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PTV Group (Germany)

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World rank, all time
#35,555
of 42,892
Rank in Germany
#1,677
of 2,077
Research works
179
▲ 84% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

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: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.09× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.64× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at PTV Group (Germany)?

Ranked on the composite score, Tobias Kretz, Wolf Steinbrecher and Wolfgang Fastenmeier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is PTV Group (Germany).

  1. 1 Tobias Kretz Germany · #479,376 worldwide 130 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Wolf Steinbrecher Germany · #597,206 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Wolfgang Fastenmeier Germany · #880,689 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at PTV Group (Germany)

Which keywords describe research at PTV Group (Germany)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Travel Behavior, Public Transport, Urban Mobility, User Satisfaction, Route Choice, Service Quality, Environmental Impacts and Intelligent Transportation Systems.

▲ 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. Travel Behavior21▲ 154×2 topics
  2. Public Transport19▲ 185×2 topics
  3. Urban Mobility19▲ 185×2 topics
  4. User Satisfaction19▲ 71×2 topics
  5. Route Choice19▲ 201×1 topic
  6. Service Quality19▲ 60×1 topic
  7. Sustainability16▲ 5.0×16 topics
  8. Environmental Impacts14▲ 37×3 topics
  9. Intelligent Transportation Systems14▲ 86×3 topics
  10. Traffic Flow13▲ 116×2 topics
  11. Agent-Based Modeling10▲ 36×3 topics
  12. E-commerce10▲ 20×2 topics
  13. Deep Learning9▲ 2.5×14 topics
  14. Reinforcement Learning9▲ 65×2 topics
  15. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control9▲ 179×1 topic
  16. Microscopic Simulation9▲ 179×1 topic
  17. Sustainable Development9▲ 4.4×9 topics
  18. Simulation9▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Evacuation8▲ 222×1 topic
  20. Pedestrian Dynamics8▲ 222×1 topic
  21. Big Data8▲ 7.8×8 topics
  22. Ridesharing8▲ 135×1 topic
  23. Shared Autonomous Vehicles8▲ 135×1 topic
  24. Supply Chain7▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Crowdsourcing7▲ 63×2 topics
  26. City Logistics7▲ 189×1 topic
  27. Last Mile Delivery7▲ 189×1 topic
  28. Electric Vehicles6▲ 22×4 topics
  29. Digital Transformation6▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Flexible Automation6▲ 107×1 topic
  31. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems6▲ 107×1 topic
  32. Autonomous Vehicles6▲ 22×5 topics
  33. Spatial Analysis5▲ 34×3 topics
  34. Model Predictive Control5▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Physical Activity5▲ 7.5×4 topics
  36. Urban Traffic5▲ 42×3 topics
  37. Transportation4▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Time Series Analysis4▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Driver Behavior4▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Renewable Energy Integration4▲ 8.5×3 topics

Which research topics does PTV Group (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transportation Planning and Optimization, Traffic control and management, Transportation and Mobility Innovations and Data Quality and Management.

Transportation Planning and Optimization: 2 fractional worksTraffic control and management: 2 fractional worksTransportation and Mobil…1Transportation and Mobility Innovations: 1 fractional worksData Quality and Managem…1Data Quality and Management: 1 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 1 fractional worksUrban and Freight Transport Logistics: 1 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Con…1Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 1 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 0 fractional worksMilitary Strategy and Technology: 0 fractional works
TransportationControl and Systems EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringManagement Science and Operations Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 2 works
  2. 2 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  5. 5 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 1 works
  7. 7 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Military Strategy and Technology Control and Systems Engineering 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 available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has PTV Group (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 84% 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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