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AMO (Germany)

In research, AMO (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,527 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,170 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Engineering (Engineering is 3.2× its share of world research).

amo.deROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#27,408
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,333
of 1,603
Research works
237
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.1k
25.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
AMO (Germany)

What is AMO (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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,527 of 17,446 13.8%229
EngineeringField #5,170 of 9,532 14.7%148

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

In 2022-now, 92% of research at AMO (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (48%), Materials Science (33%), Physics and Astronomy (6%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 91.8% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 48.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 15 fractional works · 35.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 9.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 32.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 27.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKAMO (Germany)42fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences2%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2048.1%
    2. Materials Science1432.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy36.4%
    4. Computer Science11.4%
    5. Chemistry11.3%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.6%
    7. Energy00.6%
    8. Environmental Science00.5%
    1. Medicine13.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences11.5%
    2. Social Sciences00.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does AMO (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 3.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 20.1 works3.2×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.71× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.21× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 9.42× its world share, 14 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.86× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesSocial 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: Materials Science, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science9.42×14 works
  2. Engineering3.21×20 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.86×3 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.27×0 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.71×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.52×1 works
  7. Chemistry0.84×1 works
  8. Energy0.61×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.23×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.19×1 works
  12. Medicine0.18×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.10×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.06×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at AMO (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Zhenxing Wang, Tim J. Echtermeyer and Daniel Schall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AMO (Germany).

  1. 1 Zhenxing Wang Germany · #322,968 worldwide 7.5k citations · 242 works
  2. 2 Tim J. Echtermeyer Germany · #440,933 worldwide 3.8k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Daniel Schall Germany · #464,435 worldwide 1.6k citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Daniel Neumaier Germany · #536,378 worldwide 11k citations · 167 works
  5. 5 Jens Bolten Germany · #1,232,852 worldwide 2.6k citations · 115 works
  6. 6 Michael Waldow Germany · #1,372,651 worldwide 1.5k citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Bartos Chmielak Germany · #1,418,767 worldwide 1k citations · 60 works
  8. 8 T. Wahlbrink Germany · #1,461,376 worldwide 3.3k citations · 161 works
  9. 9 Anna Lena Giesecke Germany · #1,570,503 worldwide 1.6k citations · 66 works
  10. 10 Matthias Baus Germany · #1,649,891 worldwide 2k citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at AMO (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from AMO (Germany) is "Electronics based on two-dimensional materials" (Gianluca Fiori, Francesco Bonaccorso, Giuseppe Iannaccone et al., 2014), with 3,203 citations. Next come "Insulators for 2D nanoelectronics: the gap to bridge" (555) and "Graphene-based integrated photonics for next-generation datacom and telecom" (415).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Electronics based on two-dimensional materials Gianluca Fiori, Francesco Bonaccorso, Giuseppe Iannaccone et al. · Nature Nanotechnology Oct 2014 3,203
2 Insulators for 2D nanoelectronics: the gap to bridge Yu. Yu. Illarionov, Theresia Knobloch, Markus Jech et al. · Nature Communications Open access 7 Jul 2020 555
3 Graphene-based integrated photonics for next-generation datacom and telecom Marco Romagnoli, Vito Sorianello, Michele Midrio et al. · Nature Reviews Materials ReviewOpen access Oct 2018 415
4 Basal-Plane Functionalization of Chemically Exfoliated Molybdenum Disulfide by Diazonium Salts Kathrin C. Knirsch, Nina C. Berner, Hannah C. Nerl et al. · ACS Nano Open access 13 May 2015 374
5 Intrinsic and extrinsic corrugation of monolayer graphene deposited on SiO2 Viktor Geringer, Marcus Liebmann, Tim J. Echtermeyer et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 17 Feb 2009 368
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at AMO (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Two-Dimensional Materials, Biosensors, Graphene, Optoelectronic Devices, Nanocomposites, Electronic Structure, Optical Modulators and Carbon Nanotubes.

▲ 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. Two-Dimensional Materials9▲ 92×4 topics
  2. Biosensors5▲ 26×7 topics
  3. Graphene5▲ 18×5 topics
  4. Optoelectronic Devices5▲ 125×2 topics
  5. Nanocomposites5▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Electronic Structure4▲ 56×3 topics
  7. Optical Modulators4▲ 70×2 topics
  8. Carbon Nanotubes4▲ 28×3 topics
  9. Graphene Oxide4▲ 93×2 topics
  10. Neuromorphic Computing4▲ 79×2 topics
  11. Raman Spectroscopy4▲ 48×2 topics
  12. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides4▲ 133×1 topic
  13. Transparent Conductors4▲ 75×2 topics
  14. Van der Waals Heterostructures4▲ 133×1 topic
  15. Chemical Vapor Deposition4▲ 123×1 topic
  16. Electronic Properties4▲ 102×1 topic
  17. Integrated Circuits4▲ 58×3 topics
  18. Microcavities3▲ 67×1 topic
  19. Semiconductors3▲ 24×4 topics
  20. Silicon Photonics3▲ 69×1 topic
  21. Non-Volatile Memory3▲ 66×2 topics
  22. Metal Oxides2▲ 51×2 topics
  23. Solar Cells2▲ 29×6 topics
  24. Memristor2▲ 72×1 topic
  25. Resistive Switching2▲ 72×1 topic
  26. Nanostructures2▲ 14×7 topics
  27. Nanocrystals2▲ 20×5 topics
  28. Metamaterials2▲ 33×4 topics
  29. Field-Effect Transistors2▲ 27×4 topics
  30. Light-Emitting Diodes2▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Thin Films2▲ 23×3 topics
  32. Ferroelectricity2▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Doping2▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Optical Fiber2▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Semiconductor2▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Crystal Growth1▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Efficiency1▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Hafnium Oxide1▲ 97×1 topic
  39. Nanophotonics1▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Negative Capacitance1▲ 97×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: 2D Materials and Applications, Graphene research and applications, Photonic and Optical Devices and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing.

2D Materials and Applications: 4 fractional worksGraphene research and applications: 4 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 2 fractional worksFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices: 1 fractional worksMXene and MAX Phase Mate…1MXene and MAX Phase Materials: 1 fractional worksPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 1 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors: 1 fractional works
Materials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical Engineering

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

  1. 1 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 4 works
  2. 2 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 4 works
  3. 3 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 MXene and MAX Phase Materials Materials Chemistry 1 works
  7. 7 Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.1%domestic only61.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% 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 AMO (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%AMO (Germany)0.00021% in 2025200020102020

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

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