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Fraunhofer Austria

In research, Fraunhofer Austria stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,640 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,584
of 28,054 · #28,062 all time
Rank in Austria
#155
of 168
Research works
191
▲ 67% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.7k
35.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Fraunhofer Austria 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
Physical SciencesDomain #16,640 of 21,541 22.0%132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fraunhofer Austria 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.77× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.16× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.05× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.51× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fraunhofer Austria?

Ranked on the composite score, Wilfried Sihn, Volker Settgast and Viola Gallina lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fraunhofer Austria.

  1. 1 Wilfried Sihn Austria · #13,743 worldwide 593 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Volker Settgast Austria · #1,127,167 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Viola Gallina Austria · #1,231,133 worldwide 40 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Fraunhofer Austria

Which keywords describe research at Fraunhofer Austria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Big Data, Internet of Things, Cyber-Physical Systems, Digital Twin, Cloud Manufacturing and Smart Manufacturing.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Sustainability12▲ 6.7×22 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management9▲ 13×9 topics
  3. Big Data9▲ 14×11 topics
  4. Internet of Things6▲ 9.9×6 topics
  5. Cyber-Physical Systems6▲ 31×4 topics
  6. Digital Twin6▲ 57×2 topics
  7. Cloud Manufacturing6▲ 85×1 topic
  8. Smart Manufacturing6▲ 85×1 topic
  9. Flexible Automation5▲ 258×1 topic
  10. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems5▲ 258×1 topic
  11. Deep Learning4▲ 1.73×17 topics
  12. Machine Learning4▲ 1.51×19 topics
  13. Circular Economy3▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Environmental Management3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  15. Renewable Energy3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  16. Scheduling3▲ 51×4 topics
  17. Optimization2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  18. Product Design2▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Assembly Planning2▲ 39×1 topic
  20. Design for Manufacture2▲ 39×1 topic
  21. Order Picking2▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Resource Efficiency2▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Warehouse Design2▲ 49×1 topic
  24. Green Practices2▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Sustainable Supply Chain Management2▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Environmental Impacts2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  27. Metal Recovery2▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Supply Chain2▲ 10×5 topics
  29. Machine Vision2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  30. Assembly Line Balancing1▲ 168×1 topic
  31. Data Integration1▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Manufacturing1▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Metaheuristics1▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Optimization Methods1▲ 168×1 topic
  35. System Maturity1▲ 87×1 topic
  36. Technology Readiness Levels1▲ 87×1 topic
  37. Fabric Defect Detection1▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Genetic Algorithm1▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Texture Analysis1▲ 7.7×1 topic
  40. Human Factors1▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Fraunhofer Austria publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Transformation in Industry, Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Manufacturing Process and Optimization and Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization.

Digital Transformation i…6Digital Transformation in Industry: 6 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigura…5Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 5 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization: 2 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 2 fractional worksAssembly Line Balancing …1Assembly Line Balancing Optimization: 1 fractional worksTechnology Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 1 fractional worksReal-time simulation and control systems: 1 fractional worksScheduling and Optimization Algorithms: 1 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringStrategy and ManagementSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityControl and Systems Engineering

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

  1. 1 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  6. 6 Assembly Line Balancing Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Technology Assessment and Management Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  8. 8 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available58.7%not open41.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.3%domestic only74.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fraunhofer Austria's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 67% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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