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Ford Motor Company (France)

In research, Ford Motor Company (France) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,721 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#2,180 of 11,412 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#813 of 2,753 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,704
of 28,054 · #4,569 all time
Rank in France
#1,301
of 1,422
Research works
2.1k
▼ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
8%
world 28%

What is Ford Motor Company (France) 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 #2,721 of 21,541 21.4%1,795
EngineeringField #2,180 of 11,412 20.4%1,280
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #813 of 2,753 20.8%321
Materials ScienceField #1,431 of 4,504 27.3%165
Automotive EngineeringSubfield #275 of 622 21.5%243
Social SciencesDomain #13,683 of 16,945 17.4%150

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ford Motor Company (France) 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).

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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.81× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.08× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.24× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.63× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.44× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Ford Motor Company (France)?

Ranked on the composite score, M. D. Johnson and Steve Adubato lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ford Motor Company (France).

  1. 1 M. D. Johnson France · #1,039,730 worldwide 56 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Steve Adubato France · #1,282,038 worldwide 0 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Ford Motor Company (France)

Which keywords describe research at Ford Motor Company (France)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electric Vehicles, Lithium-ion Batteries, Control Systems, Model Predictive Control, Autonomous Vehicles, Power Electronics, Thermal Management 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 2022–2025 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. Electric Vehicles5▲ 26×4 topics
  2. Deep Learning4▲ 1.96×15 topics
  3. Machine Learning4▲ 1.77×11 topics
  4. Lithium-ion Batteries3▲ 11×3 topics
  5. Autonomous Vehicles3▲ 19×3 topics
  6. Control Systems3▲ 22×3 topics
  7. Model Predictive Control3▲ 16×4 topics
  8. Sustainability3▲ 1.60×5 topics
  9. Power Electronics2▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Risk Assessment2▲ 5.0×5 topics
  11. Thermal Management2▲ 10×2 topics
  12. Battery Management Systems2▲ 21×1 topic
  13. Thermal Runaway2▲ 21×1 topic
  14. Big Data2▲ 3.4×6 topics
  15. Smart Grid2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management2▲ 3.1×6 topics
  17. Mechanical Properties2▲ 2.9×10 topics
  18. Cathode Materials2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  19. Vehicle Dynamics2▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  21. Battery Technology2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  22. Electrical Systems2▲ 61×2 topics
  23. Big Data Analytics1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  24. Supply Chain1▲ 10×2 topics
  25. Active Steering1▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Cross-Border E-Commerce1▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Feedback Control1▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Logistics1▲ 12×1 topic
  29. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  30. Tire-Road Friction Estimation1▲ 68×1 topic
  31. Hardware-in-the-Loop1▲ 74×1 topic
  32. Metal Nanoparticles1▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Real-Time Simulation1▲ 74×1 topic
  34. Sensor Fusion1▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Driver Assistance Systems1▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Driver Behavior1▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Eco-Driving1▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Energy Storage Systems1▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Fuel Consumption1▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Trajectory Prediction1▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Ford Motor Company (France) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Real-time simulation and control systems, E-commerce and Technology Innovations and Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems.

Advanced Battery Technol…2Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 2 fractional worksReal-time simulation and…1Real-time simulation and control systems: 1 fractional worksE-commerce and Technology Innovations: 1 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 1 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis1Risk and Safety Analysis: 1 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 1 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 1 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringBusiness and International ManagementElectrical and Electronic Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 1 works
  4. 4 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  9. 9 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 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 available7.7%not open92.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.3%domestic only60.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ford Motor Company (France)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% 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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