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Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation

In research, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation stands highest in Engineering (#3,435 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,318 of 12,888 worldwide) and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (#225 of 290 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering — Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 44.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,802
of 28,054 · #11,026 all time
Rank in Germany
#530
of 1,178
Research works
3.5k
▲ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation 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
EngineeringField #3,435 of 6,636 9.1%244 #3122
Physical SciencesDomain #8,318 of 12,888 10.5%320 #8169
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield #225 of 290 10.9%97 #269
Social SciencesDomain #9,726 of 10,521 8.7%67 #4727

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Engineering#3,122 #3,435
  2. Physical Sciences#8,169 #8,318
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering#269 #225
  4. Social Sciences#4,727 #9,726
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 44.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 97.1 works45×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 21.8 works4.8×
← 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, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.67× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.87× its world share, 244 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 17 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.30× its world share, 45 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation?

Ranked on the composite score, Andreas Pott, Thomas Bauernhansl and Thomas Weber lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation.

  1. 1 Andreas Pott Germany · #45,211 worldwide 211 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Thomas Bauernhansl Germany · #287,842 worldwide 254 citations · 89 works
  3. 3 Thomas Weber Germany · #389,532 worldwide 60 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Michael Oberle Germany · #457,562 worldwide 67 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Martin Hägele Germany · #600,485 worldwide 72 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Kum-Hoan Kuk Germany · #689,006 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Claus P. Keferstein Germany · #693,633 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Marco F. Huber Germany · #768,256 worldwide 139 citations · 65 works
  9. 9 Rolf Dieter Schraft Germany · #817,487 worldwide 26 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Markus Rochowicz Germany · #820,686 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation

Which keywords describe research at Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Big Data, Industrial Automation, Software Engineering, Flexible Automation, Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Supply Chain Management and Virtual Prototyping.

▲ 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. Sustainability46▲ 4.5×22 topics
  2. Big Data33▲ 8.6×13 topics
  3. Deep Learning32▲ 2.2×38 topics
  4. Industrial Automation31▲ 107×2 topics
  5. Software Engineering30▲ 79×2 topics
  6. Flexible Automation30▲ 280×1 topic
  7. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems30▲ 280×1 topic
  8. Supply Chain Management30▲ 7.5×8 topics
  9. Virtual Prototyping24▲ 60×2 topics
  10. Assembly Planning23▲ 73×1 topic
  11. Design for Manufacture23▲ 73×1 topic
  12. Internet of Things21▲ 5.8×6 topics
  13. Cyber-Physical Systems18▲ 17×4 topics
  14. Lithium-ion Batteries18▲ 10×3 topics
  15. Renewable Energy18▲ 2.9×14 topics
  16. Digital Twin17▲ 30×1 topic
  17. Smart Manufacturing17▲ 45×1 topic
  18. Circular Economy15▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Neural Networks14▲ 2.2×19 topics
  20. Artificial Intelligence14▲ 2.5×13 topics
  21. Additive Manufacturing12▲ 9.1×5 topics
  22. Electric Vehicles12▲ 9.3×4 topics
  23. Thermal Management12▲ 8.2×2 topics
  24. Tool Wear11▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Customer Experience11▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Biomedical Engineering10▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Applications10▲ 8.6×4 topics
  28. Metal Recovery10▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Manufacturing9▲ 47×2 topics
  30. Environmental Management9▲ 5.5×3 topics
  31. Battery Management Systems9▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Thermal Runaway9▲ 14×1 topic
  33. Business Models9▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Polymer Composites9▲ 7.8×4 topics
  35. Mobile Health9▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Omni-Channel Strategy8▲ 93×1 topic
  37. Technology Innovation8▲ 63×1 topic
  38. 3D Printing8▲ 8.4×3 topics
  39. Materials8▲ 7.8×2 topics
  40. Genetic Algorithm8▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation publish most on?

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

Flexible and Reconfigura…30Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 30 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 23 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 17 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 9 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 8 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 8 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization: 7 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 7 fractional worksScheduling and Optimization Algorithms: 7 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringManagement of Technology and InnovationStrategy and Management1 others

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

  1. 1 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 30 works
  2. 2 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 23 works
  3. 3 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 17 works
  4. 4 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 9 works
  5. 5 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 8 works
  6. 6 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 7 works
  8. 8 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 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 available19.7%not open80.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.5%domestic only95.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% 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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