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Unilever (Germany)

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World rank, all time
#29,093
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,400
of 1,603
Research works
185
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
4%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Unilever (Germany)

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

In all years, 58% of research at Unilever (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Chemistry (29%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 107 fractional works · 57.9% of its workChemistry: 54 fractional works · 29.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 18 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 13 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFiltration and Separation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 53 fractional works · 28.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 7.7% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKUnilever(Germany)185fractional works, all years
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences58%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Chemistry5429.1%
    2. Environmental Science179.0%
    3. Engineering158.2%
    4. Materials Science137.0%
    5. Chemical Engineering52.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    7. Mathematics10.5%
    8. Energy00.3%
    9. Computer Science00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3518.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences147.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine84.3%
    2. Nursing73.6%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Health Professions00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting52.5%
    2. Psychology21.0%
    3. Social Sciences21.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Unilever (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Chemistry takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ChemistryField · 54.0 works11×
← 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.

    Who are the top researchers at Unilever (Germany)?

    Ranked on the quality score, Ernst Becker, Volker Bugdahl and H. Scharmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Unilever (Germany).

    1. 1 Ernst Becker Germany · #3,514,392 worldwide 188 citations · 20 works
    2. 2 Volker Bugdahl Germany · #3,620,057 worldwide 18 citations · 24 works
    3. 3 H. Scharmann Germany · #3,954,467 worldwide 574 citations · 27 works
    4. 4 H. Schmidt Germany · #4,035,576 worldwide 303 citations · 28 works
    5. 5 Karl Figge Germany · #4,552,850 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
    6. 6 W. Freytag Germany · #4,556,989 worldwide 142 citations · 19 works
    7. 7 KARL HEINZ NEY Germany · #4,608,242 worldwide 754 citations · 60 works
    8. 8 J. D. von Mikusch Germany · #4,663,796 worldwide 304 citations · 29 works
    9. 9 I. P. G. Wirotama Germany · #4,868,941 worldwide 167 citations · 21 works
    10. 9 K.P. Polzhofer Germany · #4,868,941 worldwide 160 citations · 21 works
    All ranked researchers at Unilever (Germany)

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

    The most cited paper from Unilever (Germany) is "Strategies to Reduce Sodium Consumption: A Food Industry Perspective" (Mariska Dötsch, Johanneke L. H. C. Busch, Max Batenburg et al., 2009), with 282 citations. Next come "Trans unsaturated fatty acids in natural products and processed foods" (157) and "Bitterness of Peptides: Amino Acid Composition and Chain Length" (147).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 Strategies to Reduce Sodium Consumption: A Food Industry Perspective Mariska Dötsch, Johanneke L. H. C. Busch, Max Batenburg et al. · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 2 Dec 2009 282
    2 Trans unsaturated fatty acids in natural products and processed foods Matthias Sommerfeld · Progress in Lipid Research 1983 157
    3 Bitterness of Peptides: Amino Acid Composition and Chain Length KARL HEINZ NEY · ACS symposium series Conference paper 14 Dec 1979 147
    4 Quality assessment of used frying fats: A comparison of four methods Gerhard Billek, G. Guhr, J. Waibel · Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society Oct 1978 143
    5 The industrial uses of special lecithins: A review Willem van Nieuwenhuyzen · Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society Oct 1981 118
    All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

    Which keywords describe research at Unilever (Germany)?

    By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Green Chemistry, Biomedical Applications, Mass Spectrometry, Liquid Chromatography, Chirality, Chiral Separation and Gas Chromatography.

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

    Size is fractional works in all years 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. Catalysis15▲ 9.7×8 topics
    2. Green Chemistry12▲ 22×6 topics
    3. Biomedical Applications12▲ 6.0×6 topics
    4. Liquid Chromatography10▲ 35×2 topics
    5. Mass Spectrometry10▲ 25×5 topics
    6. Chirality10▲ 34×2 topics
    7. Chiral Separation9▲ 41×1 topic
    8. Gas Chromatography9▲ 41×1 topic
    9. Fermentation8▲ 29×3 topics
    10. Proteomics8▲ 36×2 topics
    11. Waste Management8▲ 16×4 topics
    12. Chronic Diseases7▲ 13×4 topics
    13. Biodegradable Polymers7▲ 28×2 topics
    14. Nanocomposites7▲ 4.6×2 topics
    15. Metabolic Disorders7▲ 19×3 topics
    16. Drug Discovery6▲ 8.8×4 topics
    17. Electrospray6▲ 45×1 topic
    18. Ionization6▲ 45×1 topic
    19. Organometallic Chemistry6▲ 23×3 topics
    20. Polymerization6▲ 18×3 topics
    21. Polyphenols6▲ 23×4 topics
    22. Recycling6▲ 14×3 topics
    23. Hydrogenation6▲ 17×2 topics
    24. Polyhydroxyalkanoates6▲ 49×1 topic
    25. Polylactic Acid6▲ 49×1 topic
    26. Health Effects6▲ 5.2×5 topics
    27. Antioxidant Activity5▲ 5.3×9 topics
    28. Industrial Applications5▲ 18×2 topics
    29. Protein-Protein Interactions5▲ 26×2 topics
    30. Dietary Intake5▲ 40×2 topics
    31. Foldamers5▲ 34×1 topic
    32. Peptide Synthesis5▲ 34×1 topic
    33. Ionic Liquids5▲ 8.0×5 topics
    34. Medicinal Chemistry5▲ 7.0×6 topics
    35. Fatty Acid Metabolism5▲ 73×1 topic
    36. Omega-3 Fatty Acids5▲ 27×1 topic
    37. Pollution5▲ 18×2 topics
    38. Heterogeneous Catalysts4▲ 22×2 topics
    39. Metabolic Engineering4▲ 19×4 topics
    40. Mitochondrial Function4▲ 16×4 topics

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

    By volume: Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis.

    Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 9 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 6 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer sy…6biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 6 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and A…5Chemical Synthesis and Analysis: 5 fractional worksFatty Acid Research and Health: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Sensor Technologies: 4 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…4Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 4 fractional worksOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis: 4 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Reactions: 4 fractional worksFood Chemistry and Fat A…4Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis: 4 fractional works
    SpectroscopyBiomaterialsMolecular BiologyNutrition and Dietetics4 others

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

    1. 1 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 9 works
    2. 2 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 6 works
    3. 3 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 6 works
    4. 4 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 5 works
    5. 5 Fatty Acid Research and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 5 works
    6. 6 Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies Biomedical Engineering 4 works
    7. 7 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 4 works
    8. 8 Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis Organic Chemistry 4 works
    9. 9 Chemical Synthesis and Reactions Organic Chemistry 4 works
    10. 10 Food Chemistry and Fat Analysis Food Science 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 available4.0%not open96.0%

    World: 40% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors4.7%domestic only95.3%

    World: 18% is written across borders.

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

    Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

    1990200020102020
    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 Unilever (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000073% in 2019.

    0.0050%0.010%Unilever (Germany)0.0000051% in 202019801990200020102020

    Fractional works of Unilever (Germany) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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