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Inform (Germany)

In research, Inform (Germany) stands highest in Computer Science (#1,236 of 6,336 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,649 of 17,446 worldwide) and Artificial Intelligence (#1,041 of 2,786 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems and Computer Science (Information Systems is 14.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,092
of 22,385 · #8,144 all time
Rank in Germany
#522
of 795
Research works
885
▼ 79% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Inform (Germany)

What is Inform (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
Computer ScienceField #1,236 of 6,336 7.1%475
Physical SciencesDomain #4,649 of 17,446 7.2%560
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,041 of 2,786 8.2%144
Information SystemsSubfield #1,313 of 2,566 4.5%249
Social SciencesDomain #9,470 of 14,833 5.4%278
Business, Management and AccountingField #3,146 of 3,886 5.6%143

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

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Inform (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (42%), Social Sciences (13%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 58.6% of its workComputer Science: 44 fractional works · 42.2% of its workInformation Systems: 28 fractional works · 26.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 11.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 9.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 33.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 13.4% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 12.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 7.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInform (Germany)105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences59%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences34%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science4442.2%
    2. Engineering109.6%
    3. Environmental Science32.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.5%
    6. Materials Science10.6%
    7. Mathematics00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1413.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting1312.7%
    3. Decision Sciences33.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities33.2%
    5. Psychology10.9%
    1. Medicine43.8%
    2. Health Professions22.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
    2. Neuroscience10.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Inform (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems takes 14.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information SystemsSubfield · 27.8 works15×
  2. Computer ScienceField · 44.4 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: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 5.43× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.93× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.40× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science5.43×44 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.93×13 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.40×4 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.09×3 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.07×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.06×14 works
  7. Health Professions0.75×2 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.67×2 works
  9. Engineering0.64×10 works
  10. Environmental Science0.50×3 works
  11. Neuroscience0.34×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.31×0 works
  13. Psychology0.31×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×1 works
  15. Medicine0.20×4 works
  16. Materials Science0.17×1 works
  17. Energy0.11×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Inform (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Ulrich Dorndorf, Constantin von Altrock and Frank Fell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Inform (Germany).

  1. 1 Ulrich Dorndorf Germany · #384,054 worldwide 1.5k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Constantin von Altrock Germany · #2,155,054 worldwide 1k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Frank Fell Germany · #2,468,080 worldwide 1.6k citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Eli Cohen Germany · #2,501,876 worldwide 749 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Harris Poirazis Germany · #3,170,145 worldwide 320 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Bernhard Krause Germany · #3,203,657 worldwide 336 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Inform (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Inform (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Inform (Germany) is "Improved backing-off for M-gram language modeling" (Reinhard Kneser, Hermann Ney, 2002), with 1,501 citations. Next come "On Modularity Clustering" (1,271) and "The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible, and collaborative data analyses: 2024 update" (963).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Improved backing-off for M-gram language modeling Reinhard Kneser, Hermann Ney Conference paper 19 Nov 2002 1,501
2 On Modularity Clustering Ulrik Brandes, Daniel Delling, Marco Gaertler et al. · IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering Open access 4 Jan 2008 1,271
3 The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible, and collaborative data analyses: 2024 update The Galaxy Community et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access131 authors 3 May 2024 963
4 HMM-based word alignment in statistical translation Stephan Vogel, Hermann Ney, Christoph Tillmann Conference paperOpen access 1996 832
5 Light scattering properties of marine particles in coastal and open ocean waters asrelated to the particle mass concentration Marcel Babin, André Morel, Vincent Fournier-Sicre et al. · Limnology and Oceanography Mar 2003 581
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Which keywords describe research at Inform (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence, E-Learning, Fuzzy Logic, Decision Support System, Education and Knowledge 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-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. Machine Learning20▲ 5.7×24 topics
  2. Data Mining16▲ 21×8 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 11×9 topics
  4. E-Learning16▲ 15×8 topics
  5. Fuzzy Logic14▲ 56×3 topics
  6. Decision Support System14▲ 76×2 topics
  7. Education13▲ 7.3×7 topics
  8. Knowledge Management11▲ 19×6 topics
  9. Big Data11▲ 11×10 topics
  10. E-commerce11▲ 18×6 topics
  11. Educational Technology10▲ 7.8×6 topics
  12. Higher Education9▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Information Technology9▲ 18×4 topics
  14. Internet of Things8▲ 9.2×5 topics
  15. Privacy Protection8▲ 104×2 topics
  16. Technology8▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Natural Language Processing8▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Expert Systems8▲ 64×1 topic
  19. Information System8▲ 76×1 topic
  20. Digital Transformation7▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Information Retrieval7▲ 30×2 topics
  22. Knowledge Acceleration7▲ 156×1 topic
  23. Social Network Extraction7▲ 156×1 topic
  24. Software Engineering7▲ 75×2 topics
  25. Accounting Information System6▲ 122×1 topic
  26. Systems Analysis and Design6▲ 122×1 topic
  27. Blockchain6▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Gamification6▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Augmented Reality6▲ 61×2 topics
  30. Learning6▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Multimedia6▲ 54×1 topic
  32. COVID-195▲ 3.9×7 topics
  33. Pandemic4▲ 4.0×3 topics
  34. Digital Marketing4▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Media Literacy4▲ 7.1×3 topics
  36. Community Empowerment4▲ 4.8×5 topics
  37. Digital Literacy4▲ 6.2×4 topics
  38. Economic Impact4▲ 6.6×2 topics
  39. Indonesia4▲ 8.0×2 topics
  40. Educational Policy3▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Inform (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Edcuational Technology Systems, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Decision Support System Applications and Blockchain Technology in Education and Learning.

Edcuational Technology Systems: 8 fractional worksInformation Retrieval and Data Mining: 7 fractional worksDecision Support System …6Decision Support System Applications: 6 fractional worksBlockchain Technology in…6Blockchain Technology in Education and Learning: 6 fractional worksMultimedia Learning Syst…6Multimedia Learning Systems: 6 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 3 fractional worksHigher Education in Latin America: 2 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 2 fractional worksEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics: 2 fractional worksEducational Methods and Media Use: 2 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceInformation SystemsManagement Information SystemsDemography2 others

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

  1. 1 Edcuational Technology Systems Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  2. 2 Information Retrieval and Data Mining Information Systems 7 works
  3. 3 Decision Support System Applications Management Information Systems 6 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology in Education and Learning Information Systems 6 works
  5. 5 Multimedia Learning Systems Information Systems 6 works
  6. 6 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 3 works
  7. 7 Higher Education in Latin America Education 2 works
  8. 8 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 2 works
  9. 9 Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy 2 works
  10. 10 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.4%domestic only50.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Inform (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 79% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Inform (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Inform (Germany)0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2024Inform (Germany)6.6% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.3% in 2007.

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