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Zentrum für Mechatronik und Automatisierungstechnik

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World rank, all time
#39,735
of 42,892
Rank in Germany
#1,914
of 2,077
Research works
125
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What does Zentrum für Mechatronik und Automatisierungstechnik specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 24.6 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.

Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 4.15× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.04× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.05× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Zentrum für Mechatronik und Automatisierungstechnik?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Additive Manufacturing, Microstructure, Martensitic Transformation, Shape Memory Alloys, Actuators, Nanocomposites and Energy Storage.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 32 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Biomedical Applications8▲ 16×6 topics
  2. Additive Manufacturing7▲ 56×8 topics
  3. Microstructure6▲ 27×2 topics
  4. Martensitic Transformation5▲ 950×1 topic
  5. Shape Memory Alloys5▲ 950×1 topic
  6. Actuators4▲ 67×4 topics
  7. Nanocomposites4▲ 12×5 topics
  8. Energy Storage4▲ 14×2 topics
  9. Dielectric Elastomers3▲ 299×1 topic
  10. High Permittivity Polymer Composites3▲ 299×1 topic
  11. Nanogenerators3▲ 62×1 topic
  12. Wearable3▲ 62×1 topic
  13. Flexible Automation2▲ 222×1 topic
  14. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems2▲ 222×1 topic
  15. Virtual Prototyping2▲ 60×2 topics
  16. Assembly Planning2▲ 69×1 topic
  17. Design for Manufacture2▲ 69×1 topic
  18. Big Data2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  19. Soft Robotics2▲ 66×2 topics
  20. Supply Chain Management2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  21. Bioinspired Robotics2▲ 108×1 topic
  22. Continuum Robots2▲ 108×1 topic
  23. Internet of Things1▲ 4.1×2 topics
  24. Tool Wear1▲ 27×3 topics
  25. Business Models1▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Digital Transformation1▲ 6.4×1 topic
  27. Ferroelectric Materials1▲ 75×1 topic
  28. Lead-free Piezoceramics1▲ 75×1 topic
  29. Mechanical Properties1▲ 3.0×6 topics
  30. Neural Networks1▲ 2.0×4 topics
  31. Blockchain1▲ 11×1 topic
  32. Smart Contracts1▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Zentrum für Mechatronik und Automatisierungstechnik publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Shape Memory Alloy Transformations, Dielectric materials and actuators, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems.

Shape Memory Alloy Trans…5Shape Memory Alloy Transformations: 5 fractional worksDielectric materials and actuators: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 3 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 2 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 2 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applic…2Soft Robotics and Applications: 2 fractional worksDigital Innovation in Industries: 1 fractional worksFerroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials: 1 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 1 fractional works
Materials ChemistryBiomedical EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringManagement of Technology and Innovation2 others

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

  1. 1 Shape Memory Alloy Transformations Materials Chemistry 5 works
  2. 2 Dielectric materials and actuators Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  8. 8 Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials Materials Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.4%domestic only96.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zentrum für Mechatronik und Automatisierungstechnik's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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