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Deutsche Post (Germany)

In research, Deutsche Post (Germany) stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,555 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,466
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#876
of 1,603
Research works
276
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Deutsche Post (Germany)

What is Deutsche Post (Germany) 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
Social SciencesDomain #11,555 of 14,833 6.2%143

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Deutsche Post (Germany) 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 Post (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Deutsche Post (Germany) is in Social Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Engineering (23%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 47.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 27.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 16.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 38.9% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 23.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 12.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 9.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKDeutsche Post(Germany)21fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences47%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences627.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities16.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting15.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14.8%
    5. Psychology12.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.5%
    1. Engineering523.2%
    2. Computer Science27.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy13.2%
    4. Environmental Science12.9%
    5. Mathematics02.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology15.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.5%
    3. Neuroscience01.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine13.9%
    2. Nursing00.3%
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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.55× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.77× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.29×1 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.24×1 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.22×1 works
  4. Social Sciences2.16×6 works
  5. Mathematics1.77×0 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.71×1 works
  7. Engineering1.55×5 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.44×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.99×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.96×2 works
  11. Psychology0.85×0 works
  12. Nursing0.65×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.59×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.54×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×0 works
  16. Medicine0.20×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Kay Peters, Heinrich Herzog and Robert Lüpke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deutsche Post (Germany).

  1. 1 Kay Peters Germany · #1,407,619 worldwide 1.5k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Heinrich Herzog Germany · #2,138,710 worldwide 94 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Robert Lüpke Germany · #2,254,940 worldwide 1 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Paul Gerbeth Germany · #2,756,648 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  5. 4 Wilhelm Küsgen Germany · #2,756,648 worldwide 1 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Klaus M. Knappik Germany · #2,858,258 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Laurenz Schneider Germany · #2,858,360 worldwide 3 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Gerhard Raabe Germany · #2,899,684 worldwide 5 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Frank Henrich Germany · #3,042,087 worldwide 36 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Wilhelm R. Wolf Germany · #3,195,373 worldwide 106 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Deutsche Post (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from Deutsche Post (Germany) is "The role of perceived enjoyment and perceived informativeness in assessing the acceptance of AR wearables" (Eric Holdack, Katja Lurie-Stoyanov, Harro Fabian Fromme, 2020), with 295 citations. Next come "Solving the battery swap station location-routing problem with capacitated electric vehicles using an AVNS algorithm for vehicle-routing problems with intermediate stops" (286) and "The Shortest-Path Problem with Resource Constraints and k-Cycle Elimination for k ≥ 3" (215).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The role of perceived enjoyment and perceived informativeness in assessing the acceptance of AR wearables Eric Holdack, Katja Lurie-Stoyanov, Harro Fabian Fromme · Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 3 Sep 2020 295
2 Solving the battery swap station location-routing problem with capacitated electric vehicles using an AVNS algorithm for vehicle-routing problems with intermediate stops Julian Hof, Michael D. Schneider, Dominik Goeke · Transportation Research Part B Methodological 14 Dec 2016 286
3 The Shortest-Path Problem with Resource Constraints and k-Cycle Elimination for k ≥ 3 Stefan Irnich, Daniel L. Villeneuve · INFORMS journal on computing Aug 2006 215
4 InterPACIFIC project: Comparison of invasive and non-invasive methods for seismic site characterization. Part II: Inter-comparison between surface-wave and borehole methods Flora Garofalo, Sebastiano Foti, Fabrice Hollender et al. · Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Open access 28 Jan 2016 175
5 Can you believe it? The effects of benefit type versus construal level on advertisement credibility and purchase intention for organic food Anna-Katharina Jäger, Anja Weber · Journal of Cleaner Production 11 Feb 2020 162
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Deutsche Post (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Metaheuristics, Heuristic Algorithms, Machine Learning, Internationalism, Big Data, Tabu Search and Vehicle Routing Problem.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning2▲ 3.1×4 topics
  2. Sustainable Development2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  4. Metaheuristics2▲ 86×2 topics
  5. Heuristic Algorithms1▲ 158×2 topics
  6. Big Data1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  7. Internationalism1▲ 317×2 topics
  8. Digital Transformation1▲ 10×3 topics
  9. Environmental Impacts1▲ 22×2 topics
  10. Social Innovation1▲ 36×2 topics
  11. Tabu Search1▲ 234×1 topic
  12. Vehicle Routing Problem1▲ 234×1 topic
  13. E-commerce1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  14. 1960s1▲ 469×1 topic
  15. Artificial Lift Systems1▲ 175×1 topic
  16. Capital Flows1▲ 137×2 topics
  17. Fault Diagnosis1▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Global1▲ 139×1 topic
  19. Innovation Policy1▲ 50×1 topic
  20. Interdisciplinary Research1▲ 54×2 topics
  21. Knowledge Engineering1▲ 382×1 topic
  22. NK Cell Recognition1▲ 78×1 topic
  23. Natural Killer Cells1▲ 78×1 topic
  24. Sustainability1▲ 2.0×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods, Communism, Protests, Social Movements, Immune Cell Function and Interaction and Innovation, Technology, and Society.

Vehicle Routing Optimiza…1Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods: 1 fractional worksCommunism, Protests, Soc…1Communism, Protests, Social Movements: 1 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…1Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 1 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, …1Innovation, Technology, and Society: 1 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 1 fractional worksUrban and Freight Transport Logistics: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Social Issues1Economic and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 1 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 0 fractional worksEcology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies: 0 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceImmunologyOcean Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Communism, Protests, Social Movements Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 1 works
  4. 4 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 1 works
  7. 7 Economic and Social Issues Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 1 works
  9. 9 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 0 works
  10. 10 Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available15.6%not open84.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% 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 Deutsche Post (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000089% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Deutsche Post (Germany)0.000046% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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