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Robert Bosch (Germany)

In research, Robert Bosch (Germany) stands highest in Computer Science (#1,176 of 4,667 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,460 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,845 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Automotive Engineering — Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,724
of 28,054 · #2,652 all time
Rank in Germany
#242
of 1,178
Research works
5.7k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
97k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Robert Bosch (Germany) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Computer ScienceField #1,176 of 4,667 19.5%195 #915
Physical SciencesDomain #3,460 of 12,888 14.2%816 #1880
EngineeringField #1,845 of 6,636 12.3%452 #921
Social SciencesDomain #7,059 of 10,521 17.1%123 #6002
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,559 of 2,318 10.5%118 #823
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,485 of 1,884 19.2%68 #1295

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Robert Bosch (Germany) 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Computer Science#915 #1,176
  2. Physical Sciences#1,880 #3,460
  3. Engineering#921 #1,845
  4. Social Sciences#6,002 #7,059
  5. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#823 #1,559
  6. Artificial Intelligence#1,295 #1,485
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Robert Bosch (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 49.3 works9.4×
  2. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 50.0 works9.2×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.36× its world share, 15 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.53× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.48× its world share, 195 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.73× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.98× its world share, 452 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.38× its world share, 49 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.22× its world share, 28 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 37 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.47× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Robert Bosch (Germany)?

Ranked on the composite score, Ralph Lange, Jürgen Hasch and Kai O. Arras lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Robert Bosch (Germany).

  1. 1 Ralph Lange · #102,253 worldwide 174 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Jürgen Hasch · #135,514 worldwide 200 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Kai O. Arras · #194,567 worldwide 311 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Peter Knoll · #269,076 worldwide 44 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Volker Fischer · #269,389 worldwide 158 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Simon Burton · #420,839 worldwide 105 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Andreas Mueller · #427,725 worldwide 106 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Martin Kunert · #468,301 worldwide 93 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 M. Mergens · #485,426 worldwide 130 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 H.‐J. Krokoszinski · #539,669 worldwide 48 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Robert Bosch (Germany)

Which keywords describe research at Robert Bosch (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, Big Data, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Electric Vehicles, Model Predictive Control and Sensor Fusion.

▲ 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 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 Learning115▲ 3.3×65 topics
  2. Machine Learning61▲ 1.84×52 topics
  3. Neural Networks46▲ 3.0×28 topics
  4. Sustainability43▲ 1.75×26 topics
  5. Big Data40▲ 4.3×16 topics
  6. Autonomous Vehicles37▲ 18×5 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management25▲ 2.7×10 topics
  8. Internet of Things25▲ 2.8×12 topics
  9. Electric Vehicles24▲ 8.2×4 topics
  10. Catalysis24▲ 3.6×20 topics
  11. Renewable Energy24▲ 1.63×22 topics
  12. Convolutional Neural Networks24▲ 3.2×12 topics
  13. Model Predictive Control23▲ 8.9×5 topics
  14. Sensor Fusion23▲ 21×3 topics
  15. Thermal Management23▲ 6.8×7 topics
  16. Collision Avoidance22▲ 12×3 topics
  17. Software Engineering20▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Industrial Automation20▲ 29×3 topics
  19. Flexible Automation19▲ 75×1 topic
  20. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems19▲ 75×1 topic
  21. Power Electronics18▲ 5.3×8 topics
  22. Driver Assistance Systems17▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Trajectory Prediction17▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Lithium-ion Batteries16▲ 3.7×3 topics
  25. Cyber-Physical Systems14▲ 5.2×5 topics
  26. Control Systems13▲ 7.0×6 topics
  27. Reliability13▲ 17×3 topics
  28. Vibration Analysis13▲ 4.8×7 topics
  29. Actuators12▲ 7.3×3 topics
  30. Intelligent Transportation Systems12▲ 7.9×4 topics
  31. Multi-Agent Systems12▲ 6.0×6 topics
  32. Data Integration11▲ 6.7×4 topics
  33. Carbon Dioxide11▲ 7.1×3 topics
  34. Digital Twin11▲ 8.2×1 topic
  35. Smart Manufacturing11▲ 12×1 topic
  36. High-Temperature Electronics11▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Signal Processing10▲ 7.5×5 topics
  38. Automation10▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Thermal Behavior10▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Virtual Prototyping10▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Robert Bosch (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, Digital Transformation in Industry and Advanced Neural Network Applications.

Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 19 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 17 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 11 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 10 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 9 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 9 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…8Big Data and Business Intelligence: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 8 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 7 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques…7CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 7 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionManagement Information Systems2 others

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

  1. 1 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing SystemsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 19 works
  2. 2 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyAutomotive Engineering 17 works
  3. 3 Digital Transformation in IndustryIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 11 works
  4. 4 Advanced Neural Network ApplicationsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition 10 works
  5. 5 Manufacturing Process and OptimizationIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9 works
  6. 6 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle TechnologiesAutomotive Engineering 9 works
  7. 7 Big Data and Business IntelligenceManagement Information Systems 8 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Fault Detection and Control SystemsControl and Systems Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 CO2 Reduction Techniques and CatalystsRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 7 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 available23.6%not open76.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.0%domestic only76.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Robert Bosch (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher 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.

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