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Boeing (United States)

In research, Boeing (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,381 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,350 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering (Aerospace Engineering is 13.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,007
of 22,385 · #3,898 all time
Rank in United States
#1,969
of 3,332
Research works
8.4k
▼ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
147k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Boeing (United States)

What is Boeing (United States) 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 #5,381 of 10,670 9.7%147 #2859
EngineeringField #3,350 of 5,901 9.9%94 #1205

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Boeing (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Boeing (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (55%), Computer Science (14%), Physics and Astronomy (5%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 154 fractional works · 86.8% of its workEngineering: 98 fractional works · 55.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 28 fractional works · 15.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 13 fractional works · 7.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 14.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBoeing (UnitedStates)178fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences10%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering9855.0%
    2. Computer Science2614.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy105.4%
    4. Materials Science94.9%
    5. Environmental Science73.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.3%
    7. Mathematics10.7%
    8. Chemistry10.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.5%
    2. Decision Sciences42.4%
    3. Social Sciences42.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting42.0%
    5. Psychology10.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    1. Medicine32.0%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    2. Neuroscience00.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Boeing (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 27.9 works13×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.86× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.67× its world share, 98 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.41× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.44× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× 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.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.67×98 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.50×4 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.44×10 works
  4. Computer Science1.86×26 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.68×1 works
  6. Materials Science1.41×9 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.15×4 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.82×2 works
  9. Environmental Science0.74×7 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×4 works
  11. Mathematics0.60×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.40×1 works
  14. Psychology0.24×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.17×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.16×4 works
  17. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  18. Dentistry0.13×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.11×1 works
  20. Medicine0.10×4 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×1 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Philippe R. Spalart, Eugene Lavretsky and F. W. Lytle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boeing (United States).

  1. 1 Philippe R. Spalart United States · #683,032 worldwide 30k citations · 305 works
  2. 2 Eugene Lavretsky United States · #740,317 worldwide 6.5k citations · 215 works
  3. 3 F. W. Lytle United States · #807,289 worldwide 7.3k citations · 151 works
  4. 4 James D. Esary United States · #820,950 worldwide 3.4k citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Mark P. Baze United States · #950,207 worldwide 1.7k citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Kamiar J. Karimi United States · #1,031,012 worldwide 2.5k citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Rodney R. Boyer United States · #1,133,524 worldwide 9.4k citations · 77 works
  8. 8 Robert B. Greegor United States · #1,176,294 worldwide 5.3k citations · 123 works
  9. 9 Loren C. Carpenter United States · #1,300,139 worldwide 5.7k citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Chao‐Hsin Lin United States · #1,427,917 worldwide 4.7k citations · 103 works
All ranked researchers at Boeing (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Boeing (United States) is "Survey of Numerical Methods for Trajectory Optimization" (John T. Betts, 1998), with 2,610 citations. Next come "A New Version of Detached-eddy Simulation, Resistant to Ambiguous Grid Densities" (2,566) and "A meshfree method based on the peridynamic model of solid mechanics" (2,550).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Survey of Numerical Methods for Trajectory Optimization John T. Betts · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics Mar 1998 2,610
2 A New Version of Detached-eddy Simulation, Resistant to Ambiguous Grid Densities Philippe R. Spalart, Sébastien Deck, Michael L. Shur et al. · Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics 29 May 2006 2,566
3 A meshfree method based on the peridynamic model of solid mechanics Stewart A. Silling, Ebrahim Askari · Computers & Structures 23 Mar 2005 2,550
4 An algorithm for linearly constrained adaptive array processing O.L. Frost · Proceedings of the IEEE 1972 2,543
5 An overview on the use of titanium in the aerospace industry Rodney R. Boyer · Materials Science and Engineering A Aug 1996 2,447
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Boeing (United States)?

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

▲ 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. Large-Eddy Simulation9▲ 28×5 topics
  2. Heat Transfer8▲ 9.2×10 topics
  3. Additive Manufacturing7▲ 13×6 topics
  4. Microstructure7▲ 7.9×10 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties7▲ 4.2×17 topics
  6. Sustainability6▲ 1.50×8 topics
  7. Education6▲ 2.0×7 topics
  8. Engineering Design5▲ 42×3 topics
  9. Turbulent Flow5▲ 24×3 topics
  10. Turbulent Flows5▲ 30×2 topics
  11. Vortex Dynamics5▲ 25×2 topics
  12. Mental Workload5▲ 51×2 topics
  13. Assembly Planning5▲ 38×1 topic
  14. Design for Manufacture5▲ 38×1 topic
  15. Boundary Layer Transition4▲ 39×1 topic
  16. Learning Environments4▲ 87×2 topics
  17. Particle Image Velocimetry4▲ 39×1 topic
  18. STEM Education4▲ 5.6×2 topics
  19. Brain Activity4▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Humanoid Robotics4▲ 245×1 topic
  21. Robotics Programming4▲ 245×1 topic
  22. Hypersonic Effect4▲ 170×1 topic
  23. Ultrasonic Perception4▲ 170×1 topic
  24. Risk Assessment4▲ 3.5×6 topics
  25. Air Quality4▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Monetary Policy4▲ 8.9×2 topics
  27. Flow Control3▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Martensitic Transformation3▲ 121×1 topic
  29. Radial Basis Functions3▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Shape Memory Alloys3▲ 121×1 topic
  31. Adaptive Mesh Refinement3▲ 27×2 topics
  32. High-Order Schemes3▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Neural Network3▲ 8.9×2 topics
  34. Shock-Wave Interactions3▲ 41×1 topic
  35. Turbulence Modeling3▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Boundary Layer3▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Asset Pricing3▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Financial Analysis3▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Nonlinear Systems3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  40. Complex Adaptive Systems3▲ 50×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: 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 worksDiverse Scientific and E…3Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 3 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Technology: 2 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 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 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  8. 8 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% lower 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 Boeing (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Boeing (United States)0.00051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Boeing (United States) 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 2025Boeing (United States)8.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.7% in 2023.

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