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Leonardo (United Kingdom)

In research, Leonardo (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,296 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,847 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering — Aerospace Engineering is 13.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,116
of 28,054 · #18,599 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#442
of 1,094
Research works
660
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Leonardo (United Kingdom) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,296 of 12,888 6.7%153 #12609
EngineeringField #5,847 of 6,636 5.3%98 #8733

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leonardo (United Kingdom) 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 Leonardo (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 13.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 33.2 works14×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.50× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.20× its world share, 98 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.12× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leonardo (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the composite score, Ian Baker and Diana Ayton-Shenker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leonardo (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Ian Baker United Kingdom · #811,531 worldwide 58 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Diana Ayton-Shenker United Kingdom · #1,537,484 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Leonardo (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at Leonardo (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Air Quality, Large-Eddy Simulation, Parameter Estimation, Emissions, Flight Control, Education, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Wind Estimation.

▲ 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. Education9▲ 2.6×23 topics
  2. Climate Change8▲ 1.41×11 topics
  3. Sustainability8▲ 1.50×17 topics
  4. Air Quality6▲ 17×5 topics
  5. Large-Eddy Simulation6▲ 16×5 topics
  6. Parameter Estimation6▲ 25×3 topics
  7. Emissions6▲ 14×3 topics
  8. Innovation6▲ 2.7×17 topics
  9. Flight Control6▲ 97×2 topics
  10. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles5▲ 13×1 topic
  11. Wind Estimation5▲ 170×1 topic
  12. Alternative Fuels5▲ 65×2 topics
  13. Vibration Control5▲ 39×3 topics
  14. Electric Propulsion4▲ 61×2 topics
  15. Photon Counting4▲ 31×3 topics
  16. Turbulent Flow4▲ 18×4 topics
  17. Aircraft Design4▲ 144×1 topic
  18. Aviation4▲ 86×1 topic
  19. Control Systems4▲ 11×4 topics
  20. High-Order Schemes4▲ 32×1 topic
  21. Radiation Detection4▲ 44×2 topics
  22. Turbulence Modeling4▲ 51×1 topic
  23. LiDAR4▲ 41×2 topics
  24. Detector Performance4▲ 54×2 topics
  25. Laser Ranging4▲ 72×1 topic
  26. Time-of-Flight4▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Sparse Representation4▲ 8.8×2 topics
  28. Finite Element Modeling3▲ 90×2 topics
  29. Infrared Detectors3▲ 129×1 topic
  30. Semiconductor Materials3▲ 129×1 topic
  31. Smart Structures3▲ 46×2 topics
  32. Spectral Analysis3▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Active Vibration Control3▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Infrared3▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Small Target3▲ 47×1 topic
  36. Morphing Aircraft3▲ 156×1 topic
  37. Piezoelectric Materials3▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Flow Control3▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Actuators3▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Control3▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Leonardo (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aerospace and Aviation Technology, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies and Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies.

Aerospace and Aviation T…5Aerospace and Aviation Technology: 5 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dyna…4Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Aircraft Design and Technologies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials: 3 fractional worksInfrared Target Detection Methodologies: 3 fractional worksAeroelasticity and Vibration Control: 3 fractional worksReal-time simulation and…3Real-time simulation and control systems: 3 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 3 fractional worksRocket and propulsion systems research: 2 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsGlobal and Planetary ChangeInstrumentation2 others

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

  1. 1 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 4 works
  3. 3 Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  4. 4 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 4 works
  5. 5 Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 2 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 available34.2%not open65.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.9%domestic only61.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leonardo (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% 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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