FH Aachen
In research, FH Aachen stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,502 of 10,670 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,380 of 9,585 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,834 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Computational Mechanics is 13.4× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #2,192 of 22,385 · #1,102 all time
- Rank in Germany
- #95 of 795
- Research works
- 14k ▼ 26% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 180k 13.1 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 5.2% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.02× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 11% world 40%
- International
- 9% world 18%
What is FH Aachen known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,502 of 10,670 | 3.8% | 478 | #854 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,380 of 9,585 | 5.1% | 191 | #1998 | |
| EngineeringField | #1,834 of 5,901 | 3.9% | 304 | #914 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #5,210 of 9,902 | 11.0% | 61 | #2183 | |
| Social SciencesField | #4,132 of 5,988 | 5.0% | 67 | #2780 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where FH Aachen 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Physical Sciences#854 #1,502
- Social Sciences#1,998 #2,380
- Engineering#914 #1,834
- Health Sciences#2,183 #5,210
- Social Sciences#2,780 #4,132
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does FH Aachen work in?
In 2022-now, 62% of research at FH Aachen is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (40%), Social Sciences (8%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences56261.8%
- Engineering36440.0%
- Computer Science667.3%
- Environmental Science272.9%
- Physics and Astronomy252.8%
- Mathematics192.1%
- Energy161.8%
- Materials Science151.6%
- Chemistry141.5%
- Chemical Engineering80.9%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences70.8%
- Social Sciences21723.9%
- Social Sciences717.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting626.8%
- Arts and Humanities424.6%
- Psychology252.7%
- Decision Sciences91.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance80.9%
- Health Sciences717.8%
- Medicine545.9%
- Health Professions121.3%
- Dentistry30.3%
- Nursing10.1%
- Veterinary10.1%
- Life Sciences596.5%
What does FH Aachen specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Computational MechanicsSubfield · 70.5 works13×
- Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 33.4 works7.1×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Engineering2.67×364 works
- Chemical Engineering2.54×8 works
- Business, Management and Accounting2.12×62 works
- Energy1.96×16 works
- Mathematics1.81×19 works
- Arts and Humanities1.61×42 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.24×25 works
- Decision Sciences1.05×9 works
- Chemistry0.97×14 works
- Computer Science0.94×66 works
- Psychology0.90×25 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×36 works
- Veterinary0.73×1 works
- Social Sciences0.62×71 works
- Dentistry0.61×3 works
- Environmental Science0.59×27 works
- Neuroscience0.55×8 works
- Health Professions0.51×12 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.49×7 works
- Materials Science0.47×15 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×8 works
- Medicine0.31×54 works
- Nursing0.30×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×12 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×1 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.22×2 works
- Engineering 2.7×
- Chemical Engineering 2.5×
- Business, Management and Accounting 2.1×
- Energy 2.0×
- Mathematics 1.8×
- Arts and Humanities 1.6×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.2×
- Decision Sciences 1.1×
- Chemistry 1.0×
- Computer Science 0.9×
- Psychology 0.9×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.7×
- Veterinary 0.7×
- Social Sciences 0.6×
- Dentistry 0.6×
- Environmental Science 0.6×
- Neuroscience 0.6×
- Health Professions 0.5×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.5×
- Materials Science 0.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.4×
- Medicine 0.3×
- Nursing 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.2×
Who are the top researchers at FH Aachen?
Ranked on the quality score, Daniel Valero, Gottfried Arlt and Thomas Esch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FH Aachen.
- 1
Daniel Valero
Germany · #490,861 worldwide 1.5k citations · 73 works
- 2
Gottfried Arlt
Germany · #532,044 worldwide 6.8k citations · 85 works
- 3
Thomas Esch
Germany · #1,003,069 worldwide 1.7k citations · 74 works
- 4
Friedrich Pauwels
Germany · #1,462,028 worldwide 4k citations · 83 works
- 5
K. Dettmann
Germany · #1,561,036 worldwide 996 citations · 31 works
- 6
Xiaolai Zheng
Germany · #1,723,345 worldwide 1.7k citations · 52 works
- 7
H. Höcker
Germany · #1,815,493 worldwide 749 citations · 23 works
- 8
Thomas Mühl
Germany · #1,829,136 worldwide 1.9k citations · 145 works
- 9
Ulrich Koelle
Germany · #1,853,540 worldwide 1.3k citations · 39 works
- 10
Uwe Cremerius
Germany · #1,860,305 worldwide 4.4k citations · 59 works
Which keywords describe research at FH Aachen?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Thermal Management, Renewable Energy Integration, Sustainability, Vibration Analysis, Fluid Dynamics, Engineering and Materials Science.
