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Quantum Design (Germany)

In research, Quantum Design (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,823 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Physics and Astronomy — Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics is 34.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,237
of 28,054 · #5,458 all time
Rank in Germany
#157
of 1,178
Research works
224
▲ 61% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
37.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Quantum Design (Germany) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,823 of 12,888 29.7%86 #3336

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Quantum Design (Germany) 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).

What does Quantum Design (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics takes 34.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 22.5 works35×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 29.0 works14×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.46× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.25× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.64× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.50× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.34× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.61× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 14.45× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 14.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Quantum Design (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Entanglement, Quantum Information, Two-Dimensional Materials, Biosensors, Electronic Structure, Quantum Simulation, Quantum Computing and Cryptography.

▲ 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. Entanglement9▲ 66×4 topics
  2. Quantum Information6▲ 60×3 topics
  3. Two-Dimensional Materials5▲ 25×4 topics
  4. Biosensors5▲ 11×7 topics
  5. Electronic Structure5▲ 30×6 topics
  6. Quantum Computing4▲ 48×3 topics
  7. Quantum Simulation4▲ 63×2 topics
  8. Cryptography4▲ 38×1 topic
  9. Quantum4▲ 58×1 topic
  10. Graphene4▲ 6.4×6 topics
  11. Quantum Algorithms4▲ 82×1 topic
  12. Quantum Computation4▲ 82×1 topic
  13. Catalysis4▲ 6.2×13 topics
  14. Spintronics4▲ 32×4 topics
  15. Nanocomposites3▲ 4.5×7 topics
  16. Raman Spectroscopy3▲ 19×3 topics
  17. Superconductivity3▲ 21×8 topics
  18. Topological Insulators3▲ 78×2 topics
  19. Electron Spin3▲ 94×1 topic
  20. Microcavities3▲ 30×2 topics
  21. Quantum Spin Hall Effect3▲ 102×1 topic
  22. Semiconductor Quantum Dots3▲ 94×1 topic
  23. Superconductors3▲ 102×1 topic
  24. Carbon Nanotubes3▲ 9.6×3 topics
  25. Optical Modulators3▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Optoelectronic Devices3▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Integrated Circuits3▲ 19×3 topics
  28. Electronic Properties2▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Nanostructures2▲ 7.0×10 topics
  30. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 25×4 topics
  31. Transparent Conductors2▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Chemical Vapor Deposition2▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Graphene Oxide2▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Microresonators2▲ 33×3 topics
  35. Photoluminescence2▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Silicon Photonics2▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Van der Waals Heterostructures2▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Nanocrystals2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  40. Quantum Mechanics2▲ 31×3 topics

Which research topics does Quantum Design (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Topological Materials and Phenomena and Quantum and electron transport phenomena.

Quantum Information and Cryptography: 4 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 4 fractional worksTopological Materials an…3Topological Materials and Phenomena: 3 fractional worksQuantum and electron tra…3Quantum and electron transport phenomena: 3 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 2 fractional worksGraphene research and applications: 2 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…2Photonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksMechanical and Optical Resonators: 2 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 2 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsMaterials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic Engineering

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

  1. 1 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  2. 2 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  3. 3 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  4. 4 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  5. 5 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 2 works
  6. 6 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 2 works
  7. 7 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Mechanical and Optical Resonators Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  9. 9 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  10. 10 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 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 available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors79.3%domestic only20.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Quantum Design (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 61% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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