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Nissan (United Kingdom)

In research, Nissan (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,095 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,669
of 22,385 · #12,735 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#617
of 862
Research works
1.9k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Nissan (United Kingdom)

What is Nissan (United Kingdom) 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 #9,095 of 10,670 3.0%78 #7929

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nissan (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Nissan (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Nissan (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (54%), Materials Science (7%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 87 fractional works · 76.2% of its workEngineering: 62 fractional works · 54.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 12.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 11.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 8.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNissan (UnitedKingdom)115fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences14%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6254.3%
    2. Materials Science86.8%
    3. Environmental Science54.6%
    4. Computer Science53.9%
    5. Energy22.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering21.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    9. Chemistry00.4%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences75.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting43.6%
    3. Psychology22.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine54.6%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.88× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.33× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.62× its world share, 62 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.96× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering3.88×2 works
  2. Engineering3.62×62 works
  3. Energy2.33×2 works
  4. Materials Science1.96×8 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.11×4 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.94×2 works
  7. Environmental Science0.93×5 works
  8. Psychology0.71×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×3 works
  11. Computer Science0.51×4 works
  12. Social Sciences0.45×6 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.40×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×2 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.35×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.28×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.28×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.27×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.26×1 works
  20. Medicine0.24×5 works
  21. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Tetsuya Mashio, Tomonori Urushihara and Tomohiro Yamamura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nissan (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Tetsuya Mashio United Kingdom · #1,253,110 worldwide 1.6k citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Tomonori Urushihara United Kingdom · #1,453,900 worldwide 1.8k citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Tomohiro Yamamura United Kingdom · #2,508,286 worldwide 752 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Hideaki Horie United Kingdom · #2,579,024 worldwide 739 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Teruyuki Itoh United Kingdom · #2,908,497 worldwide 1k citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Yutaka Mabuchi United Kingdom · #3,040,969 worldwide 1.2k citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Hisashi Akagawa United Kingdom · #3,040,982 worldwide 671 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Shuji Kimura United Kingdom · #3,160,293 worldwide 1.7k citations · 82 works
  9. 9 Hiroyuki Kanesaka United Kingdom · #3,193,189 worldwide 351 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Peter D. Wickens United Kingdom · #3,268,129 worldwide 490 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at Nissan (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Nissan (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Nissan (United Kingdom) is "To See or not to See: The Need for Attention to Perceive Changes in Scenes" (Ronald A. Rensink, John O'Regan, James J. Clark, 1997), with 2,372 citations. Next come "Experimental Methods for Quantifying the Activity of Platinum Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction" (703) and "Competition for consciousness among visual events: The psychophysics of reentrant visual processes." (581).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 To See or not to See: The Need for Attention to Perceive Changes in Scenes Ronald A. Rensink, John O'Regan, James J. Clark · Psychological Science Open access Sep 1997 2,372
2 Experimental Methods for Quantifying the Activity of Platinum Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Yannick Garsany, Olga A. Baturina, Karen E. Swider‐Lyons et al. · Analytical Chemistry Open access 30 Jun 2010 703
3 Competition for consciousness among visual events: The psychophysics of reentrant visual processes. Vincent Di Lollo, James T. Enns, Ronald A. Rensink · Journal of Experimental Psychology General 2000 581
4 Ultra-Clean Combustion Technology Combining a Low-Temperature and Premixed Combustion Concept for Meeting Future Emission Standards Shuji Kimura, Osamu Aoki, Yasuhisa Kitahara et al. · SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series Conference paper 5 Mar 2001 499
5 CASTING DEFECTS AND THE FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR OF AN ALUMINIUM CASTING ALLOY Malcolm J. Couper, A. E. Neeson, John R. Griffiths · Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures May 1990 367
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nissan (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electric Vehicles, Model Predictive Control, Vehicle Dynamics, Autonomous Vehicles, Numerical Simulation, Mechanical Properties, Failure Analysis and Finite Element Method.

▲ 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. Electric Vehicles8▲ 26×4 topics
  2. Model Predictive Control6▲ 19×3 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties5▲ 4.6×15 topics
  4. Vehicle Dynamics5▲ 76×2 topics
  5. Autonomous Vehicles4▲ 19×4 topics
  6. Numerical Simulation4▲ 13×2 topics
  7. Failure Analysis4▲ 39×3 topics
  8. Finite Element Method4▲ 33×3 topics
  9. Fluid Dynamics4▲ 22×3 topics
  10. Control Systems4▲ 17×3 topics
  11. Fatigue Analysis4▲ 113×2 topics
  12. Structural Analysis4▲ 34×2 topics
  13. Vibration Control4▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Design Optimization3▲ 79×1 topic
  15. Mechanical Engineering3▲ 79×1 topic
  16. Product Development3▲ 60×2 topics
  17. Energy Efficiency3▲ 3.0×6 topics
  18. Risk Assessment3▲ 4.3×7 topics
  19. Lithium-ion Batteries3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  20. Active Steering3▲ 91×1 topic
  21. Tire-Road Friction Estimation3▲ 91×1 topic
  22. Optimization3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  23. Finite Element Analysis3▲ 11×4 topics
  24. Vibration Analysis3▲ 8.9×7 topics
  25. Risk Management2▲ 4.7×3 topics
  26. Energy Storage Systems2▲ 15×1 topic
  27. Hybrid Vehicles2▲ 56×1 topic
  28. Thermal Management2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  29. Genetic Algorithms2▲ 15×3 topics
  30. High-Speed Trains2▲ 31×3 topics
  31. Mechanical Behavior2▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Sound Quality2▲ 160×1 topic
  33. Transfer Path Analysis2▲ 160×1 topic
  34. Vehicle Suspension2▲ 65×2 topics
  35. Tribological Performance2▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Battery Management Systems2▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Composite Springs2▲ 65×1 topic
  38. Fatigue Life Prediction2▲ 65×1 topic
  39. Thermal Analysis2▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Thermal Runaway2▲ 12×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Engineering Applied Research, Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems, Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies and Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control.

Engineering Applied Rese…3Engineering Applied Research: 3 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Con…3Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 3 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehi…2Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 2 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibrat…2Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 2 fractional worksMechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 2 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid D…2Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 2 fractional worksLandslides and related h…2Landslides and related hazards: 2 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…2Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 2 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Se…1Information and Cyber Security: 1 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAerospace Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  9. 9 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  10. 10 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 1 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.0%domestic only61.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower 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 Nissan (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Nissan (United Kingdom)0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nissan (United Kingdom) 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 2025Nissan (United Kingdom)3.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.5% in 2011.

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