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Software (Germany)

In research, Software (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,599 of 10,670 worldwide), Computer Science (#2,188 of 4,417 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,558 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 16.8× its share of world research).

softwareag.comROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#10,186
of 22,385 · #5,569 all time
Rank in Germany
#338
of 795
Research works
1.3k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Software (Germany)

What is Software (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 #4,599 of 10,670 7.3%156 #3251
Computer ScienceField #2,188 of 4,417 11.3%68 #1179
EngineeringField #4,558 of 5,901 4.1%79 #4148

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Software (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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#3,251 #4,599
  2. Computer Science#1,179 #2,188
  3. Engineering#4,148 #4,558
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Software (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Software (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Computer Science (30%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 160 fractional works · 68.8% of its workEngineering: 80 fractional works · 34.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 5.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 70 fractional works · 30.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 24 fractional works · 10.5% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 6.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSoftware: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 7.9% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 16 fractional works · 7.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSoftware(Germany)233fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering8034.2%
    2. Computer Science7030.2%
    3. Environmental Science41.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy31.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences187.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting167.0%
    3. Decision Sciences41.9%
    4. Psychology31.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine114.8%
    2. Health Professions93.9%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience41.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Software (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 16.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 20.2 works17×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.88× its world share, 70 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.28× its world share, 80 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.47× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.17× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.88×70 works
  2. Engineering2.28×80 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.17×16 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.92×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.47×9 works
  6. Neuroscience1.01×4 works
  7. Social Sciences0.62×18 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.59×3 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×2 works
  10. Psychology0.43×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.31×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×3 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.27×0 works
  14. Medicine0.25×11 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.21×1 works
  17. Veterinary0.18×0 works
  18. Energy0.16×0 works
  19. Nursing0.13×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×1 works
  21. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Software (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Carsten T. Steger, Bertram Drost and Andreas Klingenhoff lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Software (Germany).

  1. 1 Carsten T. Steger Germany · #316,980 worldwide 8.6k citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Bertram Drost Germany · #649,765 worldwide 2.1k citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Andreas Klingenhoff Germany · #1,583,330 worldwide 4.2k citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Korbinian Grote Germany · #2,278,529 worldwide 2.6k citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Erik Wischnewski Germany · #2,462,805 worldwide 49 citations · 146 works
  6. 6 Mohamed Abdelaal Germany · #2,480,862 worldwide 197 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Christopher Creutzig Germany · #2,721,266 worldwide 9 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Heinz Bons Germany · #3,047,516 worldwide 64 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 Peter Karow Germany · #3,075,708 worldwide 107 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Diederik Vos Germany · #3,175,310 worldwide 16 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Software (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from Software (Germany) is "Process Mining Manifesto" (Wil M. P. van der Aalst et al., 2012), with 1,215 citations. Next come "Model globally, match locally: Efficient and robust 3D object recognition" (999) and "Development of DDES and IDDES Formulations for the k-ω Shear Stress Transport Model" (880).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Process Mining Manifesto Wil M. P. van der Aalst et al. · Lecture notes in business information processing Conference paperOpen access 2012 1,215
2 Model globally, match locally: Efficient and robust 3D object recognition Bertram Drost, Markus Ulrich, Nassir Navab et al. Conference paper Jun 2010 999
3 Development of DDES and IDDES Formulations for the k-ω Shear Stress Transport Model M. S. Gritskevich, Andrey Victorovich Garbaruk, Jochen Schütze et al. · Flow Turbulence and Combustion 21 Nov 2011 880
4 UMLsec: Extending UML for Secure Systems Development Jan Jürjens · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2002 706
5 The MVTec Anomaly Detection Dataset: A Comprehensive Real-World Dataset for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection Paul Bergmann, Kilian Batzner, Michael Fauser et al. · International Journal of Computer Vision Open access 6 Jan 2021 581
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Software (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Sustainability, Cybersecurity and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Big Data22▲ 9.9×16 topics
  2. Machine Learning22▲ 2.8×47 topics
  3. Deep Learning18▲ 2.3×49 topics
  4. Sustainability17▲ 3.0×15 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 4.9×19 topics
  6. Internet of Things15▲ 7.3×13 topics
  7. Autonomous Vehicles12▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Cybersecurity10▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Neural Networks10▲ 2.7×23 topics
  10. Healthcare9▲ 3.5×8 topics
  11. Industrial Automation9▲ 61×2 topics
  12. Flexible Automation9▲ 153×1 topic
  13. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems9▲ 153×1 topic
  14. Electric Vehicles9▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Model Predictive Control8▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Renewable Energy8▲ 2.5×10 topics
  17. Data Protection8▲ 112×2 topics
  18. Digital Rights8▲ 366×1 topic
  19. Robotics Liability8▲ 366×1 topic
  20. Supply Chain Management8▲ 3.6×6 topics
  21. Control Strategies7▲ 22×3 topics
  22. Energy Efficiency7▲ 3.2×13 topics
  23. Energy Storage Systems7▲ 21×1 topic
  24. Hybrid Vehicles7▲ 79×1 topic
  25. Rehabilitation6▲ 6.1×3 topics
  26. Distributed Systems6▲ 14×5 topics
  27. Cyber-Physical Systems5▲ 8.8×5 topics
  28. Patient Care5▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Quality5▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Vibration Analysis5▲ 8.1×5 topics
  31. Thermal Management5▲ 6.6×3 topics
  32. Anomaly Detection5▲ 7.2×3 topics
  33. Code Clone Detection5▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Refactoring5▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Model-Based Development5▲ 106×2 topics
  36. Engineering4▲ 42×2 topics
  37. Fluid Dynamics4▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Requirements Engineering4▲ 43×2 topics
  39. Customer Experience4▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Materials Science4▲ 47×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Digitalization, Law, and Regulation, Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies and Medical Practices and Rehabilitation.

Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 9 fractional worksDigitalization, Law, and Regulation: 8 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehi…7Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 7 fractional worksMedical Practices and Re…5Medical Practices and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 5 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 4 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering …4Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 4 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 4 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 3 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 3 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringLawAutomotive EngineeringPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation5 others

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

  1. 1 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9 works
  2. 2 Digitalization, Law, and Regulation Law 8 works
  3. 3 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Medical Practices and Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 5 works
  5. 5 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 5 works
  6. 6 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 4 works
  8. 8 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works
  9. 9 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 3 works
  10. 10 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available21.5%not open78.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.6%domestic only80.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Software (Germany)0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Software (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.

still counting10%20%Software (Germany)10.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.2% in 2005.

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