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RWE (Germany)

In research, RWE (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,480 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,745 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,738
of 22,385 · #13,129 all time
Rank in Germany
#598
of 795
Research works
508
▲ 138% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
RWE (Germany)

What is RWE (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 #6,480 of 17,446 6.3%371
EngineeringField #5,745 of 9,532 6.0%219

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

In 2022-now, 62% of research at RWE (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Medicine (8%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 46 fractional works · 61.5% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 33.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 8.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 22.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 7.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRWE (Germany)75fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences23%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2533.5%
    2. Environmental Science67.9%
    3. Computer Science56.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences34.4%
    5. Chemical Engineering22.7%
    6. Materials Science22.5%
    7. Energy22.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    9. Chemistry00.6%
    10. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting57.3%
    2. Social Sciences45.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities33.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.5%
    5. Psychology22.1%
    6. Decision Sciences11.2%
    1. Medicine68.0%
    2. Health Professions23.4%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
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: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 7.76× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.81× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.70× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.23× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.33× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.25× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering7.76×2 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.81×3 works
  3. Energy2.70×2 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.25×5 works
  5. Engineering2.23×25 works
  6. Veterinary1.64×0 works
  7. Environmental Science1.60×6 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.33×3 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.28×1 works
  10. Health Professions1.27×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.17×2 works
  12. Computer Science0.81×5 works
  13. Materials Science0.73×2 works
  14. Psychology0.69×2 works
  15. Dentistry0.49×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.47×4 works
  17. Medicine0.42×6 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×2 works
  19. Mathematics0.38×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.36×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.30×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  25. Nursing0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at RWE (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter Moser, Georg Wiechers and Sandra Schmidt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RWE (Germany).

  1. 1 Peter Moser Germany · #437,209 worldwide 1.3k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Georg Wiechers Germany · #566,732 worldwide 529 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Sandra Schmidt Germany · #883,928 worldwide 738 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Knut Stahl Germany · #1,886,449 worldwide 450 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Joachim Schneider Germany · #2,203,757 worldwide 390 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Thomas Thielemann Germany · #2,444,732 worldwide 610 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Markus Neuroth Germany · #2,673,110 worldwide 508 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Rich. F. Starke Germany · #3,025,052 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Peter Engelhard Germany · #3,026,982 worldwide 8 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Frank Merschel Germany · #3,614,402 worldwide 271 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at RWE (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from RWE (Germany)?

The most cited paper from RWE (Germany) is "More than one million barriers fragment Europe’s rivers" (Barbara Belletti et al., 2020), with 711 citations. Next come "Orbitally induced oscillations in the East Antarctic ice sheet at the Oligocene/Miocene boundary" (291) and "Assessment of phase formation in alkali activated low and high calcium fly ashes in building materials" (237).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 More than one million barriers fragment Europe’s rivers Barbara Belletti et al. · Nature Open access 16 Dec 2020 711
2 Orbitally induced oscillations in the East Antarctic ice sheet at the Oligocene/Miocene boundary T. Naish et al. · Nature Oct 2001 291
3 Assessment of phase formation in alkali activated low and high calcium fly ashes in building materials Frank Winnefeld, Andreas Leemann, Martin Lucuk et al. · Construction and Building Materials 17 Dec 2009 237
4 Chapter 6 A review of the Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA) and its application to the study of Neoproterozoic glacial deposits and climate transitions Heinrich Bahlburg, Nicole Dobrzinski · Geological Society London Memoirs 2011 234
5 Asset management techniques Joachim Schneider, A.J. Gaul, Claus Neumann et al. · International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 15 Jun 2006 195
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at RWE (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Transformation, Sustainable Development, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide Capture, CO2 Capture Technology, Big Data, Sustainability and Energy Efficiency.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development4▲ 3.6×6 topics
  2. Sustainability4▲ 2.2×14 topics
  3. Renewable Energy4▲ 3.5×14 topics
  4. Digital Transformation4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 2.7×4 topics
  6. Big Data3▲ 4.0×4 topics
  7. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.2×8 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency3▲ 3.9×6 topics
  9. CO2 Capture Technology2▲ 89×1 topic
  10. Carbon Dioxide Capture2▲ 37×1 topic
  11. Carbon Dioxide2▲ 16×4 topics
  12. Customer Experience2▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Mobile Health2▲ 17×2 topics
  14. Business Models2▲ 32×1 topic
  15. Renewable Fuels2▲ 19×3 topics
  16. Technology Innovation2▲ 69×1 topic
  17. Social Innovation2▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Urban Planning2▲ 26×3 topics
  19. Digitalization2▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Liquefaction2▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Tunnel2▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Anomaly Detection2▲ 6.9×3 topics
  23. European Union2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  24. Leadership2▲ 4.1×2 topics
  25. Agility1▲ 132×1 topic
  26. Cybersecurity1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  27. Organizational Change1▲ 24×1 topic
  28. Finite Element Analysis1▲ 7.5×4 topics
  29. Innovation Policy1▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Interdisciplinary Research1▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Telemedicine1▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. CO2 Sequestration1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  34. Fault Localization1▲ 22×2 topics
  35. GIS-based Modeling1▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Hydrogenation1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  37. Environmental Policy1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  38. Performance Prediction1▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Catalytic1▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Rare Earth Elements1▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does RWE (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies, Digital Innovation in Industries, Corporate Management and Leadership and Innovation, Technology, and Society.

Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies: 2 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 2 fractional worksCorporate Management and…1Corporate Management and Leadership: 1 fractional worksInnovation, Technology, …1Innovation, Technology, and Society: 1 fractional worksAI-based Problem Solving and Planning: 1 fractional worksTechnology, Environment, Urban Planning: 1 fractional worksRenewable Energy and Sus…1Renewable Energy and Sustainability: 1 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 1 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Law: 1 fractional worksSoftware System Performa…1Software System Performance and Reliability: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringManagement of Technology and InnovationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSociology and Political Science6 others

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

  1. 1 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  3. 3 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  4. 4 Innovation, Technology, and Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 AI-based Problem Solving and Planning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 Technology, Environment, Urban Planning Philosophy 1 works
  7. 7 Renewable Energy and Sustainability Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  8. 8 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 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 available19.3%not open80.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has RWE (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 138% 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 RWE (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%RWE (Germany)0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of RWE (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 2024RWE (Germany)7.6% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.0% in 2011.

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