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Foerster (Germany)

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Research works
52
▼ 83% vs 2018-21
Citations
381
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
54%
world 18%
Foerster (Germany)

Not ranked overall: Foerster (Germany) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Foerster (Germany) work in?

In all years, 52% of research at Foerster (Germany) is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Physics and Astronomy (21%), Business, Management and Accounting (17%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 27 fractional works · 52.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 25.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 17.5% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 6.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 34.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 21.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 15.0% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFoerster(Germany)52fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences52%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1325.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting917.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance46.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.2%
    5. Psychology00.3%
    1. Physics and Astronomy1121.0%
    2. Engineering47.0%
    3. Computer Science23.2%
    4. Environmental Science11.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Medicine58.7%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
    1. Neuroscience23.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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.

Computer Science: 1.99× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 16.03× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.52× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 16.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy16.03×1 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.52×0 works
  3. Mathematics5.27×0 works
  4. Social Sciences2.08×0 works
  5. Computer Science1.99×0 works
  6. Materials Science0.67×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Foerster (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, S. Witzigmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Foerster (Germany).

  1. 1 S. Witzigmann Germany · #4,688,318 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Foerster (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from Foerster (Germany) is "Development of pigment-dispersing hormone-immunoreactive neurons in the nervous system ofDrosophila melanogaster" (Charlotte Helfrich-F�rster, 1997), with 216 citations. Next come "Guidelines on diet, nutrition, and cancer prevention: reducing the risk of cancer with healthy food choices and physical activity. The American Cancer Society 1996 Advisory Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer Prevention" (145) and "Observable effects in a class of spherically symmetric static Finsler spacetimes" (85).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Development of pigment-dispersing hormone-immunoreactive neurons in the nervous system ofDrosophila melanogaster Charlotte Helfrich-F�rster · The Journal of Comparative Neurology 14 Apr 1997 216
2 Guidelines on diet, nutrition, and cancer prevention: reducing the risk of cancer with healthy food choices and physical activity. The American Cancer Society 1996 Advisory Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Cancer Prevention The American Cancer Society 1996 Advisory Committee on Diet, Nutrition, and Canc · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians Open access Nov 1996 145
3 Observable effects in a class of spherically symmetric static Finsler spacetimes Cláus Lämmerzahl, Volker Perlick, Wolfgang Hasse · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 19 Nov 2012 85
4 The Layers Principle: Internet Architecture and the Law Lawrence B. Solum, Minn Chung · SSRN Electronic Journal PreprintOpen access 2003 60
5 Efficacy and safety of eltenac gel in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis Bertram Ottillinger, Béla Gömör, Beat A. Michel et al. · Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open access Apr 2001 44
All 78 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Foerster (Germany)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, International Law, Quantum Gravity, Corporate Governance, Financial Reporting, Tax Avoidance, Exoplanets and Sovereignty.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Human Rights5▲ 11×14 topics
  2. International Law4▲ 28×8 topics
  3. Corporate Governance2▲ 8.0×7 topics
  4. Quantum Gravity2▲ 36×3 topics
  5. Financial Reporting2▲ 35×2 topics
  6. Tax Avoidance2▲ 91×2 topics
  7. Exoplanets2▲ 52×1 topic
  8. Sovereignty2▲ 35×3 topics
  9. Stellar Astrophysics2▲ 52×1 topic
  10. Global Governance2▲ 17×5 topics
  11. Economic Development2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  12. Gender2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  13. Political Economy2▲ 13×4 topics
  14. Social Responsibility2▲ 20×2 topics
  15. Regulation2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  16. Surveillance2▲ 20×4 topics
  17. Intellectual Property2▲ 28×3 topics
  18. Public Policy2▲ 6.8×2 topics
  19. Intellectual Property Rights1▲ 58×2 topics
  20. Mergers and Acquisitions1▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Radio Astronomy1▲ 75×1 topic
  22. Transits of Venus1▲ 139×1 topic
  23. General Relativity1▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Global Value Chains1▲ 145×1 topic
  25. Production Networks1▲ 145×1 topic
  26. Regulatory Challenges1▲ 33×4 topics
  27. Astronomical Instrumentation1▲ 44×1 topic
  28. Copyright1▲ 111×2 topics
  29. Fiscal Policy1▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Optical 3D Laser Measurement1▲ 114×1 topic
  31. Position-Sensitive Detector1▲ 114×1 topic
  32. Relativity1▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Spectrograph1▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Unified Field Theories1▲ 131×1 topic
  35. Black Holes1▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Corporate Tax1▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Incentives1▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Arbitration1▲ 64×2 topics
  39. Autorschaft1▲ 83×1 topic
  40. Bildung1▲ 56×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Labor Movements and Unions, Merger and Competition Analysis, Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research and Quantum Mechanics and Applications.

Labor Movements and Unions: 0 fractional worksMerger and Competition Analysis: 0 fractional worksAtomic and Subatomic Phy…0Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research: 0 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Ap…0Quantum Mechanics and Applications: 0 fractional worksQuantum Information and …0Quantum Information and Cryptography: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Differential Geometry Research: 0 fractional worksGeometric Analysis and Curvature Flows: 0 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 0 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 0 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 0 fractional works
Public AdministrationEconomics and EconometricsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Labor Movements and Unions Public Administration 0 works
  2. 2 Merger and Competition Analysis Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  3. 3 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  4. 4 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  5. 5 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Differential Geometry Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows Applied Mathematics 0 works
  8. 8 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.1%domestic only45.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 83% 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 Foerster (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000011% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Foerster (Germany)0.000020% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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