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At the TUM Department of Mechanical
Engineering, research addresses
the whole value chain from scientific
foundations up to application scenarios.
The competitiveness of research is
hard to quantify. Typical indicators are
third-party funds and the number of
publications.
Third-party Funds
Third-party funds indicate that public
bodies, such as the European Com-
mission, ministries and the DFG, and
private entities such as industry and
foundations trust in the competence
and competitiveness of research
performed at the department. While in
the decade between 1995 and 2004,
third-party funds were almost constant
at 20 m Euros, in the following decade,
third-party funds at the department
almost tripled. This compares to a
52% increase of all research funding at
German universities from 9.2 bil. (Mrd)
Euros to 14.0 bil. (Mrd) Euros between
2005 and 2012 (most recent data
available).
In recent years since 2012, direct
project funding from public bodies
such as state and federal ministries, the
European Commission and the German
Research Foundation continued to
increase at a constant rate. Industry
funding, however, has decreased by
about 10% every year since 2014.
Publications
Publications accepted in international
journals through a peer review process
are a key parameter for scientific
output. They are referred to in most
international research rankings. Contri-
butions listed in Scopus with about 600
peer-reviewed articles and contributions
to conferences are now almost twice as
many as 10 years ago.
Even more impressive is the increase
in citations: while in 2006 publications
of faculty at the Department were cited
1800 times, within one decade, this
number increased by more than a factor
of five. This indicates that research at
the department is of tremendous interest
to fellow scientists all over the world.
Research
Publications (top) and citations (bottom) of faculty active at the Department of Mechanical Engineer-
ing in the specific year. Data retrieved from Scopus.
Third-party funding of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Blue: public funds; red: private funds; orange: other funds, usually not regarded as third party-funds
State Ministries Donations Test Authority Revenue Priv. (other) Industry Found. Prof.
Foundations DFG ExIni DFG SFB DFG Others EU Fed. Gov. State
not specified
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0
Citations (Scopus)
2016 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017
10,000
9000
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0
Citations (Scopus)
2016 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017