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RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)

In research, RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,960 of 17,446 worldwide), Life Sciences (#6,391 of 11,023 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#3,604 of 5,801 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,058
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#499
of 1,603
Research works
953
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)

What is RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #9,960 of 17,446 6.5%424
Life SciencesDomain #6,391 of 11,023 6.4%227
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,604 of 5,801 6.5%142
Health SciencesDomain #11,649 of 16,688 5.1%181
MedicineField #10,290 of 14,558 5.0%164
EngineeringField #7,317 of 9,532 6.6%151
Social SciencesDomain #13,232 of 14,833 4.6%121

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where RAG Aktiengesellschaft (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Engineering (16%), Medicine (14%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 17 fractional works · 38.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 17.1% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 8.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 26.3% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 15.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 20.1% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 13.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 15.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKRAGAktiengesellscha…45fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences39%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences817.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities48.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting37.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance25.1%
    5. Psychology00.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Engineering715.9%
    2. Environmental Science24.8%
    3. Materials Science11.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy01.0%
    5. Energy01.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.9%
    7. Computer Science00.6%
    8. Chemistry00.4%
    1. Medicine613.8%
    2. Health Professions36.1%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology512.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.26× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.06× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.32× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.78× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.19× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.78×4 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.38×2 works
  3. Health Professions2.32×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.26×5 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.19×3 works
  6. Social Sciences1.35×8 works
  7. Engineering1.06×7 works
  8. Energy1.04×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.97×2 works
  10. Veterinary0.91×0 works
  11. Medicine0.72×6 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.59×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.57×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.48×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.47×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.24×0 works
  19. Psychology0.24×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Ulrike Gutjahr, Frank Girbig and Volker Spreckels lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany).

  1. 1 Ulrike Gutjahr Germany · #3,537,942 worldwide 862 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Frank Girbig Germany · #3,641,892 worldwide 1.6k citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Volker Spreckels Germany · #3,865,766 worldwide 411 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Martin Kleine Jager Germany · #4,557,532 worldwide 525 citations · 98 works
  5. 5 Werner Schwertfeger Germany · #4,817,464 worldwide 307 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Jakob Hermann Winter Germany · #4,892,679 worldwide 84 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 NORBERT KLESEL Germany · #5,171,126 worldwide 720 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Erich Lück Germany · #5,236,338 worldwide 174 citations · 169 works
  9. 9 Martin Junker Germany · #5,253,271 worldwide 61 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Martin Jäger Germany · #5,409,401 worldwide 735 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)?

The most cited paper from RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) is "Bacterial alkaline proteases: molecular approaches and industrial applications" (Rani Gupta, Beg Q., Philipp Lorenz, 2002), with 1,611 citations. Next come "Nanocrystalline metals prepared by high-energy ball milling" (614) and "Crystal structure of active elongation factor Tu reveals major domain rearrangements" (528).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bacterial alkaline proteases: molecular approaches and industrial applications Rani Gupta, Beg Q., Philipp Lorenz · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Jun 2002 1,611
2 Nanocrystalline metals prepared by high-energy ball milling H.‐J. Fecht, E. Hellstern, Zheng Yi Fu et al. · Metallurgical Transactions A Sep 1990 614
3 Crystal structure of active elongation factor Tu reveals major domain rearrangements Harald Berchtold, Ludmila S. Reshetnikova, Christian O. A. Reiser et al. · Nature Sep 1993 528
4 Fast correlation attacks on certain stream ciphers Willi Meier, Othmar Staffelbach · Journal of Cryptology Open access Oct 1989 488
5 Nonlinearity Criteria for Cryptographic Functions Willi Meier, Othmar Staffelbach · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 15 Nov 2007 406
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Resources, Microbial Communities, Criminal Justice, Immune Responses, Gut Microbiota, Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Sustainable Development and Privacy.

▲ 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. Renewable Resources3▲ 38×3 topics
  2. Sustainable Development3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  3. Microbial Communities3▲ 13×3 topics
  4. Sustainability3▲ 2.4×5 topics
  5. Criminal Justice2▲ 24×2 topics
  6. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  7. Human Rights2▲ 5.1×2 topics
  8. Immune Responses2▲ 37×2 topics
  9. Gut Microbiota2▲ 15×1 topic
  10. Short-Chain Fatty Acids2▲ 44×1 topic
  11. Privacy2▲ 17×2 topics
  12. Corporate Governance2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  13. Legal Methodology2▲ 265×1 topic
  14. Party Competition2▲ 427×1 topic
  15. Public Health2▲ 3.1×2 topics
  16. Germany2▲ 238×1 topic
  17. Health Surveys2▲ 238×1 topic
  18. Materials Science2▲ 102×3 topics
  19. Mitochondrial Function2▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Thermal Management2▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Engineering2▲ 81×2 topics
  22. Fluid Dynamics2▲ 26×2 topics
  23. European Union2▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Vibration Analysis2▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Automotive Engineering2▲ 398×1 topic
  26. Gender2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  27. Lightweight Materials2▲ 398×1 topic
  28. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 10×1 topic
  29. Turbine Technology2▲ 195×1 topic
  30. Human Microbiome1▲ 468×1 topic
  31. Microbial Metabolites1▲ 88×1 topic
  32. Autorschaft1▲ 149×1 topic
  33. Bildung1▲ 94×1 topic
  34. Telemedicine1▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Dosimetry1▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Economic Policy1▲ 44×1 topic
  37. PET Imaging1▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Professional Development1▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Radiopharmaceuticals1▲ 78×1 topic
  40. Wealth Effects1▲ 914×1 topic

Which research topics does RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gut microbiota and health, Law and Political Science, Health and Medical Studies and Physics and Engineering Research Articles.

Gut microbiota and health2Gut microbiota and health: 2 fractional worksLaw and Political Science2Law and Political Science: 2 fractional worksHealth and Medical Studies2Health and Medical Studies: 2 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering …2Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 2 fractional worksEngineering and Materials Science Studies: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Science and Technology: 1 fractional worksGerman Literature and Cu…1German Literature and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksGerman Economic Analysis & Policies: 1 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 1 fractional worksDiverse Legal and Medical Studies: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyLawGeneral Health ProfessionsComputational Mechanics6 others

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

  1. 1 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 works
  2. 2 Law and Political Science Law 2 works
  3. 3 Health and Medical Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 2 works
  5. 5 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Environmental Science and Technology Biochemistry 1 works
  7. 7 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  8. 8 German Economic Analysis & Policies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  10. 10 Diverse Legal and Medical Studies Strategy and Management 1 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 available16.9%not open83.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher 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 RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)0.000069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany) 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2024RAG Aktiengesellschaft (Germany)8.9% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.8% in 1990.

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