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Institut für Rundfunktechnik

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World rank, all time
#26,016
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,262
of 1,603
Research works
200
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
5.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Institut für Rundfunktechnik

Which fields of science does Institut für Rundfunktechnik work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Institut für Rundfunktechnik is in Social Sciences, 11% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (48%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Psychology (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 23 fractional works · 77.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 47.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 18.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 17.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitut fürRundfunktechnik29fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences78%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1447.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities415.0%
    3. Psychology311.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting12.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.0%
    1. Engineering13.9%
    2. Environmental Science13.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy12.3%
    4. Computer Science00.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    6. Materials Science00.4%
    1. Medicine25.6%
    2. Health Professions14.4%
    1. Neuroscience00.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 5.19× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.74× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.76× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.19×4 works
  2. Social Sciences3.76×14 works
  3. Psychology3.74×3 works
  4. Health Professions1.67×1 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.02×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.87×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.73×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.47×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.35×0 works
  10. Medicine0.29×2 works
  11. Engineering0.26×1 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.24×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.11×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institut für Rundfunktechnik?

Ranked on the quality score, Gerhard Stoll, J. Frank and Rainer Grosskopf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut für Rundfunktechnik.

  1. 1 Gerhard Stoll Germany · #2,112,430 worldwide 1.2k citations · 45 works
  2. 2 J. Frank Germany · #3,921,081 worldwide 114 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Rainer Grosskopf Germany · #4,547,341 worldwide 85 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Helmut Wittek Germany · #4,696,344 worldwide 203 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Günther Theile Germany · #4,849,107 worldwide 478 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Christoph Dosch Germany · #5,243,499 worldwide 59 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Cajetan Schiele Germany · #6,315,636 worldwide 276 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Institut für Rundfunktechnik

What are the most cited papers from Institut für Rundfunktechnik?

The most cited paper from Institut für Rundfunktechnik is "Adaptive image coding with perceptual distortion control" (I.S. Hontsch, Lina J. Karam, 2002), with 149 citations. Next come "5G New Radio for Terrestrial Broadcast: A Forward-Looking Approach for NR-MBMS" (94) and "An Edge-to-Cloud Virtualized Multimedia Service Platform for 5G Networks" (82).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Adaptive image coding with perceptual distortion control I.S. Hontsch, Lina J. Karam · IEEE Transactions on Image Processing Mar 2002 149
2 5G New Radio for Terrestrial Broadcast: A Forward-Looking Approach for NR-MBMS Jordi Joan Giménez, José Luis Cárcel, Manuel Fuentes et al. · IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting Open access 4 May 2019 94
3 An Edge-to-Cloud Virtualized Multimedia Service Platform for 5G Networks Federico Álvarez, David Breitgand, David P. Griffin et al. · IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting Open access 13 Mar 2019 82
4 Nonlinear distortions and noise in optical communication systems due to fiber connectors K. Petermann · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Jul 1980 79
5 5G Mixed Mode: NR Multicast-Broadcast Services Eduardo Garro, Manuel Fuentes, José Luis Cárcel et al. · IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting 18 Mar 2020 78
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institut für Rundfunktechnik?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Science, History, International Relations, Ethics, Qualitative Research, Dementia Care and Interactional Expertise.

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

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization3▲ 5.6×15 topics
  2. Social Science2▲ 188×3 topics
  3. Education2▲ 3.8×9 topics
  4. History2▲ 9.5×6 topics
  5. International Relations2▲ 26×7 topics
  6. Qualitative Research2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  7. Ethics2▲ 12×8 topics
  8. Dementia Care2▲ 475×2 topics
  9. Interactional Expertise2▲ 480×1 topic
  10. Social Media2▲ 3.8×6 topics
  11. Tacit Knowledge2▲ 111×1 topic
  12. Gender1▲ 8.6×7 topics
  13. Global Governance1▲ 20×5 topics
  14. Human Rights1▲ 4.8×6 topics
  15. Literature1▲ 8.6×6 topics
  16. Sustainability1▲ 1.89×7 topics
  17. Democracy1▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Philosophy1▲ 9.8×4 topics
  19. Public Health1▲ 3.0×5 topics
  20. Sociology1▲ 31×4 topics
  21. Citizenship Education1▲ 56×2 topics
  22. Climate Change1▲ 1.32×5 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations1▲ 9.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Institut für Rundfunktechnik publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research, Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations, European and International Law Studies and Children's Rights and Participation.

Education, Healthcare an…2Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 2 fractional worksKantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations: 1 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 1 fractional worksChildren's Rights and Participation: 1 fractional worksInterdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics: 1 fractional worksEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 0 fractional worksSMEs Development and Dig…0SMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 0 fractional worksEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksYouth Education and Societal Dynamics: 0 fractional worksVacuum and Plasma Arcs: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologyPhilosophyPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations Philosophy 1 works
  3. 3 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Children's Rights and Participation Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Interdisciplinary Studies and Sociocultural Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  7. 7 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 0 works
  8. 8 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Vacuum and Plasma Arcs Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 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 available16.1%not open83.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institut für Rundfunktechnik's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Institut für Rundfunktechnik as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000087% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Institut für Rundfunktechnik0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institut für Rundfunktechnik over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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