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Johannes Kepler University of Linz

In research, Johannes Kepler University of Linz stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,046 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#980 of 10,521 worldwide) and Computer Science (#486 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Software, Hardware and Architecture and Computational Theory and Mathematics — Software is 18.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,204
of 28,054 · #704 all time
Rank in Austria
#9
of 168
Research works
19k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
336k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Johannes Kepler University of Linz 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,046 of 12,888 14.3%1,895 #549
Social SciencesDomain #980 of 10,521 26.2%853 #851
Computer ScienceField #486 of 4,667 17.9%617 #246
EngineeringField #1,139 of 6,636 11.0%809 #531
Social SciencesField #1,180 of 6,365 25.4%362 #895
MathematicsField #253 of 1,053 18.8%100 #81
Health SciencesDomain #3,296 of 11,982 20.1%372 #5576
Life SciencesDomain #2,254 of 7,800 17.5%167 #2416
MedicineField #3,051 of 10,443 18.9%313 #5373
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #825 of 2,578 21.9%139 #646

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Johannes Kepler University of Linz 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. Physical Sciences#549 #1,046
  2. Social Sciences#851 #980
  3. Computer Science#246 #486
  4. Engineering#531 #1,139
  5. Social Sciences#895 #1,180
  6. Mathematics#81 #253
  7. Health Sciences#5,576 #3,296
  8. Life Sciences#2,416 #2,254
  9. Medicine#5,373 #3,051
  10. Sociology and Political Science#646 #825
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 Johannes Kepler University of Linz specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Software takes 18.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SoftwareSubfield · 38.1 works18×
  2. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 30.4 works8.2×
  3. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 78.6 works5.6×
  4. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 83.4 works4.9×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 89 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.35× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.09× its world share, 56 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.41× its world share, 617 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.64× its world share, 809 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 65 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.06× its world share, 122 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.59× its world share, 100 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 84 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 52 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 312 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.96× its world share, 208 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 52 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 88 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 100 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 362 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Johannes Kepler University of Linz?

Ranked on the composite score, Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi, Helmut Neugebauer and Thomas Fromherz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Johannes Kepler University of Linz.

  1. 1 Niyazi Serdar Sariçiftçi Austria · #3,609 worldwide 3.8k citations · 169 works
  2. 2 Helmut Neugebauer Austria · #23,104 worldwide 1.2k citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Thomas Fromherz Austria · #23,796 worldwide 923 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Friedrich Schneider Austria · #32,997 worldwide 1.1k citations · 203 works
  5. 5 Simon Moser Austria · #34,695 worldwide 767 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Sepp Hochreiter Austria · #42,256 worldwide 657 citations · 69 works
  7. 7 D Meißner Austria · #44,762 worldwide 661 citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Heinz W. Engl Austria · #52,801 worldwide 323 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Gerhard Widmer Austria · #63,578 worldwide 799 citations · 141 works
  10. 10 Herbert Jaeger Austria · #71,756 worldwide 757 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Which keywords describe research at Johannes Kepler University of Linz?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Big Data, Autonomous Vehicles, Requirements Engineering, Model Checking, Neural Networks and Industrial Automation.

▲ 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. Machine Learning141▲ 1.31×74 topics
  2. Deep Learning139▲ 1.24×70 topics
  3. Sustainability78◆ 0.98×57 topics
  4. Neural Networks78▲ 1.54×35 topics
  5. Big Data74▲ 2.5×22 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence56▲ 1.23×30 topics
  7. Innovation47▲ 1.37×34 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management46▲ 1.50×19 topics
  9. Corporate Governance44▲ 1.80×21 topics
  10. Autonomous Vehicles40▲ 5.8×5 topics
  11. Labor Market36▲ 3.7×11 topics
  12. Requirements Engineering34▲ 24×3 topics
  13. Model Checking33▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Recycling33▲ 2.6×6 topics
  15. Industrial Automation33▲ 15×3 topics
  16. Governance32▲ 3.0×10 topics
  17. Cyber-Physical Systems32▲ 3.6×8 topics
  18. Software Engineering31▲ 10×2 topics
  19. Privacy31▲ 3.1×7 topics
  20. Flexible Automation30▲ 36×1 topic
  21. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems30▲ 36×1 topic
  22. Model-Based Development30▲ 51×2 topics
  23. Criminal Law25▲ 4.5×4 topics
  24. Software Development25▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Fluid-Structure Interaction24▲ 4.9×5 topics
  26. Distributed Systems24▲ 4.5×6 topics
  27. Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse24▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Autonomic Computing23▲ 68×1 topic
  29. Self-Adaptive Systems23▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Metamodeling22▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Temporal Logic21▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Automata21▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Cloud Manufacturing20▲ 7.0×1 topic
  34. Smart Manufacturing20▲ 7.0×1 topic
  35. Prison System19▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Youth Offenders19▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Domain-Specific Languages19▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Model-Driven Engineering19▲ 58×1 topic
  39. Regulatory Agencies19▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Code Clone Detection18▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Johannes Kepler University of Linz publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies, Digital Transformation in Industry and Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques.

Flexible and Reconfigura…30Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 30 fractional worksAdvanced Software Engine…23Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies: 23 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 20 fractional worksModel-Driven Software Engineering Techniques: 19 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 18 fractional worksSociology and Education Studies: 18 fractional worksCriminal Law and Policy: 18 fractional worksLaw and Political Science17Law and Political Science: 17 fractional worksFormal Methods in Verification: 17 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 16 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceSoftwareInformation Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 30 works
  2. 2 Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies Artificial Intelligence 23 works
  3. 3 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 20 works
  4. 4 Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques Software 19 works
  5. 5 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 18 works
  6. 6 Sociology and Education Studies Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  7. 7 Criminal Law and Policy Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  8. 8 Law and Political Science Law 17 works
  9. 9 Formal Methods in Verification Computational Theory and Mathematics 17 works
  10. 10 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 16 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 available33.9%not open66.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.2%domestic only72.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Johannes Kepler University of Linz's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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