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Vodafone (Germany)

In research, Vodafone (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,869 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,288 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering and Computer Science (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 12.1× its share of world research).

vodafone.deROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#17,356
of 22,385 · #12,679 all time
Rank in Germany
#581
of 795
Research works
546
▲ 58% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.2k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Vodafone (Germany)

What is Vodafone (Germany) 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 #5,869 of 10,670 11.1%110 #4479
EngineeringField #3,288 of 5,901 12.4%72 #2409

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vodafone (Germany) 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 Vodafone (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 93% of research at Vodafone (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (62%), Computer Science (27%), Physics and Astronomy (3%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 126 fractional works · 92.6% of its workEngineering: 84 fractional works · 62.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 59 fractional works · 43.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 36 fractional works · 26.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 12.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVodafone(Germany)136fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering8462.1%
    2. Computer Science3626.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy43.1%
    4. Environmental Science00.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting42.9%
    2. Social Sciences21.3%
    3. Decision Sciences00.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    5. Psychology00.1%
    1. Medicine32.0%
    1. Neuroscience00.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Vodafone (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 58.6 works12×
  2. EngineeringField · 84.4 works4.1×
  3. Computer ScienceField · 36.3 works3.4×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.43× its world share, 36 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 4.14× its world share, 84 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.41× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.14×84 works
  2. Computer Science3.43×36 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.41×4 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×4 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.30×0 works
  6. Neuroscience0.20×0 works
  7. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works
  9. Medicine0.11×3 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.10×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  14. Psychology0.04×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.01×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Vodafone (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohammad Parvini, Muhammad Qurratulain Khan and Anton Krause lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vodafone (Germany).

  1. 1 Mohammad Parvini Germany · #642,972 worldwide 419 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Muhammad Qurratulain Khan Germany · #1,869,183 worldwide 186 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Anton Krause Germany · #1,892,443 worldwide 175 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Martin Schlüter Germany · #1,897,571 worldwide 644 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Philipp Schulz Germany · #2,679,704 worldwide 1.5k citations · 82 works
  6. 6 Victor Chupis Germany · #2,701,210 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  7. 6 Hanno Ernst Germany · #2,701,210 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Subhyal Bin Iqbal Germany · #3,779,662 worldwide 60 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Friedrich Burmeister Germany · #3,943,425 worldwide 154 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Andrés Villamil Germany · #4,686,671 worldwide 62 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Vodafone (Germany)

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

The most cited paper from Vodafone (Germany) is "Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies, and new paradigm shifts" (Xiaohu You et al., 2020), with 2,058 citations. Next come "Generalized Frequency Division Multiplexing for 5th Generation Cellular Networks" (894) and "Energy Efficiency Aspects of Base Station Deployment Strategies for Cellular Networks" (589).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies, and new paradigm shifts Xiaohu You et al. · Science China Information Sciences Open access 24 Nov 2020 2,058
2 Generalized Frequency Division Multiplexing for 5th Generation Cellular Networks Nicola Michailow, Maximilian Matthé, Ivan Simoes Gaspar et al. · IEEE Transactions on Communications 5 Aug 2014 894
3 Energy Efficiency Aspects of Base Station Deployment Strategies for Cellular Networks Fred Richter, Albrecht J. Fehske, Gerhard Paul Fettweis Conference paper Sep 2009 589
4 GFDM - Generalized Frequency Division Multiplexing Gerhard Paul Fettweis, Marco Krondorf, Steffen Bittner Conference paper Apr 2009 560
5 Iterative Decoding Threshold Analysis for LDPC Convolutional Codes Michael Lentmaier, Arvind Sridharan, Daniel J. Costello et al. · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Open access 15 Sep 2010 423
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Vodafone (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Massive MIMO, Spectral Efficiency, Wireless Networks, Beamforming, Channel Estimation, Wireless Communications and Channel Modeling.

▲ 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. Energy Efficiency15▲ 12×9 topics
  2. Deep Learning12▲ 2.7×17 topics
  3. Massive MIMO11▲ 105×3 topics
  4. Spectral Efficiency11▲ 128×2 topics
  5. Wireless Networks11▲ 55×5 topics
  6. Beamforming10▲ 72×4 topics
  7. Channel Estimation10▲ 84×4 topics
  8. Wireless Communications10▲ 40×5 topics
  9. Channel Modeling9▲ 57×6 topics
  10. Cellular Networks9▲ 136×1 topic
  11. Interference Alignment9▲ 136×1 topic
  12. Resource Allocation8▲ 33×6 topics
  13. 5G8▲ 96×3 topics
  14. Neural Networks8▲ 3.6×10 topics
  15. MIMO Systems7▲ 65×3 topics
  16. 5G Networks7▲ 25×5 topics
  17. Power Control7▲ 147×3 topics
  18. Channel Assignment6▲ 138×3 topics
  19. Wireless Communication6▲ 32×4 topics
  20. Wireless Sensor Networks6▲ 10.0×4 topics
  21. Communications6▲ 138×2 topics
  22. Space-Time Coding6▲ 128×2 topics
  23. Iterative Decoding6▲ 162×2 topics
  24. Frequency Synthesizer6▲ 102×2 topics
  25. Hybrid Precoding5▲ 138×1 topic
  26. MIMO-OFDM5▲ 235×1 topic
  27. Millimeter Wave5▲ 138×1 topic
  28. fading channels5▲ 235×1 topic
  29. CMOS5▲ 74×2 topics
  30. Millimeter-Wave4▲ 86×2 topics
  31. Artificial Neural Networks4▲ 7.0×3 topics
  32. CDMA Systems4▲ 244×1 topic
  33. Multiuser Detection4▲ 244×1 topic
  34. OFDM Systems4▲ 126×2 topics
  35. Delta-Sigma Modulator4▲ 84×2 topics
  36. Integrated Circuits4▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Indoor Localization4▲ 60×1 topic
  38. RF-Based Positioning4▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Waveform Design4▲ 68×2 topics
  40. Antenna Arrays3▲ 73×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization, Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling, Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques and Wireless Communication Networks Research.

Advanced MIMO Systems Op…9Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 9 fractional worksMillimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Commun…5Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques: 5 fractional worksWireless Communication N…4Wireless Communication Networks Research: 4 fractional worksIndoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies: 4 fractional worksAntenna Design and Optimization: 3 fractional worksRadio Frequency Integrat…3Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 3 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 3 fractional worksPAPR reduction in OFDM2PAPR reduction in OFDM: 2 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsAerospace EngineeringSignal Processing

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

  1. 1 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  2. 2 Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Wireless Communication Networks Research Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  5. 5 Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Antenna Design and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 PAPR reduction in OFDM Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 2 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 available16.7%not open83.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 58% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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 Vodafone (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Vodafone (Germany)0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Vodafone (Germany) 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 counting10%20%30%Vodafone (Germany)11.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.8% in 2012.

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