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Continental (United States)

In research, Continental (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,837 of 10,670 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,845 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,712
of 22,385 · #9,930 all time
Rank in United States
#1,173
of 3,332
Research works
1.7k
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Continental (United States)

What is Continental (United States) 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 #6,837 of 10,670 7.2%83 #10519
Social SciencesDomain #6,845 of 9,585 6.7%72 #9587

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

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Continental (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Social Sciences (20%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 95 fractional works · 43.7% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 20.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 10.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 81 fractional works · 37.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 6.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKContinental(United States)217fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences37%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4520.8%
    2. Computer Science2310.4%
    3. Environmental Science125.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences73.2%
    5. Materials Science31.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    7. Chemistry10.7%
    8. Energy10.4%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences4219.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities136.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting104.8%
    4. Psychology73.3%
    5. Decision Sciences52.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.2%
    1. Medicine177.9%
    2. Health Professions94.3%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences62.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.4%
    3. Neuroscience21.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.34× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.39× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.12× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.48× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.33×5 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.12×13 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.05×7 works
  4. Health Professions1.63×9 works
  5. Social Sciences1.55×42 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.48×10 works
  7. Engineering1.39×45 works
  8. Computer Science1.34×23 works
  9. Environmental Science1.15×12 works
  10. Psychology1.07×7 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.89×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.61×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.57×6 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.57×3 works
  15. Nursing0.51×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×5 works
  17. Chemistry0.43×2 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.43×2 works
  19. Energy0.42×1 works
  20. Medicine0.41×17 works
  21. Materials Science0.38×3 works
  22. Dentistry0.27×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Roger Earl Latham, John H. Oehler and Clarence F. Schmidt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Continental (United States).

  1. 1 Roger Earl Latham United States · #1,200,225 worldwide 2.7k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 John H. Oehler United States · #1,812,324 worldwide 815 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Clarence F. Schmidt United States · #2,768,187 worldwide 605 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Pierre L. Goupillaud United States · #2,910,265 worldwide 1.9k citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Olen L. Riggs United States · #2,988,243 worldwide 884 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 J. D. Sudbury United States · #3,530,530 worldwide 407 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 A.R. Taylor United States · #3,569,416 worldwide 248 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Algernon Ashton United States · #4,014,793 worldwide 1 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Leonard H. Cohan United States · #4,118,901 worldwide 528 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Aude Laquerrière-Lacroix United States · #4,338,106 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Continental (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Continental (United States) is "Autonomous driving in urban environments: Boss and the Urban Challenge" (Chris Urmson et al., 2008), with 1,535 citations. Next come "NETGEN: A Program for Generating Large Scale Capacitated Assignment, Transportation, and Minimum Cost Flow Network Problems" (420) and "An Object-Oriented Random-Number Package with Many Long Streams and Substreams" (346).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 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
2 NETGEN: A Program for Generating Large Scale Capacitated Assignment, Transportation, and Minimum Cost Flow Network Problems Darwin D. Klingman, A. Napier, Joel Stutz · Management Science 1974 420
3 An Object-Oriented Random-Number Package with Many Long Streams and Substreams Pierre L’Ecuyer, Richard Simard, E. Jack Chen et al. · Operations Research Dec 2002 346
4 Occupational stress among university teachers Arlene Gray Blix, Robert J. Cruise, Bridgit McBeth Mitchell et al. · Educational Research Jun 1994 343
5 Temperature Coefficient of Corrosion Inhibition Olen L. Riggs, Ray M. Hurd · CORROSION Aug 1967 280
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Continental (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Healthcare, Shale Gas, Autonomous Vehicles, Pore Structure and Sustainability.

▲ 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. Machine Learning13▲ 1.81×32 topics
  2. Deep Learning12▲ 1.65×32 topics
  3. Sustainability10▲ 1.83×32 topics
  4. Big Data9▲ 4.2×15 topics
  5. Healthcare8▲ 3.2×12 topics
  6. Globalization8▲ 1.80×30 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 2.3×14 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management6▲ 3.3×9 topics
  9. Sustainable Development6▲ 1.80×14 topics
  10. Education6▲ 1.61×25 topics
  11. Teacher Training6▲ 4.4×8 topics
  12. Qualitative Research6▲ 3.0×9 topics
  13. Innovation5▲ 2.3×13 topics
  14. Public Policy5▲ 5.1×13 topics
  15. Colonialism5▲ 5.0×17 topics
  16. Shale Gas5▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Autonomous Vehicles5▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Ethics5▲ 4.4×13 topics
  19. Pore Structure5▲ 18×3 topics
  20. Gender4▲ 3.9×15 topics
  21. Social Justice4▲ 3.4×11 topics
  22. Gas Permeability4▲ 20×1 topic
  23. Mudstones4▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Online Learning4▲ 2.3×8 topics
  25. Collision Avoidance4▲ 9.6×3 topics
  26. Community Engagement3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  27. Hydraulic Fracturing3▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Sensor Fusion3▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Surveillance3▲ 4.8×3 topics
  30. Driver Assistance Systems3▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Trajectory Prediction3▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Firm Performance3▲ 7.0×2 topics
  33. Predictive Analytics3▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Analytics3▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Business Intelligence3▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Fracture Propagation3▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Shale Gas Reservoirs3▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Palliative Care2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  39. Citizen Participation2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  40. Educational Practices2▲ 19×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Big Data and Business Intelligence.

Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 4 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 3 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…3Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 3 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…3Big Data and Business Intelligence: 3 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 2 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Manufacturing a…2Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization: 2 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…2Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 2 fractional worksLinguistics and Educatio…2Linguistics and Education Research: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …2Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsAutomotive EngineeringMechanical EngineeringManagement Information Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 4 works
  2. 2 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 3 works
  5. 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 2 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher 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 Continental (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Continental (United States)0.00090% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Continental (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 counting5%10%15%Continental (United States)10.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.6% in 2008.

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