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Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut

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Research works
42
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
346
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut

Not ranked overall: Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut work in?

In all years, 73% of research at Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (35%), Materials Science (25%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 73.1% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 35.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 9.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 24.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 13.0% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 16.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSächsischesTextilforschungsinstitut42fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences16%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1535.4%
    2. Materials Science1124.9%
    3. Environmental Science25.4%
    4. Chemistry24.1%
    5. Chemical Engineering11.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.3%
    7. Computer Science00.3%
    8. Energy00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting36.8%
    2. Social Sciences24.0%
    3. Psychology23.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.8%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine36.2%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemistry: 1.65× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.91× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.24× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.42× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 2.55× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science5.24×2 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.42×1 works
  3. Psychology2.55×1 works
  4. Engineering1.91×2 works
  5. Chemistry1.65×0 works
  6. Environmental Science1.56×1 works
  7. Energy1.41×0 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.34×0 works
  9. Social Sciences1.07×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.17×0 works
  12. Medicine0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul Krais and W. Schramek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut.

  1. 1 Paul Krais Germany · #2,174,404 worldwide 113 citations · 57 works
  2. 2 W. Schramek Germany · #2,983,987 worldwide 131 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut

What are the most cited papers from Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut?

The most cited paper from Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut is "Restoration of submerged vegetation in shallow eutrophic lakes – A guideline and state of the art in Germany" (Sabine Hilt, Elisabeth M. Gross, Michael Hupfer et al., 2006), with 311 citations. Next come "Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors for Distributed Strain Measurement and Application in Structural Health Monitoring" (146) and "Fibre Optic Sensors for the Structural Health Monitoring of Building Structures" (95).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Restoration of submerged vegetation in shallow eutrophic lakes – A guideline and state of the art in Germany Sabine Hilt, Elisabeth M. Gross, Michael Hupfer et al. · Limnologica Open access 2 Aug 2006 311
2 Polymer Optical Fiber Sensors for Distributed Strain Measurement and Application in Structural Health Monitoring Sascha Liehr, Philipp Lenke, Mario Wendt et al. · IEEE Sensors Journal 21 Aug 2009 146
3 Fibre Optic Sensors for the Structural Health Monitoring of Building Structures Kort Bremer, M. Wollweber, F. Weigand et al. · Procedia Technology Open access 2016 95
4 Structural Health Monitoring Using Textile Reinforcement Structures with Integrated Optical Fiber Sensors Kort Bremer, F. Weigand, Yulong Zheng et al. · Sensors Open access 10 Feb 2017 86
5 Carbon and phosphorus footprint of the cotton production in Xinjiang, China, in comparison to an alternative fibre (Apocynum) from Central Asia Jasmin Ii Sabai Günther, Niels Thevs, Hans‐Jörg Gusovius et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 27 Jan 2017 66
All 86 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Artificial Intelligence, Heat Transfer, Thermal Properties, Fabric Comfort, Moisture Management, Biomedical Applications, Sustainability and Nanocomposites.

▲ 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. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 17×2 topics
  2. Heat Transfer5▲ 24×3 topics
  3. Thermal Properties5▲ 77×2 topics
  4. Fabric Comfort5▲ 281×1 topic
  5. Moisture Management5▲ 281×1 topic
  6. Sustainability4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications4▲ 7.7×4 topics
  8. Additive Manufacturing3▲ 33×3 topics
  9. Nanocomposites3▲ 8.9×5 topics
  10. Biodegradable Polymers2▲ 38×1 topic
  11. Polylactic Acid2▲ 75×1 topic
  12. Polymer Composites2▲ 25×3 topics
  13. Mechanical Properties2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  14. Digital Transformation2▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Structural Health Monitoring2▲ 41×2 topics
  16. Sustainable Development2▲ 3.7×3 topics
  17. Fracture Mechanics2▲ 51×2 topics
  18. Green Chemistry2▲ 13×2 topics
  19. 3D Printing2▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Catalysis2▲ 4.3×2 topics
  21. Automotive Engineering1▲ 180×1 topic
  22. Big Data1▲ 6.3×2 topics
  23. Lightweight Materials1▲ 180×1 topic
  24. Applications1▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Esterification1▲ 66×1 topic
  26. Fiber Optic Sensors1▲ 53×1 topic
  27. Optical Fiber1▲ 24×1 topic
  28. Oxidation1▲ 15×1 topic
  29. Surfactants1▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Challenges1▲ 49×1 topic
  31. Laminated Glass1▲ 151×1 topic
  32. Materials1▲ 17×1 topic
  33. Structural Adhesives1▲ 151×1 topic
  34. Biodegradation1▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Business Models1▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Composite Materials1▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Customer Experience1▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Fluid Dynamics1▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Ionic Liquids1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  40. Laser Eye Injuries1▲ 125×1 topic

Which research topics does Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Textile materials and evaluations, Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy, Historical Legal Studies and Society and German legal, social, and political studies.

Textile materials and ev…1Textile materials and evaluations: 1 fractional worksPsychology, Coaching, and Therapy: 1 fractional worksHistorical Legal Studies and Society: 0 fractional worksGerman legal, social, and political studies: 0 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Reuse: 0 fractional worksEngineering and Materials Science Studies: 0 fractional worksErosion and Abrasive Machining: 0 fractional worksCalcium Carbonate Crysta…0Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition: 0 fractional worksOrganizational Managemen…0Organizational Management and Change: 0 fractional worksCorporate Management and…0Corporate Management and Leadership: 0 fractional works
Polymers and PlasticsSocial PsychologyPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 1 works
  2. 2 Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy Social Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Historical Legal Studies and Society Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  4. 4 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Engineering and Materials Science Studies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Erosion and Abrasive Machining Ecological Modeling 0 works
  8. 8 Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition Biomaterials 0 works
  9. 9 Organizational Management and Change Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  10. 10 Corporate Management and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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 available42.2%not open57.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower 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 Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000017% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut0.000060% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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