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Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT

In research, Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,413 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,707 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Energy — Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment is 14.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,000
of 28,054 · #12,572 all time
Rank in Germany
#362
of 1,178
Research works
620
▲ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,413 of 12,888 11.4%154 #7520
EngineeringField #4,707 of 6,636 9.9%68 #6715

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT 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).

What does Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment takes 14.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 20.0 works14×
  2. EnergyField · 22.9 works13×
← 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: 1.14× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 25.30× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.14× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 13.47× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.44× its world share, 68 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.39× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.29× its world share, 15 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 25.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT?

Ranked on the composite score, Andreas Hornung, S. Schlüter and Robert Daschner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT.

  1. 1 Andreas Hornung Germany · #18,961 worldwide 879 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 S. Schlüter Germany · #1,013,378 worldwide 28 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Robert Daschner Germany · #1,219,999 worldwide 30 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 G. Deerberg Germany · #1,555,841 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT

Which keywords describe research at Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Environmental Impact, Catalysts, Catalysis, Sustainability, Electrocatalysis, Waste Management and Recycling.

▲ 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. Sustainability21▲ 4.6×19 topics
  2. Environmental Impact19▲ 6.0×15 topics
  3. Renewable Energy18▲ 7.0×18 topics
  4. Catalysts17▲ 46×3 topics
  5. Catalysis17▲ 14×15 topics
  6. Electrocatalysis16▲ 30×2 topics
  7. Waste Management15▲ 20×5 topics
  8. Recycling15▲ 21×7 topics
  9. Circular Economy14▲ 28×6 topics
  10. Carbon Dioxide14▲ 48×4 topics
  11. Nanomaterials14▲ 6.9×10 topics
  12. Renewable Fuels12▲ 57×3 topics
  13. Metal-Organic Frameworks12▲ 15×4 topics
  14. Water Splitting11▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Energy Storage10▲ 8.7×7 topics
  16. Sustainable Energy10▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Energy Conversion10▲ 26×1 topic
  18. Oxygen Reduction10▲ 41×1 topic
  19. Metal Recovery9▲ 25×2 topics
  20. Biomass9▲ 44×3 topics
  21. Energy Efficiency9▲ 5.0×9 topics
  22. Hydrogenation8▲ 25×4 topics
  23. Bioenergy8▲ 78×2 topics
  24. Environmental Impacts7▲ 15×3 topics
  25. CO2 Reduction7▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Molecular Catalysis7▲ 83×2 topics
  27. E-Waste7▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Hazardous Substances7▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Life Cycle Assessment6▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Catalytic6▲ 29×3 topics
  31. Policy6▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Renewable Resources6▲ 20×4 topics
  33. Bioeconomy6▲ 229×1 topic
  34. Electrochemical Conversion6▲ 83×1 topic
  35. Metallic Surfaces6▲ 83×1 topic
  36. Transition6▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Ionic Liquids5▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Oxidation5▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Selective Oxidation5▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Ceria5▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts and Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development.

Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 10 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 7 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques…6CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 6 fractional worksBioeconomy and Sustainab…6Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development: 6 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 5 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 5 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…4Advanced battery technologies research: 4 fractional worksCatalysts for Methane Reforming: 4 fractional worksIntegrated Energy Systems Optimization: 4 fractional worksCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis: 3 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesMaterials Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 10 works
  2. 2 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  4. 4 Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 works
  5. 5 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 5 works
  6. 6 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 5 works
  7. 7 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Catalysts for Methane Reforming Catalysis 4 works
  9. 9 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis Process Chemistry and Technology 3 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 available51.3%not open48.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.1%domestic only81.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% 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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