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Ford Motor Company (United States)

In research, Ford Motor Company (United States) stands highest in Engineering (#2,945 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#6,482 of 12,888 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,842 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering — Automotive Engineering is 17.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,301
of 28,054 · #708 all time
Rank in United States
#1,390
of 4,192
Research works
8.8k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
279k
31.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
10%
world 28%

What is Ford Motor Company (United States) 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
EngineeringField #2,945 of 6,636 16.3%200 #490
Physical SciencesDomain #6,482 of 12,888 17.3%291 #489
Health SciencesDomain #10,842 of 11,982 11.5%66 #6215

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ford Motor Company (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Engineering#490 #2,945
  2. Physical Sciences#489 #6,482
  3. Health Sciences#6,215 #10,842
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Ford Motor Company (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 17.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 39.1 works17×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 24.9 works5.3×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.52× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.11× its world share, 200 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.86× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Mrdjan Janković, Davor Hrovat and H. Eric Tseng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ford Motor Company (United States).

  1. 1 Mrdjan Janković United States · #26,639 worldwide 707 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Davor Hrovat United States · #34,752 worldwide 569 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 H. Eric Tseng United States · #43,162 worldwide 508 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 M.W. Degner United States · #52,497 worldwide 370 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Dimitar Filev United States · #63,363 worldwide 480 citations · 71 works
  6. 6 John M. Miller United States · #63,681 worldwide 800 citations · 102 works
  7. 7 George W. Graham United States · #64,351 worldwide 345 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 R. W. Terhune United States · #90,956 worldwide 316 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Xuming Su United States · #93,617 worldwide 171 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 L. C. Davis United States · #96,366 worldwide 311 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Ford Motor Company (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Ford Motor Company (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electric Vehicles, Deep Learning, Mechanical Properties, Thermal Management, Autonomous Vehicles, Lithium-ion Batteries, Machine Learning and Renewable Energy Integration.

▲ 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. Deep Learning34▲ 2.3×43 topics
  2. Machine Learning26▲ 1.83×39 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties21▲ 5.0×18 topics
  4. Electric Vehicles21▲ 16×4 topics
  5. Thermal Management17▲ 12×7 topics
  6. Sustainability16▲ 1.56×21 topics
  7. Autonomous Vehicles15▲ 17×4 topics
  8. Lithium-ion Batteries15▲ 8.1×3 topics
  9. Neural Networks14▲ 2.1×22 topics
  10. Renewable Energy Integration12▲ 8.2×5 topics
  11. Model Predictive Control11▲ 10×4 topics
  12. Intelligent Transportation Systems11▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Power Electronics11▲ 7.7×7 topics
  14. Collision Avoidance10▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Microstructure10▲ 4.5×8 topics
  16. Battery Technology10▲ 7.8×3 topics
  17. Battery Management Systems10▲ 14×1 topic
  18. Thermal Runaway10▲ 14×1 topic
  19. Heat Transfer9▲ 4.4×12 topics
  20. Smart Grid9▲ 5.6×6 topics
  21. Traffic Flow9▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Sensor Fusion8▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Driver Assistance Systems8▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Trajectory Prediction8▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Additive Manufacturing8▲ 5.8×5 topics
  26. Reinforcement Learning8▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Polymer Composites7▲ 6.5×6 topics
  28. Grain Refinement7▲ 14×3 topics
  29. CO2 Emissions7▲ 8.5×2 topics
  30. Microstructural Evolution7▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Fuel Consumption6▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Life Cycle Assessment6▲ 5.4×6 topics
  33. Eco-Driving6▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Vehicle Emissions6▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Chemical Kinetics6▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control6▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Microscopic Simulation6▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Driver Behavior6▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Charging Infrastructure5▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Vehicle-to-Grid5▲ 17×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, Vehicle emissions and performance and Traffic control and management.

Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 10 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 8 fractional worksVehicle emissions and pe…6Vehicle emissions and performance: 6 fractional worksTraffic control and mana…6Traffic control and management: 6 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 5 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 5 fractional worksTransportation Planning …4Transportation Planning and Optimization: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 4 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 4 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …4Advancements in Battery Materials: 4 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringTransportation1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 10 works
  2. 2 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 4 works
  8. 8 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 4 works
  9. 9 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 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 available10.4%not open89.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher 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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