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Leibniz Supercomputing Centre

In research, Leibniz Supercomputing Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,354 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science (Computer Science is 8.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,727
of 22,385 · #18,235 all time
Rank in Germany
#767
of 795
Research works
302
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Leibniz Supercomputing Centre

What is Leibniz Supercomputing Centre 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 #9,354 of 10,670 4.4%64 #7705

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leibniz Supercomputing Centre 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 Leibniz Supercomputing Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Leibniz Supercomputing Centre is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (64%), Engineering (10%), Physics and Astronomy (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 72 fractional works · 88.3% of its workComputer Science: 52 fractional works · 64.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 16.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 14.9% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 11.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 7 fractional works · 8.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 10.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLeibnizSupercomputing…81fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences10%

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 Science5264.0%
    2. Engineering810.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy78.0%
    4. Environmental Science22.4%
    5. Materials Science21.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.7%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences45.2%
    2. Social Sciences22.7%
    3. Psychology11.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Health Professions00.3%
    2. Medicine00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Leibniz Supercomputing Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer ScienceField · 52.1 works8.2×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 8.23× its world share, 52 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.62× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.40× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× 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, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science8.23×52 works
  2. Decision Sciences5.40×4 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy3.62×6 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.10×1 works
  5. Engineering0.67×8 works
  6. Materials Science0.56×2 works
  7. Environmental Science0.47×2 works
  8. Psychology0.43×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.37×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.21×2 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.12×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  17. Medicine0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Leibniz Supercomputing Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Stephan Hachinger, Nicolay Hammer and Axel Auweter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leibniz Supercomputing Centre.

  1. 1 Stephan Hachinger Germany · #1,006,847 worldwide 3.5k citations · 151 works
  2. 2 Nicolay Hammer Germany · #1,050,893 worldwide 704 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Axel Auweter Germany · #1,270,048 worldwide 348 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Torsten Wilde Germany · #1,727,797 worldwide 462 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Hayk Shoukourian Germany · #1,949,521 worldwide 239 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Matthias Brehm Germany · #1,988,104 worldwide 326 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Reinhold Bader Germany · #2,025,887 worldwide 109 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Helmut Heller Germany · #2,155,617 worldwide 1.6k citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Herbert Huber Germany · #2,197,189 worldwide 334 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Laura Brandon Schulz Germany · #2,302,183 worldwide 156 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Leibniz Supercomputing Centre

What are the most cited papers from Leibniz Supercomputing Centre?

The most cited paper from Leibniz Supercomputing Centre is "Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution" (Bernhard Y. Misof et al., 2014), with 2,883 citations. Next come "Modeling aspects of the language of life through transfer-learning protein sequences" (655) and "State of the art of virtual reality technology" (519).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Phylogenomics resolves the timing and pattern of insect evolution Bernhard Y. Misof et al. · Science 101 authors 6 Nov 2014 2,883
2 Modeling aspects of the language of life through transfer-learning protein sequences Michael Heinzinger, Ahmed Elnaggar, Yu Wang et al. · BMC Bioinformatics Open access Dec 2019 655
3 State of the art of virtual reality technology Christoph Anthes, Rubén García, Markus Wiedemann et al. Conference paper Mar 2016 519
4 Anti-inflammatory effects of a low arachidonic acid diet and fish oil in patients with rheumatoid arthritis O. Adam, Corinna Beringer, Thomas Kless et al. · Rheumatology International 2003 304
5 The ClimEx Project: A 50-Member Ensemble of Climate Change Projections at 12-km Resolution over Europe and Northeastern North America with the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM5) Martin Leduc, Alain Mailhot, Anne Frigon et al. · Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Open access 30 Jan 2019 183
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Which keywords describe research at Leibniz Supercomputing Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Distributed Systems, High-Performance Computing, Resource Management, Parallel Computing, Workflow Management, Energy Efficiency, Cloud Computing and Big Data.

▲ 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. Distributed Systems13▲ 92×6 topics
  2. High-Performance Computing12▲ 184×2 topics
  3. Resource Management12▲ 84×2 topics
  4. Parallel Computing10▲ 107×2 topics
  5. Workflow Management10▲ 165×2 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency7▲ 8.9×4 topics
  7. Cloud Computing7▲ 28×4 topics
  8. Big Data6▲ 8.2×5 topics
  9. Grid Computing6▲ 237×1 topic
  10. Task Scheduling6▲ 237×1 topic
  11. Deep Learning6▲ 2.1×21 topics
  12. GPU Computing6▲ 188×1 topic
  13. Performance Optimization6▲ 116×1 topic
  14. Virtualization6▲ 83×2 topics
  15. Data Centers5▲ 110×1 topic
  16. MapReduce5▲ 110×1 topic
  17. Quantum Information5▲ 55×3 topics
  18. Quantum Simulation5▲ 71×2 topics
  19. Security5▲ 8.5×8 topics
  20. Quantum Algorithms4▲ 101×1 topic
  21. Quantum Computation4▲ 101×1 topic
  22. Distributed Storage4▲ 198×1 topic
  23. Machine Learning4▲ 1.59×13 topics
  24. Network Coding4▲ 119×1 topic
  25. Semantic Web Services4▲ 81×2 topics
  26. Software Development4▲ 82×2 topics
  27. Bioinformatics3▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Reproducibility3▲ 106×1 topic
  29. Scientific Workflows3▲ 106×1 topic
  30. Entanglement3▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Cryptography2▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Computation2▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Quantum2▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Cybersecurity2▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Virtual Reality2▲ 4.5×3 topics
  36. Fault Tolerance2▲ 14×5 topics
  37. User Experience2▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Training2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  39. Embodiment1▲ 9.5×1 topic
  40. Presence1▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Leibniz Supercomputing Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems, Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, Cloud Computing and Resource Management and Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture.

Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 6 fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 6 fractional worksCloud Computing and Reso…5Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 5 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algori…4Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Te…4Advanced Data Storage Technologies: 4 fractional worksScientific Computing and…3Scientific Computing and Data Management: 3 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 2 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 1 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applications: 1 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 1 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsHardware and ArchitectureInformation SystemsArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 6 works
  2. 2 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 6 works
  3. 3 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 5 works
  4. 4 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  5. 5 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  6. 6 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 3 works
  7. 7 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  9. 9 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  10. 10 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 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 available38.1%not open61.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.2%domestic only75.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Leibniz Supercomputing Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Leibniz Supercomputing Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Leibniz Supercomputing Centre0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Leibniz Supercomputing Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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