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Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)

In research, Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,260 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Polymers and Plastics and Materials Science (Polymers and Plastics is 46.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,423
of 22,385 · #12,213 all time
Rank in Austria
#117
of 143
Research works
434
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.9k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)

What is Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,260 of 10,670 9.1%101 #2845

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria) 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 Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria) work in?

In 2022-now, 97% of research at Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Materials Science (29%), Chemistry (12%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 115 fractional works · 97.1% of its workEngineering: 49 fractional works · 41.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 34 fractional works · 29.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 22 fractional works · 18.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 12.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPolymerCompetence Cente…118fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences97%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences0%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4941.6%
    2. Materials Science3429.0%
    3. Chemistry1412.2%
    4. Environmental Science75.9%
    5. Energy65.0%
    6. Chemical Engineering21.4%
    7. Computer Science21.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    2. Neuroscience10.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Dentistry10.8%
    2. Medicine00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    2. Decision Sciences00.1%
    3. Psychology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Polymers and Plastics takes 46.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 22.0 works46×
  2. Materials ScienceField · 34.3 works8.3×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.94× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.80× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 5.46× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.77× its world share, 49 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.19× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 8.29× its world share, 34 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science8.29×34 works
  2. Chemistry7.80×14 works
  3. Energy5.46×6 works
  4. Chemical Engineering3.94×2 works
  5. Engineering2.77×49 works
  6. Dentistry1.74×1 works
  7. Environmental Science1.19×7 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.80×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.36×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.29×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.16×2 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×1 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.10×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  16. Psychology0.03×0 works
  17. Medicine0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)?

Ranked on the quality score, Sandra Schlögl, David Reisinger and Elisabeth Rossegger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria).

  1. 1 Sandra Schlögl Austria · #683,884 worldwide 5k citations · 219 works
  2. 2 David Reisinger Austria · #732,499 worldwide 661 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Elisabeth Rossegger Austria · #1,415,562 worldwide 1.7k citations · 113 works
  4. 4 Mathias Fleisch Austria · #1,551,926 worldwide 519 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Andreas Frank Austria · #1,977,976 worldwide 929 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Walter Alabiso Austria · #1,986,361 worldwide 483 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Joachim Fiebig Austria · #2,043,747 worldwide 377 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Simon Kaiser Austria · #2,167,427 worldwide 472 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Tanja Stiller Austria · #2,225,818 worldwide 184 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Andreas Thalhamer Austria · #2,359,357 worldwide 202 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)

What are the most cited papers from Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)?

The most cited paper from Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria) is "Microalgae as versatile cellular factories for valued products" (Martin Koller, Alexander Muhr, Gerhart Braunegg, 2014), with 634 citations. Next come "Review of degradation and failure phenomena in photovoltaic modules" (630) and "Properties of Polymer Composites Used in High-Voltage Applications" (395).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Microalgae as versatile cellular factories for valued products Martin Koller, Alexander Muhr, Gerhart Braunegg · Algal Research 26 Sep 2014 634
2 Review of degradation and failure phenomena in photovoltaic modules Mohammadreza Aghaei, Andrew Fairbrother, Abdülkerim Gök et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access 3 Feb 2022 630
3 Properties of Polymer Composites Used in High-Voltage Applications Ilona Pleşa, P. Notingher, Sandra Schlögl et al. · Polymers Open access 28 Apr 2016 395
4 Relation between degradation of polymeric components in crystalline silicon PV module and climatic conditions: A literature review Antonia Omazic, Gernot Oreški, M. Halwachs et al. · Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Open access 27 Dec 2018 251
5 Determining the degree of crosslinking of ethylene vinyl acetate photovoltaic module encapsulants—A comparative study Ch. Hirschl, M. Biebl–Rydlo, M. DeBiasio et al. · Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells Open access 5 Jun 2013 238
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoparticles, Polymer Composites, Mechanical Properties, Nanocomposites, Polymerization, Biodegradable Polymers, Recycling and Shape Memory Polymers.

▲ 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 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. Nanoparticles16▲ 10×15 topics
  2. Polymer Composites15▲ 47×4 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties14▲ 12×16 topics
  4. Nanocomposites12▲ 13×14 topics
  5. Polymerization12▲ 104×5 topics
  6. Biodegradable Polymers11▲ 54×4 topics
  7. Recycling11▲ 23×5 topics
  8. Shape Memory Polymers10▲ 103×2 topics
  9. Renewable Resources8▲ 40×2 topics
  10. Self-Healing8▲ 175×1 topic
  11. Supramolecular Polymers8▲ 175×1 topic
  12. Visible Light8▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Cationic8▲ 550×1 topic
  14. Photoinitiation8▲ 550×1 topic
  15. Renewable Energy8▲ 4.5×4 topics
  16. Solar Energy8▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Additive Manufacturing7▲ 19×5 topics
  18. Biomedical Applications6▲ 4.1×14 topics
  19. Conducting Polymers5▲ 32×2 topics
  20. 3D Printing5▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Materials5▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Biological Applications5▲ 59×3 topics
  23. Maximum Power Point Tracking5▲ 80×1 topic
  24. Photovoltaic Arrays5▲ 80×1 topic
  25. Rheology5▲ 21×4 topics
  26. Applications5▲ 14×1 topic
  27. Challenges5▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Polymer Blends4▲ 61×1 topic
  29. Polymer Crystallization4▲ 161×1 topic
  30. Polymer4▲ 47×2 topics
  31. Finite Element Analysis4▲ 15×5 topics
  32. Layered Silicate4▲ 107×1 topic
  33. Preparation4▲ 107×1 topic
  34. Self-Assembly4▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Click Chemistry4▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Living Radical Polymerization4▲ 152×1 topic
  37. Epoxy Resins4▲ 83×2 topics
  38. Molecular Switches3▲ 148×1 topic
  39. Photochromic3▲ 148×1 topic
  40. Life Cycle Assessment3▲ 9.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Polymer composites and self-healing, Photopolymerization techniques and applications, Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies.

Polymer composites and self-healing: 8 fractional worksPhotopolymerization techniques and applications: 8 fractional worksPhotovoltaic System Optimization Techniques: 5 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 5 fractional worksPolymer crystallization and properties: 4 fractional worksPolymer Nanocomposites and Properties: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Polymer Synthes…4Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization: 4 fractional worksPhotochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry: 3 fractional worksEpoxy Resin Curing Processes: 3 fractional worksPhotovoltaic Systems and Sustainability: 3 fractional works
Polymers and PlasticsOrganic ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentAutomotive Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Polymer composites and self-healing Polymers and Plastics 8 works
  2. 2 Photopolymerization techniques and applications Organic Chemistry 8 works
  3. 3 Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  4. 4 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Polymer crystallization and properties Polymers and Plastics 4 works
  6. 6 Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties Polymers and Plastics 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization Organic Chemistry 4 works
  8. 8 Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry Materials Chemistry 3 works
  9. 9 Epoxy Resin Curing Processes Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 3 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 available37.1%not open62.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.4%domestic only71.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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 Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)0.00039% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria) 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.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Polymer Competence Center Leoben (Austria)4.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.6% in 2020.

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