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Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany)

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Research works
97
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
402
4.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
6%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany)

Not ranked overall: Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany) work in?

In all years, 77% of research at Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (54%), Physics and Astronomy (11%), Decision Sciences (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 75 fractional works · 77.2% of its workEngineering: 53 fractional works · 54.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 15.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 9.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 7.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 fractional works · 9.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 16.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 9 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPfeiffer Vacuum(Germany)97fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences16%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5354.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1111.1%
    3. Environmental Science22.1%
    4. Materials Science21.9%
    5. Mathematics21.7%
    6. Chemistry21.6%
    7. Chemical Engineering21.6%
    8. Computer Science21.6%
    9. Energy11.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    1. Decision Sciences99.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting43.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities22.4%
    4. Psychology00.5%
    5. Social Sciences00.3%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    1. Medicine22.1%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
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.

Chemical Engineering: 8.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.59× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEngineering: 4.32× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 5.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering8.06×0 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy5.07×1 works
  3. Engineering4.32×8 works
  4. Chemistry3.59×1 works
  5. Materials Science1.61×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.31×0 works
  7. Environmental Science1.13×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, W. Becker, J. Henning and K. Bernhardt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany).

  1. 1 W. Becker Germany · #3,220,783 worldwide 267 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 J. Henning Germany · #3,513,138 worldwide 185 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 K. Bernhardt Germany · #4,397,142 worldwide 51 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Heinz Barfuss Germany · #5,343,377 worldwide 10 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany) is "Tetrodotoxin and its analogue 6-epitetrodotoxin in newts (Triturus spp.; Urodela, Salamandridae) from southern Germany" (Mari Yotsu‐Yamashita, Dietrich Mebs, Axel Kwet et al., 2007), with 57 citations. Next come "Atomic scale interface engineering by modulated ion-assisted deposition applied to soft x-ray multilayer optics" (45) and "Study of electrochemical instabilities of PEMFC electrodes in aqueous solution by means of membrane inlet mass spectrometry" (44).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tetrodotoxin and its analogue 6-epitetrodotoxin in newts (Triturus spp.; Urodela, Salamandridae) from southern Germany Mari Yotsu‐Yamashita, Dietrich Mebs, Axel Kwet et al. · Toxicon 11 Apr 2007 57
2 Atomic scale interface engineering by modulated ion-assisted deposition applied to soft x-ray multilayer optics Fredrik Eriksson, Naureen Ghafoor, F. Schäfers et al. · Applied Optics Aug 2008 45
3 Study of electrochemical instabilities of PEMFC electrodes in aqueous solution by means of membrane inlet mass spectrometry Antonio M. Chaparro, N. MUELLER, C. Atienza et al. · Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 23 May 2006 44
4 Numerical modeling of the Holweck pump Felix Sharipov, Peter Fahrenbach, Andreas Zipp · Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films 22 Jul 2005 43
5 The turbomolecular pump, its design, operation and theory; calculation of the pumping speed for various gases and their dependence on the forepump W. Becker · Vacuum Nov 1966 42
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Measurement Uncertainty, Redefinition of SI Units, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Vibration Analysis, Engineering, Materials Science and Fluid Dynamics.

▲ 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. Measurement Uncertainty9▲ 396×1 topic
  2. Redefinition of SI Units9▲ 396×1 topic
  3. Renewable Energy6▲ 6.5×5 topics
  4. Energy Efficiency6▲ 7.9×7 topics
  5. Sustainability6▲ 3.5×4 topics
  6. Vibration Analysis6▲ 19×2 topics
  7. Engineering5▲ 53×2 topics
  8. Materials Science5▲ 64×2 topics
  9. Fluid Dynamics5▲ 33×1 topic
  10. Renewable Energy Integration5▲ 19×1 topic
  11. Thermal Plasma5▲ 461×1 topic
  12. Vacuum Arcs5▲ 461×1 topic
  13. Gas Turbine Engines4▲ 86×2 topics
  14. Environmental Impact4▲ 3.2×5 topics
  15. Modeling4▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Thermodynamic Analysis4▲ 68×2 topics
  17. Ceramic Materials3▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Control3▲ 24×1 topic
  19. High Temperature Sensors3▲ 170×1 topic
  20. Hydraulic Systems3▲ 55×1 topic
  21. Thin Film Thermocouples3▲ 170×1 topic
  22. Ejectors3▲ 112×1 topic
  23. Refrigerants3▲ 112×1 topic
  24. Negative Ion Sources3▲ 64×1 topic
  25. Superconducting Cavities3▲ 64×1 topic
  26. Vortex Dynamics3▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Cryogenic Storage2▲ 64×1 topic
  28. Laser Surface Texturing2▲ 67×1 topic
  29. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)2▲ 64×1 topic
  30. Tribological Performance2▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Plasma Etching2▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Semiconductor Industry2▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Superfluidity2▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Helium Nanodroplets2▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Kinetic Theory2▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Quantum Turbulence2▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Boltzmann Equation2▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Business Models2▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Nb3Sn Conductor2▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Rarefied Flows2▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Vacuum and Plasma Arcs, Particle accelerators and beam dynamics, Superconducting Materials and Applications and Fusion materials and technologies.

Vacuum and Plasma Arcs: 1 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 1 fractional worksSuperconducting Material…1Superconducting Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…1Fusion materials and technologies: 1 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 1 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 1 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehi…1Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 1 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related Materials: 0 fractional worksInjection Molding Process and Properties: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 0 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsAerospace EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringMaterials Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Vacuum and Plasma Arcs Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  2. 2 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Injection Molding Process and Properties Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 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 available6.4%not open93.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000090% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Pfeiffer Vacuum (Germany)0.000017% in 202519801990200020102020

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

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

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