Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Research facility · Munich · Germany

Huawei German Research Center

In research, Huawei German Research Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,604 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Computer Science is 6.8× its share of world research).

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#20,869
of 22,385 · #25,368 all time
Rank in Germany
#737
of 795
Research works
238
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Huawei German Research Center

What is Huawei German Research Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #7,604 of 10,670 9.5%78 #7322

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Huawei German Research Center 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 Huawei German Research Center work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Huawei German Research Center is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (53%), Engineering (34%), Physics and Astronomy (4%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 90 fractional works · 92.1% of its workComputer Science: 52 fractional works · 53.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 15.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 14.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 8.9% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 33 fractional works · 33.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 20.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHuawei GermanResearch Center98fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science5253.0%
    2. Engineering3333.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy43.9%
    4. Materials Science10.8%
    5. Environmental Science10.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    1. Social Sciences21.9%
    2. Decision Sciences11.5%
    3. Psychology10.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine21.9%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
    1. Neuroscience10.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Huawei German Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer ScienceField · 51.7 works6.8×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 20.0 works5.8×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 6.81× its world share, 52 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.24× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science6.81×52 works
  2. Engineering2.24×33 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.74×4 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.54×2 works
  5. Neuroscience0.33×0 works
  6. Psychology0.31×1 works
  7. Materials Science0.22×1 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.15×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.13×1 works
  11. Medicine0.10×2 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.04×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Huawei German Research Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Malte Schellmann, Mohammad Altillawi and Maximilian Schaedler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Huawei German Research Center.

  1. 1 Malte Schellmann Germany · #2,222,657 worldwide 3.1k citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Mohammad Altillawi Germany · #3,623,668 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Maximilian Schaedler Germany · #4,186,238 worldwide 326 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Stefano Bortoli Germany · #5,494,119 worldwide 184 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Chan Zhou Germany · #5,768,254 worldwide 784 citations · 87 works
All ranked researchers at Huawei German Research Center

What are the most cited papers from Huawei German Research Center?

The most cited paper from Huawei German Research Center is "On Multi-Access Edge Computing: A Survey of the Emerging 5G Network Edge Cloud Architecture and Orchestration" (Tarik Taleb, Konstantinos Samdanis, Badr Eddine Mada et al., 2017), with 1,794 citations. Next come "Network Slicing and Softwarization: A Survey on Principles, Enabling Technologies, and Solutions" (1,094) and "Metabolism and bioavailability oftrans-resveratrol" (684).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 On Multi-Access Edge Computing: A Survey of the Emerging 5G Network Edge Cloud Architecture and Orchestration Tarik Taleb, Konstantinos Samdanis, Badr Eddine Mada et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials Open access 2017 1,794
2 Network Slicing and Softwarization: A Survey on Principles, Enabling Technologies, and Solutions Ibrahim Afolabi, Tarik Taleb, Konstantinos Samdanis et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials Open access 2018 1,094
3 Metabolism and bioavailability oftrans-resveratrol Elisabeth Wenzel, Veronika Somoza · Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 19 Mar 2005 684
4 Propagation Channels of 5G Millimeter-Wave Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications: Recent Advances and Future Challenges Ruisi He, Christian Schneider, Bo Ai et al. · IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine 27 Sep 2019 294
5 Bioactivity and metabolism oftrans-resveratrol orally administered to Wistar rats Elisabeth Wenzel, Tomislav Soldo, Helmut F. Erbersdobler et al. · Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 19 Mar 2005 239
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Huawei German Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Energy Efficiency, Distributed Systems, Machine Learning, Virtualization, 5G Networks, Channel Estimation and Iterative Decoding.

▲ 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 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. Deep Learning15▲ 4.4×39 topics
  2. Machine Learning8▲ 2.4×19 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency6▲ 7.2×6 topics
  4. Distributed Systems6▲ 33×5 topics
  5. Neural Networks5▲ 3.2×14 topics
  6. Virtualization4▲ 55×2 topics
  7. 5G Networks4▲ 21×5 topics
  8. Channel Estimation4▲ 46×4 topics
  9. Security4▲ 6.1×11 topics
  10. Iterative Decoding4▲ 148×2 topics
  11. Data Mining3▲ 4.8×4 topics
  12. Cloud Computing3▲ 12×4 topics
  13. IoT Security3▲ 11×3 topics
  14. Classification3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  15. Internet of Things3▲ 3.6×7 topics
  16. Wireless Communications3▲ 18×5 topics
  17. Anomaly Detection3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  18. Convolutional Neural Networks3▲ 3.8×9 topics
  19. Meta-Learning3▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Resource Management3▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Spectral Efficiency3▲ 42×2 topics
  22. Wireless Networks3▲ 18×6 topics
  23. Unsupervised Learning2▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Massive MIMO2▲ 31×3 topics
  25. Optical Fiber2▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Security Policies2▲ 118×1 topic
  27. Side-Channel Attacks2▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Fault Tolerance2▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Space-Time Coding2▲ 69×2 topics
  30. Coherent Detection2▲ 55×1 topic
  31. Digital Signal Processing2▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Heterogeneous Networks2▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Deep Neural Networks2▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Data Centers2▲ 34×1 topic
  35. MapReduce2▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Cellular Networks2▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Interference Alignment2▲ 40×1 topic
  38. MIMO-OFDM2▲ 117×1 topic
  39. fading channels2▲ 117×1 topic
  40. Differential Privacy2▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Huawei German Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Security and Verification in Computing, Optical Network Technologies, Cloud Computing and Resource Management and Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization.

Security and Verificatio…2Security and Verification in Computing: 2 fractional worksOptical Network Technolo…2Optical Network Technologies: 2 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Communication Techniques: 2 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 2 fractional worksError Correcting Code Techniques: 2 fractional worksMachine Learning and Dat…2Machine Learning and Data Classification: 2 fractional worksSoftware-Defined Networks and 5G: 2 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringInformation SystemsComputer Networks and Communications

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

  1. 1 Security and Verification in Computing Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  2. 2 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Error Correcting Code Techniques Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  8. 8 Machine Learning and Data Classification Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Software-Defined Networks and 5G Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  10. 10 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 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 available32.8%not open67.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.8%domestic only60.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Huawei German Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Huawei German Research Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Huawei German Research Center0.00030% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Huawei German Research Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

Other research institutions in Munich

All research institutions in Munich

Share Huawei German Research Center's ranking

Huawei German Research Center on Science Explorer

A card with Huawei German Research Center's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Huawei German Research Center. Posts are plain text and can be reported.