University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
In research, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,622 of 10,670 worldwide), Business, Management and Accounting (#672 of 2,581 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,637 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Management Information Systems (Human-Computer Interaction is 18.6× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #2,432 of 22,385 · #2,158 all time
- Rank in Austria
- #20 of 143
- Research works
- 2.6k ▲ 12% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 33k 12.7 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.1% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.93× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 41% world 40%
- International
- 23% world 18%
What is University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,622 of 10,670 | 4.9% | 479 | #1512 | |
| Business, Management and AccountingField | #672 of 2,581 | 10.9% | 74 | #792 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #2,637 of 9,585 | 11.8% | 182 | #2255 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #1,379 of 4,417 | 5.1% | 183 | #1009 | |
| EngineeringField | #2,133 of 5,901 | 4.4% | 222 | #1698 | |
| Artificial IntelligenceSubfield | #858 of 1,862 | 5.1% | 63 | #1059 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Physical Sciences#1,512 #1,622
- Business, Management and Accounting#792 #672
- Social Sciences#2,255 #2,637
- Computer Science#1,009 #1,379
- Engineering#1,698 #2,133
- Artificial Intelligence#1,059 #858
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria work in?
In 2022-now, 63% of research at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Computer Science (24%), Business, Management and Accounting (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences52763.1%
- Engineering24229.0%
- Computer Science20124.1%
- Materials Science242.8%
- Environmental Science192.3%
- Energy111.3%
- Mathematics101.2%
- Physics and Astronomy101.1%
- Chemistry50.6%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences30.4%
- Chemical Engineering30.3%
- Social Sciences20724.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting829.9%
- Social Sciences505.9%
- Psychology333.9%
- Decision Sciences263.1%
- Arts and Humanities91.0%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance80.9%
- Life Sciences536.3%
- Health Sciences485.7%
- Medicine364.3%
- Health Professions91.1%
- Nursing20.3%
- Dentistry00.0%
- Veterinary00.0%
What does University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Human-Computer Interaction takes 18.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 32.0 works19×
- Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 48.8 works11×
- Management Information SystemsSubfield · 20.6 works6.0×
- Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 20.5 works4.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Decision Sciences3.24×26 works
- Computer Science3.09×201 works
- Business, Management and Accounting3.06×82 works
- Engineering1.93×242 works
- Energy1.38×11 works
- Psychology1.29×33 works
- Neuroscience1.05×14 works
- Mathematics1.04×10 works
- Chemical Engineering0.94×3 works
- Materials Science0.81×24 works
- Nursing0.60×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.51×10 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×22 works
- Social Sciences0.47×50 works
- Environmental Science0.46×19 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×8 works
- Health Professions0.41×9 works
- Chemistry0.37×5 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×14 works
- Arts and Humanities0.35×8 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.26×1 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×4 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.24×2 works
- Medicine0.22×36 works
- Veterinary0.20×0 works
- Dentistry0.10×0 works
- Decision Sciences 3.2×
- Computer Science 3.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 3.1×
- Engineering 1.9×
- Energy 1.4×
- Psychology 1.3×
- Neuroscience 1.1×
- Mathematics 1.0×
- Chemical Engineering 0.9×
- Materials Science 0.8×
- Nursing 0.6×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.5×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Social Sciences 0.5×
- Environmental Science 0.5×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.4×
- Health Professions 0.4×
- Chemistry 0.4×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Arts and Humanities 0.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.2×
- Medicine 0.2×
- Veterinary 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria?
Ranked on the quality score, Fabian J. Stangl, Daniel Remias and Nadine Bachmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria.
