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Continental (Germany)

In research, Continental (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,112 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,263 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,361
of 22,385 · #8,040 all time
Rank in Germany
#368
of 795
Research works
896
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.9k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Continental (Germany)

What is Continental (Germany) 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 #3,112 of 10,670 5.7%117 #3145
EngineeringField #3,263 of 5,901 6.2%71 #2894

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

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Continental (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (51%), Computer Science (21%), Materials Science (4%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 125 fractional works · 84.0% of its workEngineering: 76 fractional works · 51.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 18 fractional works · 12.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 17 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 32 fractional works · 21.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 7.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health 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 · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKContinental(Germany)149fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences4%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7651.0%
    2. Computer Science3221.3%
    3. Materials Science64.2%
    4. Environmental Science63.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    7. Mathematics10.6%
    8. Energy10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    10. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Psychology42.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting32.0%
    3. Social Sciences31.8%
    4. Decision Sciences31.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    1. Medicine53.1%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.74× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.40× its world share, 76 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.19× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.40×76 works
  2. Computer Science2.74×32 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.84×3 works
  4. Materials Science1.19×6 works
  5. Veterinary0.99×0 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.96×0 works
  7. Psychology0.96×4 works
  8. Environmental Science0.79×6 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.71×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×3 works
  11. Energy0.55×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.52×1 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.41×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.34×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.32×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.28×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×1 works
  18. Medicine0.16×5 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×1 works
  20. Social Sciences0.15×3 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  23. Nursing0.09×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Continental (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, D. S. Johnson, Lothar Sachs and Hossein Ali Karimi‐Varzaneh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Continental (Germany).

  1. 1 D. S. Johnson Germany · #77,073 worldwide 13k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Lothar Sachs Germany · #471,988 worldwide 6.7k citations · 329 works
  3. 3 Hossein Ali Karimi‐Varzaneh Germany · #1,190,513 worldwide 1.7k citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Stephan Cieler Germany · #2,137,394 worldwide 293 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Roman Müller Germany · #2,241,481 worldwide 133 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Gregor Schmitt Germany · #2,316,976 worldwide 218 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Stefan Voget Germany · #2,389,674 worldwide 323 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Georgii Mikriukov Germany · #2,514,993 worldwide 134 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Stefan Lüke Germany · #2,554,314 worldwide 212 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Youssef Shoeb Germany · #2,688,296 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Continental (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Continental (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Continental (Germany) is "Reinforcement of elastomers" (Gert Heinrich, Manfred Klüppel, Thomas A. Vilgis, 2002), with 661 citations. Next come "Progressive Delamination Using Interface Elements" (660) and "Recent Advances in the Theory of Filler Networking in Elastomers" (533).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reinforcement of elastomers Gert Heinrich, Manfred Klüppel, Thomas A. Vilgis · Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science Review Jun 2002 661
2 Progressive Delamination Using Interface Elements Yuancheng Mi, M. A. Crisfield, G. A. O. Davies et al. · Journal of Composite Materials Jul 1998 660
3 Recent Advances in the Theory of Filler Networking in Elastomers Gert Heinrich, Manfred Klüppel · Advances in polymer science Book chapter 7 Aug 2007 533
4 Controller Synthesis for String Stability of Vehicle Platoons Jeroen Ploeg, Dipan P. Shukla, Nathan van de Wouw et al. · IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems Open access 31 Jan 2014 481
5 The challenge and opportunity of battery lifetime prediction from field data Valentin Sulzer, Peyman Mohtat, Antti Aitio et al. · Joule Open access 9 Jul 2021 416
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Continental (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Machine Learning, Model Predictive Control, Collision Avoidance, Sensor Fusion and Driver Assistance Systems.

▲ 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. Deep Learning23▲ 4.4×41 topics
  2. Autonomous Vehicles14▲ 45×5 topics
  3. Machine Learning13▲ 2.5×23 topics
  4. Electric Vehicles7▲ 17×4 topics
  5. Neural Networks7▲ 3.2×16 topics
  6. Model Predictive Control7▲ 19×4 topics
  7. Collision Avoidance7▲ 26×3 topics
  8. Sensor Fusion6▲ 39×3 topics
  9. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 5.3×7 topics
  10. Driver Assistance Systems6▲ 65×1 topic
  11. Trajectory Prediction6▲ 65×1 topic
  12. Control Systems5▲ 20×2 topics
  13. Optimization5▲ 7.2×7 topics
  14. Vehicle Dynamics4▲ 53×2 topics
  15. Active Steering4▲ 100×1 topic
  16. Tire-Road Friction Estimation4▲ 100×1 topic
  17. Wireless Sensor Networks4▲ 6.6×7 topics
  18. Nanocomposites4▲ 3.7×9 topics
  19. Channel Estimation4▲ 29×4 topics
  20. Driver Behavior4▲ 31×2 topics
  21. Intelligent Transportation Systems4▲ 17×3 topics
  22. Environmental Impacts3▲ 8.6×3 topics
  23. Genetic Algorithms3▲ 17×4 topics
  24. Thermal Management3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  25. Signal Processing3▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Waveform Design3▲ 58×2 topics
  27. 5G Networks3▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Computer Vision3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  29. Vibration Analysis3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  30. Trust3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  31. Finite Element Analysis3▲ 7.6×2 topics
  32. MIMO Systems3▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Automation2▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Composite Springs2▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Driver Distraction2▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Human Factors2▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Image Recognition2▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Object Detection2▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Vehicle Suspension2▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Traffic Flow2▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Continental (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems, Advanced Neural Network Applications and Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research.

Autonomous Vehicle Techn…6Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 6 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 2 fractional worksMechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research: 2 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 2 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 2 fractional worksVehicle emissions and pe…2Vehicle emissions and performance: 2 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 2 fractional worksPhysics and Engineering Research Articles: 2 fractional worksPAPR reduction in OFDM2PAPR reduction in OFDM: 2 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionMechanical EngineeringSocial Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 2 works
  10. 10 PAPR reduction in OFDM Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available14.2%not open85.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Continental (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower 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 Continental (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Continental (Germany)0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Continental (Germany) 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Continental (Germany)7.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.4% in 2010.

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