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Deutsches Museum

In research, Deutsches Museum stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,203 of 21,541 worldwide), Social Sciences (#9,308 of 16,945 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#2,734 of 3,836 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,929
of 28,054 · #11,994 all time
Rank in Germany
#899
of 1,178
Research works
554
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Deutsches Museum 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 #7,203 of 21,541 16.7%205
Social SciencesDomain #9,308 of 16,945 18.8%289
Arts and HumanitiesField #2,734 of 3,836 20.3%175

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Deutsches Museum 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.62× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.08× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.12× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.31× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 11.83× its world share, 33 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Deutsches Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, Wolfgang M. Heckl, Michael Eckert and Bernd Lukasch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deutsches Museum.

  1. 1 Wolfgang M. Heckl Germany · #113,628 worldwide 194 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Michael Eckert Germany · #529,562 worldwide 84 citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Bernd Lukasch Germany · #722,710 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Ulf Hashagen Germany · #771,202 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Helmuth Trischler Germany · #826,232 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Deutsches Museum

Which keywords describe research at Deutsches Museum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Innovation, Cultural Heritage, Literature, Science, Technology, Art and Materiality.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. History9▲ 13×5 topics
  2. Innovation7▲ 6.7×10 topics
  3. Climate Change6▲ 2.4×17 topics
  4. Sustainability6▲ 2.6×10 topics
  5. Cultural Heritage6▲ 11×8 topics
  6. Literature6▲ 11×4 topics
  7. Science6▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Art5▲ 64×2 topics
  9. Technology5▲ 11×8 topics
  10. Exhibition5▲ 481×1 topic
  11. Materiality5▲ 141×2 topics
  12. Museum5▲ 481×1 topic
  13. Fluid Dynamics5▲ 37×2 topics
  14. Heat Transfer5▲ 10×2 topics
  15. Large-Eddy Simulation5▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Renewable Energy5▲ 3.4×4 topics
  17. Engineering4▲ 101×1 topic
  18. Materials Science4▲ 113×1 topic
  19. Turbulent Flows4▲ 46×1 topic
  20. Vortex Dynamics4▲ 40×1 topic
  21. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 3.3×6 topics
  22. Sediment Transport4▲ 25×4 topics
  23. Cultural Impact4▲ 71×2 topics
  24. Historical Figures4▲ 208×2 topics
  25. Cold War3▲ 50×2 topics
  26. Gender3▲ 5.7×5 topics
  27. Identity3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  28. Conservation3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  29. Cultural Sustainability3▲ 50×2 topics
  30. Radio Astronomy3▲ 122×1 topic
  31. Transits of Venus3▲ 288×1 topic
  32. Medicine3▲ 32×3 topics
  33. International Relations2▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Culture2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  35. Philosophy2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  36. Society2▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Historical Narratives2▲ 38×2 topics
  38. Atomic Energy2▲ 654×1 topic
  39. Internationalism2▲ 110×1 topic
  40. Reconstruction2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Deutsches Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Libraries and Information Services, Physics and Engineering Research Articles, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows and History and Developments in Astronomy.

Libraries and Information Services: 5 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 4 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 4 fractional worksHistory and Developments in Astronomy: 3 fractional worksTwentieth Century Scientific Developments: 2 fractional worksImage Processing and 3D …2Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction: 2 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 2 fractional worksHistory of Computing Technologies: 2 fractional worksCybernetics and Technology in Society: 2 fractional worksAeolian processes and effects: 2 fractional works
MuseologyComputational MechanicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsHistory and Philosophy of Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Libraries and Information Services Museology 5 works
  2. 2 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 4 works
  3. 3 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 4 works
  4. 4 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  5. 5 Twentieth Century Scientific Developments History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  6. 6 Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  7. 7 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  8. 8 History of Computing Technologies Computer Science Applications 2 works
  9. 9 Cybernetics and Technology in Society History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  10. 10 Aeolian processes and effects Earth-Surface Processes 2 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 available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Deutsches Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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