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Lockheed Martin (Canada)

In research, Lockheed Martin (Canada) stands highest in Engineering (#5,905 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,490 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering — Aerospace Engineering is 11.1× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#23,421
of 28,054 · #3,183 all time
Rank in Canada
#370
of 403
Research works
2.7k
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
36k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
11%
world 28%

What is Lockheed Martin (Canada) 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 #5,905 of 6,636 7.0%82 #1040
Physical SciencesDomain #11,490 of 12,888 6.5%131 #2127

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lockheed Martin (Canada) 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 Lockheed Martin (Canada) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 22.3 works11×
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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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.19× its world share, 82 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.97× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.65× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
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Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lockheed Martin (Canada)?

Ranked on the composite score, Rolf Landshoff, Martin S. Fridson and Thomas Frey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lockheed Martin (Canada).

  1. 1 Rolf Landshoff · #188,830 worldwide 328 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Martin S. Fridson · #573,688 worldwide 83 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Thomas Frey · #742,689 worldwide 38 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Sanford Friedenthal · #1,278,735 worldwide 18 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Lockheed Martin · #1,452,828 worldwide 13 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Lockheed Martin (Canada)

Which keywords describe research at Lockheed Martin (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Flight Control, Solar Wind, Heat Transfer, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Simulation and Dynamic Soaring.

▲ 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 Learning7◆ 1.13×25 topics
  2. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles6▲ 19×3 topics
  3. Heat Transfer6▲ 6.6×12 topics
  4. Flight Control6▲ 112×2 topics
  5. Risk Assessment5▲ 4.5×5 topics
  6. Solar Wind5▲ 33×2 topics
  7. Coronal Mass Ejections5▲ 81×1 topic
  8. Solar Dynamics Observatory5▲ 81×1 topic
  9. Simulation5▲ 11×9 topics
  10. Dynamic Soaring5▲ 189×1 topic
  11. Wind Estimation5▲ 189×1 topic
  12. Neural Networks5▲ 1.74×12 topics
  13. Air Quality4▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Emissions4▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Radial Basis Functions4▲ 33×2 topics
  16. High-Order Schemes4▲ 36×1 topic
  17. Turbulence Modeling4▲ 57×1 topic
  18. Large-Eddy Simulation4▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Complex Adaptive Systems4▲ 72×2 topics
  20. Finite Element Analysis4▲ 9.0×5 topics
  21. Control Systems3▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Alternative Fuels3▲ 49×1 topic
  23. Aviation3▲ 76×1 topic
  24. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion3▲ 83×1 topic
  25. Regression Rate Behavior3▲ 83×1 topic
  26. Space Policy3▲ 103×1 topic
  27. Space Tourism3▲ 103×1 topic
  28. Assembly Planning2▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Design for Manufacture2▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Turbulent Flows2▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Failure Analysis2▲ 14×5 topics
  32. Mechanical Behavior2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Particle Image Velocimetry2▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Product Development2▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Vortex Dynamics2▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Model-Based Systems Engineering2▲ 175×1 topic
  37. Value-Driven Design2▲ 175×1 topic
  38. Agent-Based Modeling2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  39. Hardware-in-the-Loop2▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Real-Time Simulation2▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Lockheed Martin (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Aerospace and Aviation Technology, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics and Rocket and propulsion systems research.

  1. 1 Solar and Space Plasma DynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  2. 2 Aerospace and Aviation TechnologyAerospace Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Computational Fluid Dynamics and AerodynamicsComputational Mechanics 4 works
  4. 4 Rocket and propulsion systems researchAerospace Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Advanced Aircraft Design and TechnologiesGlobal and Planetary Change 3 works
  6. 6 Space exploration and regulationAstronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Manufacturing Process and OptimizationIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent FlowsComputational Mechanics 2 works
  9. 9 Systems Engineering Methodologies and ApplicationsControl and Systems Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Real-time simulation and control systemsControl and Systems 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 available11.3%not open88.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.2%domestic only54.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lockheed Martin (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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