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Atotech (Germany)

In research, Atotech (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,409 of 17,446 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#3,020 of 3,725 worldwide) and Engineering (#8,329 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,582
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,458
of 1,603
Research works
287
▼ 53% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Atotech (Germany)

What is Atotech (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 #12,409 of 17,446 3.7%265
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #3,020 of 3,725 4.1%123
EngineeringField #8,329 of 9,532 3.8%167

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

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Atotech (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (54%), Materials Science (22%), Chemistry (5%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 86.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 54.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 37.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 21.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 9.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAtotech (Germany)31fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences6%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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1754.0%
    2. Materials Science721.6%
    3. Chemistry25.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy12.1%
    5. Computer Science11.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Environmental Science00.3%
    1. Medicine25.4%
    2. Nursing00.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities12.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11.8%
    3. Social Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.3%
    2. Neuroscience01.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.46× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.60× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.18× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 0.01× 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, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science6.18×7 works
  2. Engineering3.60×17 works
  3. Chemistry3.46×2 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy0.95×1 works
  5. Neuroscience0.77×0 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.76×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.73×1 works
  8. Nursing0.72×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×1 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.30×0 works
  13. Medicine0.28×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.21×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Atotech (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Ralf Schmidt, Michael Marchionini and Andreas Kirbs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Atotech (Germany).

  1. 1 Ralf Schmidt Germany · #1,650,118 worldwide 6.7k citations · 165 works
  2. 2 Michael Marchionini Germany · #2,658,874 worldwide 37 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Andreas Kirbs Germany · #2,681,206 worldwide 1.3k citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Julia S. Lehmann Germany · #3,093,100 worldwide 602 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Robin Taylor Germany · #3,364,205 worldwide 250 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Robert Preisser Germany · #3,482,143 worldwide 350 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Nasser Kanani Germany · #3,705,881 worldwide 631 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Heiko Brunner Germany · #4,177,931 worldwide 491 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Jürgen Barthelmes Germany · #4,408,373 worldwide 82 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Sebastian Zarwell Germany · #4,436,027 worldwide 332 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Atotech (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from Atotech (Germany) is "Gaia Data Release 2" (Dafydd Wyn Evans et al., 2018), with 762 citations. Next come "36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine" (531) and "Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells from electroplated precursors: Novel low-cost perspective" (426).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gaia Data Release 2 Dafydd Wyn Evans et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 24 Apr 2018 762
2 36th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine R. M. Bateman et al. · Critical Care Open access2,440 authors Apr 2016 531
3 Cu2ZnSnS4 thin film solar cells from electroplated precursors: Novel low-cost perspective A. Ennaoui, Martha Ch. Lux‐Steiner, A. Weber et al. · Thin Solid Films 15 Nov 2008 426
4 Nanostructuring Titania: Control over Nanocrystal Structure, Size, Shape, and Organization Abdelkrim Chemseddine, Thomas Möritz · European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry 2 Feb 1999 386
5 MOF‐FF – A flexible first‐principles derived force field for metal‐organic frameworks Sareeya Bureekaew, Saeed Amirjalayer, Maxim A. Tafipolsky et al. · physica status solidi (b) Mar 2013 225
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Which keywords describe research at Atotech (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoparticles, Electromigration, Electrodeposition, Additive Manufacturing, Composite Coatings, Pulse Plating, Thermal Management and Interfacial Reactions.

▲ 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanoparticles8▲ 19×3 topics
  2. Electromigration6▲ 629×2 topics
  3. Electrodeposition5▲ 759×2 topics
  4. Additive Manufacturing4▲ 45×3 topics
  5. Composite Coatings4▲ 702×1 topic
  6. Pulse Plating4▲ 1148×1 topic
  7. Thermal Management3▲ 33×2 topics
  8. Interfacial Reactions3▲ 564×1 topic
  9. Lead-free Solders3▲ 564×1 topic
  10. Mechanical Properties3▲ 9.7×7 topics
  11. Thin Films3▲ 47×3 topics
  12. Interconnect2▲ 452×1 topic
  13. Through-Silicon Via2▲ 452×1 topic
  14. Low-k Dielectrics2▲ 749×1 topic
  15. Microelectronics2▲ 609×1 topic
  16. Catalysis2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  17. Sustainability2▲ 1.92×3 topics
  18. Molecular Dynamics Simulation1▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Corrosion Inhibitors1▲ 77×1 topic
  20. Materials Science1▲ 92×2 topics
  21. Metal Corrosion1▲ 77×1 topic
  22. Microstructure1▲ 7.1×4 topics
  23. Corrosion Behavior1▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Energy Storage1▲ 5.3×2 topics
  25. Renewable Energy1▲ 2.3×2 topics
  26. Engineering1▲ 70×1 topic
  27. Fluid Dynamics1▲ 22×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings, Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies, 3D IC and TSV technologies and Copper Interconnects and Reliability.

Electrodeposition and El…4Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings: 4 fractional worksElectronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 3 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 2 fractional worksCopper Interconnects and…2Copper Interconnects and Reliability: 2 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 1 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 1 fractional worksNanoporous metals and alloys: 1 fractional worksDiverse Musicological Studies: 1 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 1 fractional worksAnodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsMaterials ChemistryComputational Mechanics2 others

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

  1. 1 Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Copper Interconnects and Reliability Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 2 works
  5. 5 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 1 works
  6. 6 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 1 works
  7. 7 Nanoporous metals and alloys Materials Chemistry 1 works
  8. 8 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 1 works
  9. 9 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 1 works
  10. 10 Anodic Oxide Films and Nanostructures Materials Chemistry 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 available13.7%not open86.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.3%domestic only71.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 53% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Atotech (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Atotech (Germany)0.00012% in 2025200020102020

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

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