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Materials Center Leoben (Austria)

In research, Materials Center Leoben (Austria) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,692 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,230 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (Materials Chemistry is 11.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,978
of 22,385 · #12,995 all time
Rank in Austria
#120
of 143
Research works
612
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Materials Center Leoben (Austria)

What is Materials Center Leoben (Austria) 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 #6,692 of 10,670 7.5%143 #3513
EngineeringField #4,230 of 5,901 6.8%78 #2581

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Materials Center Leoben (Austria) 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 Materials Center Leoben (Austria) work in?

In 2022-now, 96% of research at Materials Center Leoben (Austria) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (52%), Materials Science (31%), Physics and Astronomy (5%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 159 fractional works · 96.0% of its workEngineering: 86 fractional works · 52.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 20.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 14 fractional works · 8.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 51 fractional works · 31.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 37 fractional works · 22.6% of its workMetals and Alloys: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStructural Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMaterials CenterLeoben (Austria)165fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering8652.3%
    2. Materials Science5131.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy84.9%
    4. Computer Science52.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.3%
    6. Environmental Science21.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.9%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Energy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences10.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    3. Decision Sciences00.3%
    4. Psychology00.1%
    1. Medicine21.4%
    2. Health Professions00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Materials Center Leoben (Austria) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 37.4 works12×
  2. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 33.6 works11×
  3. Materials ScienceField · 51.3 works8.9×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.47× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.48× its world share, 86 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 8.90× its world share, 51 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.20× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science8.90×51 works
  2. Engineering3.48×86 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.47×1 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.20×8 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.45×4 works
  6. Computer Science0.37×5 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.31×0 works
  8. Chemistry0.24×1 works
  9. Energy0.24×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.24×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×1 works
  13. Medicine0.07×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.06×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  17. Psychology0.03×0 works
  18. Health Professions0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Materials Center Leoben (Austria)?

Ranked on the quality score, Daniel Scheiber, Vsevolod I. Razumovskiy and Oleg E. Peil lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Materials Center Leoben (Austria).

  1. 1 Daniel Scheiber Austria · #806,825 worldwide 2k citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Vsevolod I. Razumovskiy Austria · #842,218 worldwide 2.4k citations · 89 works
  3. 3 Oleg E. Peil Austria · #1,268,612 worldwide 2k citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Anton Köck Austria · #1,379,817 worldwide 3.1k citations · 134 works
  5. 5 Michael Häusler Austria · #1,422,794 worldwide 54 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Bernhard Sartory Austria · #1,518,972 worldwide 2.8k citations · 110 works
  7. 7 Marina Lukas Austria · #1,580,888 worldwide 751 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Tamara Teppernegg Austria · #1,713,717 worldwide 489 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Werner Ecker Austria · #1,733,347 worldwide 2.7k citations · 137 works
  10. 10 Roland Brunner Austria · #1,895,019 worldwide 1.9k citations · 169 works
All ranked researchers at Materials Center Leoben (Austria)

What are the most cited papers from Materials Center Leoben (Austria)?

