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China Automotive Technology and Research Center

In research, China Automotive Technology and Research Center stands highest in Engineering (#1,471 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,682 of 12,888 worldwide) and Automotive Engineering (#185 of 347 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering, Business and International Management and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes — Automotive Engineering is 33.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,171
of 28,054 · #12,054 all time
Rank in China
#1,294
of 3,058
Research works
2.7k
▲ 353% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is China Automotive Technology and Research Center 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
EngineeringField #1,471 of 6,636 5.7%866 #3352
Physical SciencesDomain #3,682 of 12,888 6.3%1,239 #7225
Automotive EngineeringSubfield #185 of 347 4.7%270 #387
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,254 of 2,318 7.6%183 #2780
Computer ScienceField #2,729 of 4,667 5.5%171 #4484
Social SciencesDomain #6,974 of 10,521 4.5%183 #13965
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,856 of 2,578 4.1%87 —
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,141 of 1,351 9.9%74 #2332
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #752 of 793 2.5%110 #1702

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where China Automotive Technology and Research Center 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Engineering#3,352 #1,471
  2. Physical Sciences#7,225 #3,682
  3. Automotive Engineering#387 #185
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,780 #1,254
  5. Computer Science#4,484 #2,729
  6. Social Sciences#13,965 #6,974
  7. Mechanical Engineering#2,332 #1,141
  8. Control and Systems Engineering#1,702 #752
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does China Automotive Technology and Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 33.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 269.7 works34×
  2. Business and International ManagementSubfield · 52.0 works33×
  3. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 20.8 works18×
  4. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 31.7 works8.9×
  5. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 110.5 works6.9×
  6. Chemical EngineeringField · 30.6 works5.9×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 5.89× its world share, 31 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.48× its world share, 171 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.93× its world share, 40 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.89× its world share, 866 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 59 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.00× its world share, 52 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.81× its world share, 87 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at China Automotive Technology and Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Yue Zhang, Mengliang Li and Su Hui lead among researchers whose main affiliation is China Automotive Technology and Research Center.

  1. 1 Yue Zhang China · #483,720 worldwide 48 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Mengliang Li China · #552,740 worldwide 52 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Su Hui China · #799,808 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Zhenguo Li China · #861,944 worldwide 190 citations · 86 works
  5. 5 Dong Hao China · #1,114,010 worldwide 68 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Yu Liu China · #1,114,475 worldwide 64 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Fan Zhang China · #1,192,830 worldwide 40 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Hanzhengnan Yu China · #1,432,426 worldwide 39 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Jiandong Guo China · #1,447,958 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Wenbo Li China · #1,449,389 worldwide 16 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at China Automotive Technology and Research Center

Which keywords describe research at China Automotive Technology and Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electric Vehicles, Deep Learning, CO2 Emissions, Fuel Consumption, Eco-Driving, Vehicle Emissions, Autonomous Vehicles and Smart Grid.

▲ 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. Deep Learning166▲ 3.3×69 topics
  2. Electric Vehicles166▲ 38×4 topics
  3. Machine Learning128▲ 2.6×44 topics
  4. CO2 Emissions102▲ 37×3 topics
  5. Fuel Consumption97▲ 88×2 topics
  6. Eco-Driving95▲ 126×1 topic
  7. Vehicle Emissions95▲ 126×1 topic
  8. Autonomous Vehicles87▲ 28×4 topics
  9. Smart Grid84▲ 15×10 topics
  10. Sustainability78▲ 2.1×23 topics
  11. Risk Assessment74▲ 7.4×12 topics
  12. Model Predictive Control71▲ 18×5 topics
  13. Battery Technology67▲ 16×3 topics
  14. Lithium-ion Batteries64▲ 10×4 topics
  15. Life Cycle Assessment60▲ 15×5 topics
  16. Internet of Things58▲ 4.5×24 topics
  17. Supply Chain57▲ 18×8 topics
  18. Collision Avoidance57▲ 21×4 topics
  19. Economic Development56▲ 4.7×9 topics
  20. Renewable Energy Integration56▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Big Data Analytics55▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Logistics54▲ 22×3 topics
  23. International Trade53▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Digital Technologies53▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Charging Infrastructure52▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Vehicle-to-Grid52▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Cross-Border E-Commerce52▲ 68×1 topic
  28. Fuzzy Theory52▲ 68×1 topic
  29. Intelligent Transportation Systems50▲ 23×4 topics
  30. Thermal Management50▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Sensor Fusion49▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Battery Management Systems46▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Thermal Runaway46▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Driver Assistance Systems46▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Trajectory Prediction46▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Control Strategies45▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Energy Storage Systems45▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Hybrid Vehicles44▲ 82×1 topic
  39. Power Management Strategy44▲ 82×1 topic
  40. Control Systems42▲ 15×5 topics

Which research topics does China Automotive Technology and Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Vehicle emissions and performance, Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure, E-commerce and Technology Innovations and Advanced Battery Technologies Research.

Vehicle emissions and pe…95Vehicle emissions and performance: 95 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 52 fractional worksE-commerce and Technolog…52E-commerce and Technology Innovations: 52 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…46Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 46 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 46 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 44 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Con…24Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 24 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 23 fractional worksAutomotive and Human Injury Biomechanics: 23 fractional worksEngineering Applied Research: 22 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBusiness and International ManagementRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment2 others

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

  1. 1 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 95 works
  2. 2 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 52 works
  3. 3 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 52 works
  4. 4 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 46 works
  5. 5 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 46 works
  6. 6 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 44 works
  7. 7 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 24 works
  8. 8 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 23 works
  9. 9 Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 23 works
  10. 10 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 22 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.4%domestic only95.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has China Automotive Technology and Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 353% higher 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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