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German Aerospace Center
Short name
DLR
Country, city
Germany, Cologne
Publications
28 553
Citations
831 953
h-index
281
Top-3 organizations
Technical University of Munich
Technical University of Munich (943 publications)
Technical University of Berlin
Technical University of Berlin (810 publications)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (768 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (768 publications)
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University (566 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Since 1967

Total publications
28553
Total citations
831953
Citations per publication
29.14
Average publications per year
475.88
Average authors per publication
6.84
h-index
281
Metrics description
h-index
A scientist has an h-index if h of his N publications are cited at least h times each, while the remaining (N - h) publications are cited no more than h times each.

Top-30

Fields of science

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Space and Planetary Science, 3171, 11.11%
Space and Planetary Science
3171 publications, 11.11%
Aerospace Engineering, 2492, 8.73%
Aerospace Engineering
2492 publications, 8.73%
Atmospheric Science, 2438, 8.54%
Atmospheric Science
2438 publications, 8.54%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2398, 8.4%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
2398 publications, 8.4%
Mechanical Engineering, 2216, 7.76%
Mechanical Engineering
2216 publications, 7.76%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2123, 7.44%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
2123 publications, 7.44%
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1965, 6.88%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
1965 publications, 6.88%
Condensed Matter Physics, 1861, 6.52%
Condensed Matter Physics
1861 publications, 6.52%
General Materials Science, 1362, 4.77%
General Materials Science
1362 publications, 4.77%
Mechanics of Materials, 1318, 4.62%
Mechanics of Materials
1318 publications, 4.62%
Geophysics, 1281, 4.49%
Geophysics
1281 publications, 4.49%
General Physics and Astronomy, 1185, 4.15%
General Physics and Astronomy
1185 publications, 4.15%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 1038, 3.64%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
1038 publications, 3.64%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology, 1005, 3.52%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
1005 publications, 3.52%
General Medicine, 992, 3.47%
General Medicine
992 publications, 3.47%
Computer Science Applications, 903, 3.16%
Computer Science Applications
903 publications, 3.16%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), 739, 2.59%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
739 publications, 2.59%
Materials Chemistry, 721, 2.53%
Materials Chemistry
721 publications, 2.53%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 681, 2.39%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
681 publications, 2.39%
General Chemistry, 670, 2.35%
General Chemistry
670 publications, 2.35%
General Engineering, 615, 2.15%
General Engineering
615 publications, 2.15%
Control and Systems Engineering, 588, 2.06%
Control and Systems Engineering
588 publications, 2.06%
General Chemical Engineering, 587, 2.06%
General Chemical Engineering
587 publications, 2.06%
Computers in Earth Sciences, 584, 2.05%
Computers in Earth Sciences
584 publications, 2.05%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 572, 2%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
572 publications, 2%
Fuel Technology, 571, 2%
Fuel Technology
571 publications, 2%
Ceramics and Composites, 566, 1.98%
Ceramics and Composites
566 publications, 1.98%
Transportation, 561, 1.96%
Transportation
561 publications, 1.96%
Applied Mathematics, 552, 1.93%
Applied Mathematics
552 publications, 1.93%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 526, 1.84%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
526 publications, 1.84%
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Journals

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
860 publications, 3.01%
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
611 publications, 2.14%
Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design
525 publications, 1.84%
Remote Sensing
498 publications, 1.74%
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
411 publications, 1.44%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
408 publications, 1.43%
CEAS Aeronautical Journal
384 publications, 1.34%
Icarus
358 publications, 1.25%
Acta Astronautica
340 publications, 1.19%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
336 publications, 1.18%
Advances in Space Research
302 publications, 1.06%
Planetary and Space Science
285 publications, 1%
Geophysical Research Letters
262 publications, 0.92%
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
259 publications, 0.91%
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
253 publications, 0.89%
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
240 publications, 0.84%
Aerospace Science and Technology
224 publications, 0.78%
Journal of Aircraft
203 publications, 0.71%
Experiments in Fluids
199 publications, 0.7%
Journal of Geophysical Research
191 publications, 0.67%
ECS Meeting Abstracts
189 publications, 0.66%
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
186 publications, 0.65%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
180 publications, 0.63%
AIAA Journal
168 publications, 0.59%
Aerospace
166 publications, 0.58%
Solar Energy
164 publications, 0.57%
CEAS Space Journal
155 publications, 0.54%
Space Science Reviews
153 publications, 0.54%
AIP Conference Proceedings
152 publications, 0.53%
Adaptive, tolerant and efficient composite structures
152 publications, 0.53%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
6749 publications, 23.64%
Springer Nature
6079 publications, 21.29%
Wiley
1905 publications, 6.67%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1816 publications, 6.36%
Copernicus
1599 publications, 5.6%
MDPI
1585 publications, 5.55%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
898 publications, 3.15%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
639 publications, 2.24%
AIP Publishing
564 publications, 1.98%
Taylor & Francis
558 publications, 1.95%
IOP Publishing
517 publications, 1.81%
EDP Sciences
483 publications, 1.69%
American Physical Society (APS)
374 publications, 1.31%
American Geophysical Union
364 publications, 1.27%
ASME International
349 publications, 1.22%
The Electrochemical Society
344 publications, 1.2%
SAGE
300 publications, 1.05%
Oxford University Press
293 publications, 1.03%
American Meteorological Society
259 publications, 0.91%
Cambridge University Press
257 publications, 0.9%
Frontiers Media S.A.
253 publications, 0.89%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
198 publications, 0.69%
Optica Publishing Group
196 publications, 0.69%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
145 publications, 0.51%
Trans Tech Publications
142 publications, 0.5%
Mary Ann Liebert
131 publications, 0.46%
Walter de Gruyter
113 publications, 0.4%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
99 publications, 0.35%
American Astronomical Society
92 publications, 0.32%
Hindawi Limited
75 publications, 0.26%
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With other organizations

