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Airbus (Germany)

In research, Airbus (Germany) stands highest in Engineering (#1,995 of 5,901 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,389 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering (Aerospace Engineering is 14.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,961
of 22,385 · #6,894 all time
Rank in Germany
#412
of 795
Research works
1.2k
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Airbus (Germany)

What is Airbus (Germany) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EngineeringField #1,995 of 5,901 9.7%119 #1687
Physical SciencesDomain #4,389 of 10,670 9.5%193 #2884

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

In 2022-now, 93% of research at Airbus (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (58%), Computer Science (18%), Physics and Astronomy (7%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 211 fractional works · 93.1% of its workEngineering: 131 fractional works · 57.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 37 fractional works · 16.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 31 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 8.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 41 fractional works · 18.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 7.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAirbus (Germany)227fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences4%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering13157.7%
    2. Computer Science4118.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy156.8%
    4. Materials Science83.7%
    5. Environmental Science73.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences62.5%
    7. Chemistry10.5%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Mathematics10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting41.6%
    2. Decision Sciences41.6%
    3. Social Sciences10.4%
    4. Psychology10.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine21.0%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience20.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Airbus (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 14.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 37.1 works14×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.33× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.85× its world share, 131 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.05× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.04× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.85×131 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.04×15 works
  3. Computer Science2.33×41 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.61×6 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.60×4 works
  6. Materials Science1.05×8 works
  7. Environmental Science0.64×7 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.51×4 works
  9. Neuroscience0.43×2 works
  10. Chemistry0.32×1 works
  11. Energy0.32×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.23×1 works
  13. Nursing0.22×0 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.21×0 works
  15. Veterinary0.18×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.12×1 works
  17. Psychology0.09×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×1 works
  21. Medicine0.05×2 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  23. Social Sciences0.03×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Airbus (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Frank Palm, T. Hack and Patricia P. Parlevliet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Airbus (Germany).

  1. 1 Frank Palm Germany · #452,717 worldwide 3.7k citations · 41 works
  2. 2 T. Hack Germany · #586,322 worldwide 2.4k citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Patricia P. Parlevliet Germany · #966,666 worldwide 1.6k citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Peter E. Linde Germany · #1,176,958 worldwide 2k citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Gerald Hechenblaikner Germany · #1,334,598 worldwide 1.9k citations · 66 works
  6. 6 Daniel Greitemeier Germany · #1,720,521 worldwide 945 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Matthias Geistbeck Germany · #1,847,212 worldwide 277 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Stefan Storm Germany · #2,190,554 worldwide 669 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 P. Thiede Germany · #2,542,270 worldwide 347 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Frederick Berg Germany · #2,615,154 worldwide 461 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Airbus (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Airbus (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Airbus (Germany) is "The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope" (Peter Jul Jakobsen et al., 2022), with 672 citations. Next come "Applied artificial intelligence and trust—The case of autonomous vehicles and medical assistance devices" (668) and "Sub-Femto- g Free Fall for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatories: LISA Pathfinder Results" (644).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope Peter Jul Jakobsen et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access Feb 2022 672
2 Applied artificial intelligence and trust—The case of autonomous vehicles and medical assistance devices Monika Hengstler, Ellen Enkel, Selina Duelli · Technological Forecasting and Social Change 16 Feb 2016 668
3 Sub-Femto- g Free Fall for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatories: LISA Pathfinder Results M. Armano et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access119 authors 7 Jun 2016 644
4 Open Set Domain Adaptation Pau Panareda Busto, Jüergen Gall Conference paper Oct 2017 610
5 Microstructural features of Sc- and Zr-modified Al-Mg alloys processed by selective laser melting Adriaan Bernardus Spierings, Karl Dawson, Thorsten Heeling et al. · Materials & Design 15 Nov 2016 554
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Airbus (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Additive Manufacturing, Wireless Communications, Thermal Analysis, Channel Modeling, Heat Transfer, CubeSat and small satellite.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties13▲ 5.8×23 topics
  2. Additive Manufacturing8▲ 11×6 topics
  3. Microstructure6▲ 4.9×5 topics
  4. Heat Transfer6▲ 5.2×10 topics
  5. Wireless Communications6▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Thermal Analysis6▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Channel Modeling5▲ 18×4 topics
  8. Power Electronics5▲ 6.8×6 topics
  9. CubeSat5▲ 114×1 topic
  10. small satellite5▲ 114×1 topic
  11. Polymer Composites4▲ 7.5×3 topics
  12. Mobile Edge Computing4▲ 12×2 topics
  13. Numerical Simulation4▲ 6.3×6 topics
  14. Orbit Determination4▲ 41×2 topics
  15. Security and Privacy4▲ 9.8×2 topics
  16. Air Quality4▲ 9.6×5 topics
  17. Material Characterization4▲ 15×2 topics
  18. Process Parameters4▲ 16×3 topics
  19. Large-Eddy Simulation4▲ 8.8×5 topics
  20. Thermal Management4▲ 4.9×4 topics
  21. Metal Powders4▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Physical Layer Security4▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Trajectory Optimization4▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Adhesive Joints3▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Entanglement3▲ 10×3 topics
  26. LEO Satellite Constellation3▲ 53×1 topic
  27. Satellite Communications3▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Finite Element Analysis3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  29. MIMO Systems3▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Metallic Components3▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Selective Laser Melting3▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Energy-Efficient Communication3▲ 31×1 topic
  33. Materials3▲ 6.1×2 topics
  34. Mechanical Behavior3▲ 12×3 topics
  35. UAV Networks3▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Wireless Networks3▲ 9.3×7 topics
  37. Finite Element Method3▲ 14×5 topics
  38. Quantum Information3▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Fault Tolerance3▲ 8.3×7 topics
  40. Quantum3▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Airbus (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Satellite Communication Systems, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes and UAV Applications and Optimization.

Spacecraft Design and Te…5Spacecraft Design and Technology: 5 fractional worksSatellite Communication …3Satellite Communication Systems: 3 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 3 fractional worksUAV Applications and Optimization: 3 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 3 fractional worksMechanical Behavior of Composites: 3 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 2 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…2Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 2 fractional worksOptical Wireless Communication Technologies: 2 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems and Control: 2 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringMechanics of Materials3 others

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

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Satellite Communication Systems Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 UAV Applications and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 3 works
  7. 7 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 2 works
  8. 8 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Optical Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 2 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.6%domestic only66.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Airbus (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Airbus (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00083% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Airbus (Germany)0.00079% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Airbus (Germany)7.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.7% in 2022.

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