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Airbus (France)

In research, Airbus (France) stands highest in Engineering (#2,368 of 5,901 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,606 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering (Aerospace Engineering is 10.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,427
of 22,385 · #7,711 all time
Rank in France
#243
of 517
Research works
1.3k
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Airbus (France)

What is Airbus (France) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EngineeringField #2,368 of 5,901 6.4%145 #1946
Physical SciencesDomain #4,606 of 10,670 5.5%232 #3534

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Airbus (France) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Airbus (France) work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Airbus (France) is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (50%), Computer Science (16%), Physics and Astronomy (5%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 251 fractional works · 80.4% of its workEngineering: 156 fractional works · 50.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 37 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 37 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 49 fractional works · 15.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 11.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAirbus (France)312fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering15650.0%
    2. Computer Science4915.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy144.6%
    4. Environmental Science144.4%
    5. Materials Science72.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences61.9%
    7. Mathematics30.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences103.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting92.8%
    3. Psychology92.7%
    4. Social Sciences72.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine134.1%
    2. Health Professions82.6%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Airbus (France) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 37.0 works10×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.03× its world share, 49 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.33× its world share, 156 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.08× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.87× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.27× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.33×156 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.27×10 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.08×14 works
  4. Computer Science2.03×49 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.23×6 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.01×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.99×8 works
  8. Psychology0.90×9 works
  9. Environmental Science0.88×14 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.87×9 works
  11. Mathematics0.74×3 works
  12. Materials Science0.61×7 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×2 works
  14. Energy0.23×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.22×1 works
  16. Medicine0.21×13 works
  17. Social Sciences0.18×7 works
  18. Veterinary0.13×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.07×1 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works
  23. Nursing0.02×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Airbus (France)?

Ranked on the quality score, Adrien Bécue, Jean Souyris and Rebeca Arista lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Airbus (France).

  1. 1 Adrien Bécue France · #741,358 worldwide 821 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Jean Souyris France · #1,311,234 worldwide 761 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Rebeca Arista France · #1,418,386 worldwide 500 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Régis Lebrun France · #1,453,758 worldwide 752 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Philippe Goupil France · #1,532,842 worldwide 1.7k citations · 100 works
  6. 6 Y. Sommerer France · #1,723,440 worldwide 850 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 T. Carrière France · #1,773,886 worldwide 1.2k citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Thomas Chabot France · #1,854,131 worldwide 774 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 David Delmas France · #1,958,991 worldwide 407 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Hervé Poilvé France · #2,059,898 worldwide 1.1k citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Airbus (France)

What are the most cited papers from Airbus (France)?

The most cited paper from Airbus (France) is "The Gaia mission" (T. Prusti et al., 2016), with 7,118 citations. Next come "Gaia Data Release 1" (2,113) and "Titanium Alloys for Aerospace Applications" (890).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Gaia mission T. Prusti et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access625 authors 15 Sep 2016 7,118
2 Gaia Data Release 1 A. G. A. Brown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access591 authors 15 Sep 2016 2,113
3 Titanium Alloys for Aerospace Applications M. Peters, J. Kumpfert, Charles H. Ward et al. · Advanced Engineering Materials 26 Jun 2003 890
4 The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope Peter Jul Jakobsen et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access Feb 2022 672
5 Copernicus Sentinel-2A Calibration and Products Validation Status Ferran Gascon et al. · Remote Sensing Open access 10 Jun 2017 591
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Airbus (France)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Thermal Analysis, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Complex Adaptive Systems, Assembly Planning, Design for Manufacture and Fault Tolerance.

▲ 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-now 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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning15▲ 1.48×34 topics
  2. Deep Learning14▲ 1.33×32 topics
  3. Remote Sensing10▲ 2.7×21 topics
  4. Neural Networks10▲ 2.0×19 topics
  5. Power Electronics9▲ 8.9×7 topics
  6. Thermal Analysis7▲ 17×6 topics
  7. Complex Adaptive Systems6▲ 64×2 topics
  8. Assembly Planning6▲ 27×1 topic
  9. Design for Manufacture6▲ 27×1 topic
  10. Fault Tolerance6▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Large-Eddy Simulation6▲ 9.4×5 topics
  12. Optimization6▲ 3.9×14 topics
  13. Thermal Management5▲ 5.1×4 topics
  14. Air Quality5▲ 8.5×5 topics
  15. CubeSat5▲ 87×1 topic
  16. Occupational Safety5▲ 17×2 topics
  17. small satellite5▲ 87×1 topic
  18. Emissions5▲ 7.5×4 topics
  19. On-Orbit Performance4▲ 134×1 topic
  20. Radiometric Calibration4▲ 134×1 topic
  21. Fault Detection4▲ 9.6×2 topics
  22. Distributed Systems4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  23. Electric Propulsion4▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Reliability4▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Metamodeling4▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Channel Modeling4▲ 9.6×3 topics
  27. High-Temperature Electronics4▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Human Factors4▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Statistical Analysis4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  30. Turbulent Flow4▲ 9.5×4 topics
  31. Aviation3▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Power Devices3▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Model-Based Systems Engineering3▲ 144×1 topic
  34. Radiation Effects3▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Silicon Carbide3▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Value-Driven Design3▲ 144×1 topic
  37. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors3▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Alternative Fuels3▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Sensitivity Analysis3▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Aircraft Design3▲ 63×1 topic

Which research topics does Airbus (France) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Manufacturing Process and Optimization, Spacecraft Design and Technology, Calibration and Measurement Techniques and Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications.

Manufacturing Process an…6Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 6 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Te…5Spacecraft Design and Technology: 5 fractional worksCalibration and Measurem…4Calibration and Measurement Techniques: 4 fractional worksSystems Engineering Meth…3Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications: 3 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Aircraft Design and Technologies: 3 fractional worksOptical Wireless Communi…3Optical Wireless Communication Technologies: 3 fractional worksSleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 3 fractional worksSimulation Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interac…3Human-Automation Interaction and Safety: 3 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAerospace EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  7. 7 Optical Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Simulation Techniques and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 3 works
  10. 10 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 3 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 available36.1%not open63.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.5%domestic only67.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Airbus (France)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Airbus (France) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Airbus (France)0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Airbus (France) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Airbus (France)7.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.9% in 2009.

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