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Magma (Germany)

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Research works
100
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
1k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Magma (Germany)

Not ranked overall: Magma (Germany) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Magma (Germany) work in?

In all years, 90% of research at Magma (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (57%), Computer Science (17%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 90 fractional works · 89.9% of its workEngineering: 57 fractional works · 56.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 18.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 16.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMagma (Germany)100fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5756.9%
    2. Computer Science1716.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences77.3%
    4. Materials Science65.8%
    5. Mathematics10.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    8. Environmental Science10.6%
    9. Chemistry00.5%
    1. Social Sciences55.0%
    2. Decision Sciences10.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    4. Psychology00.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Medicine11.3%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 3.66× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.29× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.51× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.29×2 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.66×0 works
  3. Engineering3.51×7 works
  4. Materials Science2.26×1 works
  5. Nursing1.74×0 works
  6. Chemistry0.82×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.78×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.77×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.58×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.54×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.49×0 works
  13. Medicine0.25×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Magma (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Wilfried Schäfer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Magma (Germany).

  1. 1 Wilfried Schäfer Germany · #4,762,700 worldwide 51 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Magma (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from Magma (Germany) is "Modeling of micro- and macrosegregation and freckle formation in single-crystal nickel-base superalloy directional solidification" (Marc Schneider, J. P. Gu, Christoph Beckermann et al., 1997), with 218 citations. Next come "MAGEMin, an Efficient Gibbs Energy Minimizer: Application to Igneous Systems" (124) and "Environments around Al, Si, and Ca in aluminate and aluminosilicate melts by X-ray absorption spectroscopy at high temperature" (94).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Modeling of micro- and macrosegregation and freckle formation in single-crystal nickel-base superalloy directional solidification Marc Schneider, J. P. Gu, Christoph Beckermann et al. · Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A Jul 1997 218
2 MAGEMin, an Efficient Gibbs Energy Minimizer: Application to Igneous Systems Nicolas Riel, Boris J. P. Kaus, Eleanor Green et al. · Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems Open access Jul 2022 124
3 Environments around Al, Si, and Ca in aluminate and aluminosilicate melts by X-ray absorption spectroscopy at high temperature Daniel R. Neuville, Laurent Cormier, Dominique de Ligny et al. · American Mineralogist 27 Dec 2007 94
4 Structured ASICs: opportunities and challenges Behrooz Zahiri Conference paper 6 May 2004 91
5 Alteration‐Induced Volcano Instability at La Soufrière de Guadeloupe (Eastern Caribbean) Michael John Heap, Tobias S. Baumann, Marina Rosas‐Carbajal et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth 31 Jul 2021 83
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Magma (Germany)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructural Evolution, Grain Refinement, Microstructure, Aerospace Applications, Aluminium Alloys, Automotive Industry and Artificial Neural Networks.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Mechanical Properties11▲ 12×12 topics
  2. Microstructural Evolution10▲ 58×2 topics
  3. Grain Refinement7▲ 50×3 topics
  4. Microstructure6▲ 12×7 topics
  5. Aerospace Applications5▲ 45×2 topics
  6. Aluminium Alloys5▲ 109×1 topic
  7. Artificial Neural Networks5▲ 12×3 topics
  8. Automotive Industry5▲ 109×1 topic
  9. Additive Manufacturing5▲ 23×5 topics
  10. Dynamic Recrystallization5▲ 78×1 topic
  11. Hot Deformation5▲ 78×1 topic
  12. FPGA4▲ 52×2 topics
  13. Power Optimization4▲ 70×2 topics
  14. ASIC4▲ 185×1 topic
  15. Metallurgy4▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Placement4▲ 185×1 topic
  17. Assembly Planning3▲ 41×1 topic
  18. Databases3▲ 87×1 topic
  19. Design for Manufacture3▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Energy Efficiency3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  21. Thermochemical3▲ 87×1 topic
  22. 3D Printing3▲ 17×2 topics
  23. CMOS Technology3▲ 25×3 topics
  24. Recycling3▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Embedded Cores3▲ 98×1 topic
  26. Test Data Compression3▲ 98×1 topic
  27. Security3▲ 6.3×3 topics
  28. Process Variation3▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Concrete Properties2▲ 91×1 topic
  30. Foundry Waste2▲ 237×1 topic
  31. Information Warfare2▲ 136×2 topics
  32. Plate Tectonics2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Rheology2▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  35. Friction Stir Processing2▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Low-Power2▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Applications2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Hybrid Warfare2▲ 220×1 topic
  39. International Relations2▲ 9.5×1 topic
  40. Materials2▲ 12×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Manufacturing Process and Optimization, Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties, Materials Engineering and Processing and Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics.

Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 1 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 1 fractional worksMaterials Engineering and Processing: 1 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Concrete and Construction Materials: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…0Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 0 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 0 fractional worksMagnetic and Electromagnetic Effects: 0 fractional worksMetallurgy and Material Forming: 0 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAerospace EngineeringMechanical EngineeringBuilding and Construction4 others

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

  1. 1 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Materials Engineering and Processing Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials Building and Construction 0 works
  6. 6 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Magnetic and Electromagnetic Effects Physiology 0 works
  10. 10 Metallurgy and Material Forming Mechanics of Materials 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 available29.8%not open70.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.7%domestic only59.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher 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 Magma (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000025% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Magma (Germany)0.000044% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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