Question 1

What is Constructor University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Constructor University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,077 of 10,670 worldwide), Computer Science (#764 of 4,417 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,332 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 7.2× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Constructor University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Constructor University ranks #1,576 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#1,017 all time), and #76 of 795 in Germany.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Constructor University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Michael Bau, Werner M. Nau and Sven Constantin Voelpel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Constructor University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Constructor University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Constructor University is "The SILVA ribosomal RNA gene database project: improved data processing and web-based tools" (Christian Quast, Elmar Pruesse, Pelin Yilmaz et al., 2012), with 35,094 citations. Next come "Neural Machine Translation by Jointly Learning to Align and Translate" (14,616) and "Evaluation of general 16S ribosomal RNA gene PCR primers for classical and next-generation sequencing-based diversity studies" (9,235).

Question 5

Which research topics does Constructor University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Digital Transformation in Industry, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis and Cultural Differences and Values.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Constructor University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Big Data, Environmental Impacts, Digital Twin and Cloud Manufacturing.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Constructor University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Constructor University is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Computer Science (11%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Constructor University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.