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OHB (Germany)

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Research works
41
▲ 98% vs 2018-21
Citations
316
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
OHB (Germany)

Not ranked overall: OHB (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 OHB (Germany) work in?

In all years, 76% of research at OHB (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 75.8% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 42.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 16.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 15.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOHB (Germany)41fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences15%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1742.4%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences48.8%
    3. Computer Science36.8%
    4. Environmental Science36.4%
    5. Chemistry23.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy13.2%
    7. Materials Science12.6%
    8. Energy11.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting38.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.5%
    4. Social Sciences01.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.8%
    6. Psychology00.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.9%
    2. Neuroscience11.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    1. Medicine23.9%
    2. Nursing00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 1.88× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.19× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.20× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.77× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.19×1 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.77×2 works
  3. Engineering3.20×8 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.88×0 works
  5. Materials Science1.66×1 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.57×1 works
  7. Computer Science1.14×2 works
  8. Energy1.07×0 works
  9. Chemistry0.84×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.83×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.77×0 works
  12. Nursing0.75×0 works
  13. Psychology0.44×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×0 works
  15. Medicine0.11×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.10×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at OHB (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, B Reismann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is OHB (Germany).

  1. 1 B Reismann Germany · #5,206,555 worldwide 27 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at OHB (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from OHB (Germany) is "The Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) for the InSight Mission" (Tilman Spohn et al., 2018), with 155 citations. Next come "Space as a Tool for Astrobiology: Review and Recommendations for Experimentations in Earth Orbit and Beyond" (78) and "Spatial resolution improvement of SSM/I data with image restoration techniques" (66).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) for the InSight Mission Tilman Spohn et al. · Space Science Reviews Open access Aug 2018 155
2 Space as a Tool for Astrobiology: Review and Recommendations for Experimentations in Earth Orbit and Beyond Hervé Cottin et al. · Space Science Reviews Open access 20 Jun 2017 78
3 Spatial resolution improvement of SSM/I data with image restoration techniques Richard Sethmann, B. A. Burns, Georg Heygster · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 1994 66
4 CodedPaddedFL and CodedSecAgg: Straggler Mitigation and Secure Aggregation in Federated Learning Reent Schlegel, Siddhartha Kumar, Eirik Rosnes et al. · IEEE Transactions on Communications 16 Feb 2023 63
5 An External Calibration Scheme for DBF Antenna Arrays Holger Pawlak, Arne F. Jacob · IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 13 Nov 2009 54
All 98 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at OHB (Germany)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CubeSat, small satellite, 3D Printing, Digital Transformation, Climate Change, Light-Emitting Diodes, Remote Sensing and Caterpillar Envenoming.

▲ 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 16 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. CubeSat2▲ 239×1 topic
  2. small satellite2▲ 239×1 topic
  3. Climate Change2▲ 2.2×9 topics
  4. 3D Printing2▲ 20×2 topics
  5. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.4×8 topics
  6. Digital Transformation1▲ 11×3 topics
  7. Sustainable Development1▲ 2.6×5 topics
  8. Caterpillar Envenoming1▲ 241×1 topic
  9. Chemistry Education1▲ 87×1 topic
  10. Laboratory Techniques1▲ 87×1 topic
  11. Light-Emitting Diodes1▲ 20×2 topics
  12. Open Innovation1▲ 52×1 topic
  13. Processionary Moth1▲ 241×1 topic
  14. Stable Isotopes1▲ 56×1 topic
  15. Trophic Position1▲ 56×1 topic
  16. User-Centric Design1▲ 144×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Space Satellite Systems and Control, Corporate Governance and Management and Digital Innovation in Industries.

Spacecraft Design and Te…1Spacecraft Design and Technology: 1 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems and Control: 1 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…1Corporate Governance and Management: 1 fractional worksDigital Innovation in In…1Digital Innovation in Industries: 1 fractional worksSatellite Communication Systems: 0 fractional worksCorporate Management and Leadership: 0 fractional worksPlasma Diagnostics and A…0Plasma Diagnostics and Applications: 0 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 0 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 0 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringStrategy and ManagementManagement of Technology and InnovationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  4. 4 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  5. 5 Satellite Communication Systems Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  7. 7 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  10. 10 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 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 available35.1%not open64.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.0%domestic only69.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 98% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is OHB (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000047% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%OHB (Germany)0.00011% in 20251990200020102020

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

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