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Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute

In research, Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,245 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,307 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management and Business, Management and Accounting — Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management is 27.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,392
of 28,054 · #20,806 all time
Rank in Germany
#974
of 1,178
Research works
798
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #12,245 of 12,888 7.9%64 #13109
Social SciencesDomain #10,307 of 10,521 4.6%79 #14896

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute 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).

What does Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management takes 27.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 23.0 works27×
  2. Business, Management and AccountingField · 29.9 works5.2×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.94× its world share, 52 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.98× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.23× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.48× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Nando Belardi, G Kroj and Eugen Schmitz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute.

  1. 1 Nando Belardi Germany · #592,446 worldwide 3 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 G Kroj Germany · #672,733 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Eugen Schmitz Germany · #1,126,801 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 B Friedel Germany · #1,167,722 worldwide 17 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Volker Johanning Germany · #1,333,644 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Organizational Change, Sustainable Development, Coaching, Self-Efficacy, Agility and Socio-Technical Systems.

▲ 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. Digital Transformation26▲ 27×4 topics
  2. Leadership23▲ 27×6 topics
  3. Organizational Change22▲ 168×2 topics
  4. Sustainable Development14▲ 5.1×11 topics
  5. Agility11▲ 468×1 topic
  6. Coaching11▲ 380×2 topics
  7. Self-Efficacy11▲ 24×2 topics
  8. Socio-Technical Systems11▲ 274×1 topic
  9. Psychodrama11▲ 345×1 topic
  10. Workplace11▲ 75×1 topic
  11. Leadership Development11▲ 178×2 topics
  12. Management11▲ 7.7×4 topics
  13. Industrial Psychology10▲ 889×1 topic
  14. Strategic Innovation10▲ 1859×1 topic
  15. Public Health7▲ 2.6×8 topics
  16. Construction7▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Big Data6▲ 4.0×6 topics
  18. Autonomous Vehicles6▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Structural Health Monitoring6▲ 42×3 topics
  20. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.4×5 topics
  21. Material Properties6▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Civil Engineering5▲ 53×2 topics
  23. Bridge Engineering5▲ 273×1 topic
  24. Geotechnical Design5▲ 273×1 topic
  25. Chronic Diseases5▲ 10×2 topics
  26. Healthcare Utilization5▲ 33×2 topics
  27. Internet of Things5▲ 3.0×4 topics
  28. Germany4▲ 125×1 topic
  29. Health Surveys4▲ 125×1 topic
  30. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse4▲ 57×2 topics
  31. Social Innovation4▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Urban Development4▲ 5.5×2 topics
  33. Innovation Policy3▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Interdisciplinary Research3▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Driver Behavior3▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Reinforced Concrete3▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Rheology3▲ 8.8×4 topics
  38. Chloride-induced3▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Corrosion3▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Mobile Health3▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Management and Leadership, Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy, Organizational Management and Change and Civil and Structural Engineering Research.

Corporate Management and Leadership: 11 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 11 fractional worksOrganizational Management and Change: 10 fractional worksCivil and Structural Eng…5Civil and Structural Engineering Research: 5 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies4Health and Medical Studies: 4 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, …3Innovation, Technology, and Society: 3 fractional worksConcrete Corrosion and Durability: 3 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 3 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 3 fractional worksDigitalization, Law, and Regulation: 2 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSocial PsychologyCivil and Structural EngineeringGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 11 works
  2. 2 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 11 works
  3. 3 Organizational Management and Change Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  4. 4 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  7. 7 Concrete Corrosion and Durability Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 3 works
  10. 10 Digitalization, Law, and Regulation Law 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 available21.1%not open78.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Highway and Transport Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower 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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