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Voestalpine (Austria)

In research, Voestalpine (Austria) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,404 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,698 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering (Mechanical Engineering is 17.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,996
of 22,385 · #10,317 all time
Rank in Austria
#81
of 143
Research works
1k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Voestalpine (Austria)

What is Voestalpine (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 #5,404 of 10,670 6.7%147 #4910
EngineeringField #3,698 of 5,901 7.0%103 #2802

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

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Voestalpine (Austria) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (63%), Materials Science (17%), Computer Science (3%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 164 fractional works · 89.4% of its workEngineering: 115 fractional works · 62.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 59 fractional works · 32.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 17 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 32 fractional works · 17.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVoestalpine(Austria)183fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences6%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering11562.7%
    2. Materials Science3217.4%
    3. Computer Science63.4%
    4. Environmental Science52.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    8. Chemistry10.5%
    9. Mathematics10.4%
    10. Energy10.3%
    1. Social Sciences42.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities31.9%
    3. Decision Sciences20.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    5. Psychology10.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Medicine52.5%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Voestalpine (Austria) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 17.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 59.2 works18×
  2. Materials ScienceField · 31.9 works5.0×
  3. EngineeringField · 114.8 works4.2×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.18× its world share, 115 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.99× its world share, 32 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science4.99×32 works
  2. Engineering4.18×115 works
  3. Chemical Engineering1.74×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences0.85×2 works
  5. Arts and Humanities0.65×3 works
  6. Environmental Science0.54×5 works
  7. Computer Science0.43×6 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.42×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×1 works
  10. Energy0.35×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.31×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.31×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×2 works
  14. Nursing0.19×0 works
  15. Psychology0.18×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.18×4 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×1 works
  18. Medicine0.13×5 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×1 works
  21. Health Professions0.07×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.06×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Voestalpine (Austria)?

Ranked on the quality score, Walter Tranquillini, Karin Nußbaumer and Hans‐Peter Haring lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Voestalpine (Austria).

  1. 1 Walter Tranquillini Austria · #875,187 worldwide 2.7k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Karin Nußbaumer Austria · #1,221,338 worldwide 1.8k citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Hans‐Peter Haring Austria · #1,526,253 worldwide 2.4k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Alexander Jarosik Austria · #1,850,042 worldwide 193 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Karim Badr Austria · #1,979,749 worldwide 368 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Gerald H. Luckeneder Austria · #2,102,274 worldwide 1.9k citations · 65 works
  7. 7 Leopold Wagner Austria · #2,369,958 worldwide 1.3k citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Gabriele Wurm Austria · #2,594,166 worldwide 1.5k citations · 66 works
  9. 9 S. Scheriau Austria · #2,739,285 worldwide 1.1k citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Johann Angeli Austria · #2,740,197 worldwide 493 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Voestalpine (Austria)

What are the most cited papers from Voestalpine (Austria)?

The most cited paper from Voestalpine (Austria) is "Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests" (Simon L. Lewis et al., 2009), with 1,045 citations. Next come "Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees" (586) and "Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates" (555).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests Simon L. Lewis et al. · Nature Open access Feb 2009 1,045
2 Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees Ted R. Feldpausch et al. · Biogeosciences Open access 5 May 2011 586
3 Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates Ted R. Feldpausch et al. · Biogeosciences Open access 27 Aug 2012 555
4 Mechanical recanalization in basilar artery occlusion: The ENDOSTROKE study Oliver C. Singer et al. · Annals of Neurology 16 Dec 2014 332
5 Structure of Cu deformed by high pressure torsion Thomas Hebesberger, H.P. Stüwe, A. Vorhauer et al. · Acta Materialia 9 Nov 2004 324
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Voestalpine (Austria)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Grain Refinement, High-Strength Steels, Martensite Transformation, Corrosion Behavior, Metallurgy and Microstructural Evolution.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties31▲ 17×24 topics
  2. Microstructure27▲ 29×12 topics
  3. Grain Refinement18▲ 85×4 topics
  4. High-Strength Steels13▲ 214×1 topic
  5. Martensite Transformation13▲ 214×1 topic
  6. Corrosion Behavior12▲ 78×3 topics
  7. Metallurgy12▲ 105×2 topics
  8. Microstructural Evolution11▲ 43×4 topics
  9. Machine Learning10▲ 1.69×15 topics
  10. Hydrogen Embrittlement10▲ 66×3 topics
  11. Databases9▲ 176×1 topic
  12. Thermochemical9▲ 176×1 topic
  13. Grain Boundary Engineering9▲ 72×2 topics
  14. Pitting Corrosion8▲ 81×2 topics
  15. Passive Films8▲ 123×1 topic
  16. Stainless Steels8▲ 123×1 topic
  17. Energy Efficiency8▲ 4.4×11 topics
  18. Wear Resistance7▲ 93×2 topics
  19. Artificial Neural Networks6▲ 7.7×4 topics
  20. Cryogenic Treatment6▲ 121×1 topic
  21. Tool Steels6▲ 121×1 topic
  22. Molecular Dynamics Simulation6▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Numerical Simulation6▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Constitutive Modeling6▲ 47×2 topics
  25. High Temperature6▲ 45×2 topics
  26. Heat Transfer6▲ 6.1×7 topics
  27. Material Characterization6▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Dynamic Recrystallization5▲ 77×1 topic
  29. Hot Deformation5▲ 77×1 topic
  30. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria5▲ 44×2 topics
  31. Corrosion Inhibitors5▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Metal Corrosion5▲ 55×1 topic
  33. Welding5▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Process Optimization5▲ 39×2 topics
  35. Residual Stress5▲ 47×2 topics
  36. Laser Welding5▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Weld Pool Dynamics5▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Defect Detection4▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Iron Oxides4▲ 128×1 topic
  40. Reduction Kinetics4▲ 128×1 topic

Which research topics does Voestalpine (Austria) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels, Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics, Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals and Metal Alloys Wear and Properties.

Microstructure and Mecha…13Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 13 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 9 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement a…8Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 8 fractional worksMetal Alloys Wear and Pr…6Metal Alloys Wear and Properties: 6 fractional worksMetallurgy and Material Forming: 5 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 5 fractional worksWelding Techniques and R…5Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses: 5 fractional worksIron and Steelmaking Processes: 4 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 4 fractional worksNon-Destructive Testing Techniques: 4 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMetals and AlloysMaterials ChemistryMechanics of Materials1 others

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

  1. 1 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 13 works
  2. 2 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 8 works
  4. 4 Metal Alloys Wear and Properties Materials Chemistry 6 works
  5. 5 Metallurgy and Material Forming Mechanics of Materials 5 works
  6. 6 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 5 works
  7. 7 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Iron and Steelmaking Processes Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 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 available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Voestalpine (Austria)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Voestalpine (Austria) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00075% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Voestalpine (Austria)0.00076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Voestalpine (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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Voestalpine (Austria)7.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.4% in 2010.

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