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Optikron (Germany)

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Research works
73
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
499
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Optikron (Germany) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Chemical Engineering: 2.98× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 3.99× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 11.96× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.94× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 12.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Optikron (Germany)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sensor Fusion, Inertial Navigation Systems, Kalman Filtering, Photon Counting, Optical 3D Laser Measurement, Position-Sensitive Detector, CubeSat and High-Speed Imaging.

▲ 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 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. Sensor Fusion7▲ 104×2 topics
  2. Inertial Navigation Systems6▲ 311×1 topic
  3. Kalman Filtering6▲ 311×1 topic
  4. Photon Counting6▲ 113×3 topics
  5. Optical 3D Laser Measurement5▲ 381×1 topic
  6. Position-Sensitive Detector5▲ 381×1 topic
  7. Remote Sensing4▲ 5.1×15 topics
  8. CubeSat4▲ 194×1 topic
  9. High-Speed Imaging4▲ 38×2 topics
  10. small satellite4▲ 194×1 topic
  11. Orbit Determination3▲ 108×2 topics
  12. Laser Ranging3▲ 216×1 topic
  13. Time-of-Flight3▲ 68×1 topic
  14. Detection3▲ 14×2 topics
  15. On-Orbit Performance3▲ 179×1 topic
  16. Radiometric Calibration3▲ 179×1 topic
  17. On-Orbit Servicing3▲ 184×1 topic
  18. Space Debris3▲ 184×1 topic
  19. Frequency Conversion3▲ 36×3 topics
  20. CMOS Image Sensors2▲ 132×1 topic
  21. Low-Noise Sensors2▲ 132×1 topic
  22. Adaptive Optics2▲ 155×1 topic
  23. Dimensional Metrology2▲ 91×1 topic
  24. Error Compensation2▲ 91×1 topic
  25. Wavefront Sensing2▲ 155×1 topic
  26. Sparse Representation2▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Imaging2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  28. Compound Eyes2▲ 197×1 topic
  29. Freeform Optics2▲ 197×1 topic
  30. Infrared2▲ 89×1 topic
  31. Mars2▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Martian Surface2▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Small Target2▲ 89×1 topic
  34. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Raman Lasers2▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Astronomical Instrumentation2▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Image Processing2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  38. Spectrograph2▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Photonic Crystals1▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Ring Laser Gyroscope1▲ 80×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Space Satellite Systems and Control, Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies, Inertial Sensor and Navigation and Spacecraft Design and Technology.

Space Satellite Systems …2Space Satellite Systems and Control: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing…1Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 1 fractional worksInertial Sensor and Navigation: 1 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Technology: 1 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 1 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…0Astro and Planetary Science: 0 fractional worksGNSS positioning and interference: 0 fractional worksSatellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 0 fractional worksBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringInstrumentationComputational MechanicsAstronomy and Astrophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 1 works
  3. 3 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 1 works
  6. 6 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Satellite Image Processing and Photogrammetry Ocean Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 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 available25.7%not open74.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.2%domestic only83.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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