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Deutsche Bundespost

In research, Deutsche Bundespost stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,884 of 17,446 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#2,580 of 3,725 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#2,121 of 2,917 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,170
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,042
of 1,603
Research works
610
▲ 67% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.5k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
7%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Deutsche Bundespost

What is Deutsche Bundespost 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 #11,884 of 17,446 7.5%552
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #2,580 of 3,725 6.6%216
Physics and AstronomyField #2,121 of 2,917 13.3%122
EngineeringField #7,804 of 9,532 6.2%304

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Deutsche Bundespost 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 Deutsche Bundespost work in?

In all years, 90% of research at Deutsche Bundespost is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (50%), Physics and Astronomy (20%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 552 fractional works · 90.4% of its workEngineering: 304 fractional works · 49.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 216 fractional works · 35.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 28 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 23 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMedia Technology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 122 fractional works · 20.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 98 fractional works · 16.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 66 fractional works · 10.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSignal Processing: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 22 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 18 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDeutscheBundespost610fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences7%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering30449.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy12220.0%
    3. Computer Science6610.8%
    4. Materials Science223.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences122.0%
    6. Chemistry121.9%
    7. Mathematics71.2%
    8. Environmental Science50.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance182.9%
    2. Social Sciences111.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting111.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.3%
    5. Psychology20.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.1%
    2. Neuroscience20.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine40.7%
    2. Health Professions10.2%
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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.28× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.03×0 works
  2. Social Sciences4.28×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.42×0 works
  4. Engineering0.86×0 works
  5. Medicine0.82×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.70×0 works
  7. Psychology0.30×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Deutsche Bundespost?

Ranked on the quality score, W. Schlapp, Heinrich. Nickel and Walter Heitmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deutsche Bundespost.

  1. 1 W. Schlapp Germany · #2,294,479 worldwide 4k citations · 174 works
  2. 2 Heinrich. Nickel Germany · #3,278,559 worldwide 2.7k citations · 147 works
  3. 3 Walter Heitmann Germany · #3,530,197 worldwide 674 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 E. Kuphal Germany · #4,071,585 worldwide 1.4k citations · 86 works
  5. 5 R. Kallweit Germany · #4,101,475 worldwide 639 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 E. Kühn Germany · #4,576,965 worldwide 250 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Heinz Schmiedel Germany · #4,902,946 worldwide 171 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 H.W. Dinges Germany · #4,905,262 worldwide 375 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 V. Hombach Germany · #5,036,020 worldwide 433 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Ottokar G. Leminger Germany · #5,418,721 worldwide 392 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Deutsche Bundespost

What are the most cited papers from Deutsche Bundespost?

The most cited paper from Deutsche Bundespost is "Electrons in a Periodic Magnetic Field Induced by a Regular Array of Micromagnets" (P. D. Ye, D. Weiß, Rolf R. Gerhardts et al., 1995), with 349 citations. Next come "A microphone array with adaptive post-filtering for noise reduction in reverberant rooms" (331) and "Intersubband relaxation in GaAs- Alx Ga1−x As quantum well structures observed directly by an infrared bleaching technique" (282).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Electrons in a Periodic Magnetic Field Induced by a Regular Array of Micromagnets P. D. Ye, D. Weiß, Rolf R. Gerhardts et al. · Physical Review Letters 10 Apr 1995 349
2 A microphone array with adaptive post-filtering for noise reduction in reverberant rooms R. Zelinski Conference paper 6 Jan 2003 331
3 Intersubband relaxation in GaAs- Alx Ga1−x As quantum well structures observed directly by an infrared bleaching technique Alois Seilmeier, H.-J. Hübner, G. Abstreiter et al. · Physical Review Letters 21 Sep 1987 282
4 Exchange enhancement of the spin splitting in a GaAs- Gax Al1−x As heterojunction Robin J. Nicholas, R. J. Haug, Klaus von Klitzing et al. · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 Jan 1988 268
5 Surface acoustic waves on GaAs/ Al x Ga 1 − x As heterostructures A. Wixforth, J. Scriba, M. Wassermeier et al. · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 Oct 1989 260
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Deutsche Bundespost?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Photovoltaics, Semiconductor, Nanowires, Band Parameters, Quantum Dots, Excitons, Single-Photon Source and Integrated Circuits.

▲ 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. Photovoltaics50▲ 33×4 topics
  2. Nanowires48▲ 33×4 topics
  3. Semiconductor48▲ 24×5 topics
  4. Band Parameters47▲ 62×2 topics
  5. Quantum Dots46▲ 48×2 topics
  6. Excitons45▲ 93×1 topic
  7. Single-Photon Source45▲ 93×1 topic
  8. Integrated Circuits43▲ 31×3 topics
  9. Optical Interconnects38▲ 78×1 topic
  10. Semiconductor Lasers38▲ 64×1 topic
  11. Biosensors34▲ 9.9×5 topics
  12. Optical Modulators33▲ 26×2 topics
  13. Raman Lasers32▲ 31×2 topics
  14. Microcavities32▲ 33×1 topic
  15. Silicon Photonics32▲ 33×1 topic
  16. Spintronics25▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Quantum Computing24▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Channel Modeling23▲ 37×4 topics
  19. Electron Spin22▲ 53×1 topic
  20. Semiconductor Quantum Dots22▲ 53×1 topic
  21. Solar Cells22▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Optical Fiber22▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Broadband21▲ 62×2 topics
  24. Smart Grid18▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Wireless Networks18▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Nanoelectronics17▲ 18×2 topics
  27. OFDM Systems16▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Atomic Layer Deposition16▲ 20×1 topic
  29. High-k Dielectrics16▲ 20×1 topic
  30. Impulsive Noise16▲ 107×1 topic
  31. Power Line Communications16▲ 107×1 topic
  32. Monetary Policy14▲ 8.1×2 topics
  33. Asset Pricing14▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Financial Analysis14▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Digital Signal Processing14▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Coherent Detection13▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Nonlinear Effects13▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Wireless Communications12▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Hydrological Modeling11▲ 9.2×3 topics
  40. Beamforming11▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Deutsche Bundespost publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovation, Technology, and Society, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Biomedical and Chemical Research.

Innovation, Technology, …1Innovation, Technology, and Society: 1 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 0 fractional worksHuman auditory perceptio…0Human auditory perception and evaluation: 0 fractional worksBiomedical and Chemical …0Biomedical and Chemical Research: 0 fractional worksHistorical Influence and Diplomacy: 0 fractional worksInternational Law and Aviation: 0 fractional worksInternational Law and Human Rights: 0 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEconomics and EconometricsAerospace EngineeringSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  3. 3 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Biomedical and Chemical Research Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Historical Influence and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  6. 6 International Law and Aviation Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  7. 7 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 0 works
  10. 10 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 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 available6.7%not open93.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Deutsche Bundespost's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 67% 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 Deutsche Bundespost as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000020% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Deutsche Bundespost0.000017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Deutsche Bundespost over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2002Deutsche Bundespost0.0% in 20022000

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.5% in 1992.

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