Question 1

What is Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom) ranks #8,603 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#3,845 all time), and #290 of 862 in the United Kingdom.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Rolls-Royce (United Kingdom)'s research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% lower than in 2018-2021.