German Aerospace Center

German Aerospace Center
Short name
DLR
Country, city
Germany, Cologne
Publications
25 166
Citations
718 727
h-index
258
Top-3 organizations
Technical University of Munich
Technical University of Munich (803 publications)
Technical University of Berlin
Technical University of Berlin (717 publications)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (714 publications)
Top-3 foreign organizations
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (714 publications)
Sorbonne University
Sorbonne University (466 publications)

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Since 1985

Total publications
25166
Total citations
718727
Citations per publication
28.56
Average publications per year
629.15
Average authors per publication
6.71
h-index
258
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, 3131, 5.69%
Space and Planetary Science
3131 publications, 5.69%
Aerospace Engineering, 2448, 4.45%
Aerospace Engineering
2448 publications, 4.45%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2343, 4.26%
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
2343 publications, 4.26%
Atmospheric Science, 2334, 4.24%
Atmospheric Science
2334 publications, 4.24%
Mechanical Engineering, 2184, 3.97%
Mechanical Engineering
2184 publications, 3.97%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2083, 3.78%
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
2083 publications, 3.78%
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1926, 3.5%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
1926 publications, 3.5%
Condensed Matter Physics, 1861, 3.38%
Condensed Matter Physics
1861 publications, 3.38%
General Materials Science, 1340, 2.43%
General Materials Science
1340 publications, 2.43%
Mechanics of Materials, 1316, 2.39%
Mechanics of Materials
1316 publications, 2.39%
Geophysics, 1273, 2.31%
Geophysics
1273 publications, 2.31%
General Physics and Astronomy, 1105, 2.01%
General Physics and Astronomy
1105 publications, 2.01%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 1032, 1.87%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
1032 publications, 1.87%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology, 1000, 1.82%
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
1000 publications, 1.82%
General Medicine, 940, 1.71%
General Medicine
940 publications, 1.71%
Computer Science Applications, 870, 1.58%
Computer Science Applications
870 publications, 1.58%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous), 735, 1.34%
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
735 publications, 1.34%
Materials Chemistry, 720, 1.31%
Materials Chemistry
720 publications, 1.31%
General Chemistry, 670, 1.22%
General Chemistry
670 publications, 1.22%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 630, 1.14%
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
630 publications, 1.14%
General Chemical Engineering, 586, 1.06%
General Chemical Engineering
586 publications, 1.06%
Computers in Earth Sciences, 583, 1.06%
Computers in Earth Sciences
583 publications, 1.06%
Fuel Technology, 571, 1.04%
Fuel Technology
571 publications, 1.04%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 570, 1.04%
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
570 publications, 1.04%
Ceramics and Composites, 566, 1.03%
Ceramics and Composites
566 publications, 1.03%
Transportation, 561, 1.02%
Transportation
561 publications, 1.02%
Control and Systems Engineering, 557, 1.01%
Control and Systems Engineering
557 publications, 1.01%
Applied Mathematics, 547, 0.99%
Applied Mathematics
547 publications, 0.99%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, 526, 0.96%
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
526 publications, 0.96%
General Engineering, 521, 0.95%
General Engineering
521 publications, 0.95%
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Journals

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Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
860 publications, 3.42%
Notes on Numerical Fluid Mechanics and Multidisciplinary Design
520 publications, 2.07%
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
502 publications, 1.99%
Remote Sensing
476 publications, 1.89%
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
394 publications, 1.57%
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
372 publications, 1.48%
Icarus
340 publications, 1.35%
CEAS Aeronautical Journal
326 publications, 1.3%
Acta Astronautica
320 publications, 1.27%
Advances in Space Research
291 publications, 1.16%
Planetary and Space Science
284 publications, 1.13%
Astronomy and Astrophysics
250 publications, 0.99%
Geophysical Research Letters
248 publications, 0.99%
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
230 publications, 0.91%
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
228 publications, 0.91%
Aerospace Science and Technology
217 publications, 0.86%
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
199 publications, 0.79%
Experiments in Fluids
191 publications, 0.76%
Journal of Geophysical Research
191 publications, 0.76%
ECS Meeting Abstracts
178 publications, 0.71%
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
170 publications, 0.68%
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
166 publications, 0.66%
Journal of Aircraft
164 publications, 0.65%
AIAA Journal
153 publications, 0.61%
AIP Conference Proceedings
149 publications, 0.59%
Solar Energy
145 publications, 0.58%
Space Science Reviews
144 publications, 0.57%
IFAC Proceedings Volumes
140 publications, 0.56%
Aerospace
134 publications, 0.53%
CEAS Space Journal
132 publications, 0.52%
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Publishers

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Elsevier
6191 publications, 24.6%
Springer Nature
5022 publications, 19.96%
Wiley
1713 publications, 6.81%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
1619 publications, 6.43%
MDPI
1402 publications, 5.57%
Copernicus
1282 publications, 5.09%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
896 publications, 3.56%
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
555 publications, 2.21%
AIP Publishing
528 publications, 2.1%
Taylor & Francis
518 publications, 2.06%
IOP Publishing
489 publications, 1.94%
EDP Sciences
383 publications, 1.52%
The Electrochemical Society
330 publications, 1.31%
American Physical Society (APS)
329 publications, 1.31%
ASME International
322 publications, 1.28%
American Geophysical Union
300 publications, 1.19%
Oxford University Press
271 publications, 1.08%
SAGE
271 publications, 1.08%
American Meteorological Society
241 publications, 0.96%
Cambridge University Press
237 publications, 0.94%
Frontiers Media S.A.
213 publications, 0.85%
Optica Publishing Group
179 publications, 0.71%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
171 publications, 0.68%
Trans Tech Publications
141 publications, 0.56%
Mary Ann Liebert
128 publications, 0.51%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
126 publications, 0.5%
Walter de Gruyter
98 publications, 0.39%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
89 publications, 0.35%
American Astronomical Society
80 publications, 0.32%
Hindawi Limited
73 publications, 0.29%
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With other organizations

