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Montanuniversität Leoben

In research, Montanuniversität Leoben stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,049 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#901 of 5,901 worldwide) and Materials Science (#504 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Mechanical Engineering is 11.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,149
of 22,385 · #2,463 all time
Rank in Austria
#19
of 143
Research works
7.1k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
134k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Montanuniversität Leoben

What is Montanuniversität Leoben 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 #1,049 of 10,670 9.5%1,259 #1403
EngineeringField #901 of 5,901 8.8%766 #862
Materials ScienceField #504 of 2,276 10.5%222 #725
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #321 of 1,319 9.4%285 #344
Environmental ScienceField #936 of 3,334 11.0%87 #1954
Materials ChemistrySubfield #531 of 1,473 10.5%136 #586
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #876 of 1,539 9.8%62 #1052
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #301 of 482 7.6%106 #331

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Montanuniversität Leoben 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,403 #1,049
  2. Engineering#862 #901
  3. Materials Science#725 #504
  4. Mechanical Engineering#344 #321
  5. Environmental Science#1,954 #936
  6. Materials Chemistry#586 #531
  7. Biomedical Engineering#1,052 #876
  8. Mechanics of Materials#331 #301
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Montanuniversität Leoben work in?

In 2022-now, 93% of research at Montanuniversität Leoben is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (56%), Materials Science (16%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,399 fractional works · 93.0% of its workEngineering: 838 fractional works · 55.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 319 fractional works · 21.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 113 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 67 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 56 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 49 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 46 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 46 fractional works · 3.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 29 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 26 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 246 fractional works · 16.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 150 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 27 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMetals and Alloys: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 102 fractional works · 6.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 33 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 58 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeophysics: 29 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 47 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 29 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCatalysis: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 74 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 29 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMontanuniversitätLeoben1,504fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences5%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering83855.7%
    2. Materials Science24616.3%
    3. Environmental Science1026.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences583.8%
    5. Computer Science473.1%
    6. Energy291.9%
    7. Chemistry251.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering231.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy211.4%
    10. Mathematics110.7%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting291.9%
    2. Social Sciences211.4%
    3. Decision Sciences90.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities60.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.3%
    6. Psychology30.2%
    1. Medicine90.6%
    2. Health Professions50.4%
    3. Dentistry20.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology70.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.4%
    3. Neuroscience20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Montanuniversität Leoben specialise in?

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

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 319.0 works12×
  2. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 112.9 works11×
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 32.9 works6.8×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.36× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.08× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 47 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.45× its world share, 58 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.12× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.71× its world share, 838 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 102 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.68× its world share, 246 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science4.68×246 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.36×23 works
  3. Engineering3.71×838 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.45×58 works
  5. Energy2.12×29 works
  6. Environmental Science1.36×102 works
  7. Chemistry1.08×25 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.62×21 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.62×9 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.60×29 works
  11. Mathematics0.59×10 works
  12. Computer Science0.40×47 works
  13. Dentistry0.28×2 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×5 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.15×6 works
  16. Health Professions0.14×5 works
  17. Social Sciences0.11×21 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×6 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×7 works
  20. Neuroscience0.08×2 works
  21. Psychology0.07×3 works
  22. Nursing0.04×0 works
  23. Medicine0.03×9 works

Who are the top researchers at Montanuniversität Leoben?

Ranked on the quality score, Stefan Pogatscher, Oskar Paris and Holger Ott lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Montanuniversität Leoben.

  1. 1 Stefan Pogatscher Austria · #103,020 worldwide 5.9k citations · 209 works
  2. 2 Oskar Paris Austria · #216,750 worldwide 10k citations · 230 works
  3. 3 Holger Ott Austria · #444,627 worldwide 5.3k citations · 236 works
  4. 4 Daniel Kiener Austria · #462,476 worldwide 9.2k citations · 309 works
  5. 5 Lorenz Romaner Austria · #463,673 worldwide 6.9k citations · 162 works
  6. 6 Matheus A. Tunes Austria · #471,421 worldwide 2.3k citations · 151 works
  7. 7 Mahdieh Safyari Austria · #481,670 worldwide 1.3k citations · 47 works
  8. 8 David Holec Austria · #766,581 worldwide 7.3k citations · 300 works
  9. 9 M. Kathrein Austria · #789,779 worldwide 2.1k citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Robert Dänzer Austria · #826,057 worldwide 5.6k citations · 208 works
All ranked researchers at Montanuniversität Leoben

What are the most cited papers from Montanuniversität Leoben?

