Question 1

What is TU Wien known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, TU Wien stands highest in Physical Sciences (#292 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#297 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#224 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Architecture, Software and Hardware and Architecture (Architecture is 11.9× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does TU Wien rank in research?

Accepted Answer

TU Wien ranks #530 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#408 all time), and #5 of 143 in Austria.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at TU Wien?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Peter Rabl, J. Ulrich and Günter Blöschl lead among researchers whose main affiliation is TU Wien.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from TU Wien?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from TU Wien is "Efficient iterative schemes for ab initio total-energy calculations using a plane-wave basis set" (Georg Kresse, Jürgen Furthmüller, 1996), with 123,939 citations. Next come "From ultrasoft pseudopotentials to the projector augmented-wave method" (85,965) and "Efficiency of ab-initio total energy calculations for metals and semiconductors using a plane-wave basis set" (76,620).

Question 5

Which research topics does TU Wien publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies, Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge, Formal Methods in Verification and Semiconductor materials and devices.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at TU Wien?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Sustainability, Machine Learning, Renewable Energy, Model Checking, Mechanical Properties, Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development.

Question 7

Which fields of science does TU Wien work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 79% of research at TU Wien is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (31%), Computer Science (19%), Physics and Astronomy (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is TU Wien's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.