- 1
Fabian J. Stangl
Austria · #310,439 worldwide 207 citations · 21 works
- 2
Daniel Remias
Austria · #420,913 worldwide 2.6k citations · 59 works
- 3
Nadine Bachmann
Austria · #535,677 worldwide 511 citations · 26 works
- 4
Dagmar Strohmeier
Austria · #551,527 worldwide 3.2k citations · 145 works
- 5
Petra Gradinger
Austria · #654,985 worldwide 1.3k citations · 37 works
- 6
Manuel Brunner
Austria · #667,027 worldwide 368 citations · 41 works
- 7
Mark J. Burge
Austria · #679,172 worldwide 5.6k citations · 154 works
- 8
Shailesh Tripathi
Austria · #727,335 worldwide 2.1k citations · 91 works
- 9
Florian Pichler
Austria · #739,113 worldwide 2.1k citations · 72 works
- 10
Markus Gerschberger
Austria · #757,924 worldwide 524 citations · 57 works
Which keywords describe research at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Big Data, Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Evolutionary Algorithms, Neural Networks and Virtual Reality.
- Medical
- Product Design
- Symbolic Regression
- Digital Twin
- Smart Factory
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Feature Selection
- Genetic Algorithm
- Particle Swarm Optimization
- User Experience
- Immersion
- Customer Experience
- Classification
- Applications
- Learning Outcomes
- Evolutionary Algorithms
- Artificial Intelligence
- Supply Chain Management
- Big Data
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Sustainability
- Neural Networks
- Mechanical Properties
- Virtual Reality
- Internet of Things
- Social Interaction
- E-commerce
- Embodiment
- Multiobjective Optimization
- Presence
- Environmental Management
- Cyber-Physical Systems
- Additive Manufacturing
- Ant Colony Optimization
- Metaheuristics
- Constraint Handling
- Genetic Programming
- Maintenance
- Immersive Simulations
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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Deep Learning65▲ 2.2×57 topics
- Machine Learning61▲ 2.2×54 topics
- Sustainability51▲ 2.5×39 topics
- Big Data38▲ 4.7×15 topics
- Neural Networks36▲ 2.8×25 topics
- Supply Chain Management32▲ 4.2×16 topics
- Mechanical Properties26▲ 3.2×28 topics
- Artificial Intelligence25▲ 2.1×22 topics
- Virtual Reality24▲ 6.0×12 topics
- Evolutionary Algorithms24▲ 27×5 topics
- Internet of Things21▲ 2.9×12 topics
- Learning Outcomes18▲ 5.2×4 topics
- Social Interaction16▲ 4.8×5 topics
- Applications15▲ 6.8×3 topics
- E-commerce15▲ 3.1×4 topics
- Classification15▲ 3.9×6 topics
- Embodiment15▲ 9.4×4 topics
- Customer Experience15▲ 11×4 topics
- Multiobjective Optimization14▲ 33×2 topics
- Immersion14▲ 25×1 topic
- Presence14▲ 25×1 topic
- User Experience13▲ 19×2 topics
- Environmental Management13▲ 3.9×9 topics
- Particle Swarm Optimization13▲ 13×2 topics
- Cyber-Physical Systems13▲ 5.8×5 topics
- Genetic Algorithm13▲ 11×4 topics
- Additive Manufacturing12▲ 4.7×7 topics
- Feature Selection12▲ 6.5×4 topics
- Ant Colony Optimization12▲ 26×2 topics
- Autonomous Vehicles12▲ 6.6×5 topics
- Metaheuristics11▲ 16×3 topics
- Smart Factory11▲ 12×2 topics
- Constraint Handling10▲ 15×2 topics
- Digital Twin10▲ 8.9×2 topics
- Genetic Programming10▲ 60×1 topic
- Symbolic Regression10▲ 60×1 topic
- Maintenance10▲ 14×2 topics
- Product Design10▲ 8.5×3 topics
- Immersive Simulations10▲ 24×1 topic
- Medical10▲ 24×1 topic
Which research topics does University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts, Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications, Augmented Reality Applications and Digital Transformation in Industry.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 14 works
- 2 Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications Artificial Intelligence 10 works
- 3 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 10 works
- 4 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9 works
- 5 Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 9 works
- 6 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 8 works
- 7 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
- 8 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
- 9 Interactive and Immersive Displays Human-Computer Interaction 7 works
- 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 6 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0029% in 2024.
Fractional works of University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.3% in 2011.
Other research institutions in Wels
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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