- Investment Decisions
- Professional Development
- Technology Innovation
- Business Models
- E-commerce
- Geotechnical Design
- Bridge Engineering
- Customer Experience
- Historical Analysis
- Structural Health Monitoring
- Leadership
- Artificial Intelligence
- Automotive Engineering
- Structural Analysis
- Renewable Resources
- Sustainable Development
- Materials Science
- Fluid Dynamics
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Renewable Energy
- Sustainability
- Thermal Management
- Vibration Analysis
- Engineering
- Turbine Technology
- Digital Transformation
- Additive Manufacturing
- Composite Structures
- Lightweight Materials
- Big Data
- Material Properties
- Construction
- Civil Engineering
- Industrial Automation
- Flexible Automation
- Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
- Mobile Health
- Organizational Change
- Thermal Analysis
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Sustainability85▲ 3.8×30 topics
- Renewable Energy83▲ 6.3×33 topics
- Thermal Management62▲ 21×5 topics
- Renewable Energy Integration62▲ 21×6 topics
- Vibration Analysis60▲ 25×7 topics
- Fluid Dynamics60▲ 46×5 topics
- Engineering58▲ 140×2 topics
- Materials Science58▲ 158×1 topic
- Turbine Technology58▲ 371×1 topic
- Sustainable Development53▲ 3.7×15 topics
- Digital Transformation35▲ 7.2×10 topics
- Renewable Resources34▲ 21×5 topics
- Additive Manufacturing33▲ 12×6 topics
- Structural Analysis28▲ 34×2 topics
- Composite Structures27▲ 68×2 topics
- Automotive Engineering27▲ 356×1 topic
- Lightweight Materials27▲ 356×1 topic
- Artificial Intelligence26▲ 1.97×18 topics
- Big Data25▲ 2.9×15 topics
- Leadership19▲ 4.3×7 topics
- Material Properties19▲ 21×3 topics
- Structural Health Monitoring18▲ 26×2 topics
- Construction18▲ 15×3 topics
- Historical Analysis17▲ 63×2 topics
- Civil Engineering17▲ 37×2 topics
- Customer Experience17▲ 11×4 topics
- Industrial Automation16▲ 28×2 topics
- Bridge Engineering16▲ 173×1 topic
- Flexible Automation16▲ 72×1 topic
- Geotechnical Design16▲ 173×1 topic
- Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems16▲ 72×1 topic
- E-commerce16▲ 3.1×4 topics
- Mobile Health15▲ 11×2 topics
- Business Models15▲ 22×1 topic
- Organizational Change15▲ 20×4 topics
- Technology Innovation15▲ 48×1 topic
- Thermal Analysis13▲ 11×8 topics
- Professional Development12▲ 6.1×2 topics
- Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse11▲ 31×2 topics
- Investment Decisions11▲ 9.7×2 topics
Which research topics does FH Aachen publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Physics and Engineering Research Articles, Engineering and Materials Science Studies, Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems and Civil and Structural Engineering Research.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 58 works
- 2 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 27 works
- 3 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 16 works
- 4 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 16 works
- 5 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 15 works
- 6 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 10 works
- 7 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 10 works
- 8 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
- 9 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 8 works
- 10 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has FH Aachen's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 FH Aachen as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0041% in 2024.
Fractional works of FH Aachen over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.3% in 2002.
Other research institutions in Aachen
- RWTH Aachen University
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- Forschungsgesellschaft Kraftfahrwesen Aachen (Germany)
- Access
- AMO (Germany)
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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