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Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany)

In research, Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,839 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,237
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,369
of 1,603
Research works
174
▲ 94% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany)

What is Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #13,839 of 17,446 4.4%125

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (33%), Environmental Science (12%), Medicine (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 69.9% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 32.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKFreibergerCompound…32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1032.8%
    2. Environmental Science412.3%
    3. Computer Science25.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences25.2%
    5. Materials Science25.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy14.7%
    7. Energy12.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering01.6%
    9. Chemistry00.8%
    1. Social Sciences26.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting14.5%
    3. Decision Sciences13.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.1%
    5. Psychology00.3%
    1. Medicine27.2%
    2. Health Professions01.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.51× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.31× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.19× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.48× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.08× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering4.51×0 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.31×2 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.08×1 works
  4. Environmental Science2.48×4 works
  5. Energy2.21×1 works
  6. Engineering2.19×10 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy2.10×2 works
  8. Materials Science1.48×2 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.39×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.73×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.69×2 works
  13. Health Professions0.60×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.52×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.50×0 works
  16. Medicine0.37×2 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.22×0 works
  19. Psychology0.12×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Grüß, Tilo Flade and B. Weinert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany).

  1. 1 Grüß Germany · #2,985,080 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Tilo Flade Germany · #4,615,066 worldwide 230 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 B. Weinert Germany · #4,904,913 worldwide 253 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Ralf Hammer Germany · #5,011,558 worldwide 206 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Max Knothe Germany · #5,264,423 worldwide 201 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 U. Kretzer Germany · #5,410,195 worldwide 307 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Manfred Jurisch Germany · #6,004,380 worldwide 1.2k citations · 99 works
  8. 8 Nadine Schüler Germany · #6,132,264 worldwide 230 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany) is "Effects of New Business Formation on Regional Development over Time" (Michael J. Fritsch, Pamela Mueller, 2004), with 633 citations. Next come "The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age" (584) and "Ataluren in patients with nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy (ACT DMD): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial" (463).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effects of New Business Formation on Regional Development over Time Michael J. Fritsch, Pamela Mueller · Regional Studies Nov 2004 633
2 The age of the hominin fossils from Jebel Irhoud, Morocco, and the origins of the Middle Stone Age Daniel Richter, Rainer Grün, Renaud Joannes‐Boyau et al. · Nature 6 Jun 2017 584
3 Ataluren in patients with nonsense mutation Duchenne muscular dystrophy (ACT DMD): a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial Craig M. McDonald et al. · The Lancet Open access 17 Jul 2017 463
4 NIR FT Raman Spectroscopy–a Rapid Analytical Tool for Detecting the Transformation of Cellulose Polymorphs Karla C. Schenzel, Steffen Fischer · Cellulose Mar 2001 218
5 Lexsyg — A new system for luminescence research Daniel Richter, Andreas Richter, Kay Dornich · Geochronometria Open access 19 May 2013 185
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Reactive Transport, Recycling, Regional Development, Heat Transfer, Renewable Energy, Climate Change and Sustainability.

▲ 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-now 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 8 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 8 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning3▲ 2.9×18 topics
  2. Reactive Transport1▲ 72×2 topics
  3. Climate Change1▲ 1.44×11 topics
  4. Renewable Energy1▲ 2.6×5 topics
  5. Sustainability1▲ 1.54×6 topics
  6. Heat Transfer1▲ 6.8×5 topics
  7. Recycling1▲ 8.2×5 topics
  8. Regional Development1▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Groundwater flow and contamination studies, CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions, Mineral Processing and Grinding and Scientific Computing and Data Management.

Groundwater flow and con…1Groundwater flow and contamination studies: 1 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Ge…1CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 1 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 0 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 0 fractional worksRegional Socio-Economic Development Trends: 0 fractional worksLand Use and Management: 0 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 0 fractional worksGeothermal Energy System…0Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications: 0 fractional worksCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions: 0 fractional worksBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Environmental EngineeringMechanical EngineeringInformation Systems and ManagementDemography5 others

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

  1. 1 Groundwater flow and contamination studies Environmental Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 0 works
  5. 5 Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends Demography 0 works
  6. 6 Land Use and Management Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  7. 7 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 0 works
  8. 8 Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  9. 9 Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions Catalysis 0 works
  10. 10 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 0 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 available22.6%not open77.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.8%domestic only77.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 94% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany)0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Freiberger Compound Materials (Germany) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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