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Federal Aviation Administration

In research, Federal Aviation Administration stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,154 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,694 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering — Aerospace Engineering is 16.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,548
of 28,054 · #5,820 all time
Rank in United States
#2,196
of 4,192
Research works
2.1k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is Federal Aviation Administration 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,154 of 12,888 15.8%104 #3797
EngineeringField #5,694 of 6,636 14.0%73 #1566

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Aviation Administration 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).

What does Federal Aviation Administration specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 16.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 33.1 works17×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.85× its world share, 73 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.60× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.29× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.91× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.88× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Federal Aviation Administration?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard E. Lyon, Ken Davidian and Ben Willems lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Aviation Administration.

  1. 1 Richard E. Lyon United States · #59,480 worldwide 394 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Ken Davidian United States · #456,853 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Ben Willems United States · #628,935 worldwide 41 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Navneet Garg United States · #781,514 worldwide 55 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Feng Cheng United States · #804,837 worldwide 52 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Gordon F Hayhoe United States · #868,577 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 David Brill United States · #982,108 worldwide 45 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Kieko Kochi United States · #1,613,160 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Aviation Administration

Which keywords describe research at Federal Aviation Administration?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Collision Avoidance, Air Traffic Management, Conflict Resolution, Flight Control, Bayesian Networks, Fault Tree Analysis and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

▲ 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. Risk Assessment16▲ 14×5 topics
  2. Collision Avoidance14▲ 47×3 topics
  3. Air Traffic Management14▲ 428×1 topic
  4. Conflict Resolution14▲ 212×1 topic
  5. Deep Learning11▲ 1.84×21 topics
  6. Sustainability8▲ 1.95×15 topics
  7. Bayesian Networks8▲ 51×1 topic
  8. Fault Tree Analysis8▲ 92×1 topic
  9. Flight Control8▲ 161×2 topics
  10. Driver Behavior8▲ 57×2 topics
  11. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles8▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management8▲ 4.7×10 topics
  13. Autonomous Vehicles7▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Dynamic Soaring7▲ 292×1 topic
  15. Wind Estimation7▲ 292×1 topic
  16. Environmental Impact7▲ 2.4×10 topics
  17. Trust7▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Automation6▲ 54×1 topic
  19. Driver Distraction6▲ 96×1 topic
  20. Occupational Safety6▲ 37×2 topics
  21. Image Processing5▲ 7.0×6 topics
  22. Risk Perception5▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Organizational Culture5▲ 7.1×2 topics
  24. Safety Climate5▲ 31×1 topic
  25. Safety Culture5▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Environmental Monitoring4▲ 6.4×2 topics
  27. Firm Performance4▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Defect Detection4▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Icing Mitigation4▲ 182×1 topic
  30. Wind Turbines4▲ 182×1 topic
  31. Predictive Analytics4▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Crack Detection4▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Damage Detection4▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Pavement4▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Life Cycle Assessment4▲ 7.7×3 topics
  36. Smart Structures4▲ 61×2 topics
  37. Freshwater Salinization4▲ 80×1 topic
  38. Road Salt4▲ 80×1 topic
  39. Analytics3▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Business Intelligence3▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Federal Aviation Administration publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Traffic Management and Optimization, Risk and Safety Analysis, Aerospace and Aviation Technology and Human-Automation Interaction and Safety.

Air Traffic Management a…14Air Traffic Management and Optimization: 14 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 8 fractional worksAerospace and Aviation Technology: 7 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 6 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 5 fractional worksIcing and De-icing Techn…4Icing and De-icing Technologies: 4 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 4 fractional worksSmart Materials for Construction: 4 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 3 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 3 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringStatistics, Probability and UncertaintySocial PsychologyRadiological and Ultrasound Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 14 works
  2. 2 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 8 works
  3. 3 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 6 works
  5. 5 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 5 works
  6. 6 Icing and De-icing Technologies Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Smart Materials for Construction Pollution 4 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 3 works
  10. 10 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 3 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 available15.8%not open84.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Federal Aviation Administration's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower 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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