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Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom)

In research, Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,146 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,433 of 5,901 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#521 of 1,319 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (Computational Mechanics is 17.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,603
of 22,385 · #3,845 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#290
of 862
Research works
3.3k
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
59k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom)

What is Rolls-Royce (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 #2,146 of 10,670 8.3%302 #2141
EngineeringField #1,433 of 5,901 8.1%226 #975
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #521 of 1,319 8.0%67 #414

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rolls-Royce (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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#2,141 #2,146
  2. Engineering#975 #1,433
  3. Mechanical Engineering#414 #521
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 96% of research at Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (71%), Materials Science (13%), Environmental Science (4%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 323 fractional works · 95.5% of its workEngineering: 241 fractional works · 71.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 72 fractional works · 21.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 52 fractional works · 15.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 33 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 17 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 4.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 42 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMetals and Alloys: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRolls-Royce(United Kingdom)338fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences3%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering24171.2%
    2. Materials Science4212.6%
    3. Environmental Science144.2%
    4. Computer Science102.9%
    5. Chemical Engineering72.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy41.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    8. Mathematics10.4%
    9. Energy10.3%
    10. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences51.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting20.6%
    3. Social Sciences10.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    5. Psychology00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine20.7%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 17.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 33.4 works17×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 52.4 works13×
  3. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 71.8 works12×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemical Engineering: 6.29× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.74× its world share, 241 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.60× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.29×7 works
  2. Engineering4.74×241 works
  3. Materials Science3.60×42 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.39×5 works
  5. Environmental Science0.84×14 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.53×4 works
  7. Energy0.38×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.37×10 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×2 works
  10. Mathematics0.32×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.14×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  16. Medicine0.04×2 works
  17. Psychology0.04×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.03×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, D.S. Rickerby, David J. Rugg and Mark Hardy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 D.S. Rickerby United Kingdom · #255,059 worldwide 5.2k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 David J. Rugg United Kingdom · #479,742 worldwide 4.5k citations · 114 works
  3. 3 Mark Hardy United Kingdom · #545,903 worldwide 4.7k citations · 142 works
  4. 4 Duncan W. MacLachlan United Kingdom · #799,385 worldwide 1.2k citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Martyn A. Jones United Kingdom · #810,343 worldwide 522 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Neil W. Harvey United Kingdom · #903,046 worldwide 2.5k citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Wayne E. Voice United Kingdom · #1,067,635 worldwide 2.6k citations · 53 works
  8. 8 T.N. Rhys-Jones United Kingdom · #1,195,257 worldwide 850 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Sophoclis Patsias United Kingdom · #1,235,274 worldwide 1.9k citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Gavin James Baxter United Kingdom · #1,254,327 worldwide 3.2k citations · 164 works
All ranked researchers at Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) is "Direct Active and Reactive Power Control of DFIG for Wind Energy Generation" (Lie Xu, P. Cartwright, 2006), with 739 citations. Next come "The precipitation of topologically close-packed phases in rhenium-containing superalloys" (661) and "High performance cutting of advanced aerospace alloys and composite materials" (571).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Direct Active and Reactive Power Control of DFIG for Wind Energy Generation Lie Xu, P. Cartwright · IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 23 Aug 2006 739
2 The precipitation of topologically close-packed phases in rhenium-containing superalloys Catherine M. F. Rae, R.C. Reed · Acta Materialia Nov 2001 661
3 High performance cutting of advanced aerospace alloys and composite materials Rachid M’Saoubi, Dragos A. Axinte, Sein Leung Soo et al. · CIRP Annals 2015 571
4 Microstructural and texture development in direct laser fabricated IN718 Lakshmi Lavanya Parimi, G.A. Ravi, Daniel Clark et al. · Materials Characterization Open access 3 Jan 2014 568
5 The generation of nearly isotropic turbulence by means of grids P. E. Roach · International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow Jun 1987 552
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Mechanical Properties, Large-Eddy Simulation, Microstructure, Boundary Layer, Separation Control, Film Cooling and Turbine.

▲ 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. Heat Transfer48▲ 29×11 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties39▲ 12×30 topics
  3. Large-Eddy Simulation38▲ 60×5 topics
  4. Microstructure38▲ 22×14 topics
  5. Boundary Layer19▲ 44×3 topics
  6. Separation Control19▲ 195×2 topics
  7. Film Cooling18▲ 343×1 topic
  8. Turbine18▲ 343×1 topic
  9. Emissions17▲ 26×5 topics
  10. Phase Stability15▲ 62×2 topics
  11. Oxidation Resistance14▲ 38×3 topics
  12. Chemical Kinetics13▲ 42×2 topics
  13. Numerical Simulation12▲ 13×9 topics
  14. Hydrogen Embrittlement12▲ 44×3 topics
  15. Air Quality12▲ 19×5 topics
  16. Additive Manufacturing12▲ 11×7 topics
  17. High-Temperature Alloys11▲ 167×1 topic
  18. Superalloys11▲ 167×1 topic
  19. Microstructural Evolution11▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Turbulent Flows11▲ 33×3 topics
  21. Vortex Dynamics10▲ 27×3 topics
  22. Aviation10▲ 122×2 topics
  23. Electric Propulsion10▲ 82×2 topics
  24. Aircraft Design10▲ 192×1 topic
  25. Alternative Fuels10▲ 76×2 topics
  26. Combustion Instabilities10▲ 48×2 topics
  27. Renewable Jet Fuel10▲ 192×1 topic
  28. Process Parameters10▲ 26×3 topics
  29. Composite Materials9▲ 13×7 topics
  30. Adaptive Mesh Refinement9▲ 44×2 topics
  31. Boundary Layer Transition9▲ 42×1 topic
  32. High-Order Schemes9▲ 44×2 topics
  33. Particle Image Velocimetry9▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Radial Basis Functions9▲ 38×2 topics
  35. Material Characterization9▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Shock-Wave Interactions9▲ 66×1 topic
  37. Turbulence Modeling9▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Sintering9▲ 20×4 topics
  39. Oxidation Behavior8▲ 42×2 topics
  40. Spark Plasma Sintering8▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization, High Temperature Alloys and Creep, Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies and Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows.

Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization: 18 fractional worksHigh Temperature Alloys and Creep: 11 fractional worksAdvanced Aircraft Design…10Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies: 10 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…9Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 9 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 9 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engi…7Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 7 fractional worksHigh-Temperature Coating Behaviors: 7 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 6 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid D…6Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 6 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeComputational Mechanics2 others

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

  1. 1 Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 18 works
  2. 2 High Temperature Alloys and Creep Mechanical Engineering 11 works
  3. 3 Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Global and Planetary Change 10 works
  4. 4 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 9 works
  5. 5 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 9 works
  6. 6 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  7. 7 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 7 works
  8. 8 High-Temperature Coating Behaviors Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 6 works
  10. 10 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 6 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 available22.0%not open78.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower 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 Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom)0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rolls-Royce (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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom)6.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.4% in 2000.

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