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Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology

In research, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology stands highest in Engineering (#3,871 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#10,262 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,908 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Mechanical Engineering — Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 33.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,842
of 28,054 · #12,494 all time
Rank in Germany
#737
of 1,178
Research works
1.5k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology 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 #3,871 of 6,636 13.8%134 #3636
Physical SciencesDomain #10,262 of 12,888 12.6%186 #8696
Social SciencesDomain #8,908 of 10,521 18.1%61 #9857

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology 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#3,636 #3,871
  2. Physical Sciences#8,696 #10,262
  3. Social Sciences#9,857 #8,908
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 Production Systems and Design Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 33.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 43.9 works33×
  2. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 30.6 works6.5×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.73× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.50× its world share, 134 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.67× its world share, 38 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Johann Habakuk Israel, Henning Schmidt and Kai Mertins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology.

  1. 1 Johann Habakuk Israel Germany · #177,989 worldwide 111 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Henning Schmidt Germany · #195,679 worldwide 104 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Kai Mertins Germany · #259,079 worldwide 55 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Dragoljub Šurdilović Germany · #385,316 worldwide 65 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 R. Bernhardt Germany · #750,816 worldwide 27 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Kai Lindow Germany · #977,339 worldwide 56 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Ralph Schultz Germany · #1,041,137 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 F.-L. Krause Germany · #1,173,701 worldwide 23 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Kevin Haninger Germany · #1,386,831 worldwide 13 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology

Which keywords describe research at Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Big Data, Internet of Things, Cyber-Physical Systems, Digital Twin, Smart Manufacturing and Circular Economy.

▲ 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. Sustainability33▲ 5.3×17 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management22▲ 9.3×7 topics
  3. Big Data21▲ 9.2×9 topics
  4. Deep Learning18▲ 2.0×25 topics
  5. Internet of Things16▲ 7.1×4 topics
  6. Cyber-Physical Systems14▲ 22×2 topics
  7. Digital Twin14▲ 41×1 topic
  8. Smart Manufacturing14▲ 63×1 topic
  9. Circular Economy13▲ 18×6 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties12▲ 5.0×16 topics
  11. Environmental Management12▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Software Engineering12▲ 51×2 topics
  13. Additive Manufacturing12▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Flexible Automation12▲ 179×1 topic
  15. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems12▲ 179×1 topic
  16. Microstructure10▲ 7.4×11 topics
  17. Assembly Planning10▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Design for Manufacture10▲ 49×1 topic
  19. Tool Wear9▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Process Parameters8▲ 30×3 topics
  21. Resource Efficiency8▲ 23×3 topics
  22. Product Design8▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Applications7▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Green Practices7▲ 35×1 topic
  25. Sustainable Supply Chain Management7▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Grasping7▲ 70×1 topic
  27. Robot Learning7▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Process Optimization6▲ 38×2 topics
  29. Numerical Simulation6▲ 8.5×4 topics
  30. Material Characterization6▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Composite Materials6▲ 12×6 topics
  32. Metal Powders6▲ 32×2 topics
  33. Surface Roughness6▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Biomedical Engineering6▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Metallic Components6▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Selective Laser Melting6▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Residual Stress6▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Laser Welding6▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Welding6▲ 33×1 topic
  40. 3D Printing5▲ 8.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Transformation in Industry, Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Manufacturing Process and Optimization and Sustainable Supply Chain Management.

Digital Transformation in Industry: 14 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 12 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…10Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 10 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain…7Sustainable Supply Chain Management: 7 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 7 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 6 fractional worksWelding Techniques and R…6Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses: 6 fractional worksAdvanced machining processes and optimization: 5 fractional worksTechnology Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 4 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringStrategy and ManagementControl and Systems EngineeringMechanical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 14 works
  2. 2 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 7 works
  5. 5 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Advanced machining processes and optimization Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Technology Assessment and Management Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 4 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower 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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