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Université franco-allemande

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World rank, all time
#25,932
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,257
of 1,603
Research works
127
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
1k
8.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Université franco-allemande

Which fields of science does Université franco-allemande work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Université franco-allemande is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (27%), Social Sciences (16%), Medicine (8%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 45.0% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 26.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 8.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 37.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 16.1% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversitéfranco-allemande27fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences37%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering726.6%
    2. Computer Science28.0%
    3. Materials Science13.8%
    4. Environmental Science13.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.7%
    6. Mathematics01.0%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Social Sciences416.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting27.7%
    3. Psychology25.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities14.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.5%
    6. Decision Sciences01.0%
    1. Medicine28.4%
    2. Health Professions26.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.2%
    2. Neuroscience01.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.77× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.28× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.40× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting2.40×2 works
  2. Health Professions2.28×2 works
  3. Psychology1.83×2 works
  4. Engineering1.77×7 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.54×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.27×4 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.14×1 works
  8. Materials Science1.10×1 works
  9. Computer Science1.03×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.99×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.86×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.75×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.73×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.68×1 works
  15. Medicine0.44×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.19×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Université franco-allemande?

The most cited paper from Université franco-allemande is "Facility location and supply chain management – A review" (Teresa Melo, Stefan Nickel, Francisco Saldanha‐da‐Gama, 2008), with 1,937 citations. Next come "Bridging the Gap between Social Animal and Unsocial Machine: A Survey of Social Signal Processing" (383) and "The use of augmented reality to foster conceptual knowledge acquisition in STEM laboratory courses—Theoretical background and empirical results" (200).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Facility location and supply chain management – A review Teresa Melo, Stefan Nickel, Francisco Saldanha‐da‐Gama · European Journal of Operational Research 17 May 2008 1,937
2 Bridging the Gap between Social Animal and Unsocial Machine: A Survey of Social Signal Processing Alessandro Vinciarelli, Maja Pantić, Dirk Heylen et al. · IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing Open access 25 Aug 2011 383
3 The use of augmented reality to foster conceptual knowledge acquisition in STEM laboratory courses—Theoretical background and empirical results Kristin Altmeyer, Sebastian Kapp, Michael Thees et al. · British Journal of Educational Technology Open access 14 Jan 2020 200
4 XML3D Kristian Sons, Felix Klein, Dmitri Rubinstein et al. Conference paper 24 Jul 2010 116
5 The Virtual Reality Questionnaire Toolkit Martin Feick, Niko Kleer, Anthony Tang et al. Conference paperOpen access 20 Oct 2020 85
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Which keywords describe research at Université franco-allemande?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ancient Rome, Greek Literature, Flexible Automation, Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Sustainability, Public Policy, Supply Chain Management and Informed Consent.

▲ 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 18 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Ancient Rome2▲ 232×1 topic
  2. Greek Literature2▲ 232×1 topic
  3. Sustainability2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  4. Flexible Automation2▲ 228×1 topic
  5. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems2▲ 228×1 topic
  6. Deep Learning2▲ 1.59×7 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management1▲ 5.8×4 topics
  8. Sustainable Development1▲ 3.2×7 topics
  9. Healthcare1▲ 4.3×2 topics
  10. Big Data1▲ 4.5×4 topics
  11. Internet of Things1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  12. Public Policy1▲ 9.7×4 topics
  13. Quality of Life1▲ 3.0×2 topics
  14. Aging1▲ 6.7×1 topic
  15. Elderly1▲ 15×1 topic
  16. Informed Consent1▲ 51×2 topics
  17. Medical Ethics1▲ 29×1 topic
  18. Patient Rights1▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does Université franco-allemande publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Classical Antiquity Studies, Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Medical and Health Sciences Research and Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues.

Classical Antiquity Stud…2Classical Antiquity Studies: 2 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 2 fractional worksMedical and Health Sciences Research: 1 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 1 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 1 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…1Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 1 fractional worksIndigenous Studies and Ecology: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability and Education: 0 fractional worksPolitical and Social Issues: 0 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cultural Studies: 0 fractional works
AnthropologyIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 2 works
  2. 2 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Medical and Health Sciences Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Indigenous Studies and Ecology General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  9. 9 Political and Social Issues Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 0 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 available40.0%not open60.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Université franco-allemande's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Université franco-allemande as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Université franco-allemande over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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