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Lockheed Martin (United States)

In research, Lockheed Martin (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,846 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#2,013 of 5,901 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#661 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 20.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#4,905
of 22,385 · #4,634 all time
Rank in United States
#669
of 3,332
Research works
16k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
227k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Lockheed Martin (United States)

What is Lockheed Martin (United States) 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 #1,846 of 10,670 4.7%491 #4424
EngineeringField #2,013 of 5,901 4.2%283 #1692
Physics and AstronomyField #661 of 1,417 8.6%81 #1625
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #511 of 785 4.1%89 #505
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #286 of 400 10.2%63 #446
Computer ScienceField #3,807 of 4,417 2.5%80 #3298

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lockheed Martin (United States) 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#4,424 #1,846
  2. Engineering#1,692 #2,013
  3. Physics and Astronomy#1,625 #661
  4. Aerospace Engineering#505 #511
  5. Astronomy and Astrophysics#446 #286
  6. Computer Science#3,298 #3,807
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Lockheed Martin (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Lockheed Martin (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Computer Science (15%), Physics and Astronomy (14%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 551 fractional works · 85.9% of its workEngineering: 313 fractional works · 48.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 103 fractional works · 16.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 46 fractional works · 7.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 33 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 22 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 94 fractional works · 14.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 37 fractional works · 5.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 90 fractional works · 14.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 68 fractional works · 10.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 17 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLockheed Martin(United States)641fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences10%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering31348.9%
    2. Computer Science9414.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy9014.0%
    4. Materials Science172.7%
    5. Environmental Science142.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences91.4%
    7. Mathematics40.6%
    8. Chemistry30.5%
    9. Energy30.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.3%
    1. Social Sciences193.0%
    2. Decision Sciences162.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting81.2%
    4. Psychology81.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities61.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.7%
    1. Medicine132.1%
    2. Health Professions40.7%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology40.6%
    2. Neuroscience40.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Lockheed Martin (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 20.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 68.1 works20×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 103.0 works14×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 89.7 works6.3×
  4. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 22.2 works6.0×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.89× its world share, 94 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.26× its world share, 314 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.29× its world share, 90 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.58× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy6.29×90 works
  2. Engineering3.26×314 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.58×16 works
  4. Computer Science1.89×94 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.89×9 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.86×2 works
  7. Materials Science0.78×18 works
  8. Mathematics0.55×4 works
  9. Energy0.48×3 works
  10. Environmental Science0.44×14 works
  11. Psychology0.39×8 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×8 works
  13. Neuroscience0.35×4 works
  14. Chemistry0.34×3 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.33×6 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×4 works
  17. Health Professions0.25×4 works
  18. Social Sciences0.24×19 works
  19. Nursing0.14×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×4 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×4 works
  22. Medicine0.11×13 works
  23. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  24. Veterinary0.04×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lockheed Martin (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Bart De Pontieu, Ryan Olds and E. B. Bierhaus lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lockheed Martin (United States).

  1. 1 Bart De Pontieu United States · #328,174 worldwide 13k citations · 444 works
  2. 2 Ryan Olds United States · #408,320 worldwide 2.2k citations · 26 works
  3. 3 E. B. Bierhaus United States · #556,421 worldwide 5k citations · 221 works
  4. 4 Alan M. Title United States · #669,143 worldwide 41k citations · 632 works
  5. 5 Mark C. M. Cheung United States · #816,576 worldwide 5.4k citations · 206 works
  6. 6 Markus J. Aschwanden United States · #837,291 worldwide 17k citations · 333 works
  7. 7 B. C. Clark United States · #1,033,190 worldwide 4.2k citations · 67 works
  8. 8 Edward G. Shelley United States · #1,214,891 worldwide 14k citations · 220 works
  9. 9 Kenny Chen #1,234,639 worldwide 575 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Vanessa Polito United States · #1,569,088 worldwide 1.2k citations · 108 works
All ranked researchers at Lockheed Martin (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Lockheed Martin (United States)?

