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Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria)

In research, Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,655 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,612
of 22,385 · #9,742 all time
Rank in Austria
#103
of 143
Research works
819
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.5k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria)

What is Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (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 #8,655 of 10,670 10.0%92 #4042

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (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 Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria) work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria) is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Chemistry (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 109 fractional works · 66.7% of its workEngineering: 62 fractional works · 38.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 10.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 22 fractional works · 13.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 34 fractional works · 20.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 12 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 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 workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKResearch CenterPharmaceutical…164fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences67%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences3%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6238.1%
    2. Chemistry2213.3%
    3. Materials Science116.5%
    4. Computer Science42.2%
    5. Environmental Science32.0%
    6. Energy31.9%
    7. Chemical Engineering31.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology159.0%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics138.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    5. Neuroscience10.3%
    1. Medicine148.6%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences21.1%
    2. Decision Sciences21.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    5. Psychology00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.69× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 22.63× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.78× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 8.50× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.54× its world share, 62 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.86× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 22.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics22.63×13 works
  2. Chemistry8.50×22 works
  3. Chemical Engineering4.78×3 works
  4. Engineering2.54×62 works
  5. Energy2.03×3 works
  6. Materials Science1.86×11 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.69×15 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.03×2 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.71×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.61×5 works
  11. Veterinary0.50×0 works
  12. Medicine0.45×14 works
  13. Environmental Science0.41×3 works
  14. Nursing0.35×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.28×4 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.24×1 works
  18. Dentistry0.24×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.19×0 works
  21. Health Professions0.12×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.09×2 works
  23. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  26. Psychology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria)?

Ranked on the quality score, Martin Spoerk, Luca Orefice and Charles A. Radeke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria).

  1. 1 Martin Spoerk Austria · #942,140 worldwide 2.9k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Luca Orefice Austria · #1,350,527 worldwide 348 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Charles A. Radeke Austria · #1,389,322 worldwide 809 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Gregor Toschkoff Austria · #1,506,805 worldwide 676 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Isabella Aigner Austria · #1,622,537 worldwide 543 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Christopher A. Hone Austria · #1,664,282 worldwide 1.3k citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Shengqian Wu Austria · #1,791,752 worldwide 391 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Massimo Bresciani Austria · #1,893,056 worldwide 486 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Daniel M. Koller Austria · #2,073,332 worldwide 2.2k citations · 117 works
  10. 10 Eva Maria Littringer Austria · #2,138,328 worldwide 637 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria)

What are the most cited papers from Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria)?

The most cited paper from Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria) is "The Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Sciences" (Jukka Rantanen, Johannes Khinast, 2015), with 443 citations. Next come "The human milk oligosaccharide disialyllacto-N-tetraose prevents necrotising enterocolitis in neonatal rats" (382) and "Raman spectroscopy in pharmaceutical product design" (302).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Sciences Jukka Rantanen, Johannes Khinast · Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Open access 17 Aug 2015 443
2 The human milk oligosaccharide disialyllacto-N-tetraose prevents necrotising enterocolitis in neonatal rats Evelyn Jantscher‐Krenn, Monica Zherebtsov, Caroline Nissan et al. · Gut Open access 3 Dec 2011 382
3 Raman spectroscopy in pharmaceutical product design Amrit Paudel, Dhara K. Raijada, Jukka Rantanen · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews ReviewOpen access 11 Apr 2015 302
4 The microbiome of medicinal plants: diversity and importance for plant growth, quality and health Martina Köberl, Ruth Schmidt, Elshahat M. Ramadan et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access 2013 296
5 Large-scale CFD–DEM simulations of fluidized granular systems Dalibor Jajčević, Eva Siegmann, Charles A. Radeke et al. · Chemical Engineering Science 18 May 2013 262
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Microfluidics, Single-Cell Analysis, Continuous Flow Chemistry, Droplet Formation, Polymeric Materials, Cyclodextrins and Solid Dispersions.

▲ 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. Biomedical Applications15▲ 7.7×15 topics
  2. Nanoparticles8▲ 4.1×16 topics
  3. Machine Learning8▲ 1.37×10 topics
  4. Microfluidics8▲ 61×2 topics
  5. Continuous Flow Chemistry7▲ 119×1 topic
  6. Droplet Formation7▲ 119×1 topic
  7. Single-Cell Analysis7▲ 79×2 topics
  8. Polymeric Materials6▲ 54×2 topics
  9. Cyclodextrins6▲ 183×1 topic
  10. Solid Dispersions6▲ 183×1 topic
  11. Rheology6▲ 19×4 topics
  12. Energy Efficiency6▲ 3.9×8 topics
  13. Gas-Solid Flow5▲ 98×2 topics
  14. Discrete Particle Simulation5▲ 157×1 topic
  15. Granular Flows5▲ 157×1 topic
  16. Drug Delivery5▲ 5.6×7 topics
  17. Medicinal Chemistry4▲ 10×10 topics
  18. Multiphase Flow4▲ 32×4 topics
  19. Optimization4▲ 5.6×3 topics
  20. Electrocatalysis4▲ 7.9×3 topics
  21. Monoclonal Antibodies3▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Organic Synthesis3▲ 17×8 topics
  23. Stability3▲ 8.9×2 topics
  24. Biopharmaceuticals3▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Immunogenicity3▲ 46×2 topics
  26. Comminution3▲ 58×1 topic
  27. Crystal Engineering3▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Mineral Liberation Analysis3▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Protein Aggregation3▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Recombinant Proteins3▲ 60×1 topic
  31. Therapeutic Antibodies3▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Transition Metal Complexes3▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Crystal Growth3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  34. Crystallization3▲ 33×3 topics
  35. Green Chemistry3▲ 9.9×10 topics
  36. Nanoparticle Encapsulation3▲ 31×2 topics
  37. In Vivo Imaging3▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Liquid Chromatography3▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Catalysts3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  40. Nanomedicine3▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation, Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems, Granular flow and fluidized beds and Mineral Processing and Grinding.

Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation: 7 fractional worksDrug Solubulity and Delivery Systems: 6 fractional worksGranular flow and fluidized beds: 5 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 3 fractional worksProtein purification and stability: 3 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 3 fractional worksCrystallization and Solubility Studies: 3 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 3 fractional worksOptical Coherence Tomography Applications: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Drug Delivery Systems: 2 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringPharmaceutical ScienceComputational MechanicsMechanical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation Biomedical Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems Pharmaceutical Science 6 works
  3. 3 Granular flow and fluidized beds Computational Mechanics 5 works
  4. 4 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Crystallization and Solubility Studies Materials Chemistry 3 works
  8. 8 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 3 works
  9. 9 Optical Coherence Tomography Applications Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Advanced Drug Delivery Systems Pharmaceutical Science 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 available26.6%not open73.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% 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 Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria)0.00067% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Austria)8.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2018.

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