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BYD (China)

In research, BYD (China) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,943 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,742 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering and Engineering (Automotive Engineering is 25.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,639
of 22,385 · #16,570 all time
Rank in China
#1,563
of 2,481
Research works
282
▲ 966% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
BYD (China)

What is BYD (China) 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 #2,943 of 10,670 15.9%116 #4655
EngineeringField #1,742 of 5,901 16.1%88 #5142

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

In 2022-now, 90% of research at BYD (China) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (69%), Computer Science (9%), Materials Science (4%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 143 fractional works · 90.4% of its workEngineering: 110 fractional works · 69.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 22 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 11.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 10.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 8.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 8.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 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 workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBYD (China)159fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering11069.2%
    2. Computer Science148.9%
    3. Materials Science74.2%
    4. Environmental Science42.3%
    5. Chemical Engineering42.2%
    6. Chemistry21.2%
    7. Energy10.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    10. Mathematics10.4%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting21.4%
    2. Psychology21.0%
    3. Social Sciences10.9%
    4. Decision Sciences10.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    1. Medicine52.9%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does BYD (China) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 25.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 21.7 works26×
  2. EngineeringField · 109.8 works4.6×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 6.37× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.61× its world share, 110 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.19× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.37×4 works
  2. Engineering4.61×110 works
  3. Materials Science1.19×7 works
  4. Computer Science1.14×14 works
  5. Energy0.90×1 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.82×1 works
  7. Chemistry0.75×2 works
  8. Environmental Science0.47×4 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×2 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.42×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.33×1 works
  12. Psychology0.32×2 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.26×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.22×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  18. Nursing0.17×0 works
  19. Medicine0.15×5 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  22. Social Sciences0.07×1 works

Who are the top researchers at BYD (China)?

Ranked on the quality score, Yubo Lian lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BYD (China).

  1. 1 Yubo Lian China · #109,691 worldwide 2.7k citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at BYD (China)

What are the most cited papers from BYD (China)?

The most cited paper from BYD (China) is "Toward Sustainable Reuse of Retired Lithium-ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles" (Yang Hua, Xinhua Liu, Sida Zhou et al., 2020), with 331 citations. Next come "Comparison of energy performance between PV double skin facades and PV insulating glass units" (236) and "Implementation for a cloud battery management system based on the CHAIN framework" (179).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Toward Sustainable Reuse of Retired Lithium-ion Batteries from Electric Vehicles Yang Hua, Xinhua Liu, Sida Zhou et al. · Resources Conservation and Recycling 5 Nov 2020 331
2 Comparison of energy performance between PV double skin facades and PV insulating glass units Meng Wang, Jinqing Peng, Nianping Li et al. · Applied Energy Open access 10 Mar 2017 236
3 Implementation for a cloud battery management system based on the CHAIN framework Shichun Yang, Zhengjie Zhang, Rui Jun Cao et al. · Energy and AI Open access 19 May 2021 179
4 A coupled electrochemical-thermal-mechanical degradation modelling approach for lifetime assessment of lithium-ion batteries Shichun Yang, Yang Hua, Dan Yang Qiao et al. · Electrochimica Acta 30 Sep 2019 154
5 A parameter adaptive method for state of charge estimation of lithium-ion batteries with an improved extended Kalman filter Shichun Yang, Sida Zhou, Yang Hua et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 11 Mar 2021 112
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BYD (China)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Model Predictive Control, Deep Learning, Vehicle Dynamics, Control Systems, Lithium-ion Batteries 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 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. Electric Vehicles17▲ 37×4 topics
  2. Deep Learning14▲ 2.6×33 topics
  3. Autonomous Vehicles11▲ 33×4 topics
  4. Model Predictive Control11▲ 26×4 topics
  5. Machine Learning9▲ 1.63×19 topics
  6. Vehicle Dynamics8▲ 82×2 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties7▲ 4.5×21 topics
  8. Control Systems7▲ 23×3 topics
  9. Neural Networks6▲ 2.6×14 topics
  10. Lithium-ion Batteries6▲ 9.4×3 topics
  11. Collision Avoidance6▲ 21×4 topics
  12. Smart Grid5▲ 9.4×6 topics
  13. Thermal Management5▲ 11×4 topics
  14. Control Strategies5▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Heat Transfer5▲ 6.8×11 topics
  16. Battery Technology5▲ 12×3 topics
  17. Energy Storage Systems5▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Energy Efficiency5▲ 3.4×15 topics
  19. Hybrid Vehicles5▲ 84×1 topic
  20. Power Management Strategy5▲ 84×1 topic
  21. Active Steering5▲ 104×1 topic
  22. Tire-Road Friction Estimation5▲ 104×1 topic
  23. Optimization4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  24. Finite Element Analysis4▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Life Cycle Assessment4▲ 9.6×4 topics
  26. Battery Management Systems4▲ 18×1 topic
  27. Microstructure4▲ 4.9×13 topics
  28. Thermal Runaway4▲ 18×1 topic
  29. Multi-Agent Systems4▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Renewable Energy Integration4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  31. Cathode Materials4▲ 6.3×3 topics
  32. Mechanical Behavior4▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Chemical Kinetics4▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Path Planning4▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Sensor Fusion3▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Genetic Algorithms3▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Driver Assistance Systems3▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Intelligent Transportation Systems3▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Traffic Flow3▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Trajectory Prediction3▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does BYD (China) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies, Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems, Advanced Battery Technologies Research and Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety.

Electric and Hybrid Vehi…5Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 5 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Con…5Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…4Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 4 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Techn…3Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 3 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 3 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 3 fractional worksMechanical Engineering a…3Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research: 3 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 2 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Al…2Robotic Path Planning Algorithms: 2 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace EngineeringMechanical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 2 works
  10. 10 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 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 available21.0%not open79.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has BYD (China)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 966% higher 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 BYD (China) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00085% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%BYD (China)0.00086% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of BYD (China) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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