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In research, Acatech stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,364 of 17,446 worldwide), Chemistry (#1,750 of 2,902 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,955 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,605
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#589
of 1,603
Research works
1.1k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Acatech

What is Acatech known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #10,364 of 17,446 2.9%819
ChemistryField #1,750 of 2,902 3.4%127
EngineeringField #5,955 of 9,532 3.4%222
Physics and AstronomyField #2,181 of 2,917 2.2%161
Materials ScienceField #3,203 of 3,771 2.8%174
Social SciencesDomain #13,181 of 14,833 9.8%155

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Acatech sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Acatech work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Acatech is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Business, Management and Accounting (29%), Social Sciences (24%), Arts and Humanities (15%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 31 fractional works · 75.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 28.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 13.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 10.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 23.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 13.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 15.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 15.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAcatech41fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences75%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting1228.9%
    2. Social Sciences1023.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities615.3%
    4. Psychology26.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.2%
    1. Engineering24.8%
    2. Energy13.2%
    3. Environmental Science13.0%
    4. Computer Science11.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.6%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Materials Science00.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine24.9%
    2. Health Professions11.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.47× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 5.30× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.96× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.96× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting8.96×12 works
  2. Arts and Humanities5.30×6 works
  3. Energy3.47×1 works
  4. Psychology1.96×2 works
  5. Social Sciences1.88×10 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.07×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.72×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.61×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.47×0 works
  11. Engineering0.32×2 works
  12. Chemistry0.26×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×0 works
  14. Medicine0.25×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.22×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.12×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Acatech?

Ranked on the quality score, Gregory J. Wendel, Ed. Donath and Hugo Ditz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Acatech.

  1. 1 Gregory J. Wendel Germany · #2,886,376 worldwide 529 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Ed. Donath Germany · #3,023,999 worldwide 60 citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Hugo Ditz Germany · #3,239,744 worldwide 143 citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Lothar v. Schrutka Germany · #3,285,814 worldwide 80 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 B. M. Margosches Germany · #3,305,560 worldwide 167 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Kurt Wiedenfeld Germany · #3,368,005 worldwide 41 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Alfred Hawranek Germany · #3,439,296 worldwide 36 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 H. Weber Germany · #3,447,954 worldwide 641 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Anneliese Niethammer Germany · #3,541,926 worldwide 167 citations · 72 works
  10. 10 Hans Quitta Germany · #3,657,620 worldwide 143 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Acatech

What are the most cited papers from Acatech?

The most cited paper from Acatech is "Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass residuals: a comparative review of the chemistry, processes and applications of wet and dry pyrolysis" (Judy A. Libra, Kyoung S. Ro, Claudia Irene Kammann et al., 2010), with 1,752 citations. Next come "Ten Years of Industrie 4.0" (978) and "Change Through Digitization—Value Creation in the Age of Industry 4.0" (834).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass residuals: a comparative review of the chemistry, processes and applications of wet and dry pyrolysis Judy A. Libra, Kyoung S. Ro, Claudia Irene Kammann et al. · Biofuels 22 Dec 2010 1,752
2 Ten Years of Industrie 4.0 Henning Kagermann, Wolfgang Wahlster · Sci Open access 28 Jun 2022 978
3 Change Through Digitization—Value Creation in the Age of Industry 4.0 Henning Kagermann Book chapter 9 Dec 2014 834
4 Determination of anisotropy field distribution in particle assemblies taking into account thermal fluctuations Harald Pfeiffer · physica status solidi (a) 16 Mar 1990 288
5 Die Ultrastruktur der Apikalregion von Pilzhyphen M. Girbardt · PROTOPLASMA Dec 1969 277
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Acatech?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Organizational Change, Agility, Socio-Technical Systems, Sustainable Development, Sustainability and Social Innovation.

▲ 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 institution'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. Digital Transformation7▲ 30×3 topics
  2. Leadership6▲ 29×4 topics
  3. Organizational Change5▲ 161×2 topics
  4. Agility4▲ 624×1 topic
  5. Socio-Technical Systems4▲ 361×1 topic
  6. Sustainability4▲ 3.5×12 topics
  7. Sustainable Development3▲ 5.0×6 topics
  8. Climate Change3▲ 2.5×6 topics
  9. Big Data2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  10. Social Innovation2▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Business Models2▲ 61×2 topics
  12. Customer Experience2▲ 26×2 topics
  13. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.0×8 topics
  14. Industrial Psychology2▲ 492×1 topic
  15. Management2▲ 4.7×1 topic
  16. Identity1▲ 4.8×6 topics
  17. Urban Development1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  18. E-commerce1▲ 5.7×1 topic
  19. Innovation Policy1▲ 33×1 topic
  20. Interdisciplinary Research1▲ 34×1 topic
  21. International Relations1▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Literature1▲ 5.6×3 topics
  23. Philosophy1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  24. Technology Innovation1▲ 95×1 topic
  25. Agenda Setting1▲ 86×1 topic
  26. Energy Transition1▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Media Framing1▲ 86×1 topic
  28. Professional Development1▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Risk Perception1▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Coaching1▲ 152×1 topic
  31. Cultural History1▲ 22×3 topics
  32. Digital Capital1▲ 146×1 topic
  33. Digitalization1▲ 13×3 topics
  34. EROI1▲ 81×1 topic
  35. Fossil Fuels1▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Platform Competition1▲ 97×1 topic
  37. Psychodrama1▲ 142×1 topic
  38. Public Perception1▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Two-Sided Markets1▲ 97×1 topic
  40. Value Chains1▲ 146×1 topic

Which research topics does Acatech publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Management and Leadership, Organizational Management and Change, Digital Innovation in Industries and Innovation, Technology, and Society.

Corporate Management and…4Corporate Management and Leadership: 4 fractional worksOrganizational Management and Change: 2 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 1 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 1 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 1 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 1 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustai…1Global Energy and Sustainability Research: 1 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 1 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Communica…1Climate Change Communication and Perception: 1 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementManagement of Technology and InnovationSociology and Political ScienceCommunication3 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  2. 2 Organizational Management and Change Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  3. 3 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  4. 4 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Media Studies and Communication Communication 1 works
  6. 6 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  8. 8 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Climate Change Communication and Perception Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available10.0%not open90.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Acatech's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower 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 Acatech as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Acatech0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Acatech over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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