Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering
In research, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,259 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #15,330 of 28,054 · #9,812 all time
- Rank in Germany
- #596 of 1,178
- Research works
- 1.1k ▲ 16% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 19k 17.3 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 21.0% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 24% world 28%
What is Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #10,259 of 12,888 | 19.2% | 98 | #6277 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering 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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Decision Sciences 4.8×
- Computer Science 4.6×
- Business, Management and Accounting 3.2×
- Engineering 2.0×
- Health Professions 1.1×
- Social Sciences 0.6×
- Psychology 0.5×
- Arts and Humanities 0.3×
- Mathematics 0.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Energy 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.1×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering?
Ranked on the composite score, Thomas Kühn, Jürgen Münch and Andreas Jedlitschka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering.
- 1 Thomas Kühn Germany · #38,652 worldwide 549 citations · 32 works
- 2 Jürgen Münch Germany · #255,412 worldwide 241 citations · 79 works
- 3 Andreas Jedlitschka Germany · #376,207 worldwide 128 citations · 24 works
- 4 Adam Trendowicz Germany · #399,817 worldwide 87 citations · 25 works
- 5 Jörg Rech Germany · #439,908 worldwide 70 citations · 16 works
- 6 Dirk Muthig Germany · #450,902 worldwide 83 citations · 24 works
- 7 Martin Becker Germany · #464,827 worldwide 174 citations · 61 works
- 8 Christian Bunse Germany · #639,767 worldwide 79 citations · 26 works
- 9 Jens Knodel Germany · #715,495 worldwide 50 citations · 16 works
- 10 Mario Trapp Germany · #770,770 worldwide 69 citations · 31 works
Which keywords describe research at Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Internet of Things, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Model-Based Development, Cyber-Physical Systems, Requirements Engineering and Machine Learning.
- Urban Innovation
- Code Clone Detection
- Software Reliability Modeling
- Urban Development
- Empirical Studies
- Distributed Systems
- Anomaly Detection
- Semantic Web Services
- Autonomic Computing
- Security
- Assurance Cases
- Governance
- Smart Manufacturing
- Flexible Automation
- Software Engineering
- Digital Twin
- Cyber-Physical Systems
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
- Internet of Things
- Big Data
- Sustainability
- Supply Chain Management
- Model-Based Development
- Requirements Engineering
- Deep Learning
- Cloud Manufacturing
- Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems
- Risk Assessment
- Privacy Concerns
- Safety Assurance
- Smart Cities
- Self-Adaptive Systems
- Open Source Software
- Surveillance
- Agile Software Development
- Trust
- Architecture-Based Approach
- Citizen Participation
- Refactoring
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
- Big Data19▲ 14×12 topics
- Internet of Things17▲ 13×9 topics
- Sustainability15▲ 4.4×13 topics
- Machine Learning14▲ 3.0×18 topics
- Supply Chain Management11▲ 8.1×6 topics
- Artificial Intelligence11▲ 5.4×12 topics
- Model-Based Development10▲ 389×2 topics
- Cyber-Physical Systems10▲ 25×5 topics
- Requirements Engineering9▲ 151×3 topics
- Digital Twin8▲ 43×2 topics
- Deep Learning8▲ 1.64×19 topics
- Software Engineering8▲ 61×2 topics
- Cloud Manufacturing8▲ 61×1 topic
- Flexible Automation8▲ 213×1 topic
- Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems8▲ 213×1 topic
- Smart Manufacturing8▲ 61×1 topic
- Risk Assessment6▲ 6.3×3 topics
- Governance6▲ 12×3 topics
- Privacy Concerns6▲ 49×2 topics
- Assurance Cases5▲ 491×1 topic
- Safety Assurance5▲ 491×1 topic
- Security5▲ 5.7×9 topics
- Smart Cities5▲ 14×2 topics
- Autonomic Computing5▲ 315×1 topic
- Self-Adaptive Systems5▲ 315×1 topic
- Semantic Web Services4▲ 59×2 topics
- Open Source Software4▲ 80×2 topics
- Anomaly Detection4▲ 9.9×3 topics
- Surveillance4▲ 11×3 topics
- Distributed Systems4▲ 17×3 topics
- Agile Software Development4▲ 110×1 topic
- Empirical Studies4▲ 110×1 topic
- Trust4▲ 9.5×4 topics
- Urban Development4▲ 7.2×2 topics
- Architecture-Based Approach4▲ 110×1 topic
- Software Reliability Modeling4▲ 110×1 topic
- Citizen Participation4▲ 20×2 topics
- Code Clone Detection4▲ 61×1 topic
- Refactoring4▲ 61×1 topic
- Urban Innovation4▲ 67×1 topic
Which research topics does Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Transformation in Industry, Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy and Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
- 2 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
- 3 Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 5 works
- 4 Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies Artificial Intelligence 5 works
- 5 Software Engineering Techniques and Practices Information Systems 4 works
- 6 Software Reliability and Analysis Research Software 4 works
- 7 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 4 works
- 8 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 4 works
- 9 Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services Information Systems 3 works
- 10 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.
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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- SmartFactory (Germany)
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.