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A.S.T. Group (Germany)

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Research works
17
▲ 465% vs 2018-21
Citations
193
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
A.S.T. Group (Germany)

Not ranked overall: A.S.T. Group (Germany) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does A.S.T. Group (Germany) work in?

In all years, 56% of research at A.S.T. Group (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 39% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (39%), Business, Management and Accounting (28%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 55.5% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 38.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 39.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 28.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 11.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 8.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKA.S.T. Group(Germany)17fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences39%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering638.6%
    2. Computer Science15.3%
    3. Materials Science15.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy03.0%
    5. Environmental Science01.7%
    6. Chemical Engineering01.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting528.3%
    2. Social Sciences16.5%
    3. Decision Sciences02.3%
    4. Psychology01.9%
    1. Neuroscience02.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.0%
    1. Medicine02.0%
    2. Health Professions00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Chemical Engineering: 3.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.04× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14.91× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 14.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting14.91×4 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.44×0 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.49×0 works
  4. Engineering2.04×3 works
  5. Social Sciences0.69×1 works
  6. Computer Science0.62×0 works
  7. Psychology0.49×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.36×0 works
  9. Health Professions0.34×0 works

What are the most cited papers from A.S.T. Group (Germany)?

The most cited paper from A.S.T. Group (Germany) is "Epitaxy and Molecular Organization on Solid Substrates" (Daniel E. Hooks, Torsten Fritz, Michael D. Dial Ward, 2001), with 477 citations. Next come "ROSIS (Reflective Optics System Imaging Spectrometer) - A Candidate Instrument For Polar Platform Missions" (80) and "Ultra‐thin gold films on transparent polymers" (68).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Epitaxy and Molecular Organization on Solid Substrates Daniel E. Hooks, Torsten Fritz, Michael D. Dial Ward · Advanced Materials Feb 2001 477
2 ROSIS (Reflective Optics System Imaging Spectrometer) - A Candidate Instrument For Polar Platform Missions Bernd P. Kunkel, Fritz Blechinger, Reinhold Lutz et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 13 Apr 1988 80
3 Ultra‐thin gold films on transparent polymers Kristján Leósson, Arni Sigurdur Ingason, Björn Agnarsson et al. · Nanophotonics Open access 25 Dec 2012 68
4 Pyroelectric IR-detector arrays based on sputtered PZT and spin-coated P(VDF/TrFE) thin films Reinhard Köhler, P. R. K. L. Padmini, Gerald Gerlach et al. · Integrated ferroelectrics Mar 1998 21
5 A 11×6 element pyroelectric detector array utilizing self-polarized pzt thin films grown by sputtering R. Bruchhaus, Dana Pitzer, Robert Primig et al. · Integrated ferroelectrics Sep 1997 21
All 23 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does A.S.T. Group (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Quality and Supply Management, Corporate Management and Leadership, Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems and Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Quality and Supply Manag…2Quality and Supply Management: 2 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 1 fractional worksInnovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 1 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 1 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…0Digital Transformation in Industry: 0 fractional worksQuality and Management Systems: 0 fractional worksErgonomics and Human Factors: 0 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 0 fractional worksHydraulic and Pneumatic Systems: 0 fractional works
Management Information SystemsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSociology and Political ScienceMarketing4 others

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

  1. 1 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 2 works
  2. 2 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  3. 3 Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 1 works
  5. 5 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Quality and Management Systems Strategy and Management 0 works
  8. 8 Ergonomics and Human Factors Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 0 works
  10. 10 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Mechanical Engineering 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available28.4%not open71.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has A.S.T. Group (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 465% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is A.S.T. Group (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000012% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%A.S.T. Group (Germany)0.00013% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of A.S.T. Group (Germany) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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