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Alstom (Germany)

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Research works
54
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
710
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Alstom (Germany)

Not ranked overall: Alstom (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 Alstom (Germany) work in?

In all years, 93% of research at Alstom (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (79%), Materials Science (5%), Medicine (4%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 50 fractional works · 92.5% of its workEngineering: 43 fractional works · 79.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 20.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 17.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 9.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAlstom (Germany)54fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

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 3 domains and 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4379.4%
    2. Materials Science35.3%
    3. Energy23.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.3%
    5. Environmental Science11.1%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.8%
    7. Computer Science00.8%
    8. Mathematics00.5%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting12.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    3. Social Sciences00.5%
    4. Decision Sciences00.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Medicine23.6%
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.

Computer Science: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 4.82× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.61× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.82×3 works
  2. Mathematics2.61×0 works
  3. Environmental Science1.86×0 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.38×0 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×0 works
  6. Computer Science0.79×0 works
  7. Medicine0.16×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alstom (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jörg Janning lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alstom (Germany).

  1. 1 Jörg Janning Germany · #2,407,556 worldwide 246 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Alstom (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from Alstom (Germany) is "Multicell converters: basic concepts and industry applications" (Thierry A. Meynard, H. Foch, Philippe Thomas et al., 2002), with 559 citations. Next come "Development and validation of a dynamic simulation model for a large coal-fired power plant" (124) and "Update on Vattenfall’s 30 MWth oxyfuel pilot plant in Schwarze Pumpe" (102).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multicell converters: basic concepts and industry applications Thierry A. Meynard, H. Foch, Philippe Thomas et al. · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics Oct 2002 559
2 Development and validation of a dynamic simulation model for a large coal-fired power plant Ralf Starkloff, Falah Alobaid, Karl Karner et al. · Applied Thermal Engineering 19 Aug 2015 124
3 Update on Vattenfall’s 30 MWth oxyfuel pilot plant in Schwarze Pumpe Lars Strömberg, Göran Lindgren, Jürgen Jacoby et al. · Energy Procedia Conference paperOpen access Feb 2009 102
4 Coupled simulation of a tangentially hard coal fired 700°C boiler Christian Schuhbauer, Michael Angerer, Hartmut Spliethoff et al. · Fuel 22 Jan 2014 95
5 Analysis of a 300 MW variable speed drive for pump-storage plant applications Aurélie Bocquel, Jörg Janning Conference paper 2005 84
All 94 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alstom (Germany)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Microstructure, Renewable Energy Integration, Renewable Energy, Power Electronics, Microstructural Evolution, Energy Efficiency, High-Temperature Alloys and Superalloys.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Microstructure7▲ 25×7 topics
  2. Renewable Energy Integration5▲ 38×5 topics
  3. Renewable Energy5▲ 8.9×7 topics
  4. Power Electronics4▲ 29×7 topics
  5. Sustainability4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency4▲ 9.2×9 topics
  7. Microstructural Evolution4▲ 43×3 topics
  8. Dynamic Recrystallization3▲ 99×1 topic
  9. High-Temperature Alloys3▲ 243×1 topic
  10. Hot Deformation3▲ 99×1 topic
  11. Superalloys3▲ 243×1 topic
  12. Thermal Management3▲ 18×4 topics
  13. Grain Refinement3▲ 35×2 topics
  14. High-Strength Steels2▲ 100×1 topic
  15. Martensite Transformation2▲ 100×1 topic
  16. Fluid Dynamics2▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Heat Transfer2▲ 7.2×8 topics
  18. Model Predictive Control2▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.7×6 topics
  20. Renewable Fuels2▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Vibration Analysis2▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Biomass2▲ 37×1 topic
  23. Engineering2▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Materials Science2▲ 40×1 topic
  25. Pyrolysis2▲ 53×1 topic
  26. Smart Grid Applications2▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Energy Storage2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  28. Photovoltaic Systems2▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Thermal Conductivity2▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Fault Detection1▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Wavelet Transform1▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Control Strategies1▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Corrosion1▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Energy Storage Systems1▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Multilevel Converters1▲ 55×1 topic
  36. Voltage Source Inverters1▲ 55×1 topic
  37. Climate Change Mitigation1▲ 161×2 topics
  38. Rheology1▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Distributed Power Generation1▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Microgrid Control1▲ 32×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems, Railway Engineering and Dynamics, Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency and Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies.

Hydraulic and Pneumatic …0Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems: 0 fractional worksRailway Engineering and …0Railway Engineering and Dynamics: 0 fractional worksRailway Systems and Energy Efficiency: 0 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 0 fractional worksMachine Fault Diagnosis Techniques: 0 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 0 fractional worksElectromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…0Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 0 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 0 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringControl and Systems Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Railway Engineering and Dynamics Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 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 available17.6%not open82.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.0%domestic only67.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% 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 Alstom (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000013% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Alstom (Germany)0.000023% in 2025200020102020

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

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