% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 67 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWels1,000fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences22%

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. Engineering25225.2%
    2. Computer Science20320.3%
    3. Materials Science242.4%
    4. Environmental Science212.1%
    5. Energy111.1%
    6. Mathematics111.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy101.0%
    8. Chemistry50.5%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting858.5%
    2. Social Sciences565.6%
    3. Psychology343.4%
    4. Decision Sciences272.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities151.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance80.8%
    1. Medicine15015.0%
    2. Health Professions111.1%
    3. Nursing30.3%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology292.9%
    2. Neuroscience161.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences141.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Wels strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Wels is most concentrated in Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Automotive Engineering (16.3× the world share in Human-Computer Interaction).

  1. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 30.2 works16×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 46.1 works10.0×
  3. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 20.0 works4.2×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.66× its world share, 185 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.71× its world share, 230 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.98× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 134 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.68× its world share, 77 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 48 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.74×24 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.68×77 works
  3. Computer Science2.66×185 works
  4. Engineering1.71×230 works
  5. Psychology1.14×31 works
  6. Neuroscience1.04×15 works
  7. Energy1.04×9 works
  8. Mathematics0.98×10 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.83×3 works
  10. Medicine0.78×134 works
  11. Nursing0.68×3 works
  12. Materials Science0.65×20 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×26 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.43×9 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.43×11 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×4 works
  17. Social Sciences0.42×48 works
  18. Environmental Science0.41×18 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×7 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.33×5 works
  22. Health Professions0.33×8 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×13 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×4 works
  25. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  26. Veterinary0.09×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Wels?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Big Data, Evolutionary Algorithms, Supply Chain Management, Virtual Reality and Neural Networks.

▲ 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 Learning66▲ 1.92×59 topics
  2. Machine Learning62▲ 1.86×56 topics
  3. Sustainability55▲ 2.2×42 topics
  4. Big Data39▲ 4.1×15 topics
  5. Neural Networks36▲ 2.4×26 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management33▲ 3.7×16 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence27▲ 1.88×23 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties26▲ 2.7×28 topics
  9. Virtual Reality25▲ 5.2×12 topics
  10. Evolutionary Algorithms24▲ 23×5 topics
  11. Internet of Things22▲ 2.6×13 topics
  12. Learning Outcomes18▲ 4.4×4 topics
  13. Applications16▲ 6.0×5 topics
  14. Social Interaction16▲ 4.1×5 topics
  15. Technology15▲ 2.9×11 topics
  16. Classification15▲ 3.4×8 topics
  17. Customer Experience15▲ 9.4×4 topics
  18. Embodiment15▲ 8.1×4 topics
  19. Multiobjective Optimization14▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Immersion14▲ 21×1 topic
  21. Presence14▲ 21×1 topic
  22. Cyber-Physical Systems14▲ 5.3×5 topics
  23. User Experience14▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Particle Swarm Optimization13▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Additive Manufacturing13▲ 4.2×7 topics
  26. Genetic Algorithm13▲ 9.3×4 topics
  27. Feature Selection12▲ 5.4×4 topics
  28. Ant Colony Optimization12▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Autonomous Vehicles12▲ 5.5×5 topics
  30. Smart Factory11▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Digital Twin11▲ 8.1×2 topics
  32. Metaheuristics11▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Constraint Handling10▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Genetic Programming10▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Maintenance10▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Symbolic Regression10▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Immersive Simulations10▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Medical10▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Cloud Manufacturing10▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Smart Manufacturing10▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Wels?

Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 14 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applications: 10 fractional worksEvolutionary Algorithms and Applications: 9 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 8 fractional worksMetaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research: 8 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 8 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 8 fractional worksScheduling and Optimizat…6Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms: 6 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 6 fractional worksInteractive and Immersive Displays: 6 fractional works
Human-Computer InteractionComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionArtificial IntelligenceIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 14 works
  2. 2 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 10 works
  3. 3 Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  4. 4 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
  5. 5 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  6. 6 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 8 works
  8. 8 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 6 works
  10. 10 Interactive and Immersive Displays Human-Computer Interaction 6 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 counting10%20%30%Wels15.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.5% in 2011.

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