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PPG Industries (United States)

In research, PPG Industries (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,662 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#3,452 of 9,532 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#1,219 of 2,525 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,313
of 22,385 · #10,954 all time
Rank in United States
#3,006
of 3,332
Research works
1.3k
▲ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
PPG Industries (United States)

What is PPG Industries (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #5,662 of 17,446 8.8%1,071
EngineeringField #3,452 of 9,532 9.2%604
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,219 of 2,525 10.6%199
Materials ScienceField #2,713 of 3,771 8.9%207
Social SciencesDomain #13,556 of 14,833 7.9%122

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where PPG Industries (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 fields of science does PPG Industries (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at PPG Industries (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (43%), Materials Science (14%), Medicine (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 64 fractional works · 75.1% of its workEngineering: 36 fractional works · 42.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPPG Industries(United States)85fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences75%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences13%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3642.7%
    2. Materials Science1214.2%
    3. Computer Science45.1%
    4. Environmental Science33.2%
    5. Chemistry33.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy22.1%
    7. Energy22.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering11.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.3%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting44.4%
    2. Social Sciences33.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    4. Decision Sciences11.1%
    5. Psychology11.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    1. Medicine66.5%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.10× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.98× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.14× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.84× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.06× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering4.10×1 works
  2. Materials Science4.06×12 works
  3. Engineering2.84×36 works
  4. Energy2.14×2 works
  5. Chemistry1.98×3 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.35×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.18×1 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.95×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.84×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.80×3 works
  11. Computer Science0.65×4 works
  12. Environmental Science0.64×3 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.41×1 works
  16. Psychology0.37×1 works
  17. Medicine0.34×6 works
  18. Social Sciences0.30×3 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×1 works
  21. Health Professions0.09×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  23. Veterinary0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at PPG Industries (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Noel R. Vanier, T. E. Tallian and Fred M. Ernsberger lead among researchers whose main affiliation is PPG Industries (United States).

  1. 1 Noel R. Vanier United States · #690,295 worldwide 1.5k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 T. E. Tallian United States · #1,411,670 worldwide 2.4k citations · 132 works
  3. 3 Fred M. Ernsberger United States · #1,780,934 worldwide 956 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Norman Hewitt United States · #1,853,088 worldwide 182 citations · 499 works
  5. 5 John M. Barsom United States · #2,307,193 worldwide 1k citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Charles B. Greenberg United States · #2,542,014 worldwide 471 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Stanley M. Ohlberg United States · #2,640,068 worldwide 599 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 John Lothrop Motley United States · #2,661,608 worldwide 59 citations · 152 works
  9. 9 L. B. Sibley United States · #2,711,844 worldwide 474 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Michael E. Condon United States · #2,823,841 worldwide 300 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at PPG Industries (United States)

What are the most cited papers from PPG Industries (United States)?

The most cited paper from PPG Industries (United States) is "A Critical Review of the Literature on Hydrogen Sulfide Toxicity" (Robert O. Beauchamp, James S. Bus, James A. Popp et al., 1984), with 1,049 citations. Next come "Photochemical Activity of Nitrogen-Doped Rutile TiO2(110) in Visible Light" (713) and "Comparison of models for the contact of rough surfaces" (566).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Critical Review of the Literature on Hydrogen Sulfide Toxicity Robert O. Beauchamp, James S. Bus, James A. Popp et al. · Critical Reviews in Toxicology 1984 1,049
2 Photochemical Activity of Nitrogen-Doped Rutile TiO2(110) in Visible Light Oliver Diwald, Tracy L. Thompson, Tykhon S. Zubkov et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 17 Apr 2004 713
3 Comparison of models for the contact of rough surfaces John I. McCool · Wear 1986 566
4 U.S. Program on Materials Technology for Ultra-Supercritical Coal Power Plants R. Viswanathan, Jeff Henry, J. M. Tanzosh et al. · Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance Jun 2005 548
5 Nucleophile-Initiated Thiol-Michael Reactions: Effect of Organocatalyst, Thiol, and Ene Justin W. Chan, Charles E. Hoyle, Andrew B. Lowe et al. · Macromolecules 14 Jul 2010 379
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at PPG Industries (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Heat Transfer, Machine Learning, Environmental Impact, Nanocomposites, Energy Storage, Nanoparticles and Microstructure.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties6▲ 7.0×15 topics
  2. Machine Learning5▲ 1.89×18 topics
  3. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.7×12 topics
  4. Heat Transfer4▲ 9.2×9 topics
  5. Sustainability4▲ 1.72×12 topics
  6. Nanoparticles3▲ 3.2×10 topics
  7. Nanocomposites3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  8. Energy Storage3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  9. Microstructure2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  10. Pitting Corrosion2▲ 45×2 topics
  11. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  12. Graphene2▲ 3.3×5 topics
  13. Corrosion2▲ 17×3 topics
  14. Corrosion Behavior2▲ 27×2 topics
  15. Defect Detection2▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Feature Extraction2▲ 4.6×2 topics
  17. Material Characterization2▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Thermal Properties2▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Cathode Materials2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  20. Eddy Current Testing2▲ 49×1 topic
  21. Hydrogen Embrittlement2▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Lithium-ion Batteries2▲ 4.7×3 topics
  23. Non-Destructive Evaluation2▲ 49×1 topic
  24. Thermal Management2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  25. Fatigue Crack Closure1▲ 59×1 topic
  26. Fracture Toughness Testing1▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Numerical Simulation1▲ 5.6×5 topics
  28. Smart Cities1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  29. Surface Roughness1▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Failure Analysis1▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Molecular Dynamics Simulation1▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Passive Films1▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Resistance Training1▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Stainless Steels1▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Adsorption Properties1▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Aerospace Applications1▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Hybrid Materials1▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Large-Eddy Simulation1▲ 7.7×3 topics
  39. Oxidation Resistance1▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Processing Techniques1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does PPG Industries (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Non-Destructive Testing Techniques, Fatigue and fracture mechanics, Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals and Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition.

Non-Destructive Testing …2Non-Destructive Testing Techniques: 2 fractional worksFatigue and fracture mec…1Fatigue and fracture mechanics: 1 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 1 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 1 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 1 fractional worksManagement, Economics, and Public Policy: 1 fractional worksTextile materials and evaluations: 1 fractional worksRice Cultivation and Yie…1Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement: 1 fractional worksSurface Modification and Superhydrophobicity: 1 fractional worksTurbomachinery Performance and Optimization: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsMetals and AlloysMaterials Chemistry6 others

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

  1. 1 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Fatigue and fracture mechanics Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  3. 3 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 1 works
  4. 4 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Management, Economics, and Public Policy Marketing 1 works
  7. 7 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 1 works
  8. 8 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1 works
  10. 10 Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 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 available13.3%not open86.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has PPG Industries (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 72% 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 PPG Industries (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%PPG Industries (United States)0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of PPG Industries (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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025PPG Industries (United States)7.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.0% in 1994.

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