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Hamburg University of Technology

In research, Hamburg University of Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,045 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,563 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,843 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Management of Technology and Innovation — Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 10.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,715
of 28,054 · #1,824 all time
Rank in Germany
#135
of 1,178
Research works
9.5k
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
202k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Hamburg University of 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 #2,045 of 12,888 14.2%1,095 #1369
EngineeringField #1,563 of 6,636 12.5%644 #910
Social SciencesDomain #2,843 of 10,521 19.4%169 #2260
Computer ScienceField #1,353 of 4,667 14.6%185 #1249
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,515 of 2,578 18.2%69 #974
Materials ScienceField #1,545 of 2,468 14.0%65 #833
Life SciencesDomain #5,026 of 7,800 18.5%80 #5349
Environmental ScienceField #2,404 of 3,551 19.7%73 #1747
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,017 of 1,351 9.9%89 #488
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,851 of 2,318 10.8%85 #1114

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hamburg University of 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. Physical Sciences#1,369 #2,045
  2. Engineering#910 #1,563
  3. Social Sciences#2,260 #2,843
  4. Computer Science#1,249 #1,353
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#974 #1,515
  6. Materials Science#833 #1,545
  7. Life Sciences#5,349 #5,026
  8. Environmental Science#1,747 #2,404
  9. Mechanical Engineering#488 #1,017
  10. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,114 #1,851
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 Hamburg University of Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 75.2 works10×
  2. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 70.7 works8.6×
  3. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 23.4 works5.4×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.36× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.68× its world share, 185 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 28 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.62× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.03× its world share, 644 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 73 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.31× its world share, 65 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.18× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.06× its world share, 33 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.51× its world share, 69 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hamburg University of Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Claus Emmelmann, Hermann Rohling and Karl Schulte lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hamburg University of Technology.

  1. 1 Claus Emmelmann Germany · #21,414 worldwide 1.1k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Hermann Rohling Germany · #27,803 worldwide 416 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Karl Schulte Germany · #31,994 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Michael Schlüter Germany · #40,193 worldwide 924 citations · 97 works
  5. 5 H. Bürkhardt Germany · #47,880 worldwide 364 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Bodo Fiedler Germany · #50,316 worldwide 602 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 W. Bauhofer Germany · #56,261 worldwide 355 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Gerd Brunner Germany · #69,997 worldwide 516 citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Joachim Werther Germany · #88,754 worldwide 442 citations · 68 works
  10. 10 Frerich J. Keil Germany · #93,398 worldwide 386 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Hamburg University of Technology

Which keywords describe research at Hamburg University of Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Additive Manufacturing, Vibration Analysis, Fluid Dynamics, Renewable Energy Integration, Thermal Management and Mathematical Modeling.

▲ 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. Sustainability84▲ 2.4×54 topics
  2. Renewable Energy65▲ 3.2×36 topics
  3. Deep Learning63▲ 1.30×70 topics
  4. Machine Learning59▲ 1.27×66 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties42▲ 3.1×34 topics
  6. Additive Manufacturing41▲ 9.3×7 topics
  7. Environmental Impact37▲ 1.55×38 topics
  8. Vibration Analysis36▲ 9.5×8 topics
  9. Fluid Dynamics36▲ 18×6 topics
  10. Renewable Energy Integration33▲ 6.8×5 topics
  11. Supply Chain Management33▲ 2.5×16 topics
  12. Thermal Management32▲ 6.8×8 topics
  13. Mathematical Modeling28▲ 23×3 topics
  14. Materials Science28▲ 48×3 topics
  15. Engineering28▲ 43×3 topics
  16. Biomedical Applications28▲ 1.64×33 topics
  17. Turbine Technology27▲ 107×1 topic
  18. Big Data26▲ 2.0×19 topics
  19. Energy Efficiency25▲ 1.89×27 topics
  20. Industrial Automation25▲ 26×3 topics
  21. Software Engineering24▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Flexible Automation24▲ 66×1 topic
  23. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems24▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Fluid-Structure Interaction22▲ 10×6 topics
  25. Renewable Resources22▲ 9.2×6 topics
  26. Assembly Planning21▲ 19×1 topic
  27. Design for Manufacture21▲ 19×1 topic
  28. Optimization20▲ 3.0×12 topics
  29. 3D Printing18▲ 5.5×5 topics
  30. Numerical Simulation18▲ 4.3×11 topics
  31. Applications18▲ 4.5×6 topics
  32. Polymer Composites16▲ 4.3×5 topics
  33. Finite Element Analysis16▲ 4.9×9 topics
  34. Structural Analysis14▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Finite Element Method14▲ 9.9×4 topics
  36. Biomedical Engineering13▲ 6.2×2 topics
  37. Composite Structures13▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Challenges12▲ 7.1×2 topics
  39. Fused Deposition Modeling12▲ 7.3×1 topic
  40. Sensitivity Analysis12▲ 8.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Hamburg University of Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Physics and Engineering Research Articles, Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Manufacturing Process and Optimization and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies.

Physics and Engineering …27Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 27 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 24 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 21 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 12 fractional worksProduct Development and Customization: 11 fractional worksEngineering and Material…10Engineering and Materials Science Studies: 10 fractional worksDesign Education and Practice: 7 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 7 fractional worksFluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions: 7 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 7 fractional works
Computational MechanicsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringManagement of Technology and Innovation1 others

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

  1. 1 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 27 works
  2. 2 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 24 works
  3. 3 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 21 works
  4. 4 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 12 works
  5. 5 Product Development and Customization Management of Technology and Innovation 11 works
  6. 6 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 10 works
  7. 7 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions Computational Mechanics 7 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical 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 available26.0%not open74.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hamburg University of Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.