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Framatome (Germany)

In research, Framatome (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,722 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,844
of 22,385 · #19,168 all time
Rank in Germany
#735
of 795
Research works
450
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Framatome (Germany)

What is Framatome (Germany) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #7,722 of 10,670 1.5%76 #7299

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

In 2022-now, 93% of research at Framatome (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (60%), Materials Science (19%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 82 fractional works · 93.2% of its workEngineering: 53 fractional works · 60.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 16.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 14.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 9.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 17 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 16.6% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 9.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFramatome(Germany)88fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5360.3%
    2. Materials Science1718.9%
    3. Computer Science99.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy22.8%
    5. Energy00.4%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    7. Environmental Science00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences11.7%
    2. Social Sciences11.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine11.3%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.25× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.02× its world share, 53 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.42× its world share, 17 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science5.42×17 works
  2. Engineering4.02×53 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.75×2 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.27×2 works
  5. Computer Science1.25×9 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.06×0 works
  7. Energy0.44×0 works
  8. Nursing0.39×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.16×0 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.11×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  14. Medicine0.07×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Framatome (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Erkin Kirdan, A. Hoefer and Dietmar Bittermann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Framatome (Germany).

  1. 1 Erkin Kirdan Germany · #2,508,770 worldwide 176 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 A. Hoefer Germany · #2,687,016 worldwide 336 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Dietmar Bittermann Germany · #2,718,989 worldwide 383 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Y. Meyzaud Germany · #3,494,064 worldwide 101 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Uwe Stoll Germany · #3,779,153 worldwide 242 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Thomas Mull Germany · #3,918,410 worldwide 88 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Oliver Herbst Germany · #3,957,200 worldwide 55 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Armin Roth Germany · #4,008,891 worldwide 217 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Jürgen Rudolph Germany · #4,256,309 worldwide 3k citations · 176 works
  10. 10 Jean-Bernard Thevenon Germany · #4,543,315 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Framatome (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from Framatome (Germany) is "Precoding in Multiantenna and Multiuser Communications" (Christoph Windpassinger, Robert F. H. Fischer, T. Vencel et al., 2004), with 558 citations. Next come "The ERANOS Code and data system for fast reactor neutronic analyses" (248) and "The European power plant conceptual study" (147).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Precoding in Multiantenna and Multiuser Communications Christoph Windpassinger, Robert F. H. Fischer, T. Vencel et al. · IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications Jul 2004 558
2 The ERANOS Code and data system for fast reactor neutronic analyses G. Rimpault, Danièle Plisson, J. Tommasi et al. · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Conference paperOpen access 7 Oct 2002 248
3 The European power plant conceptual study David Maisonnier, I. Cook, Pierre Sardain et al. · Fusion Engineering and Design 26 Jul 2005 147
4 High performance light water reactor David Squarer, Thomas S. Schulenberg, D. Struwe et al. · Nuclear Engineering and Design 26 Mar 2003 145
5 Generic approach for designing and implementing a passive autocatalytic recombiner PAR-system in nuclear power plant containments E Bachellerie, F. Arnould, Miche`le Auglaire et al. · Nuclear Engineering and Design 26 Mar 2003 132
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Framatome (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydrogen Embrittlement, Oxidation Resistance, Accident Tolerant Fuels, Fuel Cladding, Molten Salt, Nuclear Reactor, Microstructure and Machine Learning.

▲ 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 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. Hydrogen Embrittlement9▲ 120×3 topics
  2. Machine Learning8▲ 2.8×15 topics
  3. Oxidation Resistance7▲ 78×2 topics
  4. Accident Tolerant Fuels7▲ 233×1 topic
  5. Fuel Cladding7▲ 233×1 topic
  6. Molten Salt7▲ 257×1 topic
  7. Nuclear Reactor7▲ 257×1 topic
  8. Microstructure6▲ 14×10 topics
  9. Deep Learning6▲ 1.87×13 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties5▲ 5.6×15 topics
  11. Finite Element Analysis4▲ 23×5 topics
  12. Passive Systems4▲ 323×1 topic
  13. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis4▲ 323×1 topic
  14. Fatigue Crack Closure4▲ 160×1 topic
  15. Fracture Toughness Testing4▲ 160×1 topic
  16. Numerical Simulation4▲ 15×8 topics
  17. Heat Transfer3▲ 7.5×7 topics
  18. Microstructural Evolution3▲ 24×3 topics
  19. Constitutive Modeling3▲ 49×2 topics
  20. Thermal Properties3▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Grain Refinement2▲ 24×2 topics
  22. High-Temperature Alloys2▲ 137×1 topic
  23. Oxidation Behavior2▲ 46×2 topics
  24. Phase Stability2▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Superalloys2▲ 137×1 topic
  26. Nuclear Fuel2▲ 170×1 topic
  27. Radiation Protection2▲ 170×1 topic
  28. Welding2▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Microstructural Characterization2▲ 122×1 topic
  30. Nuclear Graphite2▲ 122×1 topic
  31. High-Strength Steels2▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Martensite Transformation2▲ 71×1 topic
  33. Anomaly Detection2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  34. Laser Welding2▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Residual Stress2▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Loosening Mechanism2▲ 214×1 topic
  37. Threaded Fasteners2▲ 214×1 topic
  38. fusion materials2▲ 106×1 topic
  39. radiation damage2▲ 106×1 topic
  40. Failure Analysis2▲ 21×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear Materials and Properties, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics and Fatigue and fracture mechanics.

Nuclear Materials and Properties: 7 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 7 fractional worksNuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 4 fractional worksFatigue and fracture mechanics: 4 fractional worksHigh Temperature Alloys and Creep: 2 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…2Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 2 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 2 fractional worksMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 2 fractional worksWelding Techniques and Residual Stresses: 2 fractional worksEngineering Structural Analysis Methods: 2 fractional works
Materials ChemistryAerospace EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsMechanical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 7 works
  2. 2 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Fatigue and fracture mechanics Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  5. 5 High Temperature Alloys and Creep Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  7. 7 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Engineering Structural Analysis Methods Mechanical Engineering 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 available17.4%not open82.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.8%domestic only66.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Framatome (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Framatome (Germany)0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Framatome (Germany) 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Framatome (Germany)1.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.3% in 2005.

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