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Audi (Germany)

In research, Audi (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,916 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,695
of 22,385 · #10,694 all time
Rank in Germany
#679
of 795
Research works
860
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
7k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Audi (Germany)

What is Audi (Germany) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,916 of 10,670 5.5%70 #3675

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Audi (Germany) 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 Audi (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Audi (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (58%), Computer Science (17%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 79 fractional works · 80.6% of its workEngineering: 56 fractional works · 57.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 15 fractional works · 15.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 10 fractional works · 10.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 17.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 15.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAudi (Germany)98fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences81%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences15%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5657.5%
    2. Computer Science1717.3%
    3. Environmental Science22.2%
    4. Materials Science11.4%
    5. Energy11.0%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology76.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting44.1%
    3. Social Sciences21.8%
    4. Decision Sciences11.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    1. Health Professions22.0%
    2. Medicine11.4%
    1. Neuroscience10.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.19× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 2.22× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.84× its world share, 56 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.26× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.25× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.84×56 works
  2. Psychology2.25×7 works
  3. Computer Science2.22×17 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.19×1 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.48×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.26×4 works
  7. Energy1.12×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.75×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.48×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.45×2 works
  11. Neuroscience0.42×1 works
  12. Materials Science0.39×1 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.15×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.14×2 works
  15. Medicine0.08×1 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Audi (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Gerhard Wickern, Harald Altinger and R. Stahlmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Audi (Germany).

  1. 1 Gerhard Wickern Germany · #1,547,127 worldwide 884 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Harald Altinger Germany · #2,639,421 worldwide 239 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 R. Stahlmann Germany · #2,645,369 worldwide 348 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Jens Østergaard Petersen Germany · #2,690,460 worldwide 22 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Ulrich Funke Germany · #2,935,527 worldwide 289 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Hans‐Günther Haldenwanger Germany · #2,981,234 worldwide 322 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Christian Schimmel Germany · #3,157,354 worldwide 34 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Anton Stich Germany · #3,182,672 worldwide 215 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Ulrich Abelein Germany · #3,226,973 worldwide 299 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Mohamed Essayed Bouzouraa Germany · #3,527,881 worldwide 326 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Audi (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Audi (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Audi (Germany) is "Packaging and Proenvironmental Consumption Behavior" (Marcel van Birgelen, Janjaap Semeijn, Manuela Keicher, 2008), with 276 citations. Next come "Notch stress concepts for the fatigue assessment of welded joints – Background and applications" (230) and "Reduction of pores by means of laser beam oscillation during remote welding of AlMgSi" (191).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Packaging and Proenvironmental Consumption Behavior Marcel van Birgelen, Janjaap Semeijn, Manuela Keicher · Environment and Behavior 19 Mar 2008 276
2 Notch stress concepts for the fatigue assessment of welded joints – Background and applications Cetin Morris Sonsino, Wolfgang Fricke, F. de Bruyne et al. · International Journal of Fatigue 6 May 2010 230
3 Reduction of pores by means of laser beam oscillation during remote welding of AlMgSi Florian Fetzer, Martin S. Sommer, Rudolf Weber et al. · Optics and Lasers in Engineering Open access 4 May 2018 191
4 Optimization of the solidification conditions by means of beam oscillation during laser beam welding of aluminum Christian Hagenlocher, Martin S. Sommer, Florian Fetzer et al. · Materials & Design Open access 6 Nov 2018 181
5 Online Driver Distraction Detection Using Long Short-Term Memory Martin Wöllmer, Christoph Blaschke, T. Schindl et al. · IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 17 Mar 2011 179
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Audi (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Model Predictive Control, Driver Behavior, Deep Learning, Human Factors, Machine Learning and Lithium-ion Batteries.

▲ 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. Autonomous Vehicles9▲ 44×4 topics
  2. Electric Vehicles9▲ 31×4 topics
  3. Deep Learning8▲ 2.5×18 topics
  4. Machine Learning7▲ 2.2×15 topics
  5. Sustainability6▲ 2.5×10 topics
  6. Model Predictive Control6▲ 22×3 topics
  7. Driver Behavior5▲ 63×2 topics
  8. Big Data4▲ 4.6×7 topics
  9. Neural Networks4▲ 2.7×13 topics
  10. Human Factors4▲ 50×2 topics
  11. Lithium-ion Batteries4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management4▲ 4.1×6 topics
  13. Automation4▲ 51×1 topic
  14. Control Systems4▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Trust4▲ 13×1 topic
  16. Thermal Management3▲ 10×3 topics
  17. Mechanical Properties3▲ 3.4×11 topics
  18. Model-Based Development3▲ 169×2 topics
  19. Collision Avoidance3▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Control Strategies3▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Energy Storage Systems3▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Vehicle Dynamics3▲ 50×2 topics
  23. Driver Assistance Systems3▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Eco-Driving3▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Fuel Consumption3▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Hybrid Vehicles3▲ 75×1 topic
  27. Power Management Strategy3▲ 75×1 topic
  28. Trajectory Prediction3▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Battery Management Systems3▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Thermal Runaway3▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Digital Twin2▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Smart Manufacturing2▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Active Steering2▲ 82×1 topic
  34. Intelligent Transportation Systems2▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Tire-Road Friction Estimation2▲ 82×1 topic
  36. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  37. Flexible Automation2▲ 90×1 topic
  38. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems2▲ 90×1 topic
  39. Assurance Cases2▲ 261×1 topic
  40. Safety Assurance2▲ 261×1 topic

Which research topics does Audi (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, Vehicle emissions and performance and Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies.

Human-Automation Interac…4Human-Automation Interaction and Safety: 4 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Techn…3Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 3 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 3 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehi…3Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…3Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 3 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 2 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 2 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigura…2Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 2 fractional worksSafety Systems Engineering in Autonomy: 2 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 2 fractional works
Social PsychologyAutomotive EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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

  1. 1 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  10. 10 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 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 available12.8%not open87.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Audi (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Audi (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Audi (Germany)0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Audi (Germany) 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Audi (Germany)4.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2012.

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