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BMW Group (Germany)

In research, BMW Group (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,724 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,816 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,543 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Automotive Engineering is 19.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,459
of 22,385 · #2,445 all time
Rank in Germany
#165
of 795
Research works
3.4k
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
53k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
BMW Group (Germany)

What is BMW Group (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 #1,724 of 10,670 8.0%375 #1461
EngineeringField #1,816 of 5,901 7.2%245 #1025
Computer ScienceField #1,543 of 4,417 10.6%94 #1283
Social SciencesDomain #7,657 of 9,585 8.6%94 #3834

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where BMW Group (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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,461 #1,724
  2. Engineering#1,025 #1,816
  3. Computer Science#1,283 #1,543
  4. Social Sciences#3,834 #7,657
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does BMW Group (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at BMW Group (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Computer Science (19%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 415 fractional works · 75.7% of its workEngineering: 268 fractional works · 48.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 56 fractional works · 10.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 54 fractional works · 9.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 35 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 5.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 24 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 105 fractional works · 19.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 40 fractional works · 7.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 20 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoftware: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 101 fractional works · 18.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 37 fractional works · 6.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 21 fractional works · 3.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBMW Group(Germany)549fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences18%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering26848.9%
    2. Computer Science10519.1%
    3. Materials Science112.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy101.8%
    5. Environmental Science91.6%
    6. Energy40.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering30.5%
    8. Mathematics20.5%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    10. Chemistry20.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting376.8%
    2. Psychology264.7%
    3. Social Sciences193.5%
    4. Decision Sciences112.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities50.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.6%
    1. Medicine162.8%
    2. Health Professions51.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience40.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does BMW Group (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 19.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 56.3 works19×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 35.4 works12×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.54× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.46× its world share, 105 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.26× its world share, 268 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.80× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.11× its world share, 37 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.09× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.53× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 19 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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.26×268 works
  2. Computer Science2.46×105 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.11×37 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.09×11 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.54×3 works
  6. Psychology1.53×26 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.80×10 works
  8. Energy0.75×4 works
  9. Materials Science0.57×11 works
  10. Neuroscience0.44×4 works
  11. Mathematics0.39×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.37×5 works
  13. Environmental Science0.32×9 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×2 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.30×5 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×3 works
  17. Social Sciences0.27×19 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×2 works
  19. Veterinary0.22×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.18×2 works
  21. Medicine0.15×16 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×3 works
  23. Nursing0.12×0 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×2 works
  25. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at BMW Group (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter Lamp, Roland Jung and André Luckow lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BMW Group (Germany).

  1. 1 Peter Lamp Germany · #91,551 worldwide 10k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Roland Jung Germany · #149,748 worldwide 5.8k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 André Luckow Germany · #283,336 worldwide 2.6k citations · 118 works
  4. 4 Moritz Werling Germany · #498,875 worldwide 3.8k citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Pınar Karayaylalı Germany · #519,168 worldwide 1.8k citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Mohsen Kaboli Germany · #618,040 worldwide 2.2k citations · 71 works
  7. 7 Felix Klanner Germany · #701,628 worldwide 1k citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Johannes Klepsch Germany · #738,885 worldwide 713 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Frederik Naujoks Germany · #922,513 worldwide 2.9k citations · 109 works
  10. 10 Georg Tanzmeister Germany · #1,016,396 worldwide 789 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at BMW Group (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from BMW Group (Germany)?

The most cited paper from BMW Group (Germany) is "Inorganic Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries: Mechanisms and Properties Governing Ion Conduction" (John Christopher Bachman, Sokseiha Muy, Alexis Grimaud et al., 2015), with 2,573 citations. Next come "Nickel-Rich Layered Cathode Materials for Automotive Lithium-Ion Batteries: Achievements and Perspectives" (1,387) and "Oxygen Release and Its Effect on the Cycling Stability of LiNi x Mn y Co z O 2 (NMC) Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries" (1,346).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Inorganic Solid-State Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries: Mechanisms and Properties Governing Ion Conduction John Christopher Bachman, Sokseiha Muy, Alexis Grimaud et al. · Chemical Reviews ReviewOpen access 29 Dec 2015 2,573
2 Nickel-Rich Layered Cathode Materials for Automotive Lithium-Ion Batteries: Achievements and Perspectives Seung‐Taek Myung, Filippo Maglia, Kang-Joon Park et al. · ACS Energy Letters 17 Dec 2016 1,387
3 Oxygen Release and Its Effect on the Cycling Stability of LiNi x Mn y Co z O 2 (NMC) Cathode Materials for Li-Ion Batteries Roland Jung, Michael M. Metzger, Filippo Maglia et al. · Journal of The Electrochemical Society Open access 2017 1,346
4 Electrode–Electrolyte Interface in Li-Ion Batteries: Current Understanding and New Insights Magali Gauthier, Thomas J. Carney, Alexis Grimaud et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 29 Oct 2015 1,035
5 Stochastic stability of the discrete-time extended Kalman filter Конрад Рейф, Stefan Günther, Edwin Engin Yaz et al. · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Apr 1999 1,016
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BMW Group (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Lithium-ion Batteries, Thermal Management, Cathode Materials, Machine Learning and Driver Behavior.

▲ 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. Deep Learning60▲ 3.2×59 topics
  2. Machine Learning37▲ 2.0×46 topics
  3. Autonomous Vehicles32▲ 28×5 topics
  4. Electric Vehicles30▲ 19×4 topics
  5. Lithium-ion Batteries30▲ 13×3 topics
  6. Neural Networks23▲ 2.7×30 topics
  7. Big Data23▲ 4.3×19 topics
  8. Sustainability22▲ 1.64×24 topics
  9. Thermal Management22▲ 12×7 topics
  10. Cathode Materials21▲ 9.7×3 topics
  11. Driver Behavior18▲ 41×2 topics
  12. Battery Management Systems16▲ 20×1 topic
  13. Thermal Runaway16▲ 20×1 topic
  14. Model Predictive Control14▲ 10×5 topics
  15. Battery Technology14▲ 9.4×2 topics
  16. Energy Storage14▲ 4.0×8 topics
  17. Control Systems14▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Cognitive Load13▲ 49×2 topics
  19. Collision Avoidance13▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Sensor Fusion13▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Trust13▲ 8.3×3 topics
  22. Human Factors12▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Automation12▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Driver Distraction12▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Rechargeable Batteries12▲ 8.4×2 topics
  26. Power Electronics12▲ 6.7×8 topics
  27. Battery Materials12▲ 13×1 topic
  28. Nanostructured Anodes12▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Driver Assistance Systems11▲ 34×1 topic
  30. Trajectory Prediction11▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Smart Grid10▲ 5.3×4 topics
  32. Vehicle Dynamics10▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Assembly Planning9▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Customer Experience9▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Design for Manufacture9▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Vibration Control9▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries8▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Solid-State Electrolytes8▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Industrial Automation8▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Flexible Automation8▲ 55×1 topic

Which research topics does BMW Group (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, Advancements in Battery Materials and Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety.

Advanced Battery Technol…16Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 16 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interac…12Human-Automation Interaction and Safety: 12 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …12Advancements in Battery Materials: 12 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Techn…11Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 11 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 8 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigura…8Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 8 fractional worksReal-time simulation and control systems: 7 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 6 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringSocial PsychologyElectrical and Electronic EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 16 works
  2. 2 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 12 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  4. 4 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 11 works
  5. 5 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6 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 available21.5%not open78.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has BMW Group (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% 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 BMW Group (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0023% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%BMW Group (Germany)0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of BMW Group (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 counting10%20%BMW Group (Germany)11.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.1% in 2011.

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