The most cited paper from Montanuniversität Leoben is "A fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy for cryogenic applications" (Bernd Gludovatz, Anton Hohenwarter, D. Catoor et al., 2014), with 5,773 citations. Next come "Review: current international research into cellulose nanofibres and nanocomposites" (2,417) and "Exceptional damage-tolerance of a medium-entropy alloy CrCoNi at cryogenic temperatures" (1,953).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy for cryogenic applications Bernd Gludovatz, Anton Hohenwarter, D. Catoor et al. · Science 4 Sep 2014 5,773
2 Review: current international research into cellulose nanofibres and nanocomposites Stephen James Eichhorn et al. · Journal of Materials Science 23 Sep 2009 2,417
3 Exceptional damage-tolerance of a medium-entropy alloy CrCoNi at cryogenic temperatures Bernd Gludovatz, Anton Hohenwarter, Keli V.S. Thurston et al. · Nature Communications Open access 2 Feb 2016 1,953
4 Materials become insensitive to flaws at nanoscale: Lessons from nature Huajian Gao, Baohua Ji, Ingomar L. Jäger et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 5 May 2003 1,925
5 Linear optical properties of solids within the full-potential linearized augmented planewave method Claudia Draxl, Jorge O. Sofo · Computer Physics Communications 9 May 2006 1,796
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Montanuniversität Leoben?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Grain Refinement, Metal Recovery, Metallurgy, Recycling, Sustainability and Nanoparticles.

▲ 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 Properties185▲ 13×35 topics
  2. Microstructure114▲ 15×18 topics
  3. Sustainability97▲ 2.6×42 topics
  4. Environmental Impact82▲ 3.2×30 topics
  5. Nanoparticles75▲ 4.0×30 topics
  6. Machine Learning71▲ 1.41×41 topics
  7. Grain Refinement68▲ 39×4 topics
  8. Metal Recovery67▲ 23×3 topics
  9. Metallurgy64▲ 71×2 topics
  10. Recycling62▲ 11×9 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency56▲ 4.1×24 topics
  12. Renewable Energy52▲ 2.4×32 topics
  13. Nanocomposites48▲ 4.1×20 topics
  14. Microstructural Evolution47▲ 21×4 topics
  15. Databases44▲ 105×1 topic
  16. Thermochemical44▲ 105×1 topic
  17. Additive Manufacturing43▲ 9.3×8 topics
  18. Circular Economy43▲ 10×7 topics
  19. Corrosion Behavior42▲ 34×3 topics
  20. Numerical Simulation42▲ 9.5×10 topics
  21. Waste Management40▲ 6.6×6 topics
  22. Sintering38▲ 20×5 topics
  23. Aerospace Applications37▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Grain Boundary Engineering35▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Spark Plasma Sintering35▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Lithium-ion Batteries34▲ 5.5×4 topics
  27. Rare Earth Elements34▲ 16×4 topics
  28. CO2 Sequestration33▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Optimization33▲ 4.8×15 topics
  30. Materials32▲ 9.2×6 topics
  31. Polymer Composites31▲ 7.8×6 topics
  32. Environmental Impacts31▲ 7.7×7 topics
  33. Composite Materials31▲ 9.8×8 topics
  34. Processing Techniques28▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Oxidation Resistance28▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Aluminium Alloys28▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Automotive Industry28▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Thin Films27▲ 9.5×10 topics
  39. Material Properties26▲ 18×4 topics
  40. Sustainable Technology26▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Montanuniversität Leoben publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics, Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties, Extraction and Separation Processes and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

Metallurgical Processes …44Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 44 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstru…28Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 28 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 25 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 23 fractional worksMicrostructure and mecha…21Microstructure and mechanical properties: 21 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mechanics: 21 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 20 fractional worksIron and Steelmaking Pro…20Iron and Steelmaking Processes: 20 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 20 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bioleaching: 19 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringMaterials Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 44 works
  2. 2 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties Aerospace Engineering 28 works
  3. 3 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 25 works
  4. 4 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 23 works
  5. 5 Microstructure and mechanical properties Materials Chemistry 21 works
  6. 6 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 21 works
  7. 7 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 20 works
  8. 8 Iron and Steelmaking Processes Mechanical Engineering 20 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 20 works
  10. 10 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 19 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 available39.0%not open61.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.8%domestic only71.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Montanuniversität Leoben's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower 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 Montanuniversität Leoben as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0058% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Montanuniversität Leoben0.0052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Montanuniversität Leoben 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 2025Montanuniversität Leoben9.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.9% in 1999.

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