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Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics

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Research works
91
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 4.63× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.63× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.00× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.58× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Raman Lasers, Integrated Circuits, Optical Modulators, Silicon Photonics, Photon Counting, Frequency Conversion and Nonlinear Optics.

▲ 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 12 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Biosensors3▲ 25×5 topics
  2. Raman Lasers2▲ 84×2 topics
  3. Integrated Circuits2▲ 50×2 topics
  4. Optical Modulators2▲ 49×1 topic
  5. Silicon Photonics2▲ 66×1 topic
  6. Remote Sensing1▲ 4.2×4 topics
  7. Frequency Conversion1▲ 113×2 topics
  8. Photon Counting1▲ 69×3 topics
  9. Nonlinear Optics1▲ 39×3 topics
  10. Entanglement1▲ 27×3 topics
  11. Microwave Photonics1▲ 45×2 topics
  12. Support Vector Machines1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices.

Photonic and Optical Dev…2Photonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Tec…1Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and…1Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksOptical Wireless Communication Technologies: 1 fractional worksLaser Design and Applications: 1 fractional worksSolid State Laser Techno…1Solid State Laser Technologies: 1 fractional worksMechanical and Optical R…1Mechanical and Optical Resonators: 1 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…0Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 0 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Cla…0Remote-Sensing Image Classification: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringInstrumentationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsArtificial Intelligence1 others

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Optical Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Laser Design and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Solid State Laser Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Mechanical and Optical Resonators Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  9. 9 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.4%domestic only64.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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