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First Automotive Works (China)

In research, First Automotive Works (China) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,624 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,185 of 5,901 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#565 of 1,319 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (Automotive Engineering is 24.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,333
of 22,385 · #9,513 all time
Rank in China
#789
of 2,481
Research works
1.7k
▲ 195% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.6k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
First Automotive Works (China)

What is First Automotive Works (China) 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 #1,624 of 10,670 8.3%457 #4188
EngineeringField #1,185 of 5,901 8.2%346 #2504
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #565 of 1,319 10.9%62 #1293
Automotive EngineeringSubfield #220 of 372 7.9%70 #434

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where First Automotive Works (China) 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#4,188 #1,624
  2. Engineering#2,504 #1,185
  3. Mechanical Engineering#1,293 #565
  4. Automotive Engineering#434 #220
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does First Automotive Works (China) work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at First Automotive Works (China) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (67%), Computer Science (10%), Materials Science (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 517 fractional works · 88.7% of its workEngineering: 391 fractional works · 66.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 76 fractional works · 13.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 71 fractional works · 12.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 67 fractional works · 11.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 54 fractional works · 9.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 24 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 22 fractional works · 3.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 56 fractional works · 9.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 32 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFirst AutomotiveWorks (China)583fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences5%

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. Engineering39166.9%
    2. Computer Science569.6%
    3. Materials Science325.5%
    4. Chemical Engineering132.3%
    5. Environmental Science91.6%
    6. Energy71.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy30.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.5%
    9. Chemistry20.4%
    10. Mathematics10.1%
    1. Psychology91.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting50.9%
    3. Social Sciences50.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities40.7%
    5. Decision Sciences30.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine233.9%
    2. Health Professions20.4%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology40.7%
    2. Neuroscience40.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does First Automotive Works (China) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 24.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 76.3 works24×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 54.2 works8.6×
  3. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 71.4 works6.7×
  4. EngineeringField · 390.6 works4.5×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.59× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 56 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.37× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.46× its world share, 391 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.58× its world share, 32 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.59×13 works
  2. Engineering4.46×391 works
  3. Materials Science1.58×32 works
  4. Energy1.37×7 works
  5. Computer Science1.23×56 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.56×3 works
  7. Psychology0.52×9 works
  8. Neuroscience0.43×4 works
  9. Environmental Science0.32×9 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×3 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×5 works
  12. Chemistry0.27×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.24×4 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.23×3 works
  15. Medicine0.20×23 works
  16. Health Professions0.16×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×4 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×4 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.11×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.07×5 works
  23. Dentistry0.03×0 works
  24. Nursing0.03×0 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at First Automotive Works (China)?

Ranked on the quality score, Ximin Zhai, Huanli Sun and Lijun Han lead among researchers whose main affiliation is First Automotive Works (China).

  1. 1 Ximin Zhai China · #666,032 worldwide 262 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Huanli Sun China · #730,990 worldwide 429 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Lijun Han China · #735,385 worldwide 1.6k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Linghai Han China · #1,202,693 worldwide 259 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Hanshi Qu China · #1,419,586 worldwide 58 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Huili Dou China · #1,458,992 worldwide 651 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Honghui Zhao China · #1,532,692 worldwide 555 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Haie Chen China · #2,195,404 worldwide 97 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Peng Zhou China · #2,786,957 worldwide 66 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Tianwei Ding China · #3,173,621 worldwide 151 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at First Automotive Works (China)

What are the most cited papers from First Automotive Works (China)?

