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OSRAM (Germany)

In research, OSRAM (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,706 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#3,190 of 9,532 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,297 of 3,725 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#9,180
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#456
of 1,603
Research works
673
▼ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.21×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
OSRAM (Germany)

What is OSRAM (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 #2,706 of 17,446 9.4%634
EngineeringField #3,190 of 9,532 8.2%322
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,297 of 3,725 8.9%210
Physics and AstronomyField #1,192 of 2,917 14.3%168

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where OSRAM (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 OSRAM (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at OSRAM (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Materials Science (19%), Physics and Astronomy (17%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 74.5% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 25.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 11.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 16.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 12.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKOSRAM (Germany)38fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences75%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences10%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1025.0%
    2. Materials Science718.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy616.9%
    4. Chemistry37.2%
    5. Computer Science24.1%
    6. Environmental Science01.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    8. Mathematics00.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting24.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.2%
    3. Psychology12.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.9%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Neuroscience26.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Medicine24.6%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
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: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 3.75× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.57× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.67× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.40× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.60× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy7.60×6 works
  2. Materials Science5.40×7 works
  3. Chemistry4.57×3 works
  4. Neuroscience3.75×2 works
  5. Engineering1.67×10 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.36×2 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.00×0 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.83×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.76×1 works
  10. Psychology0.72×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.58×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.53×2 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.45×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.37×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.33×0 works
  18. Medicine0.24×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.22×0 works

Who are the top researchers at OSRAM (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthias Sabathil, Bastian Galler and Werner Bergbauer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is OSRAM (Germany).

  1. 1 Matthias Sabathil Germany · #534,740 worldwide 3.2k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Bastian Galler Germany · #631,426 worldwide 1.4k citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Werner Bergbauer Germany · #996,181 worldwide 1.1k citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Johannes Baur Germany · #1,066,099 worldwide 1.4k citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Stephan Lutgen Germany · #1,318,798 worldwide 1.6k citations · 45 works
  6. 6 R. Zeisel Germany · #1,368,993 worldwide 1.2k citations · 45 works
  7. 7 B. Hahn Germany · #1,427,257 worldwide 1.8k citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Martin Straßburg Germany · #1,470,758 worldwide 6k citations · 182 works
  9. 9 Karl Engl Germany · #1,535,063 worldwide 792 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Ansgar Laubsch Germany · #1,635,390 worldwide 919 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at OSRAM (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from OSRAM (Germany) is "nextnano: General Purpose 3-D Simulations" (Stefan Birner, Tobias Zibold, Till F. M. Andlauer et al., 2007), with 663 citations. Next come "New thermoelectric components using microsystem technologies" (375) and "Sr[Li2Al2O2N2]:Eu2+—A high performance red phosphor to brighten the future" (343).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 nextnano: General Purpose 3-D Simulations Stefan Birner, Tobias Zibold, Till F. M. Andlauer et al. · IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 29 Aug 2007 663
2 New thermoelectric components using microsystem technologies H. Böttner, Joachim Nurnus, Alexander A. Gavrikov et al. · Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems Open access Jun 2004 375
3 Sr[Li2Al2O2N2]:Eu2+—A high performance red phosphor to brighten the future Gregor J. Hoerder, Markus Seibald, Dominik Baumann et al. · Nature Communications Open access 23 Apr 2019 343
4 High-Power and High-Efficiency InGaN-Based Light Emitters Ansgar Laubsch, Matthias Sabathil, Johannes Baur et al. · IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 9 Dec 2009 341
5 Acute exposure to evening blue‐enriched light impacts on human sleep Sarah L. Chellappa, Roland Steiner, Peter Oelhafen et al. · Journal of Sleep Research Open access 20 Mar 2013 290
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at OSRAM (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solid-State Lighting, Nanowires, Semiconductors, Band Parameters, Light-Emitting Diodes, GaN, III-Nitrides and Luminescent Materials.

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

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Solid-State Lighting7▲ 224×2 topics
  2. Nanowires6▲ 109×3 topics
  3. Semiconductors6▲ 51×4 topics
  4. Band Parameters5▲ 261×2 topics
  5. Light-Emitting Diodes5▲ 84×2 topics
  6. GaN5▲ 347×1 topic
  7. III-Nitrides5▲ 400×1 topic
  8. Luminescent Materials3▲ 130×2 topics
  9. Crystal Growth2▲ 23×4 topics
  10. Nanocrystal Synthesis2▲ 109×1 topic
  11. Upconversion Nanoparticles2▲ 109×1 topic
  12. Crystal Structure2▲ 35×3 topics
  13. Solar Cells2▲ 21×6 topics
  14. Inorganic Clusters2▲ 270×1 topic
  15. Oxynitride Perovskites2▲ 270×1 topic
  16. Semiconductor1▲ 12×3 topics
  17. Crystallographic Computing1▲ 271×1 topic
  18. Nanostructures1▲ 8.3×4 topics
  19. Nonlinear Optical Materials1▲ 90×1 topic
  20. Biosensors1▲ 6.2×4 topics
  21. Photodetectors1▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Supply Chain Management1▲ 2.9×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials and Crystal Structures and Properties.

GaN-based semiconductor …5GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 5 fractional worksLuminescence Properties …2Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials: 2 fractional worksInorganic Chemistry and …2Inorganic Chemistry and Materials: 2 fractional worksCrystal Structures and Properties: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksThin-Film Transistor Technologies: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksGa2O3 and related materials: 1 fractional works
Condensed Matter PhysicsMaterials ChemistryInorganic ChemistryElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials3 others

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

  1. 1 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 5 works
  2. 2 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 2 works
  3. 3 Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Inorganic Chemistry 2 works
  4. 4 Crystal Structures and Properties Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 works
  5. 5 Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  6. 6 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Thin-Film Transistor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Ga2O3 and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 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 available13.6%not open86.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% lower 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 OSRAM (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%OSRAM (Germany)0.000071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of OSRAM (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.

10%20%30%OSRAM (Germany)11.8% in 2019all institutions10.0% in 20192010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.9% in 2009.

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