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General Electric (Germany)

In research, General Electric (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,817 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,099 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,836
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#794
of 1,603
Research works
714
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
General Electric (Germany)

What is General Electric (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 #5,817 of 17,446 7.9%649
EngineeringField #4,099 of 9,532 8.1%437

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where General Electric (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 General Electric (Germany) work in?

In all years, 91% of research at General Electric (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (61%), Materials Science (12%), Physics and Astronomy (5%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 649 fractional works · 91.0% of its workEngineering: 437 fractional works · 61.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 116 fractional works · 16.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 52 fractional works · 7.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 48 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 47 fractional works · 6.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 32 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 30 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 25 fractional works · 3.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 88 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 62 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMetals and Alloys: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 35 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiation: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGeneral Electric(Germany)714fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering43761.2%
    2. Materials Science8812.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy354.9%
    4. Computer Science253.5%
    5. Chemistry162.3%
    6. Environmental Science152.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering111.5%
    8. Mathematics91.3%
    9. Energy60.9%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.8%
    1. Social Sciences101.4%
    2. Decision Sciences71.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting30.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities30.4%
    5. Psychology20.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
    1. Medicine233.2%
    2. Health Professions10.2%
    3. Veterinary10.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology60.8%
    2. Neuroscience50.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 4.31× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.77× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience4.31×1 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.27×1 works
  3. Engineering2.77×5 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.20×0 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.74×0 works
  6. Energy1.25×0 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.25×0 works
  8. Materials Science1.18×0 works
  9. Psychology1.18×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.86×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.80×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.57×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.43×1 works
  15. Medicine0.38×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at General Electric (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, A. N. Holden, Hanford Works, Richland, WA (United States) and Knolls Atomic Power Lab., Schenectady, N.Y. (United States) lead among researchers whose main affiliation is General Electric (Germany).

  1. 1 A. N. Holden Germany · #1,228,997 worldwide 1.2k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Hanford Works, Richland, WA (United States) Germany · #1,933,155 worldwide 24 citations · 299 works
  3. 3 Knolls Atomic Power Lab., Schenectady, N.Y. (United States) Germany · #2,507,821 worldwide 51 citations · 83 works
  4. 4 General Electric Co., San Jose, Calif. Atomic Power Equipment Dept. (United States) Germany · #2,743,680 worldwide 109 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Daniel R. Miller Germany · #2,761,279 worldwide 215 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 BD Macdonald Germany · #3,304,311 worldwide 379 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Georg Eger Germany · #3,397,090 worldwide 38 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Gabriel Horvay Germany · #3,618,891 worldwide 1.2k citations · 103 works
  9. 9 Thomas Slot Germany · #3,680,718 worldwide 285 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 F. J. Moody Germany · #3,995,706 worldwide 1.3k citations · 91 works
All ranked researchers at General Electric (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from General Electric (Germany)?

The most cited paper from General Electric (Germany) is "Average Volumetric Concentration in Two-Phase Flow Systems" (Novak Zuber, J. A. Findlay, 1965), with 2,511 citations. Next come "A Study of the Effects of Cyclic Thermal Stresses on a Ductile Metal" (2,232) and "Analysis of phase distribution in fully developed laminar bubbly two-phase flow" (887).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Average Volumetric Concentration in Two-Phase Flow Systems Novak Zuber, J. A. Findlay · ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Nov 1965 2,511
2 A Study of the Effects of Cyclic Thermal Stresses on a Ductile Metal L. F. Coffin · Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Aug 1954 2,232
3 Analysis of phase distribution in fully developed laminar bubbly two-phase flow Steven P. Antal, Richard T. Lahey, Joseph E. Flaherty · International Journal of Multiphase Flow Sep 1991 887
4 A Framework for the Event-Triggered Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems Romain Postoyan, Paulo Tabuada, Dragan Nešić et al. · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Open access 15 Oct 2014 786
5 Sensitivity and specificity of dopamine transporter imaging with 123I-FP-CIT SPECT in dementia with Lewy bodies: a phase III, multicentre study Ian Grant McKeith, John Tiernan O'Brien, Zuzana Walker et al. · The Lancet Neurology 28 Feb 2007 720
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Which keywords describe research at General Electric (Germany)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Heat Transfer, Microstructure, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Density Functional Theory, Oxidation Resistance, High Temperature Behavior and Accident Tolerant Fuels.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Mechanical Properties48▲ 7.1×26 topics
  2. Heat Transfer42▲ 12×19 topics
  3. Microstructure32▲ 9.0×16 topics
  4. Hydrogen Embrittlement30▲ 41×3 topics
  5. Density Functional Theory20▲ 10×4 topics
  6. Oxidation Resistance20▲ 19×3 topics
  7. High Temperature Behavior18▲ 26×2 topics
  8. Accident Tolerant Fuels17▲ 49×1 topic
  9. Fuel Cladding17▲ 49×1 topic
  10. Vibration Analysis16▲ 7.5×9 topics
  11. Numerical Simulation16▲ 6.7×11 topics
  12. Finite Element Analysis16▲ 9.4×8 topics
  13. Turbulent Flows15▲ 16×3 topics
  14. Grain Boundary Engineering14▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Large-Eddy Simulation14▲ 8.2×5 topics
  16. Microstructural Evolution14▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Heat Exchangers13▲ 26×2 topics
  18. Molten Salt13▲ 41×1 topic
  19. Nuclear Reactor13▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Optimization13▲ 3.4×16 topics
  21. Two-Phase Flow13▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Grain Refinement13▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Corrosion Behavior12▲ 20×3 topics
  24. CFD Simulation12▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Fatigue Crack Closure12▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Fracture Toughness Testing12▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Nonlinear Dynamics11▲ 6.3×4 topics
  28. Tribological Performance11▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Pitting Corrosion11▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Finite Element Method11▲ 12×8 topics
  31. Thermal Management10▲ 5.1×8 topics
  32. Passive Films10▲ 40×1 topic
  33. Stainless Steels10▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Thermal Conductivity10▲ 10×7 topics
  35. Boiling Heat Transfer10▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Microchannels10▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Constitutive Modeling10▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Thermal Properties10▲ 8.9×5 topics
  39. Molecular Dynamics Simulation9▲ 8.7×3 topics
  40. Friction Reduction9▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does General Electric (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques, Digital Innovation in Industries, Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.

Machine Fault Diagnosis …1Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques: 1 fractional worksDigital Innovation in In…0Digital Innovation in Industries: 0 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign …0Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 0 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neural …0Neuroscience and Neural Engineering: 0 fractional worksReal-time simulation and control systems: 0 fractional worksWind Turbine Control Systems: 0 fractional worksExperimental Learning in…0Experimental Learning in Engineering: 0 fractional worksEngineering Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 0 fractional worksElectric Motor Design an…0Electric Motor Design and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringManagement of Technology and InnovationBiomedical EngineeringCellular and Molecular Neuroscience4 others

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

  1. 1 Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
  3. 3 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 0 works
  5. 5 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Wind Turbine Control Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 0 works
  8. 8 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 0 works
  9. 9 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
  10. 10 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available34.5%not open65.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.3%domestic only55.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has General Electric (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower 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 General Electric (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000060% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%General Electric (Germany)0.000053% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of General Electric (Germany) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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