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MTU Aero Engines (Germany)

In research, MTU Aero Engines (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,202 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,894 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Engineering is 11.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,342
of 22,385 · #11,423 all time
Rank in Germany
#710
of 795
Research works
783
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.1k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
MTU Aero Engines (Germany)

What is MTU Aero Engines (Germany) 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 #8,202 of 10,670 4.7%90 #3514
EngineeringField #4,894 of 5,901 3.7%73 #1900

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where MTU Aero Engines (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does MTU Aero Engines (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 95% of research at MTU Aero Engines (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (75%), Computer Science (5%), Materials Science (4%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 99 fractional works · 94.8% of its workEngineering: 79 fractional works · 75.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 20.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 18 fractional works · 17.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular 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 · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMTU Aero Engines(Germany)105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences95%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences3%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7975.4%
    2. Computer Science54.8%
    3. Materials Science43.6%
    4. Environmental Science43.4%
    5. Mathematics33.1%
    6. Chemical Engineering22.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy21.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences21.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    4. Psychology00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Social Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine10.8%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does MTU Aero Engines (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 21.9 works11×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 5.64× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 5.02× its world share, 79 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.66× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering5.64×2 works
  2. Engineering5.02×79 works
  3. Mathematics2.66×3 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.56×2 works
  5. Materials Science1.02×4 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.87×2 works
  7. Environmental Science0.69×4 works
  8. Computer Science0.61×5 works
  9. Veterinary0.39×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.33×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×1 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works
  14. Energy0.12×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×0 works
  16. Psychology0.07×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  18. Medicine0.04×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  20. Health Professions0.02×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at MTU Aero Engines (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Wilfried Smarsly, Martin G. Rose and Ernst E. Affeldt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MTU Aero Engines (Germany).

  1. 1 Wilfried Smarsly Germany · #1,306,918 worldwide 1.1k citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Martin G. Rose Germany · #1,607,110 worldwide 2k citations · 113 works
  3. 3 Ernst E. Affeldt Germany · #1,993,751 worldwide 608 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Karl Heinz Engel Germany · #2,019,064 worldwide 1.7k citations · 122 works
  5. 5 E. Affeldt Germany · #2,187,551 worldwide 406 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Joachim Bamberg Germany · #2,282,590 worldwide 487 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Ewald Lutum Germany · #2,314,988 worldwide 639 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Marco Konle Germany · #2,397,157 worldwide 333 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Caspar Schwalbe Germany · #2,789,372 worldwide 272 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Hans-Peter Hackenberg Germany · #3,086,298 worldwide 258 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at MTU Aero Engines (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from MTU Aero Engines (Germany)?

The most cited paper from MTU Aero Engines (Germany) is "Microstructural design and mechanical properties of a cast and heat-treated intermetallic multi-phase γ-TiAl based alloy" (Emanuel Schwaighofer, Helmut Clemens, Svea Mayer et al., 2013), with 415 citations. Next come "Influence of the shielding gas flow on the removal of process by-products in the selective laser melting process" (311) and "High throughput electron transfer from carbon dots to chloroplast: a rationale of enhanced photosynthesis" (208).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Microstructural design and mechanical properties of a cast and heat-treated intermetallic multi-phase γ-TiAl based alloy Emanuel Schwaighofer, Helmut Clemens, Svea Mayer et al. · Intermetallics Open access 10 Oct 2013 415
2 Influence of the shielding gas flow on the removal of process by-products in the selective laser melting process Alexander Ladewig, Georg Schlick, Maximilian Fisser et al. · Additive manufacturing 31 Jan 2016 311
3 High throughput electron transfer from carbon dots to chloroplast: a rationale of enhanced photosynthesis Sourov Chandra, Saheli Pradhan, Shouvik Mitra et al. · Nanoscale 2014 208
4 In and ex situ investigations of the β-phase in a Nb and Mo containing γ-TiAl based alloy Helmut Clemens, H.F. Chladil, Wilfried Wallgram et al. · Intermetallics 14 May 2008 184
5 LARGE-EDDY SIMULATION FOR ACOUSTICS Claus D. Wagner, Thomas Hüttl, Pierre Sagaut · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 15 Jan 2007 182
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at MTU Aero Engines (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Separation Control, Boundary Layer, Film Cooling, Turbine, Chemical Kinetics and Microstructure.

▲ 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. Heat Transfer26▲ 51×10 topics
  2. Large-Eddy Simulation20▲ 104×5 topics
  3. Separation Control11▲ 379×2 topics
  4. Boundary Layer11▲ 85×3 topics
  5. Film Cooling11▲ 676×1 topic
  6. Turbine11▲ 676×1 topic
  7. Chemical Kinetics6▲ 61×2 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties6▲ 5.5×17 topics
  9. Microstructure6▲ 10×8 topics
  10. Combustion Instabilities6▲ 84×2 topics
  11. Turbulent Flows6▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Emissions5▲ 26×2 topics
  13. Vortex Dynamics5▲ 45×2 topics
  14. Boundary Layer Transition5▲ 69×1 topic
  15. Particle Image Velocimetry5▲ 69×1 topic
  16. Experimental Investigation4▲ 38×2 topics
  17. Friction Factor4▲ 93×1 topic
  18. Solar Air Heater4▲ 93×1 topic
  19. Numerical Simulation4▲ 13×7 topics
  20. Premixed Combustion4▲ 92×1 topic
  21. Turbulent Flames4▲ 92×1 topic
  22. Air Quality4▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Electric Propulsion3▲ 89×2 topics
  24. Alternative Fuels3▲ 81×1 topic
  25. Aviation3▲ 128×1 topic
  26. Radial Basis Functions3▲ 42×2 topics
  27. Tribological Performance3▲ 53×2 topics
  28. Friction Reduction3▲ 102×1 topic
  29. Laser Surface Texturing3▲ 102×1 topic
  30. Adaptive Mesh Refinement3▲ 45×2 topics
  31. High-Order Schemes3▲ 45×2 topics
  32. Thermal Management3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  33. Shock-Wave Interactions3▲ 63×1 topic
  34. Thermodynamic Analysis3▲ 40×2 topics
  35. Turbulence Modeling3▲ 63×1 topic
  36. Composite Materials2▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Tool Wear2▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Ejectors2▲ 79×1 topic
  39. Microstructural Evolution2▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Refrigerants2▲ 79×1 topic

Which research topics does MTU Aero Engines (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Heat Transfer Mechanisms and Combustion and flame dynamics.

Turbomachinery Performan…11Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization: 11 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…5Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 5 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms4Heat Transfer Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksCombustion and flame dynamics: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Aircraft Design and Technologies: 3 fractional worksTribology and Lubricatio…3Tribology and Lubrication Engineering: 3 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 3 fractional worksRefrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 2 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 2 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsMechanical EngineeringGlobal and Planetary Change1 others

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

  1. 1 Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 11 works
  2. 2 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 5 works
  3. 3 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 4 works
  5. 5 Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  6. 6 Tribology and Lubrication Engineering Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 3 works
  8. 8 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 2 works
  10. 10 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 2 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 available20.3%not open79.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.1%domestic only81.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has MTU Aero Engines (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% 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 MTU Aero Engines (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%MTU Aero Engines (Germany)0.00038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of MTU Aero Engines (Germany) 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025MTU Aero Engines (Germany)4.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.8% in 2010.

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