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Sasol (Germany)

In research, Sasol (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,767 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,408 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence (Cognitive Neuroscience is 9.8× its share of world research).

sasolgermany.deROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#9,210
of 22,385 · #11,199 all time
Rank in Germany
#307
of 795
Research works
665
▲ 633% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.9k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Sasol (Germany)

What is Sasol (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 #6,767 of 10,670 8.7%126 #7801
Social SciencesDomain #6,408 of 9,585 9.3%84 #11435

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

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Sasol (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (26%), Social Sciences (20%), Physics and Astronomy (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 188 fractional works · 49.7% of its workComputer Science: 98 fractional works · 25.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 64 fractional works · 16.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 47 fractional works · 12.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 15 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 13 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 5.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 141 fractional works · 37.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 76 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 23 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCommunication: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 7.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 27 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 4.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 9.5% of its workNeuroscience: 27 fractional works · 7.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 27 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSasol (Germany)378fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences37%

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. Computer Science9825.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy4712.5%
    3. Engineering195.1%
    4. Environmental Science92.3%
    5. Materials Science51.3%
    6. Chemistry30.8%
    7. Mathematics30.8%
    8. Energy20.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    1. Social Sciences7620.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities297.6%
    3. Psychology277.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting51.4%
    5. Decision Sciences30.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    1. Neuroscience277.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine102.5%
    2. Health Professions20.6%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sasol (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 27.1 works9.8×
  2. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 63.9 works7.0×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.45× its world share, 27 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.33× its world share, 98 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.62× its world share, 47 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.63× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.35× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 76 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.62×47 works
  2. Neuroscience4.45×27 works
  3. Computer Science3.33×98 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.63×29 works
  5. Psychology2.35×27 works
  6. Social Sciences1.59×76 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.98×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.90×3 works
  9. Mathematics0.65×3 works
  10. Chemistry0.51×3 works
  11. Energy0.50×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.46×9 works
  13. Dentistry0.46×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×5 works
  15. Materials Science0.38×5 works
  16. Veterinary0.37×0 works
  17. Engineering0.34×19 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×1 works
  19. Health Professions0.22×2 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×4 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×4 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×1 works
  24. Medicine0.13×10 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sasol (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Carl L. Viljoen, Jacobus J. Botha and Paul W. Schaberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sasol (Germany).

  1. 1 Carl L. Viljoen Germany · #2,705,710 worldwide 547 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Jacobus J. Botha Germany · #2,714,725 worldwide 651 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Paul W. Schaberg Germany · #3,786,652 worldwide 491 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Hans Certa Germany · #4,734,993 worldwide 400 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Sasol (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from Sasol (Germany) is "First Cr(III)−SNS Complexes and Their Use as Highly Efficient Catalysts for the Trimerization of Ethylene to 1-Hexene" (David S. McGuinness, Peter Wasserscheid, Wilhelm Keim et al., 2003), with 287 citations. Next come "Introduction to Fischer-Tropsch Technology" (266) and "Particle size effect in the low temperature reforming of methane by carbon dioxide on silica-supported Ni nanoparticles" (254).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 First Cr(III)−SNS Complexes and Their Use as Highly Efficient Catalysts for the Trimerization of Ethylene to 1-Hexene David S. McGuinness, Peter Wasserscheid, Wilhelm Keim et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society Open access 15 Apr 2003 287
2 Introduction to Fischer-Tropsch Technology Andre P. Steynberg · Studies in surface science and catalysis Book chapter 2004 266
3 Particle size effect in the low temperature reforming of methane by carbon dioxide on silica-supported Ni nanoparticles David Baudouin, Uwe Rodemerck, Frank Krumeich et al. · Journal of Catalysis 30 Oct 2012 254
4 Novel Cr-PNP complexes as catalysts for the trimerisation of ethylene David S. McGuinness, Peter Wasserscheid, Wilhelm Keim et al. · Chemical Communications Open access 2 Jan 2003 204
5 Catalytic valorization of CO2 via methanol synthesis with Ga-promoted Cu–ZnO–ZrO2 catalysts Rosa María Ladera, Francisco José Pérez-Alonso, Juan María González Carballo et al. · Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 18 May 2013 192
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sasol (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Media, Machine Learning, Topic Modeling, Big Data, Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks, Language and Social Interaction.

▲ 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. Machine Learning52▲ 4.2×28 topics
  2. Social Media40▲ 7.7×10 topics
  3. Neural Networks25▲ 4.3×9 topics
  4. Big Data23▲ 6.5×8 topics
  5. Topic Modeling23▲ 39×2 topics
  6. Natural Language Processing20▲ 22×4 topics
  7. Deep Learning19▲ 1.49×19 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence18▲ 3.3×12 topics
  9. Language16▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Social Interaction15▲ 10×5 topics
  11. Ethics14▲ 7.3×6 topics
  12. Information Retrieval13▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Polarization13▲ 23×2 topics
  14. Quantum Information13▲ 30×3 topics
  15. Text Classification13▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Machine Translation13▲ 21×1 topic
  17. Word Representation13▲ 28×1 topic
  18. Content Analysis12▲ 26×3 topics
  19. Entanglement12▲ 20×3 topics
  20. Social Cognition12▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Affordances11▲ 121×2 topics
  22. Fake News11▲ 45×1 topic
  23. Misinformation11▲ 45×1 topic
  24. Online Communication11▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Information Technology11▲ 6.2×3 topics
  26. Embodied Cognition11▲ 187×1 topic
  27. Predictive Brain Theory11▲ 187×1 topic
  28. Digital Divide10▲ 10×1 topic
  29. Political Participation10▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Computational Text Analysis10▲ 110×1 topic
  31. Social Science Research10▲ 102×1 topic
  32. Cognition9▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Psychological Well-being9▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Surveillance9▲ 8.2×2 topics
  35. Detection9▲ 8.1×3 topics
  36. Consciousness8▲ 30×3 topics
  37. Quantum Simulation8▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Algorithmic Bias8▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Fairness8▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Cyberbullying8▲ 32×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Topic Modeling, Misinformation and Its Impacts, Embodied and Extended Cognition and Social Media and Politics.

Topic Modeling13Topic Modeling: 13 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…11Misinformation and Its Impacts: 11 fractional worksEmbodied and Extended Cognition: 11 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics10Social Media and Politics: 10 fractional worksComputational and Text A…10Computational and Text Analysis Methods: 10 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 8 fractional worksHate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection: 8 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algori…8Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 8 fractional worksHumor Studies and Applications: 7 fractional worksLanguage and cultural evolution: 7 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceCognitive NeuroscienceCommunication4 others

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

  1. 1 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 13 works
  2. 2 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  3. 3 Embodied and Extended Cognition Cognitive Neuroscience 11 works
  4. 4 Social Media and Politics Communication 10 works
  5. 5 Computational and Text Analysis Methods General Social Sciences 10 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 8 works
  7. 7 Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  8. 8 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  9. 9 Humor Studies and Applications Social Psychology 7 works
  10. 10 Language and cultural evolution Cultural Studies 7 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 available71.5%not open28.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.3%domestic only76.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 633% 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 Sasol (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Sasol (Germany)0.0036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sasol (Germany) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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