Question 1

What is TU Dortmund University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, TU Dortmund University stands highest in Social Sciences (#155 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#150 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#282 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistics and Probability, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and History and Philosophy of Science (Statistics and Probability is 5.5× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does TU Dortmund University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

TU Dortmund University ranks #344 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#418 all time), and #29 of 795 in Germany.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at TU Dortmund University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Guido H. Clever, D. Bose and Fani Lauermann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is TU Dortmund University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from TU Dortmund University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from TU Dortmund University is "Cutadapt removes adapter sequences from high-throughput sequencing reads" (Marcel Martin, 2011), with 37,060 citations. Next come "Tissue-based map of the human proteome" (16,343) and "Text categorization with Support Vector Machines: Learning with many relevant features" (8,050).

Question 5

Which research topics does TU Dortmund University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Sociology and Education Studies, Education Methods and Technologies, Physics and Engineering Research Articles and Corporate Management and Leadership.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at TU Dortmund University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse, Governance, Bildungsungleichheit, Ethnografisches Schreiben, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Digital Transformation and Fluid Dynamics.

Question 7

Which fields of science does TU Dortmund University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 52% of research at TU Dortmund University is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Social Sciences (17%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like TU Dortmund University's?

Accepted Answer

University of Notre Dame has the research profile closest to TU Dortmund University's (similarity 0.86 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Mathematics, followed by Central China Normal University and Northeastern University.

Question 9

Is TU Dortmund University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.