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S&F Systemtechnik (Germany)

In research, S&F Systemtechnik (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,540 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#33,915
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,581
of 1,603
Research works
144
▼ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
1k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
S&F Systemtechnik (Germany)

What is S&F Systemtechnik (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 #14,540 of 17,446 4.6%134

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

In 2022-now, 90% of research at S&F Systemtechnik (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (71%), Physics and Astronomy (8%), Computer Science (5%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 89.7% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 70.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 16.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 16.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 9.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workALL ITS WORKS&F Systemtechnik(Germany)27fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

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 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1970.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy28.4%
    3. Computer Science14.8%
    4. Environmental Science13.4%
    5. Materials Science12.0%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Energy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences14.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Medicine14.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.8%
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: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.71× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.79× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.71×19 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.79×2 works
  3. Environmental Science0.69×1 works
  4. Computer Science0.62×1 works
  5. Materials Science0.56×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.32×1 works
  8. Energy0.22×0 works
  9. Medicine0.21×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at S&F Systemtechnik (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Julian Hellstern lead among researchers whose main affiliation is S&F Systemtechnik (Germany).

  1. 1 Julian Hellstern Germany · #4,032,764 worldwide 163 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at S&F Systemtechnik (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from S&F Systemtechnik (Germany)?

The most cited paper from S&F Systemtechnik (Germany) is "Effects of Radial and Tangential Polarization in Laser Material Processing" (Rudolf Weber, Andreas Michalowski, Marwan Abdou‐Ahmed et al., 2011), with 148 citations. Next come "Ultrafast thin-disk multipass amplifier with 720 mJ operating at kilohertz repetition rate for applications in atmospheric research" (145) and "Influence of keyhole and conduction mode melting for top-hat shaped beam profiles in laser powder bed fusion" (142).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effects of Radial and Tangential Polarization in Laser Material Processing Rudolf Weber, Andreas Michalowski, Marwan Abdou‐Ahmed et al. · Physics Procedia Open access 2011 148
2 Ultrafast thin-disk multipass amplifier with 720 mJ operating at kilohertz repetition rate for applications in atmospheric research Clemens Herkommer, Peter Krötz, Robert Jung et al. · Optics Express Open access 14 Sep 2020 145
3 Influence of keyhole and conduction mode melting for top-hat shaped beam profiles in laser powder bed fusion Christian Tenbrock, Felix Gabriel Fischer, Konrad Wissenbach et al. · Journal of Materials Processing Technology Open access 19 Nov 2019 142
4 Radially polarized 3kW beam from a CO_2 laser with an intracavity resonant grating mirror Marwan Abdou Ahmed, Joachim Schulz, Andreas Voß et al. · Optics Letters 20 Jun 2007 107
5 Structured light for ultrafast laser micro- and nanoprocessing Daniel Flamm, Daniel G. Grossmann, Marc Sailer et al. · Optical Engineering Open access 24 Feb 2021 83
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at S&F Systemtechnik (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Micromachining, Femtosecond Laser, Transparent Materials, Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Additive Manufacturing, Process Parameters and Tool Wear.

▲ 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Micromachining4▲ 307×2 topics
  2. Femtosecond Laser4▲ 262×1 topic
  3. Transparent Materials4▲ 610×1 topic
  4. Mechanical Properties3▲ 11×5 topics
  5. Microstructure2▲ 17×3 topics
  6. Additive Manufacturing2▲ 26×2 topics
  7. Frequency Conversion2▲ 140×2 topics
  8. Process Optimization2▲ 88×2 topics
  9. Process Parameters2▲ 57×2 topics
  10. Tool Wear2▲ 48×2 topics
  11. Chemical Mechanical Planarization2▲ 121×1 topic
  12. Material Removal Mechanism2▲ 121×1 topic
  13. Metallic Components2▲ 80×1 topic
  14. Selective Laser Melting2▲ 80×1 topic
  15. Heat Transfer1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  16. Machine Learning1▲ 1.39×4 topics
  17. Metal Recovery1▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Nonlinear Optics1▲ 41×3 topics
  19. Numerical Simulation1▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Lithium-ion Batteries1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  21. Residual Stress1▲ 76×1 topic
  22. Welding1▲ 65×1 topic
  23. Education and Training1▲ 848×1 topic
  24. Vocational Competencies1▲ 848×1 topic

Which research topics does S&F Systemtechnik (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Laser Material Processing Techniques, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques and Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses.

Laser Material Processin…4Laser Material Processing Techniques: 4 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing M…2Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Surface Polishi…2Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques: 2 fractional worksWelding Techniques and Residual Stresses: 1 fractional worksVocational Education and Training: 1 fractional worksLaser Design and Applica…1Laser Design and Applications: 1 fractional worksOcular and Laser Science Research: 1 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 1 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 1 fractional worksSolid State Laser Technologies: 1 fractional works
Computational MechanicsMechanical EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Laser Material Processing Techniques Computational Mechanics 4 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Vocational Education and Training Education 1 works
  6. 6 Laser Design and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Ocular and Laser Science Research Ophthalmology 1 works
  8. 8 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Solid State Laser Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available22.4%not open77.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has S&F Systemtechnik (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% lower 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 S&F Systemtechnik (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%S&F Systemtechnik (Germany)0.000044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of S&F Systemtechnik (Germany) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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