Question 1

What is 3M (United States) known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, 3M (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,919 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#2,915 of 8,541 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,530 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

Question 2

How does 3M (United States) rank in research?

Accepted Answer

3M (United States) ranks #5,429 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#6,024 all time), and #737 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at 3M (United States)?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, John L. Butenhoff, Mark A. Tomai and John P. Vasilakos lead among researchers whose main affiliation is 3M (United States).

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from 3M (United States)?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from 3M (United States) is "Electrocatalyst approaches and challenges for automotive fuel cells" (Mark K. Debe, 2012), with 5,898 citations. Next come "Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19" (3,284) and "Mortality Results from a Randomized Prostate-Cancer Screening Trial" (2,935).

Question 5

Which research topics does 3M (United States) publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Surgical site infection prevention and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at 3M (United States)?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Health Effects, Public Health, Mental Health, COVID-19, Infection Prevention, Global Distribution and Mortality.

Question 7

Which fields of science does 3M (United States) work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 40% of research at 3M (United States) is in Health Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (32%), Engineering (15%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Is 3M (United States)'s research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.