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American Airlines (United States)

In research, American Airlines (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,175 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#6,286 of 9,532 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#12,031 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,617
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,805
of 7,310
Research works
475
▲ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.8k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
American Airlines (United States)

What is American Airlines (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #8,175 of 17,446 8.9%255
EngineeringField #6,286 of 9,532 9.1%174
Social SciencesDomain #12,031 of 14,833 8.3%180

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Airlines (United States) 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 American Airlines (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at American Airlines (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 42% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (28%), Computer Science (17%), Business, Management and Accounting (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 52.0% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 28.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 11.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 17.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 41.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 11.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 10.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAmerican Airlines(United States)45fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences52%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences42%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1328.2%
    2. Computer Science817.5%
    3. Environmental Science24.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    5. Mathematics00.6%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting511.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance510.2%
    3. Psychology37.5%
    4. Social Sciences25.5%
    5. Decision Sciences24.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities12.6%
    1. Health Professions13.0%
    2. Medicine11.9%
    3. Nursing01.0%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 2.25× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.88× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.54× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.65× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.76× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.44× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.76×4 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.65×2 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting3.54×5 works
  4. Psychology2.44×3 works
  5. Computer Science2.25×8 works
  6. Nursing2.04×0 works
  7. Engineering1.88×13 works
  8. Health Professions1.15×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.93×2 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.91×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.62×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.48×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.44×2 works
  15. Medicine0.10×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at American Airlines (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, David K. McKenas, Rohit Asu and Rodrigo Reyes Levalle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Airlines (United States).

  1. 1 David K. McKenas United States · #1,105,040 worldwide 2.8k citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Rohit Asu United States · #1,532,416 worldwide 0 citations · 367 works
  3. 3 Rodrigo Reyes Levalle United States · #1,535,717 worldwide 343 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 F.S. Young United States · #2,488,955 worldwide 580 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Peter E. Kraght United States · #2,957,797 worldwide 5 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Marvin D. Mangus United States · #3,383,766 worldwide 50 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Yongtao Sun United States · #3,427,636 worldwide 163 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Philip O. Beck United States · #3,513,722 worldwide 157 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Elizabeth A. Lyall United States · #3,628,605 worldwide 216 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 G. P. Sallee United States · #4,839,701 worldwide 99 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at American Airlines (United States)

What are the most cited papers from American Airlines (United States)?

The most cited paper from American Airlines (United States) is "The Shifting Bottleneck Procedure for Job Shop Scheduling" (Joseph Adams, Egon Balas, Daniel Joseph Zawack, 1988), with 1,611 citations. Next come "Yield Management at American Airlines" (705) and "Use of Automated External Defibrillators by a U.S. Airline" (635).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Shifting Bottleneck Procedure for Job Shop Scheduling Joseph Adams, Egon Balas, Daniel Joseph Zawack · Management Science Mar 1988 1,611
2 Yield Management at American Airlines Barry C. Smith, John F. Leimkuhler, Ross M. Darrow · INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics Feb 1992 705
3 Use of Automated External Defibrillators by a U.S. Airline Richard L. Page, José A. Joglar, Robert C. Kowal et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 26 Oct 2000 635
4 Day-To-Day Dynamic Network Disequilibria and Idealized Traveler Information Systems Terry L. Friesz, David H. Bernstein, Nihal J. Mehta et al. · Operations Research Dec 1994 410
5 Airline Schedule Planning: Integrated Models and Algorithms for Schedule Design and Fleet Assignment Manoj Lohatepanont, Cynthia Barnhart · Transportation Science Feb 2004 300
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Which keywords describe research at American Airlines (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Economic Development, Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning, Airport Competition, High-speed Rail, Predictive Analytics and Collision Avoidance.

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

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning5▲ 3.3×15 topics
  2. Big Data4▲ 8.8×6 topics
  3. Economic Development3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  4. Deep Learning3▲ 2.2×11 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  6. Airport Competition3▲ 429×1 topic
  7. High-speed Rail3▲ 429×1 topic
  8. Sustainability3▲ 2.7×3 topics
  9. Predictive Analytics3▲ 59×2 topics
  10. Collision Avoidance3▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Risk Assessment3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  12. Air Traffic Management2▲ 262×1 topic
  13. Conflict Resolution2▲ 131×1 topic
  14. Analytics2▲ 59×1 topic
  15. Business Intelligence2▲ 59×1 topic
  16. Security2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  17. Trust2▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Autonomous Vehicles2▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Human Factors2▲ 51×2 topics
  20. Automation2▲ 52×1 topic
  21. Data Mining2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  22. Driver Distraction2▲ 93×1 topic
  23. Neural Networks2▲ 2.2×6 topics
  24. Privacy2▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles2▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Climate Change1◆ 1.15×8 topics
  27. Anomaly Detection1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  28. Cyber-Physical Systems1▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Flight Control1▲ 95×2 topics
  30. Internet of Things1▲ 3.4×4 topics
  31. Occupational Safety1▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Parameter Estimation1▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Dynamic Soaring1▲ 154×1 topic
  34. Wind Estimation1▲ 154×1 topic
  35. Healthcare1▲ 2.0×5 topics
  36. Intrusion Detection1▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does American Airlines (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends, Air Traffic Management and Optimization, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Human-Automation Interaction and Safety.

Aviation Industry Analys…3Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends: 3 fractional worksAir Traffic Management and Optimization: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 2 fractional worksAerospace and Aviation Technology: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis1Risk and Safety Analysis: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms: 1 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksSleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 1 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 1 fractional works
General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceAerospace EngineeringManagement Information SystemsSocial Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 works
  2. 2 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  8. 8 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 1 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 available15.1%not open84.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has American Airlines (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is American Airlines (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%American Airlines (United States)0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of American Airlines (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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