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Technical University of Munich
943 publications, 3.3%
Technical University of Berlin
810 publications, 2.84%
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
768 publications, 2.69%
California Institute of Technology
703 publications, 2.46%
University of Cologne
647 publications, 2.27%
University of Stuttgart
631 publications, 2.21%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
615 publications, 2.15%
Sorbonne University
566 publications, 1.98%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
560 publications, 1.96%
ETH Zurich
522 publications, 1.83%
Technical University of Braunschweig
510 publications, 1.79%
University of Bremen
493 publications, 1.73%
Observatoire de Paris
470 publications, 1.65%
RWTH Aachen University
428 publications, 1.5%
Goddard Space Flight Center
424 publications, 1.48%
Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
412 publications, 1.44%
Free University of Berlin
386 publications, 1.35%
European Space Research and Technology Centre
383 publications, 1.34%
National Institute for Astrophysics
378 publications, 1.32%
Delft University of Technology
364 publications, 1.27%
Forschungszentrum Jülich
364 publications, 1.27%
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
359 publications, 1.26%
Humboldt University of Berlin
329 publications, 1.15%
University of Bern
319 publications, 1.12%
Paris Cité University
319 publications, 1.12%
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
309 publications, 1.08%
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
299 publications, 1.05%
Ames Research Center
298 publications, 1.04%
University of Arizona
297 publications, 1.04%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
290 publications, 1.02%
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With foreign organizations

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
768 publications, 2.69%
California Institute of Technology
703 publications, 2.46%
Sorbonne University
566 publications, 1.98%
ETH Zurich
522 publications, 1.83%
Observatoire de Paris
470 publications, 1.65%
Goddard Space Flight Center
424 publications, 1.48%
European Space Research and Technology Centre
383 publications, 1.34%
National Institute for Astrophysics
378 publications, 1.32%
Delft University of Technology
364 publications, 1.27%
University of Bern
319 publications, 1.12%
Paris Cité University
319 publications, 1.12%
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
309 publications, 1.08%
Ames Research Center
298 publications, 1.04%
University of Arizona
297 publications, 1.04%
University of Cambridge
282 publications, 0.99%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
280 publications, 0.98%
Université Paris-Saclay
255 publications, 0.89%
University of California, Los Angeles
248 publications, 0.87%
National Institute for Aerospace Technology
246 publications, 0.86%
University of Padua
244 publications, 0.85%
Paris Sciences et Lettres
241 publications, 0.84%
National Center for Atmospheric Research
237 publications, 0.83%
University of Maryland, College Park
236 publications, 0.83%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
234 publications, 0.82%
University of Colorado Boulder
232 publications, 0.81%
Grenoble Alpes University
226 publications, 0.79%
Aix-Marseille University
221 publications, 0.77%
Spanish Astrobiology Center
214 publications, 0.75%
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
214 publications, 0.75%
Space Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
211 publications, 0.74%
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With other countries

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USA, 3989, 13.97%
USA
3989 publications, 13.97%
France, 2521, 8.83%
France
2521 publications, 8.83%
United Kingdom, 2210, 7.74%
United Kingdom
2210 publications, 7.74%
Italy, 1976, 6.92%
Italy
1976 publications, 6.92%
Netherlands, 1607, 5.63%
Netherlands
1607 publications, 5.63%
Switzerland, 1401, 4.91%
Switzerland
1401 publications, 4.91%
Spain, 1298, 4.55%
Spain
1298 publications, 4.55%
China, 991, 3.47%
China
991 publications, 3.47%
Austria, 875, 3.06%
Austria
875 publications, 3.06%
Russia, 792, 2.77%
Russia
792 publications, 2.77%
Japan, 741, 2.6%
Japan
741 publications, 2.6%
Sweden, 729, 2.55%
Sweden
729 publications, 2.55%
Canada, 700, 2.45%
Canada
700 publications, 2.45%
Belgium, 613, 2.15%
Belgium
613 publications, 2.15%
Australia, 482, 1.69%
Australia
482 publications, 1.69%
Denmark, 361, 1.26%
Denmark
361 publications, 1.26%
Poland, 345, 1.21%
Poland
345 publications, 1.21%
Finland, 335, 1.17%
Finland
335 publications, 1.17%
Greece, 334, 1.17%
Greece
334 publications, 1.17%
Norway, 326, 1.14%
Norway
326 publications, 1.14%
Czech Republic, 289, 1.01%
Czech Republic
289 publications, 1.01%
India, 248, 0.87%
India
248 publications, 0.87%
Brazil, 238, 0.83%
Brazil
238 publications, 0.83%
Portugal, 208, 0.73%
Portugal
208 publications, 0.73%
Chile, 183, 0.64%
Chile
183 publications, 0.64%
Hungary, 180, 0.63%
Hungary
180 publications, 0.63%
New Zealand, 180, 0.63%
New Zealand
180 publications, 0.63%
Republic of Korea, 177, 0.62%
Republic of Korea
177 publications, 0.62%
Israel, 159, 0.56%
Israel
159 publications, 0.56%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1967 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.