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Materials Science research in Austria

University of Vienna ranks first in Austria for Materials Science research in 2022-now (#264 worldwide), followed by TU Wien and Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Austria's world rank
#21
of 87 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
2.3k
Top-10% rate
7.9%
Ranked institutions
8

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Materials Science in Austria?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of ViennaVienna #26427.98.8%242
2TU WienVienna #33224.97.4%387
3Austrian Academy of SciencesVienna #33924.612.9%96
4Universität InnsbruckInnsbruck #45320.96.4%157
5Montanuniversität LeobenLeoben #50419.510.5%222
6Graz University of TechnologyGraz #88312.27.5%228
7BOKU UniversityVienna #1,0809.68.1%79
8Johannes Kepler University of LinzLinz #1,1818.55.7%122

Institutions in Austria above the floor of 40 fractional works in Materials Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Materials Science researchers in Austria?

Georg Kresse, Ulrike Diebold and Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi rank highest among researchers based in Austria, on their papers in Materials Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Georg Kresse#4,053 worldwide overall69.3 of 166 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Ulrike Diebold#74,812 worldwide overall50.3 of 175 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi#89,578 worldwide overall54.7 of 251 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Peter Blaha#104,276 worldwide overall42.3 of 166 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Jürgen Fleig#256,735 worldwide overall39.3 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Karlheinz Schwarz#70,402 worldwide overall31.7 of 99 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Jannik C. Meyer#94,402 worldwide overall29.7 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Joachim R. Krenn#144,303 worldwide overall23.3 of 79 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9María Ibáñez#69,631 worldwide overall22.4 of 77 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Siegfried Bauer#132,706 worldwide overall22.8 of 91 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Michael Schmid#359,096 worldwide overall25.0 of 114 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12J. Häfner#213,638 worldwide overall28.0 of 152 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Jani Kotakoski#129,551 worldwide overall22.9 of 101 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Georg K. H. Madsen#165,327 worldwide overall22.3 of 97 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Paolo Falcaro#81,194 worldwide overall19.7 of 81 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Austria on their work in Materials Science alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Austria compares with other countries in Materials Science