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Helmholtz-Institute Münster

In research, Helmholtz-Institute Münster stands highest in Engineering (#1,822 of 6,636 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#995 of 2,318 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,081 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Engineering — Automotive Engineering is 32.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,127
of 28,054 · #13,753 all time
Rank in Germany
#445
of 1,178
Research works
454
▲ 157% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
42.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Helmholtz-Institute Münster 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 #1,822 of 6,636 27.5%129 #2466
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #995 of 2,318 27.4%87 #1301
Physical SciencesDomain #6,081 of 12,888 25.5%161 #7877

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Helmholtz-Institute Münster 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#2,466 #1,822
  2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,301 #995
  3. Physical Sciences#7,877 #6,081
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 Helmholtz-Institute Münster specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 32.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 29.2 works32×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 87.1 works14×
  3. EngineeringField · 129.3 works5.1×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.16× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 5.10× its world share, 129 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.13× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Helmholtz-Institute Münster?

Ranked on the composite score, Xin Qi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Helmholtz-Institute Münster.

  1. 1 Xin Qi Germany · #1,160,017 worldwide 108 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Helmholtz-Institute Münster

Which keywords describe research at Helmholtz-Institute Münster?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cathode Materials, Lithium-ion Batteries, Energy Storage, Rechargeable Batteries, Battery Technology, Battery Materials, Nanostructured Anodes and Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

▲ 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. Cathode Materials79▲ 119×3 topics
  2. Lithium-ion Batteries76▲ 106×3 topics
  3. Energy Storage46▲ 41×7 topics
  4. Rechargeable Batteries42▲ 92×2 topics
  5. Battery Technology42▲ 86×2 topics
  6. Battery Materials39▲ 138×1 topic
  7. Nanostructured Anodes39▲ 138×1 topic
  8. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries37▲ 154×2 topics
  9. Nanostructured Cathodes37▲ 180×1 topic
  10. Solid-State Electrolytes37▲ 180×1 topic
  11. Electric Vehicles31▲ 62×3 topics
  12. Thermal Management28▲ 51×3 topics
  13. Battery Management Systems28▲ 109×1 topic
  14. Thermal Runaway28▲ 109×1 topic
  15. Environmental Impact10▲ 3.6×10 topics
  16. Metal Recovery10▲ 28×2 topics
  17. Sustainable Technology9▲ 48×2 topics
  18. Circular Economy9▲ 19×4 topics
  19. Battery Recycling8▲ 64×1 topic
  20. Rare Earth Elements8▲ 35×1 topic
  21. Nanomaterials6▲ 3.2×10 topics
  22. Materials5▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Superconductivity5▲ 16×6 topics
  24. Nanocomposites4▲ 3.0×6 topics
  25. Framework4▲ 127×1 topic
  26. Graphene4▲ 3.4×8 topics
  27. Negative Thermal Expansion4▲ 127×1 topic
  28. Perovskite4▲ 65×2 topics
  29. Metal-Organic Frameworks4▲ 5.2×5 topics
  30. Renewable Energy Integration4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  31. Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries3▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Carbon-Based Materials3▲ 17×1 topic
  33. Crystal Structure3▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Electrochemical Capacitors3▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Zinc Anode3▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Organic Electronics2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  37. Charging Infrastructure2▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Conducting Polymers2▲ 10.0×1 topic
  39. Polyaniline2▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Vehicle-to-Grid2▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Helmholtz-Institute Münster publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advanced Battery Technologies Research and Extraction and Separation Processes.

Advancements in Battery …39Advancements in Battery Materials: 39 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…37Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 37 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…28Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 28 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 8 fractional worksThermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity: 4 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 3 fractional worksAdvanced battery technologies research: 3 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 2 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 2 fractional worksInorganic Chemistry and Materials: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMaterials Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 39 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 37 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 28 works
  4. 4 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 8 works
  5. 5 Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity Materials Chemistry 4 works
  6. 6 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 3 works
  7. 7 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 2 works
  10. 10 Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Inorganic Chemistry 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 available53.0%not open47.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Helmholtz-Institute Münster's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 157% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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