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Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (Germany)

In research, Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (Germany) stands highest in Computer Science (#3,156 of 4,667 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,631 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,937 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management Information Systems, Management of Technology and Innovation and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering — Management Information Systems is 33.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,544
of 28,054 · #16,227 all time
Rank in Germany
#805
of 1,178
Research works
1.1k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
15%
world 28%

What is Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (Germany) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Computer ScienceField #3,156 of 4,667 13.6%71 #1758
Social SciencesDomain #8,631 of 10,521 10.8%122 #9023
Physical SciencesDomain #10,937 of 12,888 9.8%117 #10034
Business, Management and AccountingField #2,269 of 2,578 8.6%85 #2366

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Computer Science#1,758 #3,156
  2. Social Sciences#9,023 #8,631
  3. Physical Sciences#10,034 #10,937
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#2,366 #2,269
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management Information Systems takes 33.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 34.3 works34×
  2. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 20.1 works27×
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 24.0 works19×
  4. Business, Management and AccountingField · 84.6 works11×
  5. Strategy and ManagementSubfield · 20.7 works9.6×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.68× its world share, 71 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.17× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10.56× its world share, 85 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.38× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 10.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (Germany)?

Ranked on the composite score, Stamatis Karnouskos, Henning Kagermann and Dirk Piekenbrock lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (Germany).

  1. 1 Stamatis Karnouskos Germany · #3,046 worldwide 907 citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Henning Kagermann Germany · #93,919 worldwide 458 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Dirk Piekenbrock Germany · #263,654 worldwide 3 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Martin Schrepp Germany · #553,525 worldwide 84 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 OLG Düsseldorf Germany · #586,313 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Axel Uhl Germany · #688,810 worldwide 34 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Daniel Ritter Germany · #763,466 worldwide 76 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Alexander Hennig Germany · #788,934 worldwide 22 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Siar Sarferaz Germany · #1,479,174 worldwide 2 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Norman May Germany · #1,542,469 worldwide 33 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (Germany)

Which keywords describe research at Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Supply Chain Management, Digital Transformation, Customer Experience, Sustainable Development, E-commerce and Mobile Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Data38▲ 17×13 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence33▲ 9.6×14 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management30▲ 13×10 topics
  4. Digital Transformation28▲ 22×9 topics
  5. Sustainable Development21▲ 5.4×7 topics
  6. Customer Experience18▲ 49×4 topics
  7. Sustainability18▲ 3.0×13 topics
  8. E-commerce18▲ 12×2 topics
  9. Mobile Health18▲ 52×3 topics
  10. Business Models17▲ 99×2 topics
  11. Omni-Channel Strategy17▲ 329×1 topic
  12. Technology Innovation17▲ 224×1 topic
  13. Machine Learning16▲ 2.0×24 topics
  14. Customer Relationship Management16▲ 44×2 topics
  15. Information Technology16▲ 13×2 topics
  16. Knowledge Sharing16▲ 39×3 topics
  17. IT Governance16▲ 353×2 topics
  18. Digital Capital15▲ 334×1 topic
  19. Value Chains15▲ 334×1 topic
  20. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises14▲ 108×2 topics
  21. Enterprise Resource Planning14▲ 740×1 topic
  22. Implementation Procedures14▲ 740×1 topic
  23. Software Engineering12▲ 54×2 topics
  24. Flexible Automation11▲ 182×1 topic
  25. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems11▲ 182×1 topic
  26. Business Process Management9▲ 169×1 topic
  27. Workflow Mining9▲ 169×1 topic
  28. Predictive Analytics8▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Distributed Systems8▲ 20×6 topics
  30. Analytics8▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Business Intelligence8▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Innovation8▲ 3.0×12 topics
  33. Automation8▲ 47×2 topics
  34. Business Process7▲ 518×1 topic
  35. Robotic Process Automation7▲ 518×1 topic
  36. Continuous Queries7▲ 184×1 topic
  37. Data Stream Management7▲ 184×1 topic
  38. Data Integration6▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Semantic Web5▲ 22×4 topics
  40. Autonomous Vehicles5▲ 9.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Innovation in Industries, Corporate Governance and Management, ERP Systems Implementation and Impact and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.

Digital Innovation in Industries: 17 fractional worksCorporate Governance and Management: 15 fractional worksERP Systems Implementati…14ERP Systems Implementation and Impact: 14 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigura…11Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 11 fractional worksBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis: 9 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 8 fractional worksRobotic Process Automati…7Robotic Process Automation Applications: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Database Systems and Queries: 7 fractional worksService-Oriented Architecture and Web Services: 4 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 4 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationStrategy and ManagementManagement Information SystemsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 17 works
  2. 2 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 15 works
  3. 3 ERP Systems Implementation and Impact Management Information Systems 14 works
  4. 4 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 11 works
  5. 5 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 9 works
  6. 6 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 8 works
  7. 7 Robotic Process Automation Applications Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Advanced Database Systems and Queries Computer Networks and Communications 7 works
  9. 9 Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services Information Systems 4 works
  10. 10 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 4 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 available15.4%not open84.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.9%domestic only82.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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