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Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany)

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Research works
95
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany)

Not ranked overall: Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany) work in?

In all years, 73% of research at Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (39%), Computer Science (18%), Medicine (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 69 fractional works · 72.7% of its workEngineering: 38 fractional works · 39.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 24 fractional works · 25.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 18.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 8.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 18.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKDeutscheFlugsicherung…95fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences18%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3839.4%
    2. Computer Science1718.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy66.0%
    4. Environmental Science43.7%
    5. Chemistry22.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.4%
    7. Materials Science10.9%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences65.8%
    2. Psychology44.0%
    3. Decision Sciences32.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting22.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    1. Medicine66.8%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    2. Neuroscience00.5%
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.

Computer Science: 2.20× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.55× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.97× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences7.97×1 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.34×1 works
  3. Engineering2.55×4 works
  4. Computer Science2.20×2 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.47×0 works
  6. Mathematics1.39×0 works
  7. Psychology1.07×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.75×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.69×0 works
  10. Medicine0.51×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.31×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Adolf Mathias, Burkhard Vollmers and Stephan Herr lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany).

  1. 1 Adolf Mathias Germany · #2,882,822 worldwide 258 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Burkhard Vollmers Germany · #3,571,899 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Stephan Herr Germany · #3,582,400 worldwide 31 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Jörg Leonhardt Germany · #4,214,429 worldwide 75 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Ralf Heidger Germany · #4,362,409 worldwide 77 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany) is "Flood loss reduction of private households due to building precautionary measures – lessons learned from the Elbe flood in August 2002" (Heidi Kreibich, Annegret Henriette Thieken, Th. Petrow et al., 2005), with 473 citations. Next come "Flood damage and influencing factors: New insights from the August 2002 flood in Germany" (446) and "Coping with floods: preparedness, response and recovery of flood-affected residents in Germany in 2002" (368).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Flood loss reduction of private households due to building precautionary measures – lessons learned from the Elbe flood in August 2002 Heidi Kreibich, Annegret Henriette Thieken, Th. Petrow et al. · Natural hazards and earth system sciences Open access 25 Jan 2005 473
2 Flood damage and influencing factors: New insights from the August 2002 flood in Germany Annegret Henriette Thieken, Meike Müller, Heidi Kreibich et al. · Water Resources Research Open access Dec 2005 446
3 Coping with floods: preparedness, response and recovery of flood-affected residents in Germany in 2002 Annegret Henriette Thieken, Heidi Kreibich, Meike Müller et al. · Hydrological Sciences Journal Open access 19 Sep 2007 368
4 Review of the flood risk management system in Germany after the major flood in 2013 Annegret Henriette Thieken, Sarah Kienzler, Heidi Kreibich et al. · Ecology and Society Open access 2016 189
5 The flood of June 2013 in Germany: how much do we know about its impacts? Annegret Henriette Thieken, Tina Bessel, Sarah Kienzler et al. · Natural hazards and earth system sciences Open access Jul 2016 167
All 65 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Collision Avoidance, Risk Assessment, Air Traffic Management, Conflict Resolution, Sensor Fusion, Autonomous Vehicles, Nonlinear Estimation and Particle Filters.

▲ 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. Collision Avoidance13▲ 116×2 topics
  2. Risk Assessment12▲ 22×3 topics
  3. Air Traffic Management12▲ 766×1 topic
  4. Conflict Resolution12▲ 427×1 topic
  5. Sensor Fusion6▲ 70×3 topics
  6. Autonomous Vehicles4▲ 30×3 topics
  7. Deep Learning4▲ 1.97×11 topics
  8. Nonlinear Estimation4▲ 116×1 topic
  9. Particle Filters4▲ 116×1 topic
  10. Climate Change4▲ 1.39×12 topics
  11. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles4▲ 36×1 topic
  12. Wind Estimation4▲ 224×1 topic
  13. Human Factors3▲ 59×2 topics
  14. Automation3▲ 52×1 topic
  15. Trust3▲ 12×1 topic
  16. Large-Eddy Simulation3▲ 12×5 topics
  17. MEMS Sensors3▲ 94×2 topics
  18. Risk Perception3▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Signal Processing3▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Neural Networks2▲ 2.4×8 topics
  21. GNSS2▲ 107×1 topic
  22. Global Navigation Satellite Systems2▲ 94×1 topic
  23. Disaster Management2▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Bayesian Networks2▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Fault Tree Analysis2▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Quantitative Risk Assessment2▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Anomaly Detection2▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Bouveret's Syndrome2▲ 122×1 topic
  29. Control Systems2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  30. Gallstone Ileus2▲ 122×1 topic
  31. Satellite Imagery2▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Boundary Layer2▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Disaster2▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  35. MIMO Radar2▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Waveform Design2▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Flood Risk1▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Inertial Navigation Systems1▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Kalman Filtering1▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Surface Water Mapping1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Air Traffic Management and Optimization, Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks, Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends and Aerospace and Aviation Technology.

Air Traffic Management a…1Air Traffic Management and Optimization: 1 fractional worksTarget Tracking and Data…1Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks: 1 fractional worksAviation Industry Analys…0Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends: 0 fractional worksAerospace and Aviation Technology: 0 fractional worksIndoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies: 0 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 0 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 0 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 0 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 0 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0 works
  4. 4 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 0 works
  8. 8 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 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 available17.9%not open82.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% 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 Flugsicherung (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000032% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Deutsche Flugsicherung (Germany)0.000023% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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