Question 1

What is Caterpillar (United States) known for?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 2

How does Caterpillar (United States) rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Caterpillar (United States) ranks #20,344 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#10,576 all time), and #3,009 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Caterpillar (United States)?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Caterpillar (United States)'s research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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