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ADVA Optical Networking (Germany)

In research, ADVA Optical Networking (Germany) stands highest in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,071 of 3,725 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,944 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,624 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering and Physical Sciences (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 17.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#26,046
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,265
of 1,603
Research works
271
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
ADVA Optical Networking (Germany)

What is ADVA Optical Networking (Germany) 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
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,071 of 3,725 11.0%202
Physical SciencesDomain #5,944 of 17,446 11.6%262
EngineeringField #4,624 of 9,532 11.1%209

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where ADVA Optical Networking (Germany) 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 ADVA Optical Networking (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 94% of research at ADVA Optical Networking (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (67%), Computer Science (21%), Physics and Astronomy (4%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 53 fractional works · 93.7% of its workEngineering: 38 fractional works · 67.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 35 fractional works · 61.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 21.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 10.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKADVA OpticalNetworking…56fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences3%

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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3867.5%
    2. Computer Science1221.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy24.4%
    4. Materials Science00.7%
    1. Medicine11.8%
    2. Health Professions11.3%
    1. Psychology11.8%
    2. Social Sciences00.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does ADVA Optical Networking (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 17.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 34.5 works17×
  2. EngineeringField · 37.8 works4.5×
  3. Physical SciencesDomain · 52.5 works2.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 2.72× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 4.50× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.50×38 works
  2. Computer Science2.72×12 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.98×2 works
  4. Psychology0.59×1 works
  5. Health Professions0.50×1 works
  6. Materials Science0.20×0 works
  7. Medicine0.09×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.06×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at ADVA Optical Networking (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Nicklas Eiselt, Joo Yeon Cho and Helmut Grießer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ADVA Optical Networking (Germany).

  1. 1 Nicklas Eiselt Germany · #2,224,496 worldwide 569 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Joo Yeon Cho Germany · #2,535,200 worldwide 761 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Helmut Grießer Germany · #2,785,382 worldwide 3.8k citations · 249 works
  4. 4 Thomas Szyrkowiec Germany · #2,942,956 worldwide 787 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Christoph Brunn Germany · #3,609,560 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 J.-P. Elbers Germany · #3,613,718 worldwide 1.4k citations · 77 works
  7. 7 Mirko Lawin Germany · #3,790,488 worldwide 224 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Annika Dochhan Germany · #3,829,672 worldwide 903 citations · 96 works
  9. 9 Michael Eiselt Germany · #3,846,416 worldwide 3.3k citations · 225 works
  10. 10 Klaus Grobe Germany · #3,952,058 worldwide 1.3k citations · 115 works
All ranked researchers at ADVA Optical Networking (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from ADVA Optical Networking (Germany)?

The most cited paper from ADVA Optical Networking (Germany) is "Taking silicon photonics modulators to a higher performance level: state-of-the-art and a review of new technologies" (Abdul Rahim, Artur Hermans, Benjamin Wohlfeil et al., 2021), with 396 citations. Next come "Artificial intelligence (AI) methods in optical networks: A comprehensive survey" (354) and "Machine Learning for Network Automation: Overview, Architecture, and Applications [Invited Tutorial]" (297).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Taking silicon photonics modulators to a higher performance level: state-of-the-art and a review of new technologies Abdul Rahim, Artur Hermans, Benjamin Wohlfeil et al. · Advanced Photonics Open access 29 Apr 2021 396
2 Artificial intelligence (AI) methods in optical networks: A comprehensive survey Javier Mata, Ignacio de Miguel, Ramón J. Durán et al. · Optical Switching and Networking Open access 2 Jan 2018 354
3 Machine Learning for Network Automation: Overview, Architecture, and Applications [Invited Tutorial] Danish Rafique, Luis Velasco · Journal of Optical Communications and Networking Open access 22 Aug 2018 297
4 Cambridge quantum network J. F. Dynes, A. Wonfor, W. W. -S. Tam et al. · npj Quantum Information Open access 21 Nov 2019 282
5 PON in adolescence: from TDMA to WDM-PON Klaus Grobe, J.-P. Elbers · IEEE Communications Magazine 2008 238
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at ADVA Optical Networking (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optical Fiber, Coherent Detection, Digital Signal Processing, Energy Efficiency, Microwave Photonics, Elastic Optical Networks, Optical Networks and Optical Access 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 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. Optical Fiber11▲ 196×3 topics
  2. Coherent Detection9▲ 370×1 topic
  3. Digital Signal Processing9▲ 325×1 topic
  4. Energy Efficiency8▲ 15×2 topics
  5. Microwave Photonics7▲ 158×2 topics
  6. Elastic Optical Networks7▲ 813×1 topic
  7. Optical Networks7▲ 813×1 topic
  8. Optical Access Networks7▲ 368×1 topic
  9. Photonic Signal Processing7▲ 368×1 topic
  10. Semiconductor Lasers4▲ 92×2 topics
  11. Biosensors3▲ 10×2 topics
  12. Fiber Lasers3▲ 53×3 topics
  13. Security3▲ 7.1×5 topics
  14. Entanglement3▲ 30×3 topics
  15. Fiber Optic Sensors3▲ 94×1 topic
  16. Sensor Technology3▲ 94×1 topic
  17. Integrated Circuits2▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Silicon Photonics2▲ 43×2 topics
  20. Microcavities2▲ 40×1 topic
  21. Optical Interconnects2▲ 120×1 topic
  22. Optical Modulators2▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)2▲ 120×1 topic
  24. Quantum Information2▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Cryptography2▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Quantum2▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Channel Modeling2▲ 25×4 topics
  28. High-Power Laser2▲ 161×1 topic
  29. Quantum Algorithms2▲ 52×1 topic
  30. Quantum Computation2▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Supercontinuum Generation2▲ 161×1 topic
  32. Broadband1▲ 58×2 topics
  33. Impulsive Noise1▲ 137×1 topic
  34. Neuromorphic Photonics1▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Photonic Reservoir Computing1▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Power Line Communications1▲ 137×1 topic
  37. Smart Grid1▲ 6.1×2 topics
  38. Fault Tolerance1▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Information Security1▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Policy Compliance1▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does ADVA Optical Networking (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Optical Network Technologies, Advanced Optical Network Technologies, Advanced Photonic Communication Systems and Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors.

Optical Network Technolo…9Optical Network Technologies: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network Technologies: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 3 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 2 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 2 fractional worksPhotonic Crystal and Fiber Optics: 2 fractional worksPower Line Communications and Noise: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringArtificial Intelligence

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

  1. 1 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  2. 2 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Power Line Communications and Noise Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available29.5%not open70.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.3%domestic only63.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has ADVA Optical Networking (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 ADVA Optical Networking (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000091% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%ADVA Optical Networking (Germany)0.00026% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of ADVA Optical Networking (Germany) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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