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Rolls-Royce (United States)

In research, Rolls-Royce (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,071 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,612 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,277
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,004
of 7,310
Research works
439
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.4k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Rolls-Royce (United States)

What is Rolls-Royce (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 #6,071 of 17,446 8.0%385
EngineeringField #3,612 of 9,532 8.2%290

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rolls-Royce (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

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

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Rolls-Royce (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (58%), Materials Science (11%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 84.9% of its workEngineering: 31 fractional works · 57.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 11.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRolls-Royce(United States)53fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences10%

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. Engineering3157.6%
    2. Materials Science611.4%
    3. Computer Science36.2%
    4. Environmental Science34.8%
    5. Chemical Engineering12.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.3%
    7. Energy00.5%
    8. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Decision Sciences23.9%
    2. Social Sciences12.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting12.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    1. Medicine12.1%
    2. Health Professions00.7%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 7.58× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.84× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.28× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.00× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering7.58×1 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.00×2 works
  3. Engineering3.84×31 works
  4. Materials Science3.28×6 works
  5. Environmental Science0.96×3 works
  6. Computer Science0.80×3 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.70×1 works
  9. Dentistry0.64×0 works
  10. Energy0.57×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.26×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.26×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.18×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.16×0 works
  17. Medicine0.11×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.10×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Adam L. Chamberlain, Steven R. Wellborn and Michael G. Glavicic lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rolls-Royce (United States).

  1. 1 Adam L. Chamberlain United States · #604,000 worldwide 2.1k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Steven R. Wellborn United States · #1,060,839 worldwide 767 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Michael G. Glavicic United States · #1,163,175 worldwide 1.5k citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Medha Sree Anand United States · #1,604,303 worldwide 1k citations · 70 works
  5. 5 Ann Bolcavage United States · #1,715,000 worldwide 687 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Randolph C. Helmink United States · #2,071,670 worldwide 670 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Ted R. Ohrn United States · #2,331,761 worldwide 342 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 R. J. G. Norton United States · #2,788,034 worldwide 298 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 John F. Matlik United States · #3,162,062 worldwide 208 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 A. B. Thakker United States · #3,232,103 worldwide 205 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Rolls-Royce (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Rolls-Royce (United States) is "Power Electronics and Motor Drives in Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles" (Ali Emadi, Young‐Joo Lee, Kaushik Rajashekara, 2008), with 1,453 citations. Next come "Impacts of Working From Home During COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical and Mental Well-Being of Office Workstation Users" (754) and "A High Power Density Single-Phase PWM Rectifier With Active Ripple Energy Storage" (584).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Power Electronics and Motor Drives in Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles Ali Emadi, Young‐Joo Lee, Kaushik Rajashekara · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 29 May 2008 1,453
2 Impacts of Working From Home During COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical and Mental Well-Being of Office Workstation Users Yijing Xiao, Burçin Becerik-Gerber, Gale Lucas et al. · Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Open access 23 Nov 2020 754
3 A High Power Density Single-Phase PWM Rectifier With Active Ripple Energy Storage Ruxi Wang, Fred Wang, Dushan Boroyevich et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 10 Nov 2010 584
4 Scientific, technological and economic issues in metal printing and their solutions T. DebRoy, Tuhin K Mukherjee, John O. Milewski et al. · Nature Materials Jul 2019 548
5 High power density superconducting rotating machines—development status and technology roadmap Kiruba S. Haran, Swarn Singh Kalsi, Tabea Arndt et al. · Superconductor Science and Technology Open access Aug 2017 473
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Multiphase Flow, Chemical Kinetics, Gas Turbine Engines, Microstructural Evolution, Composite Materials and Ceramic Materials.

▲ 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 Transfer6▲ 21×7 topics
  2. Large-Eddy Simulation5▲ 49×4 topics
  3. Multiphase Flow4▲ 84×2 topics
  4. Chemical Kinetics3▲ 65×2 topics
  5. Gas Turbine Engines3▲ 107×2 topics
  6. Microstructural Evolution3▲ 35×3 topics
  7. Composite Materials3▲ 24×3 topics
  8. Ceramic Materials3▲ 52×2 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties3▲ 5.0×8 topics
  10. CFD Simulation2▲ 40×2 topics
  11. Emissions2▲ 23×4 topics
  12. Sintering2▲ 35×2 topics
  13. Spark Plasma Sintering2▲ 45×2 topics
  14. Cold Spray Deposition2▲ 101×1 topic
  15. Thermal Barrier Coatings2▲ 101×1 topic
  16. Thermal Conductivity2▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Two-Phase Flow2▲ 56×2 topics
  18. Film Cooling2▲ 257×1 topic
  19. Oxidation Resistance2▲ 38×3 topics
  20. Turbine2▲ 257×1 topic
  21. Combustion2▲ 61×2 topics
  22. Gas-Solid Flow2▲ 110×2 topics
  23. Material Properties2▲ 39×2 topics
  24. Particles2▲ 186×1 topic
  25. Turbulence2▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Combustion Instabilities2▲ 59×2 topics
  27. Cyclone Separator2▲ 230×1 topic
  28. High-Temperature Applications2▲ 72×1 topic
  29. Nanocrystalline Ceramics2▲ 72×1 topic
  30. Particle Flow2▲ 230×1 topic
  31. Premixed Combustion2▲ 83×1 topic
  32. Turbulent Flames2▲ 83×1 topic
  33. Risk Assessment2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  34. Corrosion1▲ 22×4 topics
  35. Internal Combustion Engines1▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Soot Formation1▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Surface Roughness1▲ 19×4 topics
  38. Numerical Simulation1▲ 8.6×6 topics
  39. Fatigue Crack Closure1▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Fracture Toughness Testing1▲ 70×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: High-Temperature Coating Behaviors, Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization, Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows and Cyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics.

High-Temperature Coating…2High-Temperature Coating Behaviors: 2 fractional worksTurbomachinery Performan…2Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization: 2 fractional worksParticle Dynamics in Flu…2Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows: 2 fractional worksCyclone Separators and F…2Cyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics: 2 fractional worksAdvanced ceramic materia…2Advanced ceramic materials synthesis: 2 fractional worksCombustion and flame dyn…2Combustion and flame dynamics: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 1 fractional worksFatigue and fracture mechanics: 1 fractional worksProbabilistic and Robust Engineering Design: 1 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringOcean EngineeringComputational MechanicsCeramics and Composites4 others

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

  1. 1 High-Temperature Coating Behaviors Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Particle Dynamics in Fluid Flows Ocean Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Cyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  5. 5 Advanced ceramic materials synthesis Ceramics and Composites 2 works
  6. 6 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 1 works
  8. 8 Fatigue and fracture mechanics Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  9. 9 Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  10. 10 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 1 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 available18.8%not open81.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Rolls-Royce (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Rolls-Royce (United States)0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rolls-Royce (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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