The most cited paper from Lockheed Martin (United States) is "THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE): MISSION DESCRIPTION AND INITIAL ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE" (EDWARD L. WRIGHT et al., 2010), with 8,163 citations. Next come "The Astropy Project : Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package*" (5,044) and "The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)" (4,818).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY EXPLORER (WISE): MISSION DESCRIPTION AND INITIAL ON-ORBIT PERFORMANCE EDWARD L. WRIGHT et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access 9 Nov 2010 8,163
2 The Astropy Project : Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package* The Astropy Collaboration et al. · Repository of the Academy's Library (Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Open access136 authors 2022 5,044
3 The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) James R. Lemen et al. · Solar Physics Open access Jun 2011 4,818
4 A general regression neural network Donald F. Specht · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks 1991 4,518
5 Probabilistic neural networks Donald F. Specht · Neural Networks 1990 3,791
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lockheed Martin (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Wind, Deep Learning, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Flight Control, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Parameter Estimation and Neural Networks.

▲ 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 Learning44▲ 2.0×54 topics
  2. Machine Learning28▲ 1.30×44 topics
  3. Solar Wind26▲ 44×2 topics
  4. Neural Networks23▲ 2.3×28 topics
  5. Coronal Mass Ejections19▲ 81×1 topic
  6. Solar Dynamics Observatory19▲ 81×1 topic
  7. Flight Control15▲ 81×2 topics
  8. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles14▲ 12×3 topics
  9. Parameter Estimation14▲ 17×4 topics
  10. Heat Transfer13▲ 4.2×14 topics
  11. Risk Assessment13▲ 3.1×7 topics
  12. Dynamic Soaring12▲ 117×1 topic
  13. Wind Estimation12▲ 117×1 topic
  14. Complex Adaptive Systems12▲ 64×2 topics
  15. Finite Element Analysis11▲ 7.2×6 topics
  16. Simulation10▲ 6.3×12 topics
  17. Radial Basis Functions10▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Sensor Fusion10▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Adaptive Mesh Refinement10▲ 25×2 topics
  20. High-Order Schemes10▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Solar System Abundances10▲ 32×1 topic
  22. Terrestrial Planets10▲ 32×1 topic
  23. Shock-Wave Interactions10▲ 39×1 topic
  24. Turbulence Modeling10▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Signal Processing10▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Large-Eddy Simulation9▲ 7.8×5 topics
  27. Anomaly Detection9▲ 4.9×4 topics
  28. Emissions9▲ 7.1×4 topics
  29. Model-Based Systems Engineering9▲ 188×1 topic
  30. Value-Driven Design9▲ 188×1 topic
  31. Air Quality9▲ 7.2×4 topics
  32. Control Systems9▲ 7.4×6 topics
  33. Exoplanets8▲ 33×1 topic
  34. Stellar Astrophysics8▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Thermal Analysis8▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Mars8▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Martian Surface8▲ 37×1 topic
  38. CubeSat8▲ 63×1 topic
  39. small satellite8▲ 63×1 topic
  40. Ionosphere7▲ 20×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics, Aerospace and Aviation Technology, Astro and Planetary Science and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics.

Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 19 fractional worksAerospace and Aviation Technology: 12 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 10 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 10 fractional worksSystems Engineering Methodologies and Applications: 9 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 8 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…8Planetary Science and Exploration: 8 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Te…8Spacecraft Design and Technology: 8 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…7Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Aircraft Design…6Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies: 6 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsAerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsControl and Systems Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 19 works
  2. 2 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  4. 4 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 10 works
  5. 5 Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications Control and Systems Engineering 9 works
  6. 6 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  7. 7 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  8. 8 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  10. 10 Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Global and Planetary Change 6 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 available16.3%not open83.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Lockheed Martin (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Lockheed Martin (United States)0.0023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lockheed Martin (United States) 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 2025Lockheed Martin (United States)6.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2018.

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