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Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences

In research, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,313 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#7,423 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,018 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering — Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 11.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,955
of 28,054 · #8,002 all time
Rank in Germany
#396
of 1,178
Research works
1.7k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,313 of 10,521 16.1%118 #7126
Physical SciencesDomain #7,423 of 12,888 12.8%211 #6111
EngineeringField #5,018 of 6,636 12.1%98 #5025

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences 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. Social Sciences#7,126 #5,313
  2. Physical Sciences#6,111 #7,423
  3. Engineering#5,025 #5,018
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 Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 11.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 22.9 works12×
← 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: 0.70× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.63× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.72× its world share, 98 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.81× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.78× its world share, 46 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 44 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Maik Arnold, Jochen Dietrich and Alois Herzog lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Maik Arnold Germany · #708,221 worldwide 8 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Jochen Dietrich Germany · #810,975 worldwide 22 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Alois Herzog Germany · #866,276 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Karl Keil Germany · #953,614 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Martin Grübler Germany · #1,232,403 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Florian Krämer Germany · #1,395,223 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Reinhard Bauer Germany · #1,426,786 worldwide 17 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Dirk Reichelt Germany · #1,549,111 worldwide 8 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Thomas Grischek Germany · #1,589,880 worldwide 25 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Customer Experience, Big Data, Construction, Sustainable Development, Investment Decisions, Digital Transformation and Customer Relationship Management.

▲ 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. Sustainability23▲ 2.5×36 topics
  2. Deep Learning15▲ 1.19×32 topics
  3. Sustainable Development15▲ 2.5×17 topics
  4. Machine Learning14▲ 1.16×36 topics
  5. Big Data13▲ 3.7×11 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence10▲ 2.0×16 topics
  7. Digital Transformation10▲ 5.0×6 topics
  8. Leadership9▲ 5.2×10 topics
  9. Customer Experience9▲ 16×4 topics
  10. Innovation9▲ 2.3×17 topics
  11. Construction9▲ 17×3 topics
  12. Investment Decisions8▲ 18×2 topics
  13. Information Technology8▲ 4.5×2 topics
  14. Customer Relationship Management8▲ 15×2 topics
  15. Digital Capital8▲ 113×1 topic
  16. Value Chains8▲ 113×1 topic
  17. Organizational Change8▲ 28×5 topics
  18. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse7▲ 44×2 topics
  19. Curriculum7▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Higher Education7▲ 3.3×13 topics
  21. Genetic Algorithm6▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Co-Creation5▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Business Models5▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Manufacturing5▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Dynamic Scheduling5▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Structural Health Monitoring5▲ 17×3 topics
  27. Material Properties5▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Mobile Health5▲ 9.3×3 topics
  29. Flexible Job-shop5▲ 41×1 topic
  30. Professional Development5▲ 6.3×5 topics
  31. Scheduling5▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Terrestrial Laser Scanning5▲ 9.9×2 topics
  33. Teacher Education4▲ 9.5×2 topics
  34. Civil Engineering4▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Digital Twin4▲ 8.5×1 topic
  36. Omni-Channel Strategy4▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Smart Manufacturing4▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Technology Innovation4▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Value Creation4▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Teaching4▲ 9.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Governance and Management, Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms, Digital Innovation in Industries and Digital Transformation in Industry.

Corporate Governance and…8Corporate Governance and Management: 8 fractional worksScheduling and Optimizat…5Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms: 5 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 4 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 4 fractional worksCivil and Structural Engineering Research: 4 fractional worksEducation Methods and Technologies: 4 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 4 fractional worksCorporate Management and…4Corporate Management and Leadership: 4 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 3 fractional worksService and Product Innovation: 3 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringManagement of Technology and InnovationCivil and Structural Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 8 works
  2. 2 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works
  4. 4 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Education Methods and Technologies Education 4 works
  7. 7 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  9. 9 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 3 works
  10. 10 Service and Product Innovation Marketing 3 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 available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden – University of Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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