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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung

In research, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,034 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Engineering is 8.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#26,347
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,283
of 1,603
Research works
202
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung

What is Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung 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 #11,034 of 17,446 7.7%143

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

In all years, 71% of research at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 143 fractional works · 70.5% of its workEngineering: 99 fractional works · 49.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 14.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 17 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 17 fractional works · 8.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 5.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 21 fractional works · 10.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 46 fractional works · 22.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 31 fractional works · 15.4% of its workPlant Science: 18 fractional works · 8.8% of its workInsect Science: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKDeutscheGesellschaft für…202fractional works, all years
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences3%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering9949.0%
    2. Environmental Science2110.6%
    3. Materials Science125.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.6%
    5. Chemistry31.6%
    6. Energy21.2%
    7. Computer Science10.7%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3115.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology147.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities41.9%
    2. Social Sciences21.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Medicine62.8%
    2. Veterinary10.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 30.1 works8.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

    Who are the top researchers at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung?

    Ranked on the quality score, Dietrich Fengel, D. Grosser and Max Kufner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung.

    1. 1 Dietrich Fengel Germany · #2,601,500 worldwide 5.9k citations · 167 works
    2. 2 D. Grosser Germany · #3,453,831 worldwide 481 citations · 36 works
    3. 3 Max Kufner Germany · #4,524,636 worldwide 169 citations · 27 works
    4. 4 Peter Glos Germany · #4,727,498 worldwide 224 citations · 36 works
    5. 5 Fritz Tröger Germany · #5,306,728 worldwide 145 citations · 31 works
    All ranked researchers at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung

    What are the most cited papers from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung?

    The most cited paper from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung is "Very Tall Wooden Buildings with Cross Laminated Timber" (Jan-Willem van de Kuilen, Ario Ceccotti, Zhouyan Xia et al., 2011), with 138 citations. Next come "Wood based bulk material in 3D printing processes for applications in construction" (131) and "Aging and fossilization of wood and its components" (127).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 Very Tall Wooden Buildings with Cross Laminated Timber Jan-Willem van de Kuilen, Ario Ceccotti, Zhouyan Xia et al. · Procedia Engineering Conference paperOpen access 2011 138
    2 Wood based bulk material in 3D printing processes for applications in construction Klaudius Henke, Sebastian Treml · European Journal of Wood and Wood Products 12 Dec 2012 131
    3 Aging and fossilization of wood and its components Dietrich Fengel · Wood Science and Technology Mar 1991 127
    4 Poplar potassium transporters capable of controlling K+ homeostasis and K+‐dependent xylogenesis Katharina Langer, Peter Ache, Dietmar Geiger et al. · The Plant Journal Dec 2002 107
    5 A chemical and ultrastructural study of the Bamboo species Phyllostachys makinoi Hay Dietrich Fengel, Xiaofeng Shao · Wood Science and Technology Jun 1984 77
    All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

    Which keywords describe research at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung?

    By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Renewable Resources, Sustainability, FTIR Analysis, Wood Chemistry, Additive Manufacturing and Forest Management.

    ▲ 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. Mechanical Properties21▲ 11×6 topics
    2. Sustainability20▲ 5.5×10 topics
    3. Climate Change18▲ 3.3×13 topics
    4. Microstructure17▲ 17×3 topics
    5. Renewable Resources17▲ 63×2 topics
    6. FTIR Analysis16▲ 530×1 topic
    7. Wood Chemistry16▲ 530×1 topic
    8. Additive Manufacturing15▲ 36×3 topics
    9. Forest Management15▲ 122×3 topics
    10. Automotive Engineering14▲ 387×1 topic
    11. Biomass14▲ 81×3 topics
    12. Lightweight Materials14▲ 387×1 topic
    13. Catalytic Transformation14▲ 258×1 topic
    14. Lignin Valorization14▲ 258×1 topic
    15. Bioenergy14▲ 164×2 topics
    16. Life Cycle Assessment13▲ 38×2 topics
    17. Logistics13▲ 60×1 topic
    18. Supply Chain13▲ 37×1 topic
    19. Sustainable Development12▲ 5.2×3 topics
    20. Biodiversity Conservation10▲ 19×3 topics
    21. Construction9▲ 43×2 topics
    22. Material Properties9▲ 34×3 topics
    23. Vegetation9▲ 43×2 topics
    24. Structural Health Monitoring9▲ 42×2 topics
    25. Bridge Engineering9▲ 255×1 topic
    26. Civil Engineering9▲ 69×1 topic
    27. Allometric Models8▲ 80×1 topic
    28. Biomass Estimation8▲ 33×1 topic
    29. Invasive Species8▲ 6.5×2 topics
    30. Ionic Liquids8▲ 12×3 topics
    31. Global Warming7▲ 10×2 topics
    32. Ecosystem Functioning7▲ 17×3 topics
    33. Root Reinforcement7▲ 185×1 topic
    34. Slope Stability7▲ 122×1 topic
    35. Cellulose Nanocrystals7▲ 111×1 topic
    36. Nanocellulose7▲ 111×1 topic
    37. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 8.8×5 topics
    38. Biosynthesis6▲ 24×2 topics
    39. Bark Beetles6▲ 110×1 topic
    40. Forest Pests6▲ 110×1 topic

    Which research topics does Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung publish most on?

    By volume: Wood Treatment and Properties, Engineering and Materials Science Studies, Lignin and Wood Chemistry and Forest Biomass Utilization and Management.

    Wood Treatment and Prope…16Wood Treatment and Properties: 16 fractional worksEngineering and Material…14Engineering and Materials Science Studies: 14 fractional worksLignin and Wood Chemistry14Lignin and Wood Chemistry: 14 fractional worksForest Biomass Utilizati…13Forest Biomass Utilization and Management: 13 fractional worksCivil and Structural Engineering Research: 9 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 8 fractional worksTree Root and Stability …7Tree Root and Stability Studies: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Cellulose Research Studies: 7 fractional worksForest Insect Ecology and Management: 6 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 6 fractional works
    Building and ConstructionMechanical EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringMechanics of Materials5 others

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

    1. 1 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 16 works
    2. 2 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 14 works
    3. 3 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 14 works
    4. 4 Forest Biomass Utilization and Management Mechanics of Materials 13 works
    5. 5 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 9 works
    6. 6 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 8 works
    7. 7 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 7 works
    8. 8 Advanced Cellulose Research Studies Biomaterials 7 works
    9. 9 Forest Insect Ecology and Management Ecology 6 works
    10. 10 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 6 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 available10.3%not open89.7%

    World: 40% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

    World: 18% is written across borders.

    How has Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung's research output changed?

    Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

    1990200020102020
    grewheldshrank

    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 Gesellschaft für Holzforschung as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000011% in 2019.

    0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Deutsche Gesellschaft für Holzforschung0.000010% in 202019801990200020102020

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

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