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FedEx (United States)

In research, FedEx (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,996 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,056
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,010
of 7,310
Research works
313
▲ 123% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
FedEx (United States)

What is FedEx (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #13,996 of 17,446 9.1%212

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

In 2022-now, 55% of research at FedEx (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (31%), Business, Management and Accounting (19%), Engineering (18%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 54.5% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 30.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 11.3% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 18.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 34.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 18.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 9.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFedEx (UnitedStates)37fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences35%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science1130.5%
    2. Engineering718.5%
    3. Environmental Science12.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.8%
    5. Materials Science01.0%
    6. Energy00.5%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting718.8%
    2. Social Sciences25.6%
    3. Decision Sciences24.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.0%
    5. Psychology12.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.4%
    3. Neuroscience11.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    1. Medicine24.3%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
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: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 3.92× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.23× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.82× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.40× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting5.82×7 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.40×2 works
  3. Computer Science3.92×11 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.39×1 works
  5. Engineering1.23×7 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.88×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.87×0 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.80×1 works
  9. Psychology0.76×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×1 works
  11. Energy0.48×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.44×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.41×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.31×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.27×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.25×0 works
  18. Medicine0.22×2 works
  19. Health Professions0.04×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, John J. Hater, Hao Tang and William Scott Parks lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FedEx (United States).

  1. 1 John J. Hater United States · #1,517,325 worldwide 1.7k citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Hao Tang United States · #2,266,380 worldwide 565 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 William Scott Parks United States · #3,367,182 worldwide 349 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Paul K. Johnson United States · #4,286,719 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 David M. Livingston United States · #4,463,218 worldwide 37 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Gail S. Hines United States · #4,618,218 worldwide 77 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at FedEx (United States)

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

The most cited paper from FedEx (United States) is "Superiors' evaluations and subordinates' perceptions of transformational and transactional leadership." (John J. Hater, Bernard M. Bass, 1988), with 1,133 citations. Next come "Temporal destination revisit intention: The effects of novelty seeking and satisfaction" (700) and "When Are Tutorial Dialogues More Effective Than Reading?" (381).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Superiors' evaluations and subordinates' perceptions of transformational and transactional leadership. John J. Hater, Bernard M. Bass · Journal of Applied Psychology 1988 1,133
2 Temporal destination revisit intention: The effects of novelty seeking and satisfaction SooCheong Shawn Jang, Ruomei Feng · Tourism Management 26 Jul 2006 700
3 When Are Tutorial Dialogues More Effective Than Reading? Kurt A. VanLehn, Arthur C. Graesser, G. Tanner Jackson et al. · Cognitive Science Open access Feb 2007 381
4 Electrospun polyaniline/polyethylene oxide nanofiber field-effect transistor Nicholas J. Pinto, Alan T. Charlie Johnson, Alan Graham MacDiarmid et al. · Applied Physics Letters 15 Nov 2003 369
5 Just Doing Business: Modern Racism and Obedience to Authority as Explanations for Employment Discrimination Arthur P. Brief, Joerg Dietz, Robin R. Cohen et al. · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 2000 356
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at FedEx (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Healthcare, Sustainability, Security and Deep Learning.

▲ 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 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning5▲ 4.0×20 topics
  2. Big Data4▲ 12×8 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management4▲ 13×6 topics
  4. Deep Learning4▲ 3.0×11 topics
  5. Sustainability4▲ 4.1×7 topics
  6. Healthcare3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  7. Internet of Things3▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Security3▲ 11×5 topics
  9. Innovation2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  10. Neural Networks2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  11. Knowledge Sharing2▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Privacy2▲ 19×2 topics
  13. Strategic Alliances2▲ 85×2 topics
  14. Business Networks2▲ 309×1 topic
  15. Coopetition2▲ 309×1 topic
  16. Analytics2▲ 50×1 topic
  17. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 3.2×7 topics
  18. Blockchain2▲ 20×1 topic
  19. Business Intelligence2▲ 50×1 topic
  20. Smart Contracts2▲ 29×1 topic
  21. Data Mining2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  22. Economic Development1▲ 4.8×6 topics
  23. IoT Security1▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Smart Cities1▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Globalization1▲ 1.58×4 topics
  26. Deep Neural Networks1▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Risk Management1▲ 5.9×3 topics
  28. Cross-Platform Development1▲ 274×1 topic
  29. Mobile Application Development1▲ 274×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Business Strategy and Innovation, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Blockchain Technology Applications and Security and Mobile and Web Applications.

Business Strategy and Innovation: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional worksMobile and Web Applications: 1 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 1 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 1 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Technologies: 1 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technologies: 1 fractional worksMachine Learning and Data Classification: 1 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementManagement Information SystemsInformation SystemsComputer Networks and Communications2 others

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

  1. 1 Business Strategy and Innovation Strategy and Management 2 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  3. 3 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Mobile and Web Applications Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  6. 6 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  7. 7 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  9. 9 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 1 works
  10. 10 Machine Learning and Data Classification Artificial Intelligence 1 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 123% higher 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 FedEx (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000087% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%FedEx (United States)0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of FedEx (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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