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Microsoft (Germany)

In research, Microsoft (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,565 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science — Computer Science is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,564
of 28,054 · #17,322 all time
Rank in Germany
#347
of 1,178
Research works
191
▲ 69% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
29.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Microsoft (Germany) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #10,565 of 21,541 37.5%132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Microsoft (Germany) 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).

What does Microsoft (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer ScienceField · 38.4 works8.1×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.97× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 8.10× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.08× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Microsoft (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Information Retrieval, Text Classification, Machine Translation, Convolutional Neural Networks, Semantic Similarity and Word Representation.

▲ 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. Deep Learning11▲ 5.3×30 topics
  2. Neural Networks10▲ 11×13 topics
  3. Machine Learning5▲ 2.4×17 topics
  4. Information Retrieval5▲ 35×3 topics
  5. Text Classification4▲ 47×3 topics
  6. Machine Translation4▲ 41×2 topics
  7. Convolutional Neural Networks4▲ 9.1×7 topics
  8. Semantic Similarity4▲ 54×1 topic
  9. Word Representation4▲ 54×1 topic
  10. Corpus Linguistics4▲ 30×2 topics
  11. Neural Machine Translation4▲ 64×1 topic
  12. Statistical Machine Translation4▲ 64×1 topic
  13. Molecular Dynamics3▲ 30×3 topics
  14. Unsupervised Learning3▲ 33×3 topics
  15. Representation Learning3▲ 33×3 topics
  16. Image Captioning3▲ 85×1 topic
  17. Visual Question Answering3▲ 52×1 topic
  18. Distributed Systems2▲ 24×6 topics
  19. Big Data2▲ 4.3×7 topics
  20. Data Analysis2▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Data Mining2▲ 4.7×3 topics
  22. Markov Decision Processes2▲ 162×1 topic
  23. Spoken Dialogue Systems2▲ 162×1 topic
  24. Organizational Management2▲ 50×1 topic
  25. Research Methods2▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Semi-Supervised Learning2▲ 29×2 topics
  27. High-Throughput2▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Materials Informatics2▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Parallel Computing2▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Transfer Learning2▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Domain Adaptation2▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Few-Shot Learning2▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Acoustic Modeling2▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Deep Neural Networks2▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Performance Optimization2▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Virtualization2▲ 33×2 topics
  37. High-Performance Computing2▲ 29×2 topics
  38. GPU Computing1▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Multicore Architectures1▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Pose Estimation1▲ 20×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Topic Modeling, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Multimodal Machine Learning Applications and Speech and dialogue systems.

Topic Modeling4Topic Modeling: 4 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 4 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learn…3Multimodal Machine Learning Applications: 3 fractional worksSpeech and dialogue syst…2Speech and dialogue systems: 2 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 2 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 2 fractional worksDomain Adaptation and Fe…2Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning: 2 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and Synthesis: 2 fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 1 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionInformation Systems and ManagementMaterials Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  2. 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  3. 3 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 3 works
  4. 4 Speech and dialogue systems Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  5. 5 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 2 works
  6. 6 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 2 works
  7. 7 Domain Adaptation and Few-Shot Learning Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 1 works
  10. 10 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 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 available37.2%not open62.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.1%domestic only47.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% 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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