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Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

In research, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft stands highest in Physical Sciences (#462 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#344 of 5,901 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#793 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Instrumentation and Surfaces, Coatings and Films (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 9.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#588
of 22,385 · #542 all time
Rank in Germany
#46
of 795
Research works
79k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3M
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

What is Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft 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 #462 of 10,670 6.9%10,514 #396
EngineeringField #344 of 5,901 6.3%6,069 #228
Health SciencesDomain #793 of 9,902 12.3%905 #750
Computer ScienceField #386 of 4,417 8.5%2,045 #295
MedicineField #819 of 8,541 12.2%748 #760
Life SciencesDomain #737 of 6,403 10.9%712 #728
Social SciencesDomain #1,191 of 9,585 12.1%1,316 #806
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #298 of 2,176 6.2%1,947 #171
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #367 of 1,862 8.7%693 #393
Environmental ScienceField #705 of 3,334 7.9%504 #918

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#396 #462
  2. Engineering#228 #344
  3. Health Sciences#750 #793
  4. Computer Science#295 #386
  5. Medicine#760 #819
  6. Life Sciences#728 #737
  7. Social Sciences#806 #1,191
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#171 #298
  9. Artificial Intelligence#393 #367
  10. Environmental Science#918 #705
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (45%), Computer Science (15%), Medicine (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 12k fractional works · 77.6% of its workEngineering: 6,664 fractional works · 44.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2,125 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 888 fractional works · 5.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 709 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 642 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 393 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 359 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 333 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 317 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 282 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 172 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 169 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 105 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 83 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 79 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 2,246 fractional works · 15.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 766 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 468 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 267 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 250 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 182 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 88 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 828 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 423 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 126 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 92 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 574 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 169 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 83 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 524 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 310 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 81 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 302 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 236 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 56 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 163 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeology: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 163 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,517 fractional works · 10.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 587 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 190 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 158 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 118 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 416 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 174 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 114 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 214 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 114 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 145 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 80 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 89 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 74 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,022 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMedicine: 849 fractional works · 5.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 109 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 94 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 87 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 306 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 123 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 808 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 403 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 226 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiophysics: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 34 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 103 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 166 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 60 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 105 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 136 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 74 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 88 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 71 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 15 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFraunhofer-Gesellschaft15kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences10%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6,66444.6%
    2. Computer Science2,24615.0%
    3. Materials Science8285.5%
    4. Environmental Science5743.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy5243.5%
    6. Energy3022.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1631.1%
    8. Chemistry1631.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering970.7%
    10. Mathematics500.3%
  2. Social Sciences1,51710.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting5873.9%
    2. Social Sciences4162.8%
    3. Decision Sciences2141.4%
    4. Psychology1451.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance890.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities670.4%
    1. Medicine8495.7%
    2. Health Professions1230.8%
    3. Dentistry260.2%
    4. Veterinary130.1%
    5. Nursing110.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4032.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1661.1%
    3. Neuroscience1360.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology880.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics150.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 709.1 works9.2×
  2. InstrumentationSubfield · 36.3 works4.9×
  3. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 60.0 works4.1×
  4. SoftwareSubfield · 39.1 works4.1×
  5. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 181.7 works4.0×
  6. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 2,125.4 works4.0×
  7. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 67.1 works4.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.23× its world share, 166 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 403 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.58× its world share, 88 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 136 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.86× its world share, 97 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 163 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.93× its world share, 2,246 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 164 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.20× its world share, 302 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.97× its world share, 6,664 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 574 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.59× its world share, 828 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 50 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.57× its world share, 524 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 26 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 123 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 849 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 13 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 67 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.22× its world share, 587 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 214 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 89 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 145 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 416 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.97×6,664 works
  2. Energy2.20×302 works
  3. Computer Science1.93×2,246 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.86×97 works
  5. Materials Science1.59×828 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.57×524 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.48×214 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.22×587 works
  9. Environmental Science0.77×574 works
  10. Chemistry0.70×163 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.70×164 works
  12. Veterinary0.63×13 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.58×88 works
  14. Neuroscience0.56×136 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×403 works
  16. Dentistry0.36×26 works
  17. Psychology0.32×145 works
  18. Health Professions0.31×123 works
  19. Medicine0.30×849 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×15 works
  21. Mathematics0.28×50 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×89 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×166 works
  24. Social Sciences0.22×416 works
  25. Nursing0.15×11 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.15×67 works

Who are the top researchers at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft?

Ranked on the quality score, Patrick M. Hoyer, Christin Schäfer and Andreas Hoheisel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.

