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Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria)

In research, Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria) stands highest in Computer Science (#1,531 of 4,417 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,755 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence is 11.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,841
of 22,385 · #9,979 all time
Rank in Austria
#69
of 143
Research works
788
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.2k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria)

What is Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria) 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
Computer ScienceField #1,531 of 4,417 9.5%106 #1402
Physical SciencesDomain #4,755 of 10,670 9.4%152 #4659

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria) 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 Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria) work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria) is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (58%), Engineering (19%), Decision Sciences (4%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 170 fractional works · 82.4% of its workComputer Science: 120 fractional works · 58.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 56 fractional works · 27.3% of its workInformation Systems: 18 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSoftware: 13 fractional works · 6.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 19.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 12.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSoftwareCompetence Cente…206fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences82%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences12%

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. Computer Science12058.4%
    2. Engineering4019.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy41.8%
    4. Environmental Science20.8%
    5. Chemistry10.6%
    6. Mathematics10.6%
    7. Energy10.5%
    8. Materials Science10.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Decision Sciences84.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting42.0%
    4. Social Sciences31.7%
    5. Psychology10.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.7%
    2. Neuroscience10.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine42.2%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Artificial Intelligence takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 56.3 works11×
  2. Computer ScienceField · 120.5 works7.5×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 7.50× its world share, 120 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.29× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.26× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science7.50×120 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.26×8 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.41×6 works
  4. Engineering1.29×40 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy0.82×4 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×4 works
  7. Energy0.54×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.47×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.40×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.37×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×4 works
  12. Health Professions0.21×1 works
  13. Psychology0.20×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.18×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.16×2 works
  16. Social Sciences0.13×4 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  19. Medicine0.11×4 works
  20. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria)?

Ranked on the quality score, David Gabauer, Rudolf Ramler and Thomas Natschläger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria).

  1. 1 David Gabauer Austria · #36,955 worldwide 9.3k citations · 140 works
  2. 2 Rudolf Ramler Austria · #1,335,754 worldwide 2k citations · 181 works
  3. 3 Thomas Natschläger Austria · #1,358,205 worldwide 7.6k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Florian Kromp Austria · #1,493,714 worldwide 576 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Lisa Ehrlinger Austria · #1,509,211 worldwide 936 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Ramin Nikzad‐Langerodi Austria · #1,515,481 worldwide 708 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 David James Brunner Austria · #1,685,662 worldwide 1.1k citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Stefan Fischer Austria · #2,416,713 worldwide 662 citations · 78 works
  9. 9 Mario Pichler Austria · #2,671,145 worldwide 599 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Michael Mayr Austria · #2,893,806 worldwide 86 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria)

What are the most cited papers from Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria)?

The most cited paper from Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria) is "Real-Time Computation at the Edge of Chaos in Recurrent Neural Networks" (Nils Bertschinger, Thomas Natschläger, 2004), with 865 citations. Next come "Simulation of networks of spiking neurons: A review of tools and strategies" (839) and "Return connectedness across asset classes around the COVID-19 outbreak" (634).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Real-Time Computation at the Edge of Chaos in Recurrent Neural Networks Nils Bertschinger, Thomas Natschläger · Neural Computation 12 May 2004 865
2 Simulation of networks of spiking neurons: A review of tools and strategies Romain Brette et al. · Journal of Computational Neuroscience Open access 12 Jul 2007 839
3 Return connectedness across asset classes around the COVID-19 outbreak Elie I. Bouri, Oğuzhan Çepni, David Gabauer et al. · International Review of Financial Analysis Open access 20 Nov 2020 634
4 Interest rate swaps and the transmission mechanism of monetary policy: A quantile connectedness approach Ioannis Chatziantoniou, David Gabauer, Alexis Stenfors · Economics Letters 5 May 2021 524
5 Quantile time–frequency price connectedness between green bond, green equity, sustainable investments and clean energy markets Ioannis Chatziantoniou, Emmanuel Joel Aikins Abakah, David Gabauer et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 10 May 2022 502
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Big Data, Quantum Information, Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Computation and Data Integration.

▲ 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 Learning30▲ 4.4×41 topics
  2. Deep Learning26▲ 3.7×40 topics
  3. Neural Networks16▲ 5.1×22 topics
  4. Big Data13▲ 6.5×13 topics
  5. Quantum Information11▲ 46×2 topics
  6. Quantum Algorithms10▲ 86×1 topic
  7. Quantum Computation10▲ 86×1 topic
  8. Data Integration8▲ 24×3 topics
  9. Code Clone Detection8▲ 98×1 topic
  10. Refactoring8▲ 98×1 topic
  11. Anomaly Detection8▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Security7▲ 5.1×9 topics
  13. Semi-Supervised Learning7▲ 26×3 topics
  14. Automated Testing6▲ 122×1 topic
  15. Distributed Systems6▲ 18×6 topics
  16. Software Fault Localization6▲ 122×1 topic
  17. Internet of Things6▲ 3.5×8 topics
  18. Fault Localization6▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Semantic Web6▲ 29×4 topics
  20. Entanglement5▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Knowledge Representation5▲ 28×3 topics
  22. Log Analysis5▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Performance Prediction5▲ 34×1 topic
  24. Description Logics5▲ 50×2 topics
  25. Representation Learning5▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Neural Network5▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Sensitivity Analysis4▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Linked Data4▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Ontology4▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Open Source Software4▲ 52×2 topics
  31. Requirements Engineering4▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Software Development4▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Fault Tolerance4▲ 12×5 topics
  34. Computation4▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Deep Neural Networks4▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Information Retrieval4▲ 8.5×3 topics
  37. Architecture-Based Approach4▲ 85×1 topic
  38. Model Checking4▲ 38×3 topics
  39. Software Reliability Modeling4▲ 85×1 topic
  40. Statistical Analysis4▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Software Engineering Research, Software Testing and Debugging Techniques and Software System Performance and Reliability.

Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 10 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 8 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Deb…6Software Testing and Debugging Techniques: 6 fractional worksSoftware System Performa…5Software System Performance and Reliability: 5 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 4 fractional worksSoftware Reliability and Analysis Research: 4 fractional worksQuantum Information and …4Quantum Information and Cryptography: 4 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 4 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 4 fractional worksData Quality and Management: 3 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceInformation SystemsSoftwareComputer Networks and Communications3 others

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

  1. 1 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 10 works
  2. 2 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 8 works
  3. 3 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 6 works
  4. 4 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 5 works
  5. 5 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  6. 6 Software Reliability and Analysis Research Software 4 works
  7. 7 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  8. 8 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 3 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 available25.6%not open74.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00084% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria)0.00053% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria) 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 counting10%20%Software Competence Center Hagenberg (Austria)11.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.0% in 2003.

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