The most cited paper from First Automotive Works (China) is "Spatiotemporal Recurrent Convolutional Networks for Traffic Prediction in Transportation Networks" (Haiyang Yu, Zhihai Wu, Shuqin Wang et al., 2017), with 629 citations. Next come "Experimental investigation on EV battery cooling and heating by heat pipes" (332) and "Surface Pore Engineering of Covalent Organic Frameworks for Ammonia Capture through Synergistic Multivariate and Open Metal Site Approaches" (241).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Spatiotemporal Recurrent Convolutional Networks for Traffic Prediction in Transportation Networks Haiyang Yu, Zhihai Wu, Shuqin Wang et al. · Sensors Open access 26 Jun 2017 629
2 Experimental investigation on EV battery cooling and heating by heat pipes Qiao Wang, Bing-Chen Jiang, Quan Xue et al. · Applied Thermal Engineering Open access 9 Oct 2014 332
3 Surface Pore Engineering of Covalent Organic Frameworks for Ammonia Capture through Synergistic Multivariate and Open Metal Site Approaches Yajie Yang, Faheem Muhammad, Lili Wang et al. · ACS Central Science Open access 6 Jun 2018 241
4 Light and Strong Hierarchical Porous SiC Foam for Efficient Electromagnetic Interference Shielding and Thermal Insulation at Elevated Temperatures Caiyun Liang, Zhenfeng Wang, Zhenfeng Wang et al. · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 16 Aug 2017 209
5 Hydrogen-fueled gas turbines in future energy system Haiqin Zhou, Jiye Xue, Haobu Gao et al. · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 29 Mar 2024 206
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at First Automotive Works (China)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Deep Learning, Model Predictive Control, Mechanical Properties, Control Systems, Lithium-ion Batteries and Vehicle Dynamics.

▲ 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 Learning57▲ 2.9×61 topics
  2. Electric Vehicles51▲ 30×4 topics
  3. Autonomous Vehicles36▲ 30×5 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties34▲ 6.0×29 topics
  5. Machine Learning33▲ 1.72×41 topics
  6. Model Predictive Control32▲ 21×5 topics
  7. Neural Networks26▲ 2.9×26 topics
  8. Control Systems26▲ 24×6 topics
  9. Lithium-ion Batteries24▲ 10×3 topics
  10. Vehicle Dynamics20▲ 60×2 topics
  11. Cathode Materials19▲ 8.6×3 topics
  12. Collision Avoidance19▲ 18×4 topics
  13. Microstructure19▲ 6.2×15 topics
  14. Smart Grid18▲ 8.6×8 topics
  15. Thermal Management18▲ 9.3×8 topics
  16. Energy Storage17▲ 4.5×11 topics
  17. Battery Technology17▲ 10×3 topics
  18. Active Steering17▲ 98×1 topic
  19. Tire-Road Friction Estimation17▲ 98×1 topic
  20. Sensor Fusion16▲ 25×3 topics
  21. Chemical Kinetics15▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Emissions15▲ 13×4 topics
  23. Neural Network15▲ 14×8 topics
  24. Optimization15▲ 5.8×10 topics
  25. Virtual Prototyping14▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Battery Management Systems14▲ 17×1 topic
  27. Thermal Runaway14▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Driver Assistance Systems14▲ 42×1 topic
  29. Trajectory Prediction14▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Multi-Agent Systems13▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Control Strategies13▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Energy Storage Systems13▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Fuzzy Control13▲ 34×3 topics
  34. Finite Element Analysis12▲ 9.4×6 topics
  35. Hybrid Vehicles12▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Power Management Strategy12▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Intelligent Transportation Systems12▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Rechargeable Batteries12▲ 7.8×2 topics
  39. Combustion12▲ 32×3 topics
  40. Oxidation Mechanism12▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does First Automotive Works (China) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety and Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies.

Vehicle Dynamics and Con…17Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 17 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…14Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 14 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Techn…14Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 14 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehi…12Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 12 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 10 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …9Advancements in Battery Materials: 9 fractional worksMechanical Engineering a…9Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research: 9 fractional worksIndustrial Technology an…8Industrial Technology and Control Systems: 8 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and In…7Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 7 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringFluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMechanical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 17 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 14 works
  3. 3 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 14 works
  4. 4 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 12 works
  5. 5 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 12 works
  6. 6 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 10 works
  7. 7 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research Mechanical Engineering 9 works
  9. 9 Industrial Technology and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 8 works
  10. 10 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 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 available19.3%not open80.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has First Automotive Works (China)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 195% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 First Automotive Works (China) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%First Automotive Works (China)0.0027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of First Automotive Works (China) 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025First Automotive Works (China)9.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.7% in 2017.

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