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Institut für Forschung und Transfer

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Research works
84
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
706
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Institut für Forschung und Transfer is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.21× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.99× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.28× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institut für Forschung und Transfer?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Big Data, Cyber-Physical Systems, Internet of Things, Digital Twin, Smart Manufacturing and Software Engineering.

▲ 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability5▲ 6.5×11 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management4▲ 15×7 topics
  3. Big Data3▲ 12×4 topics
  4. Cyber-Physical Systems3▲ 36×3 topics
  5. Machine Learning2▲ 2.4×10 topics
  6. Internet of Things2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  7. Digital Twin2▲ 55×1 topic
  8. Smart Manufacturing2▲ 83×1 topic
  9. Software Engineering2▲ 64×2 topics
  10. Flexible Automation2▲ 207×1 topic
  11. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems2▲ 207×1 topic
  12. Assembly Planning1▲ 57×1 topic
  13. Community Empowerment1▲ 6.0×2 topics
  14. Deep Learning1▲ 1.34×8 topics
  15. Design for Manufacture1▲ 57×1 topic
  16. Mechanical Properties1▲ 4.6×6 topics
  17. Media Literacy1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  18. Neural Networks1▲ 3.0×5 topics
  19. Cultural Identity1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  20. Social Media1▲ 2.8×2 topics
  21. Pedagogy1▲ 7.0×1 topic
  22. Teaching Methods1▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Institut für Forschung und Transfer publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Transformation in Industry, Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Manufacturing Process and Optimization and Education, Innovation and Language Studies.

Digital Transformation i…2Digital Transformation in Industry: 2 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 2 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 1 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksIslamic Finance and Communication: 1 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logis…1Maritime Ports and Logistics: 1 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge Management: 0 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Fiscal Policies: 0 fractional worksQualitative Comparative Analysis Research: 0 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringEducationSociology and Political ScienceControl and Systems Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 1 works
  5. 5 Islamic Finance and Communication Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 0 works
  9. 9 Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research Sociology and Political Science 0 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 available41.4%not open58.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut für Forschung und Transfer's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower than in 2013–2017.

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