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Boeing (United States)

In research, Boeing (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,419 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,862 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering — Aerospace Engineering is 13.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,020
of 28,054 · #1,076 all time
Rank in United States
#2,266
of 4,192
Research works
8.4k
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
147k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
15%
world 28%

What is Boeing (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,419 of 12,888 15.5%147 #772
EngineeringField #4,862 of 6,636 15.5%94 #247

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Boeing (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Boeing (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 13.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 26.9 works14×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.85× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.70× its world share, 94 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.47× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.23× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Boeing (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Philippe R. Spalart, Eugene Lavretsky and George Marsaglia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boeing (United States).

  1. 1 Philippe R. Spalart United States · #10,469 worldwide 1.1k citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Eugene Lavretsky United States · #59,493 worldwide 480 citations · 58 works
  3. 3 George Marsaglia United States · #66,946 worldwide 630 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 K. R. Housen United States · #72,050 worldwide 368 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 L. J. Hart-Smith United States · #73,169 worldwide 341 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Kevin A. Wise United States · #89,098 worldwide 315 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 John Vian United States · #114,976 worldwide 193 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Edward N. Tinoco United States · #196,188 worldwide 193 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 John E. Bussoletti United States · #201,989 worldwide 169 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Kamiar Karimi United States · #230,381 worldwide 222 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Boeing (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Boeing (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Large-Eddy Simulation, Heat Transfer, Additive Manufacturing, Microstructure, Turbulent Flow, Turbulent Flows, Mechanical Properties and Vortex Dynamics.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Large-Eddy Simulation9▲ 28×5 topics
  2. Heat Transfer8▲ 9.3×10 topics
  3. Additive Manufacturing7▲ 13×6 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties7▲ 4.0×16 topics
  5. Microstructure7▲ 7.7×9 topics
  6. Sustainability6▲ 1.55×7 topics
  7. Education6▲ 1.90×7 topics
  8. Turbulent Flow5▲ 25×3 topics
  9. Turbulent Flows5▲ 29×2 topics
  10. Vortex Dynamics5▲ 25×2 topics
  11. Assembly Planning5▲ 36×1 topic
  12. Design for Manufacture5▲ 36×1 topic
  13. Engineering Design4▲ 39×3 topics
  14. Boundary Layer Transition4▲ 37×1 topic
  15. Particle Image Velocimetry4▲ 37×1 topic
  16. Big Data4▲ 2.8×7 topics
  17. Mental Workload4▲ 48×2 topics
  18. Risk Assessment4▲ 3.6×6 topics
  19. Supply Chain Management4▲ 2.6×5 topics
  20. STEM Education4▲ 5.0×2 topics
  21. Air Quality4▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Learning Environments4▲ 79×2 topics
  23. Brain Activity4▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Humanoid Robotics4▲ 222×1 topic
  25. Hypersonic Effect4▲ 155×1 topic
  26. Robotics Programming4▲ 222×1 topic
  27. Ultrasonic Perception4▲ 155×1 topic
  28. Flow Control3▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Martensitic Transformation3▲ 134×1 topic
  30. Shape Memory Alloys3▲ 134×1 topic
  31. Monetary Policy3▲ 7.4×2 topics
  32. Radial Basis Functions3▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Adaptive Mesh Refinement3▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Boundary Layer3▲ 13×3 topics
  35. High-Order Schemes3▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Shock-Wave Interactions3▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Turbulence Modeling3▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Complex Adaptive Systems3▲ 53×2 topics
  39. Neural Network2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  40. Aerodynamics2▲ 21×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Manufacturing Process and Optimization, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Educational Robotics and Engineering and Human auditory perception and evaluation.

Manufacturing Process an…5Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 5 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…4Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 4 fractional worksEducational Robotics and…4Educational Robotics and Engineering: 4 fractional worksHuman auditory perceptio…4Human auditory perception and evaluation: 4 fractional worksShape Memory Alloy Transformations: 3 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 3 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Te…2Spacecraft Design and Technology: 2 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 2 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringComputational MechanicsArtificial IntelligenceAerospace Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 4 works
  3. 3 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  4. 4 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Shape Memory Alloy Transformations Materials Chemistry 3 works
  6. 6 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 3 works
  7. 7 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 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 available15.0%not open85.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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