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Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria)

In research, Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,489 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,122 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering (Automotive Engineering is 27.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,675
of 22,385 · #13,703 all time
Rank in Austria
#79
of 143
Research works
926
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.7k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria)

What is Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,489 of 10,670 5.5%144 #5512
EngineeringField #4,122 of 5,901 4.9%105 #3730

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (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 fields of science does Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria) work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (63%), Computer Science (17%), Psychology (6%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 153 fractional works · 86.2% of its workEngineering: 111 fractional works · 62.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 26 fractional works · 14.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 10.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 7.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 29 fractional works · 16.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSoftware: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVirtual VehicleResearch GmbH…177fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences11%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering11162.6%
    2. Computer Science2916.6%
    3. Environmental Science42.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy31.7%
    5. Materials Science31.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.9%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Psychology105.6%
    2. Decision Sciences52.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting31.6%
    4. Social Sciences21.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine21.3%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    1. Neuroscience10.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 27.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 26.4 works28×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.13× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 4.18× its world share, 111 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.79× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.18×111 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.79×5 works
  3. Computer Science2.13×29 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.84×1 works
  5. Psychology1.83×10 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.79×3 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×2 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×3 works
  9. Materials Science0.46×3 works
  10. Environmental Science0.40×4 works
  11. Health Professions0.31×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.20×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.09×2 works
  14. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  15. Medicine0.07×2 works
  16. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria)?

Ranked on the quality score, H.H. Priebsch, Andrey W. Golubkov and Martin Cifrain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria).

  1. 1 H.H. Priebsch Austria · #725,726 worldwide 706 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Andrey W. Golubkov Austria · #1,099,244 worldwide 1.9k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Martin Cifrain Austria · #1,536,604 worldwide 889 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Marco Steger Austria · #1,688,964 worldwide 1.2k citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Hannes Allmaier Austria · #1,845,403 worldwide 1.2k citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Stefan Muckenhuber Austria · #1,880,702 worldwide 801 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Alexander Thaler Austria · #1,885,343 worldwide 1.9k citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Franz Markus Reich Austria · #2,041,364 worldwide 463 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Klaus Six Austria · #2,132,163 worldwide 1.5k citations · 124 works
  10. 10 Zlatan Ajanović Austria · #2,313,688 worldwide 158 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria)

What are the most cited papers from Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria)?

The most cited paper from Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria) is "Thermal-runaway experiments on consumer Li-ion batteries with metal-oxide and olivin-type cathodes" (Andrey W. Golubkov, David Fuchs, Julian Wagner et al., 2013), with 912 citations. Next come "BlockChain: A Distributed Solution to Automotive Security and Privacy" (815) and "MEMS-based lidar for autonomous driving" (190).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Thermal-runaway experiments on consumer Li-ion batteries with metal-oxide and olivin-type cathodes Andrey W. Golubkov, David Fuchs, Julian Wagner et al. · RSC Advances Open access 27 Nov 2013 912
2 BlockChain: A Distributed Solution to Automotive Security and Privacy Ali Dorri, Marco Steger, Salil S. Kanhere et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine Open access Dec 2017 815
3 MEMS-based lidar for autonomous driving Han Woong Yoo, Norbert Druml, David Brunner et al. · e+i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik Open access 31 Jul 2018 190
4 Driver Distraction Detection Methods: A Literature Review and Framework Alexey Mihajlovich Kashevnik, R.A. Shchedrin, Christian Kaiser et al. · IEEE Access Open access 2021 181
5 Batteries and battery management systems for electric vehicles Manfred Brandl, Harald C. Gall, M. Wenger et al. Conference paper Mar 2012 169
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Autonomous Vehicles, Deep Learning, Collision Avoidance, Sensor Fusion, Driver Assistance Systems, Trajectory Prediction, Electric Vehicles and Driver Behavior.

▲ 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 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. Autonomous Vehicles24▲ 66×4 topics
  2. Deep Learning24▲ 3.9×25 topics
  3. Machine Learning16▲ 2.7×14 topics
  4. Collision Avoidance14▲ 44×3 topics
  5. Sensor Fusion13▲ 69×3 topics
  6. Driver Assistance Systems11▲ 112×1 topic
  7. Trajectory Prediction11▲ 112×1 topic
  8. Electric Vehicles11▲ 22×4 topics
  9. Driver Behavior10▲ 73×2 topics
  10. High-Speed Trains9▲ 81×3 topics
  11. Rolling Contact Fatigue8▲ 78×2 topics
  12. Intelligent Transportation Systems8▲ 31×3 topics
  13. Mental Workload8▲ 80×2 topics
  14. Human Factors7▲ 51×2 topics
  15. Automation7▲ 57×1 topic
  16. Driver Distraction7▲ 102×1 topic
  17. Trust7▲ 15×2 topics
  18. Ground Vibration7▲ 142×1 topic
  19. Railway Dynamics7▲ 142×1 topic
  20. Model Predictive Control7▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Control Systems6▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Thermal Management5▲ 9.3×5 topics
  23. Lithium-ion Batteries5▲ 7.0×2 topics
  24. Metamodeling5▲ 107×2 topics
  25. Traffic Flow4▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Mobile Robots4▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Smart Grid4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  28. Vehicle Dynamics4▲ 40×2 topics
  29. Control Strategies4▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Robotics4▲ 8.9×2 topics
  31. 3D Mapping4▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Battery Management Systems4▲ 14×1 topic
  33. SLAM4▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Software Development4▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Thermal Runaway4▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Security Analysis4▲ 12×2 topics
  37. DSRC Standards4▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks4▲ 64×1 topic
  39. Energy Storage Systems3▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Terrestrial Laser Scanning3▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, Railway Engineering and Dynamics and Advanced Battery Technologies Research.

Autonomous Vehicle Techn…11Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 11 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 7 fractional worksRailway Engineering and Dynamics: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 4 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 4 fractional worksVehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs): 4 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 3 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 3 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 3 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringSocial PsychologyMechanical EngineeringAerospace Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 11 works
  2. 2 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 7 works
  3. 3 Railway Engineering and Dynamics Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 3 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 available25.0%not open75.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria)'s research output changed?

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

still counting200020102020
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 Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00078% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria)0.00054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH (Austria)8.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.2% in 2020.

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