  1. 1 Patrick M. Hoyer Germany · #311,197 worldwide 3.6k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Christin Schäfer Germany · #1,382,704 worldwide 2.6k citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Andreas Hoheisel Germany · #1,825,809 worldwide 733 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Axel Richter Germany · #1,830,867 worldwide 3.2k citations · 79 works
  5. 5 Gerhard Cerny Germany · #2,344,924 worldwide 1k citations · 30 works
  6. 6 R. Sastrawan Germany · #2,391,405 worldwide 2.5k citations · 22 works
  7. 7 K. Kühl Germany · #2,412,060 worldwide 457 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Andreas Emmendörffer Germany · #2,855,322 worldwide 1.6k citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Miriam Leis Germany · #2,873,451 worldwide 575 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Conrad Kößlinger Germany · #3,029,359 worldwide 589 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

What are the most cited papers from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft?

The most cited paper from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is "Overview of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Standard" (Gary J. Sullivan, Jens-Rainer Ohm, Woo-Jin Han et al., 2012), with 8,309 citations. Next come "Overview of the H.264/AVC video coding standard" (8,227) and "Materials for fuel-cell technologies" (7,775).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Overview of the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) Standard Gary J. Sullivan, Jens-Rainer Ohm, Woo-Jin Han et al. · IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology 30 Sep 2012 8,309
2 Overview of the H.264/AVC video coding standard Thomas Wiegand, Gary J. Sullivan, Gisle Bjøntegaard et al. · IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology Jul 2003 8,227
3 Materials for fuel-cell technologies Brian C. H. Steele, Angelika Heinzel · Nature Nov 2001 7,775
4 Cellulose: Fascinating Biopolymer and Sustainable Raw Material Dieter Klemm, Brigitte Heublein, Hans‐Peter Fink et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition 28 Apr 2005 7,510
5 MITOS: Improved de novo metazoan mitochondrial genome annotation Matthias Bernt, Alexander Donath, Frank Jühling et al. · Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 6 Sep 2012 5,583
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Machine Learning, Big Data, Mechanical Properties, Additive Manufacturing and Neural Networks.

▲ 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. Deep Learning1,071▲ 2.1×77 topics
  2. Sustainability741▲ 2.0×77 topics
  3. Machine Learning724▲ 1.45×84 topics
  4. Renewable Energy595▲ 2.8×52 topics
  5. Neural Networks464▲ 2.0×39 topics
  6. Big Data452▲ 3.2×27 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties443▲ 3.0×36 topics
  8. Environmental Impact344▲ 1.35×56 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency317▲ 2.3×39 topics
  10. Internet of Things314▲ 2.5×22 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management306▲ 2.3×20 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications294▲ 1.66×35 topics
  13. Additive Manufacturing288▲ 6.2×8 topics
  14. Security260▲ 2.6×23 topics
  15. Microstructure258▲ 3.3×19 topics
  16. Thermal Management252▲ 5.2×8 topics
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks234▲ 2.1×14 topics
  18. Cyber-Physical Systems214▲ 5.4×8 topics
  19. Lithium-ion Batteries205▲ 3.3×4 topics
  20. Integrated Circuits199▲ 9.2×3 topics
  21. Smart Grid192▲ 3.6×8 topics
  22. Solar Cells190▲ 6.2×7 topics
  23. Industrial Automation188▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Software Engineering188▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Flexible Automation182▲ 49×1 topic
  26. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems182▲ 49×1 topic
  27. Electric Vehicles169▲ 3.9×4 topics
  28. Composite Materials165▲ 5.3×9 topics
  29. Polymer Composites164▲ 4.1×7 topics
  30. Tool Wear162▲ 8.5×3 topics
  31. Digital Twin160▲ 7.7×2 topics
  32. 3D Printing157▲ 4.7×6 topics
  33. Cloud Manufacturing155▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Smart Manufacturing155▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Virtual Prototyping155▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Assembly Planning152▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Design for Manufacture152▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Photovoltaics135▲ 5.8×4 topics
  39. Process Parameters133▲ 8.3×3 topics
  40. Raman Lasers122▲ 7.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Digital Transformation in Industry, Manufacturing Process and Optimization and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies.

Flexible and Reconfigura…182Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 182 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…155Digital Transformation in Industry: 155 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…152Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 152 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…112Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 112 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 98 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 98 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing M…84Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 84 fractional worksSemiconductor materials …80Semiconductor materials and devices: 80 fractional worksAdvanced Surface Polishi…75Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques: 75 fractional worksAdvanced machining proce…73Advanced machining processes and optimization: 73 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMechanical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 182 works
  2. 2 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 155 works
  3. 3 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 152 works
  4. 4 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 112 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 98 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 98 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 84 works
  8. 8 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 80 works
  9. 9 Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques Biomedical Engineering 75 works
  10. 10 Advanced machining processes and optimization Mechanical Engineering 73 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 available30.1%not open69.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% 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 Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.062% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft0.057% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft 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 2025Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft7.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.2% in 2006.

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What does the Fraunhofer Society research?

In research, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft stands highest in Physical Sciences (#462 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#344 of 5,901 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#793 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Instrumentation and Surfaces, Coatings and Films (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 9.2× its share of world research).

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