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Research in Zwickau

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Zwickau, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.5k
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
3.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Zwickau

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 Zwickau?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Westsächsische Hochschule ZwickauUniversity 1,433 #6,759
2Hoppecke (Germany)Company 42 not ranked
3Institut für Leichte Elektrische Antriebe und Generatoren (Germany)Company 5 not ranked
4Sächsische KrebsgesellschaftInstitution 4 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.

Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau: 96.6%Hoppecke (Germany): 2.8%Institut für Leichte Elektrische Antriebe und Generatoren (Germany): 0.3%Sächsische Krebsgesellschaft: 0.3%97%largest
Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau1,433 · 96.6%Hoppecke (Germany)42 · 2.8%Institut für Leichte Elektrische Antriebe und Generatoren (Germany)5 · 0.3%Sächsische Krebsgesellschaft4 · 0.3%

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

Which fields of science does Zwickau work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Zwickau is in Physical Sciences, 40% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Social Sciences (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 144 fractional works · 44.9% of its workEngineering: 94 fractional works · 29.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 5.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 4.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 7.3% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 128 fractional works · 39.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 13.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 40 fractional works · 12.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 9.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 15 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 37 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKZwickau321fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences40%

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. Engineering9429.4%
    2. Computer Science237.3%
    3. Materials Science72.3%
    4. Energy61.8%
    5. Environmental Science41.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy31.1%
    7. Chemistry20.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering20.6%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    10. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Social Sciences4213.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting4012.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities299.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance82.4%
    5. Psychology61.8%
    6. Decision Sciences31.0%
    1. Medicine257.9%
    2. Health Professions103.0%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.3%
    3. Neuroscience20.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Zwickau?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Big Data, Sustainable Development, Digital Transformation, Thermal Management, Lithium-ion Batteries, Electric Vehicles and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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. Sustainability26▲ 3.4×27 topics
  2. Sustainable Development22▲ 4.3×21 topics
  3. Big Data19▲ 6.1×12 topics
  4. Digital Transformation16▲ 9.4×10 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 3.5×15 topics
  6. Renewable Energy16▲ 3.4×18 topics
  7. Thermal Management14▲ 13×4 topics
  8. Lithium-ion Batteries14▲ 10×3 topics
  9. Electric Vehicles12▲ 13×4 topics
  10. Social Innovation10▲ 20×2 topics
  11. Customer Experience9▲ 18×3 topics
  12. E-commerce9▲ 5.0×3 topics
  13. Mobile Health9▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Business Models9▲ 39×2 topics
  15. Omni-Channel Strategy9▲ 130×1 topic
  16. Technology Innovation9▲ 80×1 topic
  17. Battery Management Systems8▲ 18×1 topic
  18. Thermal Runaway8▲ 18×1 topic
  19. Customer Relationship Management8▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Innovation Policy8▲ 25×3 topics
  21. Urban Development8▲ 6.8×4 topics
  22. Information Technology7▲ 4.8×3 topics
  23. Renewable Energy Integration7▲ 7.0×3 topics
  24. Digital Capital7▲ 126×1 topic
  25. Sociolinguistics7▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Value Chains7▲ 126×1 topic
  27. Interdisciplinary Research7▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Digital Social Innovation6▲ 161×1 topic
  29. Knowledge Engineering6▲ 161×1 topic
  30. Discourse Analysis6▲ 7.7×2 topics
  31. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse6▲ 47×2 topics
  32. Vibration Analysis6▲ 6.9×2 topics
  33. Language Learning6▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Mathematical Modeling5▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Engineering5▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Industrial Automation5▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Materials Science5▲ 41×2 topics
  38. Digital Media5▲ 8.8×3 topics
  39. Intercultural Competence5▲ 44×2 topics
  40. Organizational Change5▲ 20×3 topics

What research is done in Zwickau?

Digital Innovation in Industries: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 8 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…7Corporate Governance and Management: 7 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, …6Innovation, Technology, and Society: 6 fractional worksLinguistic research and analysis: 5 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 5 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigura…5Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 5 fractional worksLinguistic Education and Pedagogy: 4 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 4 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…4Extraction and Separation Processes: 4 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationAutomotive EngineeringStrategy and ManagementSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 9 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 7 works
  4. 4 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  5. 5 Linguistic research and analysis Language and Linguistics 5 works
  6. 6 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 5 works
  7. 7 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Linguistic Education and Pedagogy Language and Linguistics 4 works
  9. 9 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 4 works
  10. 10 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 4 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Zwickau3.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.8% in 2019.

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