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Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology

In research, Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,782 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Engineering — Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 10.7× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#15,111
of 28,054 · #14,060 all time
Rank in Germany
#583
of 1,178
Research works
385
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,782 of 12,888 14.5%69 #7873

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

What does Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 27.4 works11×
  2. EngineeringField · 51.3 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 3.78× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.79× its world share, 51 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.09× its world share, 8 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.65× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Bernhard Wagner, Thomas Lisec and B. Wagner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology.

  1. 1 Bernhard Wagner Germany · #443,887 worldwide 88 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Thomas Lisec Germany · #709,785 worldwide 90 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 B. Wagner Germany · #714,380 worldwide 99 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 R. Hintsche Germany · #811,809 worldwide 126 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Hans-Joachim Quenzer Germany · #812,112 worldwide 68 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Simon Fichtner Germany · #1,246,275 worldwide 51 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Bernhard Wagner Germany · #1,364,482 worldwide 49 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology

Which keywords describe research at Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: High-Frequency Applications, Reliability, Power Electronics, Acoustic Wave Biosensors, Thin Film Resonators, Microfabrication, Silicon and Resonators.

▲ 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. High-Frequency Applications9▲ 251×2 topics
  2. Reliability8▲ 152×3 topics
  3. Power Electronics7▲ 30×8 topics
  4. Acoustic Wave Biosensors7▲ 324×1 topic
  5. Thin Film Resonators7▲ 324×1 topic
  6. Microfabrication6▲ 205×3 topics
  7. Silicon6▲ 245×2 topics
  8. Resonators6▲ 186×2 topics
  9. Sensors6▲ 67×2 topics
  10. Actuators6▲ 53×1 topic
  11. MEMS6▲ 429×1 topic
  12. Thermal Management5▲ 20×3 topics
  13. Biosensors4▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Semiconductors4▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Lithium-ion Batteries4▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Electric Vehicles3▲ 16×3 topics
  17. Renewable Energy Integration3▲ 14×4 topics
  18. Efficiency Optimization3▲ 76×2 topics
  19. Nanocomposites3▲ 4.6×4 topics
  20. Power Devices3▲ 52×2 topics
  21. Energy Storage2▲ 5.4×5 topics
  22. Nanostructures2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  23. Control Strategies2▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Thermal Analysis2▲ 27×3 topics
  25. Battery Management Systems2▲ 21×1 topic
  26. Energy Conversion2▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Silicon Carbide2▲ 67×1 topic
  28. Thermal Runaway2▲ 21×1 topic
  29. Thin Films2▲ 17×4 topics
  30. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors2▲ 78×1 topic
  31. Battery Technology2▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Flexible Electronics2▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Nanowires2▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Room Temperature2▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Ferroelectric Materials2▲ 74×1 topic
  36. Lead-free Piezoceramics2▲ 74×1 topic
  37. Energy Harvesting2▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Piezoelectric Materials2▲ 90×1 topic
  39. Wireless Sensor Nodes2▲ 132×1 topic
  40. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy2▲ 35×2 topics

Which research topics does Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies, Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies, Advanced Battery Technologies Research and Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies.

  1. 1 Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials Materials Chemistry 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Induction Heating and Inverter Technology Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Mechanical and Optical Resonators Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  10. 10 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 2 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 available23.0%not open77.0%

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 Silicon Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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