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Rohde & Schwarz (Germany)

In research, Rohde & Schwarz (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,095 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,590 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 9.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,891
of 22,385 · #8,660 all time
Rank in Germany
#481
of 795
Research works
770
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.6k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Rohde & Schwarz (Germany)

What is Rohde & Schwarz (Germany) 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 #5,095 of 10,670 7.5%89 #6448
EngineeringField #3,590 of 5,901 7.7%65 #3888

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rohde & Schwarz (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 Rohde & Schwarz (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Rohde & Schwarz (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (60%), Computer Science (12%), Physics and Astronomy (5%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 91 fractional works · 81.9% of its workEngineering: 67 fractional works · 60.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 38 fractional works · 33.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 11.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 12.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% 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 workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRohde & Schwarz(Germany)111fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences82%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences10%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6760.0%
    2. Computer Science1412.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy65.4%
    4. Environmental Science21.7%
    5. Materials Science21.6%
    6. Chemistry10.6%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting43.7%
    2. Social Sciences33.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    4. Decision Sciences10.7%
    5. Psychology10.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Medicine54.9%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Rohde & Schwarz (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 37.7 works9.5×
  2. EngineeringField · 66.9 works4.0×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.59× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.00× its world share, 67 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.41× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.00×67 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.41×6 works
  3. Computer Science1.59×14 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.15×4 works
  5. Veterinary1.10×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.77×1 works
  7. Materials Science0.47×2 works
  8. Chemistry0.37×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.37×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.33×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.32×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.25×0 works
  13. Medicine0.25×5 works
  14. Social Sciences0.24×3 works
  15. Psychology0.23×1 works
  16. Nursing0.20×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×1 works
  19. Energy0.16×0 works
  20. Health Professions0.16×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rohde & Schwarz (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Klaus Bichler, Sherif Sayed Ahmed and Ralf Krohn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rohde & Schwarz (Germany).

  1. 1 Klaus Bichler Germany · #2,175,308 worldwide 127 citations · 131 works
  2. 2 Sherif Sayed Ahmed Germany · #2,192,168 worldwide 1.4k citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Ralf Krohn Germany · #2,219,880 worldwide 81 citations · 99 works
  4. 4 Peter Philippi Germany · #2,256,627 worldwide 18 citations · 74 works
  5. 5 Walter Fischer Germany · #2,387,214 worldwide 3.3k citations · 394 works
  6. 6 Konstantin von Busekist Germany · #2,568,258 worldwide 1 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Torsten Schwarz Germany · #2,692,300 worldwide 9 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Wolfgang Wendler Germany · #2,760,825 worldwide 344 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Marius Frunza Germany · #2,882,391 worldwide 41 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Andreas Schießl Germany · #3,080,577 worldwide 1.2k citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Rohde & Schwarz (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Rohde & Schwarz (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Rohde & Schwarz (Germany) is "Early Hemicraniectomy in Patients With Complete Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction" (Stefan Schwab, Thorsten Steiner, A. Aschoff et al., 1998), with 718 citations. Next come "The effect of aortic valve replacement on survival." (589) and "Reduced coronary dilatory capacity and ultrastructural changes of the myocardium in patients with angina pectoris but normal coronary arteriograms." (440).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Early Hemicraniectomy in Patients With Complete Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction Stefan Schwab, Thorsten Steiner, A. Aschoff et al. · Stroke Sep 1998 718
2 The effect of aortic valve replacement on survival. Franz Schwarz, Peter Baumann, Joachim Manthey et al. · Circulation Nov 1982 589
3 Reduced coronary dilatory capacity and ultrastructural changes of the myocardium in patients with angina pectoris but normal coronary arteriograms. Dieter Opherk, Horst Zebe, Eberhard Weihe et al. · Circulation Apr 1981 440
4 Reduction of coronary reserve: a mechanism for angina pectoris in patients with arterial hypertension and normal coronary arteries. Dieter Opherk, Gaganpreet K. Mall, Horst Zebe et al. · Circulation 1984 385
5 Lacosamide: A Review of Preclinical Properties Bettina K. Beyreuther, Joachim Freitag, Cara Heers et al. · CNS Drug Reviews Open access Mar 2007 360
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rohde & Schwarz (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: MIMO Systems, Integrated Circuits, Artificial Neural Networks, Channel Modeling, Microwave Filters, Substrate Integrated Waveguide, Signal Processing and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. MIMO Systems9▲ 101×3 topics
  2. Deep Learning9▲ 2.3×20 topics
  3. Artificial Neural Networks5▲ 10×2 topics
  4. Channel Modeling5▲ 39×6 topics
  5. Integrated Circuits5▲ 33×3 topics
  6. Microwave Filters5▲ 83×1 topic
  7. Substrate Integrated Waveguide5▲ 83×1 topic
  8. Sustainability5▲ 1.78×12 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency5▲ 4.6×12 topics
  10. Signal Processing5▲ 31×3 topics
  11. Antenna Measurement5▲ 389×1 topic
  12. Beamforming5▲ 39×4 topics
  13. Reverberation Chambers5▲ 389×1 topic
  14. Frequency Synthesizer4▲ 99×2 topics
  15. Millimeter-Wave4▲ 102×2 topics
  16. 5G4▲ 63×3 topics
  17. Metamaterial4▲ 37×2 topics
  18. Wireless Networks4▲ 22×3 topics
  19. CMOS4▲ 63×1 topic
  20. Oscillators4▲ 112×1 topic
  21. Communications3▲ 95×2 topics
  22. Wireless Communications3▲ 17×5 topics
  23. Hybrid Precoding3▲ 102×1 topic
  24. Millimeter Wave3▲ 102×1 topic
  25. Convolutional Neural Networks3▲ 3.9×5 topics
  26. Breast Cancer Detection3▲ 66×1 topic
  27. Microwave Imaging3▲ 165×1 topic
  28. Power Electronics3▲ 7.9×3 topics
  29. 5G Networks3▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Micro-Doppler Effect3▲ 83×1 topic
  31. Synthetic Aperture Radar3▲ 83×1 topic
  32. Thermal Management3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  33. Massive MIMO3▲ 30×3 topics
  34. Microwave Photonics2▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Antenna2▲ 26×1 topic
  36. EMI2▲ 111×1 topic
  37. Electromagnetic Compatibility2▲ 111×1 topic
  38. MIMO Radar2▲ 60×2 topics
  39. Microstrip2▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Security and Privacy2▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Rohde & Schwarz (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microwave Engineering and Waveguides, Electromagnetic Compatibility and Measurements, Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design and Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling.

Microwave Engineering and Waveguides: 5 fractional worksElectromagnetic Compatibility and Measurements: 5 fractional worksRadio Frequency Integrat…4Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 4 fractional worksMillimeter-Wave Propagat…3Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling: 3 fractional worksMicrowave Imaging and Scattering Analysis: 3 fractional worksAdvanced SAR Imaging Techniques: 3 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analy…2Antenna Design and Analysis: 2 fractional worksElectromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression: 2 fractional worksRadar Systems and Signal Processing: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringAerospace Engineering

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

  1. 1 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Measurements Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Radar Systems and Signal Processing Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available13.6%not open86.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rohde & Schwarz (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Rohde & Schwarz (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Rohde & Schwarz (Germany)0.00055% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rohde & Schwarz (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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Rohde & Schwarz (Germany)6.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.7% in 2016.

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