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Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems

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World rank, all time
#31,122
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,474
of 1,603
Research works
141
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.1k
64.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
11%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems

Which fields of science does Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems work in?

In all years, 71% of research at Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (33%), Engineering (23%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 101 fractional works · 71.3% of its workMaterials Science: 46 fractional works · 32.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 23 fractional works · 15.9% of its workBiomaterials: 11 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 33 fractional works · 23.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 10.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 7.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 17.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 10.2% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKResearchInstitute…141fractional works, all years
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science4632.8%
    2. Engineering3323.4%
    3. Chemistry107.3%
    4. Environmental Science53.8%
    5. Chemical Engineering21.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    8. Energy10.4%
    9. Computer Science00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1812.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences64.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine139.3%
    2. Nursing10.7%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences10.7%
    2. Social Sciences00.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
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: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.93× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 3.78× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.91× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 6.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science6.91×1 works
  2. Nursing6.05×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.93×0 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.78×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.08×0 works
  6. Environmental Science1.79×0 works
  7. Health Professions1.77×0 works
  8. Medicine1.47×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×0 works
  10. Engineering0.40×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems?

Ranked on the quality score, Steffen Kelch, Karola Lützow and Th. Weigel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems.

  1. 1 Steffen Kelch Germany · #1,499,539 worldwide 3.5k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Karola Lützow Germany · #2,426,118 worldwide 1.8k citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Th. Weigel Germany · #4,828,642 worldwide 442 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Rudolf Schmolke Germany · #4,978,790 worldwide 109 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems

What are the most cited papers from Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems?

The most cited paper from Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems is "Principles of biorefineries" (Birgit Kamm, Michael A. Kamm, 2004), with 967 citations. Next come "Multifunctional Shape‐Memory Polymers" (966) and "Initiation of shape-memory effect by inductive heating of magnetic nanoparticles in thermoplastic polymers" (822).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Principles of biorefineries Birgit Kamm, Michael A. Kamm · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 29 Jan 2004 967
2 Multifunctional Shape‐Memory Polymers Marc Behl, Muhammad Yasar Razzaq, Andreas Lendlein · Advanced Materials 23 Jun 2010 966
3 Initiation of shape-memory effect by inductive heating of magnetic nanoparticles in thermoplastic polymers R. Mohr, Karl Ludwig Kratz, Thomas Weigel et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 28 Feb 2006 822
4 Polymers Move in Response to Light Hongyan Jiang, Steffen Kelch, Andreas Lendlein · Advanced Materials 5 May 2006 633
5 Polymeric triple-shape materials Ingo Bellin, Steffen Kelch, Róbert Langer et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 20 Nov 2006 483
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodegradable Polymers, Biomedical Applications, Nanocomposites, Renewable Resources, Shape Memory Polymers, Polymer Composites, Self-Healing and Supramolecular 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 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. Biodegradable Polymers18▲ 100×3 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications17▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Nanocomposites16▲ 14×13 topics
  4. Renewable Resources14▲ 74×2 topics
  5. Shape Memory Polymers14▲ 189×2 topics
  6. Polymer Composites13▲ 50×3 topics
  7. Self-Healing12▲ 316×1 topic
  8. Supramolecular Polymers12▲ 316×1 topic
  9. Nanoparticles12▲ 6.3×12 topics
  10. Tissue Engineering9▲ 12×9 topics
  11. Drug Delivery7▲ 9.9×9 topics
  12. Polyhydroxyalkanoates6▲ 68×1 topic
  13. Polylactic Acid6▲ 68×1 topic
  14. Catalysis6▲ 5.2×11 topics
  15. Regenerative Medicine6▲ 19×5 topics
  16. Mechanical Properties5▲ 3.9×7 topics
  17. Green Chemistry5▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Enzymatic Hydrolysis5▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Lignocellulosic Biomass5▲ 33×1 topic
  20. Nanofibers5▲ 18×3 topics
  21. Pretreatment5▲ 51×1 topic
  22. Self-Assembly4▲ 7.8×6 topics
  23. Biomass4▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Conducting Polymers4▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Genome-Scale Models4▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Hydrogels4▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Metabolic Engineering4▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Biological Applications4▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Biomaterials4▲ 13×6 topics
  30. Micelles4▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Bioinspired Materials4▲ 31×3 topics
  32. Heterogeneous Catalysts4▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Ionic Liquids4▲ 7.5×4 topics
  34. Recycling4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  35. Block Copolymers3▲ 47×2 topics
  36. Click Chemistry3▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Living Radical Polymerization3▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Molecular Switches3▲ 95×1 topic
  39. Photochromic3▲ 95×1 topic
  40. Rheology3▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Archaeology and ancient environmental studies, Electromagnetic wave absorption materials, Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring and Forensic and Genetic Research.

Archaeology and ancient …0Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 0 fractional worksElectromagnetic wave abs…0Electromagnetic wave absorption materials: 0 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 0 fractional worksForensic and Genetic Res…0Forensic and Genetic Research: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Technology an…0Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental DNA in Bio…0Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies: 0 fractional worksPhonocardiography and Au…0Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques: 0 fractional worksImmunotoxicology and immune responses: 0 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 0 fractional worksCarcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 0 fractional works
PaleontologyElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsBiomedical EngineeringGenetics6 others

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

  1. 1 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 0 works
  2. 2 Electromagnetic wave absorption materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 0 works
  3. 3 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 0 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Immunotoxicology and immune responses Immunology 0 works
  9. 9 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 0 works
  10. 10 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 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 available11.2%not open88.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000043% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems0.000029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Research Institute Bioactive Polymer Systems over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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