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Caterpillar (Germany)

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Research works
18
▼ 66% vs 2018-21
Citations
49
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
6%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Caterpillar (Germany)

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

In all years, 89% of research at Caterpillar (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (56%), Chemical Engineering (19%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 89.5% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 55.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 16.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 13.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 19.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 4 fractional works · 19.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCaterpillar(Germany)18fractional works, all years
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences9%

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 4 domains and 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1055.9%
    2. Chemical Engineering419.4%
    3. Environmental Science15.5%
    4. Computer Science13.7%
    5. Materials Science13.1%
    6. Energy01.8%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting15.2%
    2. Social Sciences13.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    4. Psychology00.3%
    1. Medicine01.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Engineering: 2.29× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.69× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.57× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science4.69×0 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.57×0 works
  3. Engineering2.29×0 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.13×0 works
  5. Psychology1.20×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.79×0 works
  7. Medicine0.78×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×0 works

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

The most cited paper from Caterpillar (Germany) is "Kinetics of biaxial dome formation by transformation superplasticity of titanium alloys and composites" (Megan E. Frary, Christopher Allan Schuh, David C. Dunand, 2002), with 16 citations. Next come "Study of Liquid Impact Erosion in B2‐NiTi and Ti3Al Based Intermetallic Matrix Composites on Laser Alloyed Ti‐6Al‐4V" (10) and "Longwall automation — productivity and coal quality enhancement" (7).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Kinetics of biaxial dome formation by transformation superplasticity of titanium alloys and composites Megan E. Frary, Christopher Allan Schuh, David C. Dunand · Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A Jun 2002 16
2 Study of Liquid Impact Erosion in B2‐NiTi and Ti3Al Based Intermetallic Matrix Composites on Laser Alloyed Ti‐6Al‐4V Muthukannan Duraiselvam, Rolf Galun, Stephan Siegmann et al. · Advanced Engineering Materials 26 Feb 2007 10
3 Longwall automation — productivity and coal quality enhancement S. Mundry, M. Gajetzki, Seyed Hadi Hoseinie · International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment 25 Oct 2015 7
4 The potential of extremely high cylinder pressures in diesel engines Kai Ruschmeyer, Björn Berndt, Horst Rulfs · MTZ industrial 16 Mar 2012 7
5 dual-fuel engine with cylinder pressure based control Bert Ritscher · MTZ industrial Oct 2013 6
All 33 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research and Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control.

Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 0 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena …0Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 0 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibrat…0Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 0 fractional worksHigher Education and Employability: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 0 fractional worksMentoring and Academic Development: 0 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Reforms: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeCivil and Structural EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringAutomotive Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  2. 2 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  6. 6 Higher Education and Employability Education 0 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Research Studies Education 0 works
  8. 8 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  10. 10 Healthcare Systems and Reforms Finance 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 available6.3%not open93.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 66% 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 Caterpillar (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000090% in 2024.

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

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