Question 1

What is FH Aachen known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does FH Aachen rank in research?

Accepted Answer

FH Aachen ranks #2,192 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#1,102 all time), and #95 of 795 in Germany.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at FH Aachen?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Daniel Valero, Gottfried Arlt and Thomas Esch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FH Aachen.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from FH Aachen?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from FH Aachen is "Carbon capture and storage (CCS): the way forward" (Mai Bui et al., 2018), with 4,386 citations. Next come "Ageing mechanisms in lithium-ion batteries" (3,966) and "Correlated Lattice Fermions in d = ∞ Dimensions" (2,358).

Question 5

Which research topics does FH Aachen publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at FH Aachen?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does FH Aachen work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is FH Aachen's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower than in 2018-2021.