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Caterpillar (United States)

In research, Caterpillar (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,955 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#2,343 of 9,532 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#1,176 of 2,525 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,344
of 22,385 · #10,576 all time
Rank in United States
#3,009
of 3,332
Research works
972
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Caterpillar (United States)

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

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #3,955 of 17,446 10.0%786
EngineeringField #2,343 of 9,532 10.0%583
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,176 of 2,525 11.1%159
Social SciencesDomain #12,867 of 14,833 8.4%126

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

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Caterpillar (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (35%), Computer Science (13%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 46 fractional works · 61.0% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 34.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 12.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 23.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCaterpillar(United States)75fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences61%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences24%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2634.8%
    2. Computer Science1012.9%
    3. Chemical Engineering34.3%
    4. Environmental Science33.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.6%
    6. Materials Science11.3%
    7. Chemistry10.9%
    8. Energy10.7%
    9. Mathematics00.4%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Social Sciences56.2%
    2. Decision Sciences45.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting45.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.6%
    5. Psychology22.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.8%
    2. Neuroscience22.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Health Professions33.4%
    2. Medicine22.2%
    3. Dentistry10.7%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 12.40× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.66× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.32× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.65× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.68× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.68× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering12.40×3 works
  2. Decision Sciences5.68×4 works
  3. Engineering2.32×26 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.68×3 works
  5. Computer Science1.66×10 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.65×4 works
  7. Neuroscience1.56×2 works
  8. Dentistry1.52×1 works
  9. Health Professions1.31×3 works
  10. Psychology0.96×2 works
  11. Energy0.76×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.76×3 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×3 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.72×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.56×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×2 works
  17. Social Sciences0.49×5 works
  18. Mathematics0.38×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.37×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works
  21. Medicine0.11×2 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Yongli Qi, Karthik Raj Kumar Yesodha and Scott B. Fiveland lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Caterpillar (United States).

  1. 1 Yongli Qi United States · #1,144,135 worldwide 660 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Karthik Raj Kumar Yesodha United States · #1,221,739 worldwide 224 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Scott B. Fiveland United States · #1,284,410 worldwide 1.3k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Glen C. Martin United States · #1,532,501 worldwide 1.5k citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Diann Y. Hua United States · #1,707,317 worldwide 773 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Matthew T. Kiser United States · #1,918,291 worldwide 434 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Robert M. McDavid United States · #1,920,603 worldwide 2k citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Alexander Teixeira de Mattos United States · #1,955,348 worldwide 155 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Samuel P. Jaffe United States · #2,057,266 worldwide 581 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Arunkumar Jagadeesan United States · #2,492,741 worldwide 181 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Caterpillar (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Caterpillar (United States) is "Design and Analysis of Experiments" (Syamala Srinivasan, Douglas C. Montgomery, 1992), with 2,636 citations. Next come "Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge" (1,535) and "Stress-based topology optimization for continua" (845).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Design and Analysis of Experiments Syamala Srinivasan, Douglas C. Montgomery · Technometrics May 1992 2,636
2 Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge Chris Urmson et al. · Journal of Field Robotics Open access 23 Jul 2008 1,535
3 Stress-based topology optimization for continua Chau H. Le, Julián A. Norato, Tyler E. Bruns et al. · Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization 5 Oct 2009 845
4 Multi-Dimensional Modeling of Direct-Injection Diesel Spray Liquid Length and Flame Lift-off Length using CFD and Parallel Detailed Chemistry P. K. Senecal, Eric Pomraning, Keith John Richards et al. · SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series Conference paper 3 Mar 2003 767
5 Adaptive robust motion control of single-rod hydraulic actuators: theory and experiments Bin Yao, Fanping Bu, J. Reedy et al. · IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics Mar 2000 682
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Caterpillar (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemical Kinetics, Emissions, Internet of Things, Supply Chain Management, Big Data Analytics, Sustainability, Combustion and Soot Formation.

▲ 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. Sustainability5▲ 2.9×12 topics
  2. Chemical Kinetics5▲ 74×2 topics
  3. Emissions5▲ 34×2 topics
  4. Internet of Things5▲ 7.6×8 topics
  5. Machine Learning5▲ 1.86×15 topics
  6. Supply Chain Management4▲ 5.9×7 topics
  7. Renewable Energy4▲ 3.5×10 topics
  8. Big Data Analytics3▲ 21×3 topics
  9. Combustion3▲ 70×1 topic
  10. Soot Formation3▲ 96×1 topic
  11. Big Data3▲ 4.1×6 topics
  12. Healthcare3▲ 3.3×6 topics
  13. Smart Cities3▲ 13×4 topics
  14. Cyber-Physical Systems2▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Heat Transfer2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  16. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  17. Digital Twin2▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Supply Chain2▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Adaptation2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  20. Cloud Computing2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  21. Combustion Instabilities2▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Nonlinear Dynamics2▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Optimization2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  24. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  25. Large-Eddy Simulation2▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Security2▲ 3.9×3 topics
  27. Cloud Manufacturing2▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Cybersecurity2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  29. Premixed Combustion2▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Smart Manufacturing2▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Turbulent Flames2▲ 61×1 topic
  32. Biodiesel2▲ 25×1 topic
  33. CO2 Emissions2▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Power Electronics2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  35. Transesterification2▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Complexity Theory1▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Modeling1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  38. Eco-Driving1▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Economic Crisis1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Embodied Cognition1▲ 117×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies, Combustion and flame dynamics, Digital Transformation in Industry and Biodiesel Production and Applications.

Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 3 fractional worksCombustion and flame dynamics: 2 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…2Digital Transformation in Industry: 2 fractional worksBiodiesel Production and…2Biodiesel Production and Applications: 2 fractional worksInternet of Things and AI: 2 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 1 fractional worksChaos, Complexity, and E…1Chaos, Complexity, and Education: 1 fractional worksEmbodied and Extended Co…1Embodied and Extended Cognition: 1 fractional worksE-commerce and Technolog…1E-commerce and Technology Innovations: 1 fractional worksMicrogrid Control and Op…1Microgrid Control and Optimization: 1 fractional works
Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesComputational MechanicsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringBiomedical Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 3 works
  2. 2 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  3. 3 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Biodiesel Production and Applications Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Internet of Things and AI Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Chaos, Complexity, and Education Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  8. 8 Embodied and Extended Cognition Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  9. 9 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 1 works
  10. 10 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 1 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 available21.7%not open78.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Caterpillar (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Caterpillar (United States)0.00043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Caterpillar (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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Caterpillar (United States)9.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.7% in 2009.

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