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Institute of Flight

In research, Institute of Flight stands highest in Engineering (#4,297 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,475 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering — Aerospace Engineering is 22.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,914
of 28,054 · #18,273 all time
Rank in United States
#2,407
of 4,192
Research works
963
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.4k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Institute of Flight 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 #4,297 of 6,636 14.2%152 #3883
Physical SciencesDomain #10,475 of 12,888 14.5%203 #11371

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Flight 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).

What does Institute of Flight specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 22.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 59.8 works22×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 29.7 works12×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.41× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.38× its world share, 152 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.81× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Flight?

Ranked on the composite score, Jerome Lederer, Hans H. Bleich and A. V. Men lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Flight.

  1. 1 Jerome Lederer United States · #1,024,224 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Hans H. Bleich United States · #1,386,447 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 A. V. Men United States · #1,610,034 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Flight

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Flight?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Flight Control, Parameter Estimation, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Collision Avoidance, Dynamic Soaring, Wind Estimation, Autonomous Vehicles and Nonlinear Systems.

▲ 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. Flight Control18▲ 269×2 topics
  2. Parameter Estimation15▲ 50×3 topics
  3. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles14▲ 32×4 topics
  4. Collision Avoidance13▲ 32×4 topics
  5. Dynamic Soaring13▲ 381×1 topic
  6. Wind Estimation13▲ 381×1 topic
  7. Deep Learning12▲ 1.57×37 topics
  8. Autonomous Vehicles11▲ 22×4 topics
  9. Risk Assessment9▲ 5.9×5 topics
  10. Nonlinear Systems9▲ 19×6 topics
  11. Air Traffic Management8▲ 186×1 topic
  12. Conflict Resolution8▲ 92×1 topic
  13. Control Systems8▲ 18×7 topics
  14. Sensor Fusion7▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Large-Eddy Simulation7▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Neural Network7▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Adaptive Control7▲ 22×5 topics
  18. Air Quality7▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Feedback Control7▲ 18×4 topics
  20. Multi-Agent Systems7▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Heat Transfer6▲ 5.4×9 topics
  22. Optimization6▲ 5.7×7 topics
  23. Sliding Mode Control6▲ 38×2 topics
  24. Emissions6▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Robotic Manipulators6▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Disturbance Observer6▲ 50×1 topic
  27. Finite-Time Stability6▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Optimal Control6▲ 33×4 topics
  29. Alternative Fuels5▲ 62×2 topics
  30. Electric Propulsion5▲ 64×2 topics
  31. Path Planning5▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Aircraft Design5▲ 153×1 topic
  33. Autonomous Aerial Refueling5▲ 152×1 topic
  34. Aviation5▲ 91×1 topic
  35. Model Predictive Control5▲ 8.1×4 topics
  36. Radial Basis Functions5▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Vision-Based Sensor5▲ 152×1 topic
  38. MEMS Sensors5▲ 67×2 topics
  39. Stability Analysis5▲ 12×5 topics
  40. Simulation5▲ 7.7×7 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Flight publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aerospace and Aviation Technology, Air Traffic Management and Optimization, Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems and Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies.

Aerospace and Aviation T…13Aerospace and Aviation Technology: 13 fractional worksAir Traffic Management and Optimization: 8 fractional worksAdaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Aircraft Design and Technologies: 5 fractional worksAerospace Engineering and Control Systems: 5 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Algorithms: 4 fractional worksInertial Sensor and Navi…4Inertial Sensor and Navigation: 4 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 4 fractional worksReal-time simulation and control systems: 4 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 3 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition2 others

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

  1. 1 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 13 works
  2. 2 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  5. 5 Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 works
  7. 7 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 4 works
  9. 9 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 3 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 available27.4%not open72.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.2%domestic only67.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Flight's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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