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Toyota Research Institute

In research, Toyota Research Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,473 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,332 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition is 7.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,546
of 22,385 · #4,840 all time
Rank in ??
#80
of 487
Research works
595
▲ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
39.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.33×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Toyota Research Institute

What is Toyota Research Institute 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 #1,473 of 10,670 19.4%193 #1647
EngineeringField #1,332 of 5,901 16.8%105 #1472

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toyota Research Institute 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 Toyota Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Toyota Research Institute is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (47%), Computer Science (23%), Materials Science (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 202 fractional works · 85.7% of its workEngineering: 110 fractional works · 46.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 26 fractional works · 11.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 16 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 55 fractional works · 23.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 22 fractional works · 9.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKToyota ResearchInstitute235fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences2%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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering11046.8%
    2. Computer Science5523.2%
    3. Materials Science166.8%
    4. Energy72.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy62.6%
    6. Environmental Science21.0%
    7. Chemistry20.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.5%
    10. Mathematics10.3%
    1. Psychology146.1%
    2. Social Sciences62.5%
    3. Decision Sciences31.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Neuroscience41.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Health Professions20.9%
    2. Medicine20.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Toyota Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 21.6 works7.3×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.99× its world share, 55 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.07× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.12× its world share, 110 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.96× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.00× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.12×110 works
  2. Energy3.07×7 works
  3. Computer Science2.99×55 works
  4. Psychology2.00×14 works
  5. Materials Science1.96×16 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.37×1 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.15×6 works
  8. Neuroscience1.13×4 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.13×3 works
  10. Chemistry0.59×2 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.36×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.24×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.21×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.20×6 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  20. Medicine0.04×2 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Toyota Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Joseph H. Montoya, Muratahan Aykol and Jens S. Hummelshøj lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toyota Research Institute.

  1. 1 Joseph H. Montoya #23,139 worldwide 15k citations · 99 works
  2. 2 Muratahan Aykol #42,569 worldwide 17k citations · 141 works
  3. 3 Jens S. Hummelshøj #103,507 worldwide 8.1k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 John Muldoon #156,899 worldwide 7.4k citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Patrick K. Herring #204,666 worldwide 6.3k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Eric A. Cousineau #213,398 worldwide 2.3k citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Adrien Gaidon #216,989 worldwide 5.2k citations · 151 works
  8. 8 Rareş Ambruş #229,392 worldwide 1.7k citations · 116 works
  9. 9 Pavel Tokmakov #262,897 worldwide 2.1k citations · 87 works
  10. 10 Ercan M. Dede #275,302 worldwide 6k citations · 203 works
All ranked researchers at Toyota Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Toyota Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Toyota Research Institute is "Data-driven prediction of battery cycle life before capacity degradation" (Kristen Severson, Peter M. Attia, Norman Jin et al., 2019), with 3,165 citations. Next come "Quest for Nonaqueous Multivalent Secondary Batteries: Magnesium and Beyond" (1,381) and "Feature Pyramid and Hierarchical Boosting Network for Pavement Crack Detection" (1,220).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Data-driven prediction of battery cycle life before capacity degradation Kristen Severson, Peter M. Attia, Norman Jin et al. · Nature Energy Open access 25 Mar 2019 3,165
2 Quest for Nonaqueous Multivalent Secondary Batteries: Magnesium and Beyond John Muldoon, Claudiu B. Bucur, Thomas D. Gregory · Chemical Reviews Review 24 Oct 2014 1,381
3 Feature Pyramid and Hierarchical Boosting Network for Pavement Crack Detection Fan Yang, Lei Zhang, Sijia Yu et al. · IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 25 Apr 2019 1,220
4 Closed-loop optimization of fast-charging protocols for batteries with machine learning Peter M. Attia, Aditya Grover, Norman Jin et al. · Nature 19 Feb 2020 1,164
5 High-entropy nanoparticles: Synthesis-structure-property relationships and data-driven discovery Yonggang Yao, Qi Zhi Dong, Alexandra H. Brozena et al. · Science Open access 7 Apr 2022 1,067
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Toyota Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, Neural Networks, Cathode Materials, Thermal Management, Electric Vehicles, Machine Learning and Convolutional Networks.

▲ 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. Deep Learning31▲ 3.8×40 topics
  2. Machine Learning16▲ 2.1×31 topics
  3. Neural Networks14▲ 3.8×22 topics
  4. Autonomous Vehicles12▲ 25×4 topics
  5. Cathode Materials9▲ 10×3 topics
  6. Thermal Management9▲ 11×3 topics
  7. Electric Vehicles8▲ 12×4 topics
  8. Convolutional Networks8▲ 26×3 topics
  9. Energy Storage7▲ 4.7×7 topics
  10. Lithium-ion Batteries7▲ 7.4×2 topics
  11. Control Systems7▲ 17×4 topics
  12. Depth Estimation7▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Energy Conversion7▲ 14×3 topics
  14. Collision Avoidance7▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Model Predictive Control7▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Unsupervised Learning6▲ 18×3 topics
  17. Human-Robot Interaction6▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Catalysts6▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Fuel Cells6▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Electrocatalysis6▲ 8.6×2 topics
  21. Robotics6▲ 10.0×4 topics
  22. Metal-Organic Frameworks6▲ 5.7×3 topics
  23. Rechargeable Batteries6▲ 8.9×2 topics
  24. Driver Behavior6▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Heat Transfer6▲ 4.7×5 topics
  26. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes6▲ 33×1 topic
  27. Proton Exchange Membranes6▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Hydrogen Evolution5▲ 17×1 topic
  29. Optical Flow5▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Oxygen Reduction5▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Quantum Mechanics5▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Stereo Vision5▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Crystal Structures5▲ 25×2 topics
  34. High-Throughput5▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Materials Informatics5▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Sensor Fusion5▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Driver Assistance Systems5▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Trajectory Prediction5▲ 34×1 topic
  39. 3D Reconstruction4▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Point Clouds4▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Toyota Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fuel Cells and Related Materials, Advanced Vision and Imaging, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Machine Learning in Materials Science.

Fuel Cells and Related M…6Fuel Cells and Related Materials: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Vision and Imag…5Advanced Vision and Imaging: 5 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 5 fractional worksMachine Learning in Mate…5Machine Learning in Materials Science: 5 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Techn…5Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 4 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…4Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 4 fractional worksSocial Robot Interaction and HRI: 4 fractional works3D Shape Modeling and Analysis: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMaterials Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  3. 3 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  4. 4 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 5 works
  5. 5 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Social Robot Interaction and HRI Social Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis Computational Mechanics 3 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Toyota Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting2010201520202025
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 Toyota Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Toyota Research Institute0.00073% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Toyota Research Institute 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%Toyota Research Institute16.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.8% in 2012.

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