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PNSensor (Germany)

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Research works
112
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
PNSensor (Germany)

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

In all years, 89% of research at PNSensor (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (54%), Engineering (24%), Materials Science (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 100 fractional works · 89.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 61 fractional works · 54.0% of its workRadiation: 28 fractional works · 25.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 22 fractional works · 19.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 23.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 14.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 9 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStructural Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPNSensor(Germany)112fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences0%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy6154.0%
    2. Engineering2623.6%
    3. Materials Science1110.0%
    4. Computer Science10.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Environmental Science00.1%
    1. Medicine76.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    2. Decision Sciences00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.49× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 4.48× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 16.87× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× 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: Physics and Astronomy, 16.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy16.87×3 works
  2. Materials Science4.48×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.49×1 works
  4. Engineering1.56×2 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×0 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×0 works
  7. Medicine0.27×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.21×0 works

Who are the top researchers at PNSensor (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Nils Johannes Kimmel, Christian Reich and P. Holl lead among researchers whose main affiliation is PNSensor (Germany).

  1. 1 Nils Johannes Kimmel Germany · #150,687 worldwide 7.7k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Christian Reich Germany · #350,817 worldwide 6.9k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 P. Holl Germany · #577,552 worldwide 14k citations · 238 works
  4. 4 Robert Hartmann Germany · #829,831 worldwide 16k citations · 384 works
  5. 5 Andreas Hartmann Germany · #873,279 worldwide 1.5k citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Lothar Strüder Germany · #1,294,503 worldwide 21k citations · 559 works
  7. 7 Henning Ryll Germany · #1,841,727 worldwide 810 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Heike Soltau Germany · #2,388,188 worldwide 13k citations · 356 works
  9. 9 Sebastian Ihle Germany · #2,560,306 worldwide 670 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Klaus Heinzinger Germany · #2,581,111 worldwide 719 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at PNSensor (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from PNSensor (Germany) is "Femtosecond X-ray protein nanocrystallography" (Henry N. Chapman et al., 2011), with 2,130 citations. Next come "Single mimivirus particles intercepted and imaged with an X-ray laser" (916) and "Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Giant Mimivirus Particle with an X-Ray Free-Electron Laser" (352).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Femtosecond X-ray protein nanocrystallography Henry N. Chapman et al. · Nature Open access Feb 2011 2,130
2 Single mimivirus particles intercepted and imaged with an X-ray laser Marvin M. Seibert et al. · Nature Open access Feb 2011 916
3 Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Giant Mimivirus Particle with an X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Tomas Ekeberg et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 2 Mar 2015 352
4 Self-terminating diffraction gates femtosecond X-ray nanocrystallography measurements Anton Barty et al. · Nature Photonics Open access 16 Dec 2011 347
5 Nanoscale spin reversal by non-local angular momentum transfer following ultrafast laser excitation in ferrimagnetic GdFeCo Catherine E. Graves et al. · Nature Materials Open access 15 Mar 2013 341
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at PNSensor (Germany)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Photon Counting, X-ray Imaging, Detector Performance, CMOS Technology, Particle Detectors, Silicon Detectors, Tomography and Radiation Detection.

▲ 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. Photon Counting29▲ 346×3 topics
  2. X-ray Imaging26▲ 479×2 topics
  3. Detector Performance22▲ 367×2 topics
  4. CMOS Technology20▲ 149×2 topics
  5. Particle Detectors20▲ 649×1 topic
  6. Silicon Detectors20▲ 649×1 topic
  7. Tomography14▲ 45×3 topics
  8. Radiation Detection12▲ 163×2 topics
  9. Medical Imaging11▲ 36×3 topics
  10. Crystal Growth10▲ 27×2 topics
  11. Inorganic Scintillators10▲ 216×1 topic
  12. Scintillation Detectors10▲ 216×1 topic
  13. Radiation Effects9▲ 172×2 topics
  14. Scanning Electron Microscopy9▲ 130×1 topic
  15. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy9▲ 57×1 topic
  16. Biomedical Imaging9▲ 131×2 topics
  17. High-Speed Imaging9▲ 63×2 topics
  18. CMOS Image Sensors9▲ 295×1 topic
  19. Low-Noise Sensors9▲ 295×1 topic
  20. Small-Angle Scattering7▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Phase Retrieval7▲ 275×1 topic
  22. Ptychography7▲ 275×1 topic
  23. Neutron Activation Analysis7▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Neutron Imaging7▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Imaging6▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Quantitative Analysis6▲ 31×3 topics
  27. Cancer6▲ 3.7×1 topic
  28. PET/CT6▲ 68×1 topic
  29. Structure Determination5▲ 97×2 topics
  30. Cryo-Electron Microscopy5▲ 221×1 topic
  31. Single-Particle Analysis5▲ 221×1 topic
  32. Spectroscopy5▲ 13×3 topics
  33. X-ray Absorption5▲ 107×2 topics
  34. High Resolution4▲ 127×1 topic
  35. X-ray Emission4▲ 127×1 topic
  36. Galactic Center4▲ 63×2 topics
  37. Black Holes4▲ 27×2 topics
  38. X-Ray Spectroscopy4▲ 49×2 topics
  39. Accretion Disks4▲ 43×1 topic
  40. X-Ray Astronomy4▲ 107×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Particle Detector Development and Performance and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques.

Electron and X-Ray Spect…1Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 1 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 1 fractional worksCCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors: 0 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…0Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksX-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis: 0 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 0 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 0 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 0 fractional works
Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsStructural BiologyNuclear and High Energy PhysicsRadiation3 others

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

  1. 1 Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1 works
  2. 2 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications Structural Biology 1 works
  3. 3 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 1 works
  5. 5 CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  7. 7 X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis Radiation 0 works
  8. 8 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 0 works
  10. 10 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.6%domestic only63.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has PNSensor (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 PNSensor (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000068% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%PNSensor (Germany)0.000027% in 202520102020

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

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