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Institute of Navigation

In research, Institute of Navigation stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,530 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,723 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering (Ocean Engineering is 16.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,105
of 22,385 · #7,332 all time
Rank in United States
#947
of 3,332
Research works
1.5k
▲ 214% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.1k
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Institute of Navigation

What is Institute of Navigation 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 #3,530 of 10,670 5.6%257 #4839
EngineeringField #2,723 of 5,901 4.9%159 #3541

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Navigation 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 Institute of Navigation work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Institute of Navigation is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (48%), Computer Science (16%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 339 fractional works · 78.5% of its workEngineering: 207 fractional works · 47.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 60 fractional works · 13.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 37 fractional works · 8.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 31 fractional works · 7.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 23 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 70 fractional works · 16.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 23 fractional works · 5.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 20 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 67 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute ofNavigation432fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences16%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering20747.9%
    2. Computer Science7016.2%
    3. Environmental Science225.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences153.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy153.5%
    6. Materials Science51.2%
    7. Chemistry20.4%
    8. Energy20.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Social Sciences368.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance102.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities71.6%
    4. Psychology61.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting41.0%
    6. Decision Sciences40.9%
    1. Medicine92.2%
    2. Health Professions40.9%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.8%
    3. Neuroscience30.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute of Navigation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 16.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 37.0 works16×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 60.1 works12×
  3. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 22.7 works4.8×
  4. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 20.3 works3.7×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.08× its world share, 70 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.19× its world share, 207 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.56× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.19×207 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.25×15 works
  3. Computer Science2.08×70 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.56×15 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×10 works
  6. Environmental Science1.02×22 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.92×4 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.88×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.67×36 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.56×7 works
  11. Neuroscience0.45×3 works
  12. Psychology0.45×6 works
  13. Energy0.40×2 works
  14. Materials Science0.33×5 works
  15. Dentistry0.33×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.33×4 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.31×4 works
  18. Chemistry0.24×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×5 works
  20. Veterinary0.19×0 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×3 works
  23. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  24. Medicine0.11×9 works
  25. Nursing0.07×0 works
  26. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Navigation?

Ranked on the quality score, Helmut Goiginger, Henry Bond and R. Mayrhofer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Navigation.

  1. 1 Helmut Goiginger United States · #3,464,311 worldwide 1k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Henry Bond United States · #3,614,544 worldwide 17 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 R. Mayrhofer United States · #3,837,405 worldwide 646 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Daniel Rieser United States · #3,983,650 worldwide 783 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Edgar von Hinüber United States · #4,208,491 worldwide 75 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Shuai Ji United States · #4,502,490 worldwide 49 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Thomas Preimesberger United States · #4,818,811 worldwide 97 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Christian Pock United States · #4,836,861 worldwide 131 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Klaus Legat United States · #5,007,383 worldwide 509 citations · 61 works
  10. 10 Clemens Strauß United States · #5,180,348 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Navigation

What are the most cited papers from Institute of Navigation?

The most cited paper from Institute of Navigation is "Forecasting and Stock Control for Intermittent Demands" (J. D. Croston, 1972), with 753 citations. Next come "History and principles of patient navigation" (658) and "Magnetic Position and Orientation Tracking System" (613).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Forecasting and Stock Control for Intermittent Demands J. D. Croston · Journal of the Operational Research Society Sep 1972 753
2 History and principles of patient navigation Harold P. Freeman, Rian Rodriguez · Cancer Open access 20 Jul 2011 658
3 Magnetic Position and Orientation Tracking System Frederick Herbert Raab, Ernest Blood, T. J. Steiner et al. · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems Sep 1979 613
4 Introduction to BeiDou‐3 navigation satellite system Yuanxi Yang, Yuanxi Yang, Weiguang Gao et al. · NAVIGATION Journal of the Institute of Navigation 2019 429
5 Effects of circuit variations on the class E tuned power amplifier Frederick Herbert Raab · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits Apr 1978 303
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Navigation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Collision Avoidance, Maritime Transportation, Path Planning, Risk Assessment, Wireless Sensor Networks, Human Factors, Autonomous Ships and Unmanned Surface Vehicles.

▲ 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 Learning31▲ 2.1×54 topics
  2. Machine Learning25▲ 1.77×52 topics
  3. Collision Avoidance24▲ 31×4 topics
  4. Maritime Transportation23▲ 97×2 topics
  5. Path Planning23▲ 42×3 topics
  6. Risk Assessment22▲ 7.9×10 topics
  7. Wireless Sensor Networks20▲ 10×17 topics
  8. Human Factors20▲ 58×2 topics
  9. Autonomous Ships19▲ 138×1 topic
  10. Unmanned Surface Vehicles19▲ 138×1 topic
  11. Remote Sensing16▲ 3.0×27 topics
  12. Neural Networks16▲ 2.4×31 topics
  13. Climate Change15▲ 1.30×32 topics
  14. Internet of Things14▲ 3.6×21 topics
  15. Sensor Fusion14▲ 29×3 topics
  16. Orbit Determination13▲ 68×2 topics
  17. GNSS12▲ 129×1 topic
  18. Global Navigation Satellite Systems12▲ 108×1 topic
  19. Optimization10▲ 5.4×13 topics
  20. MEMS Sensors10▲ 75×2 topics
  21. Magnetic Sensing10▲ 37×2 topics
  22. Inertial Navigation Systems9▲ 81×1 topic
  23. Kalman Filtering9▲ 81×1 topic
  24. Robotics9▲ 8.4×6 topics
  25. Critical Thinking8▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Language Teaching8▲ 6.7×3 topics
  27. Formative Assessment7▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Autonomous Vehicles7▲ 7.9×4 topics
  29. Image Processing7▲ 3.8×10 topics
  30. Teaching Methods7▲ 10×1 topic
  31. Neural Network7▲ 8.4×7 topics
  32. Multi-Agent Systems6▲ 7.8×5 topics
  33. Wireless Communications6▲ 8.4×5 topics
  34. Mobile Robots6▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Genetic Algorithms6▲ 10×5 topics
  36. Localization6▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Control Systems6▲ 7.2×9 topics
  38. Fuel Consumption5▲ 17×2 topics
  39. 3D Mapping5▲ 18×1 topic
  40. SLAM5▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute of Navigation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Maritime Navigation and Safety, GNSS positioning and interference, Inertial Sensor and Navigation and Education, Innovation and Language Studies.

Maritime Navigation and …19Maritime Navigation and Safety: 19 fractional worksGNSS positioning and interference: 12 fractional worksInertial Sensor and Navigation: 9 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 7 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 5 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 5 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 5 fractional worksIndoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies: 5 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 4 fractional worksShip Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability: 4 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringAerospace EngineeringEducationEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 19 works
  2. 2 GNSS positioning and interference Aerospace Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Inertial Sensor and Navigation Aerospace Engineering 9 works
  4. 4 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 7 works
  5. 5 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  8. 8 Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability Ocean 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 available26.7%not open73.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.8%domestic only66.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Navigation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 214% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Institute of Navigation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00097% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Institute of Navigation0.0031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute of Navigation 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Institute of Navigation7.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.1% in 2016.

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