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Festo (Germany)

In research, Festo (Germany) stands highest in Engineering (#4,199 of 9,532 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,125 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#20,660
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,023
of 1,603
Research works
288
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Festo (Germany)

What is Festo (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
EngineeringField #4,199 of 9,532 8.5%172
Physical SciencesDomain #9,125 of 17,446 9.1%206

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

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Festo (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (52%), Computer Science (20%), Business, Management and Accounting (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 81.4% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 52.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 15.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 9.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 20.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 8.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workALL ITS WORKFesto (Germany)32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences81%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences13%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1752.0%
    2. Computer Science720.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy14.0%
    4. Environmental Science12.1%
    5. Energy01.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    7. Materials Science00.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting38.9%
    2. Social Sciences12.1%
    3. Decision Sciences11.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.8%
    2. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Health Professions01.5%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.60× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.47× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.78× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.47×17 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.78×3 works
  3. Computer Science2.60×7 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.95×1 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.79×1 works
  6. Energy1.68×0 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.98×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.59×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.41×1 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.21×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.16×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Festo (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Rüdiger Neumann, Alexander Hildebrandt and Holger Regber lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Festo (Germany).

  1. 1 Rüdiger Neumann Germany · #1,705,328 worldwide 760 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Alexander Hildebrandt Germany · #1,987,699 worldwide 2k citations · 86 works
  3. 3 Holger Regber Germany · #2,395,340 worldwide 4 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 R. Neumann Germany · #2,529,676 worldwide 326 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 F. Ebel Germany · #2,729,754 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 G. Prede Germany · #2,759,334 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 F. Ebel Germany · #2,825,103 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  8. 7 P. Croser Germany · #2,825,103 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Wolfgang Gauchel Germany · #2,958,768 worldwide 212 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Martin Plank Germany · #3,493,771 worldwide 70 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Festo (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Festo (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Festo (Germany) is "Intelligent Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0: A Review" (Ray Y. Zhong, Xun William Xu, Eberhard Klotz et al., 2017), with 2,894 citations. Next come "A Variable Curvature Continuum Kinematics for Kinematic Control of the Bionic Handling Assistant" (357) and "Octopus Arm-Inspired Tapered Soft Actuators with Suckers for Improved Grasping" (339).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Intelligent Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0: A Review Ray Y. Zhong, Xun William Xu, Eberhard Klotz et al. · Engineering Open access Oct 2017 2,894
2 A Variable Curvature Continuum Kinematics for Kinematic Control of the Bionic Handling Assistant Tobias Mahl, Alexander Hildebrandt, Oliver Sawodny · IEEE Transactions on Robotics 24 Apr 2014 357
3 Octopus Arm-Inspired Tapered Soft Actuators with Suckers for Improved Grasping Zhexin Xie, August G. Domel, Ning An et al. · Soft Robotics 25 Feb 2020 339
4 Complex multiphase organohydrogels with programmable mechanics toward adaptive soft-matter machines Shuyun Zhuo, Ziguang Zhao, Zhexin Xie et al. · Science Advances Open access 31 Jan 2020 219
5 Why social sustainability counts: The impact of corporate social sustainability culture on financial success Gregor Schönborn, Cecilia Berlin, Marta Pinzone et al. · Sustainable Production and Consumption Open access 31 Aug 2018 190
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Festo (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Supply Chain Management, Control, Virtual Reality, Sustainability, Actuators, Adaptive and Software Engineering.

▲ 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability3▲ 3.8×7 topics
  2. Big Data3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  4. Control2▲ 55×3 topics
  5. Virtual Reality2▲ 14×4 topics
  6. Deep Learning2▲ 1.89×11 topics
  7. Actuators2▲ 38×4 topics
  8. Machine Learning2▲ 1.87×8 topics
  9. Adaptive2▲ 122×2 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 3.9×5 topics
  11. Internet of Things2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  12. Software Engineering2▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Cyber-Physical Systems1▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Neural Networks1▲ 2.8×9 topics
  15. Simulation1▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Biomedical Applications1▲ 3.3×3 topics
  17. Flexible Automation1▲ 156×1 topic
  18. Modeling1▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Nonlinear Systems1▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems1▲ 156×1 topic
  21. Hydraulic Systems1▲ 64×1 topic
  22. Robust1▲ 95×1 topic
  23. Virtual Prototyping1▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Analytics1▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Business Intelligence1▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Digital Twin1▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Multi-Agent Systems1▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Robotic Manipulators1▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Security1▲ 4.9×5 topics
  30. Smart Manufacturing1▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Soft Robotics1▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does Festo (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems, Digital Transformation in Industry and Big Data and Business Intelligence.

Flexible and Reconfigura…1Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 1 fractional worksHydraulic and Pneumatic …1Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems: 1 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…1Big Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applic…1Soft Robotics and Applications: 1 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 1 fractional worksIterative Learning Control Systems: 1 fractional worksGaze Tracking and Assist…1Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology: 1 fractional worksRobotics and Automated Systems: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringMechanical EngineeringManagement Information SystemsBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Iterative Learning Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  9. 9 Robotics and Automated Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 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 available19.2%not open80.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Festo (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% 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 Festo (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Festo (Germany)0.000087% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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