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GKN (Sweden)

In research, GKN (Sweden) stands highest in Engineering (#4,187 of 9,532 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,231 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Engineering (Engineering is 5.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#28,952
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#212
of 259
Research works
175
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
GKN (Sweden)

What is GKN (Sweden) 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
EngineeringField #4,187 of 9,532 10.6%132
Physical SciencesDomain #10,231 of 17,446 11.3%157

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

In 2022-now, 92% of research at GKN (Sweden) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (76%), Environmental Science (6%), Materials Science (4%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 50 fractional works · 92.0% of its workEngineering: 42 fractional works · 76.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 24.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 17.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 8.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGKN (Sweden)55fractional works, 2022-now
Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences7%

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 3 domains and 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4276.4%
    2. Environmental Science36.0%
    3. Materials Science24.2%
    4. Computer Science23.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.9%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.8%
    7. Mathematics00.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting23.6%
    2. Social Sciences11.8%
    3. Decision Sciences11.3%
    1. Medicine11.2%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does GKN (Sweden) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 41.8 works5.1×
← 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.

Chemical Engineering: 2.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 5.09× its world share, 42 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering5.09×42 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.32×0 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.37×1 works
  4. Materials Science1.21×2 works
  5. Environmental Science1.20×3 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.12×2 works
  7. Mathematics0.42×0 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.41×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.40×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.14×1 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×0 works
  12. Medicine0.06×1 works
  13. Health Professions0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at GKN (Sweden)?

Ranked on the quality score, Anders Wretland, Johanna Wallin Nylander and Tomas Månsson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GKN (Sweden).

  1. 1 Anders Wretland Sweden · #1,183,036 worldwide 1.6k citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Johanna Wallin Nylander Sweden · #2,702,537 worldwide 135 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Tomas Månsson Sweden · #4,571,884 worldwide 276 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Petter Andersson Sweden · #4,691,752 worldwide 775 citations · 75 works
  5. 5 Srikanth Deshpande Sweden · #4,972,317 worldwide 40 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Thomas Hansson Sweden · #5,852,463 worldwide 1.2k citations · 144 works
  7. 7 Hans Mårtensson Sweden · #6,723,430 worldwide 302 citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at GKN (Sweden)

What are the most cited papers from GKN (Sweden)?

The most cited paper from GKN (Sweden) is "Tool wear on nickel alloys with different coolant pressures: Comparison of Alloy 718 and Waspaloy" (Roberto Polvorosa, Alfredo Suárez, Luís Norberto López de Lacalle et al., 2017), with 196 citations. Next come "Intergranular crack tip oxidation in a Ni-base superalloy" (149) and "Effects of Ultrasonics-Assisted Face Milling on Surface Integrity and Fatigue Life of Ni-Alloy 718" (145).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tool wear on nickel alloys with different coolant pressures: Comparison of Alloy 718 and Waspaloy Roberto Polvorosa, Alfredo Suárez, Luís Norberto López de Lacalle et al. · Journal of Manufacturing Processes 9 Feb 2017 196
2 Intergranular crack tip oxidation in a Ni-base superalloy Leif Viskari, M. Hörnqvist, Katie L. Moore et al. · Acta Materialia Open access 2 Apr 2013 149
3 Effects of Ultrasonics-Assisted Face Milling on Surface Integrity and Fatigue Life of Ni-Alloy 718 Alfredo Suárez, Fernando Veiga, Luís Norberto López de Lacalle et al. · Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance 27 Sep 2016 145
4 Long‐term Clinical and Ultrasound Evaluation After Arthroscopic Acromioplasty in Patients With Partial Rotator Cuff Tears Jüri Kartus, Catarina Kartus, Lars Rostgård-Christensen et al. · Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery 2006 144
5 Simulation of additive manufacturing using coupled constitutive and microstructure models Lars‐Erik Lindgren, Andreas Lundbäck, Martin Fisk et al. · Additive manufacturing 10 May 2016 134
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at GKN (Sweden)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Mechanical Properties, Additive Manufacturing, Large-Eddy Simulation, Microstructure, Separation Control, Material Characterization and Boundary Layer.

▲ 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. Heat Transfer10▲ 37×11 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties7▲ 13×13 topics
  3. Additive Manufacturing6▲ 38×2 topics
  4. Large-Eddy Simulation6▲ 60×5 topics
  5. Microstructure6▲ 21×6 topics
  6. Sustainability5▲ 3.6×6 topics
  7. Separation Control4▲ 280×2 topics
  8. Boundary Layer4▲ 58×2 topics
  9. Material Characterization4▲ 63×2 topics
  10. Applications4▲ 26×3 topics
  11. Film Cooling4▲ 456×1 topic
  12. Turbine4▲ 456×1 topic
  13. Metallic Components4▲ 100×1 topic
  14. Numerical Simulation4▲ 23×5 topics
  15. Selective Laser Melting4▲ 100×1 topic
  16. Emissions3▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Polymer Composites3▲ 20×3 topics
  18. 3D Printing3▲ 23×1 topic
  19. Materials3▲ 22×1 topic
  20. Air Quality3▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Aviation2▲ 184×1 topic
  22. Radial Basis Functions2▲ 57×2 topics
  23. High-Order Schemes2▲ 59×1 topic
  24. Residual Stress2▲ 68×1 topic
  25. Turbulence Modeling2▲ 94×1 topic
  26. Welding2▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Combustion Instabilities2▲ 55×2 topics
  28. Assembly Planning2▲ 48×1 topic
  29. Design for Manufacture2▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Thermal Management2▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Composite Materials2▲ 15×6 topics
  32. Aerodynamics2▲ 41×1 topic
  33. High-Speed Trains2▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Phase Stability2▲ 41×2 topics
  35. Thermodynamic Analysis2▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Convective Heat Transfer1▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Microstructural Evolution1▲ 16×3 topics
  38. High-Entropy Alloys1▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion1▲ 105×1 topic
  40. Regression Rate Behavior1▲ 105×1 topic

Which research topics does GKN (Sweden) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies and Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies.

Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization: 4 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 4 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…3Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Aircraft Design…2Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies: 2 fractional worksWelding Techniques and Residual Stresses: 2 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 2 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…2Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 2 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 2 fractional worksRocket and propulsion systems research: 1 fractional worksHigh Entropy Alloys Studies: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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

  1. 1 Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  7. 7 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 High Entropy Alloys Studies Mechanical 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 available53.4%not open46.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has GKN (Sweden)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 GKN (Sweden) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%GKN (Sweden)0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of GKN (Sweden) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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