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OTH Regensburg

In research, OTH Regensburg stands highest in Computer Science (#1,940 of 4,667 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,577 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,659 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Computational Mechanics — Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 8.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,356
of 28,054 · #11,964 all time
Rank in Germany
#303
of 1,178
Research works
2.3k
▲ 61% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is OTH Regensburg known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Computer ScienceField #1,940 of 4,667 17.0%92 #3392
Physical SciencesDomain #5,577 of 12,888 10.1%408 #8787
EngineeringField #3,659 of 6,636 7.1%255 #5667
Social SciencesDomain #6,209 of 10,521 10.2%203 #8922
Health SciencesDomain #8,054 of 11,982 13.5%118 #10527
MedicineField #8,713 of 10,443 10.0%84 #11500
Social SciencesField #5,609 of 6,365 12.9%68 #8099

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where OTH Regensburg 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Computer Science#3,392 #1,940
  2. Physical Sciences#8,787 #5,577
  3. Engineering#5,667 #3,659
  4. Social Sciences#8,922 #6,209
  5. Health Sciences#10,527 #8,054
  6. Medicine#11,500 #8,713
  7. Social Sciences#8,099 #5,609
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does OTH Regensburg specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 32.8 works8.5×
  2. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 25.4 works5.9×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.58× its world share, 92 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.27× its world share, 255 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.60× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.43× its world share, 31 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.35× its world share, 57 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 68 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at OTH Regensburg?

Ranked on the composite score, Ludwig Berekoven, Michael Sterner and Peter Ellenrieder lead among researchers whose main affiliation is OTH Regensburg.

  1. 1 Ludwig Berekoven · #157,119 worldwide 24 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Michael Sterner · #227,598 worldwide 89 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Peter Ellenrieder · #269,548 worldwide 4 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Christoph Palm · #280,172 worldwide 169 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Christian Zürner · #352,731 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Mikhail Shamonin · #443,982 worldwide 60 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Christoph Langer · #464,380 worldwide 59 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Anselm Vogel · #539,403 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Sonja Haug · #548,682 worldwide 38 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Gareth J. Monkman · #668,318 worldwide 35 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at OTH Regensburg

Which keywords describe research at OTH Regensburg?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Additive Manufacturing, Big Data, Renewable Energy Integration, Thermal Management, Vibration Analysis and Construction.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Sustainability46▲ 2.5×27 topics
  2. Sustainable Development40▲ 3.3×16 topics
  3. Big Data31▲ 4.5×17 topics
  4. Renewable Energy30▲ 2.8×23 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence28▲ 2.7×18 topics
  6. Additive Manufacturing25▲ 11×5 topics
  7. Healthcare25▲ 3.0×13 topics
  8. Renewable Energy Integration23▲ 9.1×6 topics
  9. Thermal Management22▲ 8.7×4 topics
  10. Vibration Analysis22▲ 11×7 topics
  11. Construction21▲ 21×3 topics
  12. Mathematical Modeling20▲ 31×3 topics
  13. Fluid Dynamics20▲ 20×5 topics
  14. Engineering20▲ 58×2 topics
  15. Materials Science19▲ 63×1 topic
  16. Turbine Technology19▲ 142×1 topic
  17. Structural Health Monitoring19▲ 33×3 topics
  18. Material Properties18▲ 25×4 topics
  19. Renewable Resources18▲ 15×4 topics
  20. Digital Transformation17▲ 4.3×10 topics
  21. Civil Engineering17▲ 41×2 topics
  22. Bridge Engineering16▲ 213×1 topic
  23. Geotechnical Design16▲ 213×1 topic
  24. Structural Analysis16▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Composite Structures15▲ 44×2 topics
  26. Automotive Engineering14▲ 240×1 topic
  27. Industrial Automation14▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Lightweight Materials14▲ 240×1 topic
  29. Marketing14▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Evaluation14▲ 35×2 topics
  31. Customer Relationship Management14▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Customer Experience13▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Mobile Health13▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Flexible Automation13▲ 69×1 topic
  35. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems13▲ 69×1 topic
  36. Statistical Analysis13▲ 9.8×2 topics
  37. Digital Capital13▲ 93×1 topic
  38. Value Chains13▲ 93×1 topic
  39. Physical Training13▲ 177×1 topic
  40. Research13▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does OTH Regensburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Physics and Engineering Research Articles, Civil and Structural Engineering Research, Engineering and Materials Science Studies and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.

Physics and Engineering …19Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 19 fractional worksCivil and Structural Eng…16Civil and Structural Engineering Research: 16 fractional worksEngineering and Material…14Engineering and Materials Science Studies: 14 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigura…13Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 13 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…13Corporate Governance and Management: 13 fractional worksSports Science and Educa…13Sports Science and Education: 13 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 11 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, and Society: 6 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 6 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies: 6 fractional works
Computational MechanicsCivil and Structural EngineeringMechanical EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 19 works
  2. 2 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural Engineering 16 works
  3. 3 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 14 works
  4. 4 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 13 works
  5. 5 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 13 works
  6. 6 Sports Science and Education History and Philosophy of Science 13 works
  7. 7 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 11 works
  8. 8 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  9. 9 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  10. 10 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 6 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 available29.7%not open70.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has OTH Regensburg's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 61% 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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