The most cited paper from Materials Center Leoben (Austria) is "Microstructural design of hard coatings" (P.H. Mayrhofer, Christian Mitterer, Lars Hultman et al., 2006), with 1,012 citations. Next come "Self-organized nanostructures in the Ti–Al–N system" (619) and "Lone‐Pair‐Induced Covalency as the Cause of Temperature‐ and Field‐Induced Instabilities in Bismuth Sodium Titanate" (558).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Microstructural design of hard coatings P.H. Mayrhofer, Christian Mitterer, Lars Hultman et al. · Progress in Materials Science 19 Apr 2006 1,012
2 Self-organized nanostructures in the Ti–Al–N system P.H. Mayrhofer, Anders Hörling, Lennart B. Karlsson et al. · Applied Physics Letters 8 Sep 2003 619
3 Lone‐Pair‐Induced Covalency as the Cause of Temperature‐ and Field‐Induced Instabilities in Bismuth Sodium Titanate Denis Schütz, Marco Deluca, Werner Krauss et al. · Advanced Functional Materials 13 Mar 2012 558
4 ElaStic: A tool for calculating second-order elastic constants from first principles Rostam Golesorkhtabar, P. Pavone, Jürgen Spitaler et al. · Computer Physics Communications 20 Mar 2013 556
5 A further step towards an understanding of size-dependent crystal plasticity: In situ tension experiments of miniaturized single-crystal copper samples Daniel Kiener, W. Grosinger, Gerhard Dehm et al. · Acta Materialia 6 Dec 2007 492
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Materials Center Leoben (Austria)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Grain Refinement, Nanostructures, Grain Boundary Engineering, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Nanocomposites and Corrosion Behavior.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties26▲ 16×23 topics
  2. Microstructure19▲ 22×15 topics
  3. Grain Refinement12▲ 62×4 topics
  4. Machine Learning11▲ 2.0×14 topics
  5. Nanostructures9▲ 13×7 topics
  6. Grain Boundary Engineering9▲ 82×2 topics
  7. Nanocomposites8▲ 6.1×8 topics
  8. Nanoparticles8▲ 3.6×12 topics
  9. Hydrogen Embrittlement7▲ 53×3 topics
  10. Corrosion Behavior7▲ 52×2 topics
  11. Semiconductors6▲ 14×4 topics
  12. Thin Films6▲ 20×8 topics
  13. Thermal Management6▲ 11×6 topics
  14. High-Strength Steels5▲ 97×1 topic
  15. Martensite Transformation5▲ 97×1 topic
  16. Sintering5▲ 25×4 topics
  17. Numerical Simulation5▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Microstructural Evolution5▲ 21×4 topics
  19. Graphene5▲ 4.4×6 topics
  20. Passive Films5▲ 87×1 topic
  21. Stainless Steels5▲ 87×1 topic
  22. Thermal Conductivity5▲ 19×4 topics
  23. Polymer Composites5▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Nanowires5▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Crystal Structures4▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Spark Plasma Sintering4▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Composite Materials4▲ 12×6 topics
  28. Nanocrystalline Materials4▲ 77×1 topic
  29. Severe Plastic Deformation4▲ 77×1 topic
  30. Crystal Growth4▲ 8.9×7 topics
  31. Molecular Dynamics4▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Oxidation Resistance4▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Computational Chemistry4▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Quantum Mechanics4▲ 25×2 topics
  35. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy4▲ 32×2 topics
  36. High-Throughput4▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Materials Informatics4▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Room Temperature4▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Electronic Structure4▲ 12×5 topics
  40. Perovskite Oxides4▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Materials Center Leoben (Austria) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels, Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, Microstructure and mechanical properties and Machine Learning in Materials Science.

Microstructure and Mecha…5Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 5 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement a…5Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 5 fractional worksMicrostructure and mechanical properties: 4 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 4 fractional worksMetal Alloys Wear and Properties: 3 fractional worksThermal properties of materials: 3 fractional worksFerroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials: 3 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mech…3Metal and Thin Film Mechanics: 3 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 3 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 3 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMetals and AlloysMaterials ChemistryMechanics of Materials1 others

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

  1. 1 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 5 works
  3. 3 Microstructure and mechanical properties Materials Chemistry 4 works
  4. 4 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 4 works
  5. 5 Metal Alloys Wear and Properties Materials Chemistry 3 works
  6. 6 Thermal properties of materials Materials Chemistry 3 works
  7. 7 Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials Materials Chemistry 3 works
  8. 8 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 3 works
  9. 9 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 3 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 available38.3%not open61.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.3%domestic only63.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Materials Center Leoben (Austria)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Materials Center Leoben (Austria) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Materials Center Leoben (Austria)0.00064% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Materials Center Leoben (Austria) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Materials Center Leoben (Austria)6.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.0% in 2020.

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