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Rivian

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Research works
26
fractional, all time
Citations
71
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
12%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Rivian is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Computer Science: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.89× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 3.40× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Rivian?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electric Vehicles, Maintenance Optimization, Reliability Engineering, Vehicle Dynamics, Large-Eddy Simulation, Vibration Control, Model Predictive Control and Sound Quality.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Electric Vehicles2▲ 34×4 topics
  2. Maintenance Optimization2▲ 480×1 topic
  3. Reliability Engineering2▲ 480×1 topic
  4. Large-Eddy Simulation2▲ 47×4 topics
  5. Vehicle Dynamics2▲ 156×2 topics
  6. Vibration Control2▲ 150×2 topics
  7. Model Predictive Control1▲ 26×3 topics
  8. Power Electronics1▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Sound Quality1▲ 511×1 topic
  10. Transfer Path Analysis1▲ 511×1 topic
  11. Aerodynamics1▲ 85×1 topic
  12. Boundary Layer1▲ 47×2 topics
  13. High-Speed Trains1▲ 88×1 topic
  14. Sensitivity Analysis1▲ 51×2 topics
  15. Turbulent Flow1▲ 41×2 topics

Which research topics does Rivian publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reliability and Maintenance Optimization, Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control, Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research and Wind and Air Flow Studies.

Reliability and Maintena…2Reliability and Maintenance Optimization: 2 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 1 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid D…1Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 1 fractional worksWind and Air Flow Studies1Wind and Air Flow Studies: 1 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksProbabilistic and Robust Engineering Design: 1 fractional worksElectronic Packaging and…1Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 1 fractional worksGear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 1 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 0 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityAutomotive EngineeringAerospace EngineeringEnvironmental Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Reliability and Maintenance Optimization Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  2. 2 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Wind and Air Flow Studies Environmental Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  7. 7 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 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 available11.8%not open88.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.0%domestic only97.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rivian's research output changed?

2020
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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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