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Technical University of Munich
803 publications, 1.78%
Technical University of Berlin
717 publications, 1.59%
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
714 publications, 1.58%
California Institute of Technology
636 publications, 1.41%
University of Stuttgart
556 publications, 1.23%
University of Cologne
553 publications, 1.22%
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
534 publications, 1.18%
Sorbonne University
466 publications, 1.03%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
456 publications, 1.01%
Technical University of Braunschweig
445 publications, 0.99%
ETH Zurich
438 publications, 0.97%
Observatoire de Paris
406 publications, 0.9%
University of Bremen
395 publications, 0.87%
Goddard Space Flight Center
387 publications, 0.86%
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
350 publications, 0.78%
RWTH Aachen University
349 publications, 0.77%
Free University of Berlin
336 publications, 0.74%
National Institute for Astrophysics
320 publications, 0.71%
European Space Research and Technology Centre
308 publications, 0.68%
Humboldt University of Berlin
296 publications, 0.66%
Delft University of Technology
286 publications, 0.63%
Forschungszentrum Jülich
284 publications, 0.63%
Paris Cité University
276 publications, 0.61%
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
273 publications, 0.6%
Ames Research Center
266 publications, 0.59%
University of Arizona
260 publications, 0.58%
University of Bern
253 publications, 0.56%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
245 publications, 0.54%
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn
239 publications, 0.53%
Ulm University
238 publications, 0.53%
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With foreign organizations

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
714 publications, 2.32%
California Institute of Technology
636 publications, 2.06%
Sorbonne University
466 publications, 1.51%
ETH Zurich
438 publications, 1.42%
Observatoire de Paris
406 publications, 1.32%
Goddard Space Flight Center
387 publications, 1.25%
National Institute for Astrophysics
320 publications, 1.04%
European Space Research and Technology Centre
308 publications, 1%
Delft University of Technology
286 publications, 0.93%
Paris Cité University
276 publications, 0.89%
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace
273 publications, 0.89%
Ames Research Center
266 publications, 0.86%
University of Arizona
260 publications, 0.84%
University of Bern
253 publications, 0.82%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
245 publications, 0.79%
University of California, Los Angeles
230 publications, 0.75%
University of Cambridge
221 publications, 0.72%
Université Paris-Saclay
212 publications, 0.69%
University of Maryland, College Park
209 publications, 0.68%
National Center for Atmospheric Research
209 publications, 0.68%
National Institute for Aerospace Technology
196 publications, 0.64%
University of Colorado Boulder
195 publications, 0.63%
University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
191 publications, 0.62%
Imperial College London
186 publications, 0.6%
University of Padua
185 publications, 0.6%
Grenoble Alpes University
180 publications, 0.58%
Paris Sciences et Lettres
180 publications, 0.58%
Aix-Marseille University
176 publications, 0.57%
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
175 publications, 0.57%
Cornell University
172 publications, 0.56%
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With other countries

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USA, 3791, 7.52%
USA
3791 publications, 7.52%
France, 2439, 4.84%
France
2439 publications, 4.84%
United Kingdom, 2104, 4.17%
United Kingdom
2104 publications, 4.17%
Italy, 1887, 3.74%
Italy
1887 publications, 3.74%
Netherlands, 1522, 3.02%
Netherlands
1522 publications, 3.02%
Switzerland, 1354, 2.69%
Switzerland
1354 publications, 2.69%
Spain, 1257, 2.49%
Spain
1257 publications, 2.49%
China, 950, 1.88%
China
950 publications, 1.88%
Austria, 840, 1.67%
Austria
840 publications, 1.67%
Russia, 770, 1.53%
Russia
770 publications, 1.53%
Sweden, 703, 1.39%
Sweden
703 publications, 1.39%
Japan, 703, 1.39%
Japan
703 publications, 1.39%
Canada, 672, 1.33%
Canada
672 publications, 1.33%
Belgium, 589, 1.17%
Belgium
589 publications, 1.17%
Australia, 467, 0.93%
Australia
467 publications, 0.93%
Denmark, 351, 0.7%
Denmark
351 publications, 0.7%
Poland, 339, 0.67%
Poland
339 publications, 0.67%
Greece, 325, 0.64%
Greece
325 publications, 0.64%
Finland, 321, 0.64%
Finland
321 publications, 0.64%
Norway, 313, 0.62%
Norway
313 publications, 0.62%
Czech Republic, 276, 0.55%
Czech Republic
276 publications, 0.55%
India, 241, 0.48%
India
241 publications, 0.48%
Brazil, 231, 0.46%
Brazil
231 publications, 0.46%
Portugal, 204, 0.4%
Portugal
204 publications, 0.4%
Chile, 179, 0.35%
Chile
179 publications, 0.35%
Hungary, 175, 0.35%
Hungary
175 publications, 0.35%
New Zealand, 168, 0.33%
New Zealand
168 publications, 0.33%
Republic of Korea, 165, 0.33%
Republic of Korea
165 publications, 0.33%
Israel, 149, 0.3%
Israel
149 publications, 0.3%
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  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated daily.
  • Publications published earlier than 1985 are ignored in the statistics.
  • The horizontal charts show the 30 top positions.
  • Journals quartiles values are relevant at the moment.