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Pratt & Whitney (United States)

In research, Pratt & Whitney (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,397 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#3,601 of 11,412 worldwide) and Aerospace Engineering (#1,387 of 1,730 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#8,999
of 42,892
Rank in ??
#104
of 1,041
Research works
671
▼ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Pratt & Whitney (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 #5,397 of 21,541 19.0%638
EngineeringField #3,601 of 11,412 18.5%485
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #1,387 of 1,730 22.0%169

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pratt & Whitney (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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.

Chemical Engineering: 4.63× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringEngineering: 5.30× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pratt & Whitney (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, HERBERT M. HERSHENSON lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pratt & Whitney (United States).

  1. 1 HERBERT M. HERSHENSON ?? · #229,985 worldwide 4 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Pratt & Whitney (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Pratt & Whitney (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Combustion Instabilities, Heat Transfer, Hybrid Rocket Propulsion, Regression Rate Behavior, Large-Eddy Simulation, Mechanical Properties, Emissions and Chemical Kinetics.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Combustion Instabilities73▲ 145×2 topics
  2. Heat Transfer68▲ 20×19 topics
  3. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion58▲ 321×1 topic
  4. Regression Rate Behavior58▲ 321×1 topic
  5. Large-Eddy Simulation56▲ 35×5 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties42▲ 6.6×27 topics
  7. Emissions34▲ 26×5 topics
  8. Chemical Kinetics34▲ 45×3 topics
  9. Microstructure33▲ 9.9×13 topics
  10. Boundary Layer26▲ 29×4 topics
  11. Separation Control26▲ 124×2 topics
  12. Film Cooling24▲ 198×1 topic
  13. Turbine24▲ 198×1 topic
  14. Combustion22▲ 47×3 topics
  15. Numerical Simulation20▲ 9.0×9 topics
  16. Adaptive Mesh Refinement19▲ 31×2 topics
  17. High-Order Schemes19▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Internal Combustion Engines19▲ 59×1 topic
  19. Soot Formation19▲ 59×1 topic
  20. Radial Basis Functions19▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Risk Assessment18▲ 4.5×7 topics
  22. Shock-Wave Interactions18▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Turbulence Modeling18▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Air Quality17▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Microstructural Evolution17▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Thermodynamic Modeling17▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Simulation17▲ 7.6×7 topics
  28. Cryogenic Storage17▲ 68×1 topic
  29. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)17▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Gas Turbine Engines16▲ 48×2 topics
  31. Turbulent Flows16▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Electric Propulsion15▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Alternative Fuels15▲ 87×2 topics
  34. Ceramic Materials15▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Premixed Combustion14▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Turbulent Flames14▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Aircraft Design14▲ 173×1 topic
  38. Aviation14▲ 83×1 topic
  39. Turbulent Flow14▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Control Systems14▲ 7.7×7 topics

Which research topics does Pratt & Whitney (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses, Metal and Thin Film Mechanics, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes and Combustion and flame dynamics.

Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses: 1 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mechanics: 1 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing M…1Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 1 fractional worksCombustion and flame dyn…0Combustion and flame dynamics: 0 fractional worksSurface Treatment and Residual Stress: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Aircraft Design and Technologies: 0 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis0Risk and Safety Analysis: 0 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…0Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsComputational MechanicsGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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

  1. 1 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  3. 3 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 0 works
  5. 5 Surface Treatment and Residual Stress Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  7. 7 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  8. 8 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 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 available14.3%not open85.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pratt & Whitney (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.