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Volkswagen Group (Germany)

In research, Volkswagen Group (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,281 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,518 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Automotive Engineering is 22.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,708
of 22,385 · #5,397 all time
Rank in Germany
#253
of 795
Research works
1.4k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Volkswagen Group (Germany)

What is Volkswagen Group (Germany) 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 #3,281 of 10,670 6.8%217 #2519
EngineeringField #2,518 of 5,901 6.3%147 #1903

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

Which fields of science does Volkswagen Group (Germany) work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Volkswagen Group (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (52%), Computer Science (14%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 226 fractional works · 76.7% of its workEngineering: 152 fractional works · 51.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 35 fractional works · 11.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 30 fractional works · 10.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 5.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 41 fractional works · 14.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 55 fractional works · 18.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 20 fractional works · 6.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKVolkswagen Group(Germany)295fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering15251.7%
    2. Computer Science4114.0%
    3. Environmental Science124.2%
    4. Materials Science62.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy62.0%
    6. Energy41.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering20.5%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting206.8%
    2. Social Sciences124.2%
    3. Decision Sciences82.6%
    4. Psychology82.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities51.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    1. Medicine62.1%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    1. Neuroscience30.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Volkswagen Group (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 22.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 34.8 works22×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 24.5 works16×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.80× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.45× its world share, 152 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.09× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.45×152 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.67×8 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.09×20 works
  4. Computer Science1.80×41 works
  5. Energy1.64×4 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.52×2 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.90×6 works
  8. Environmental Science0.85×12 works
  9. Psychology0.84×8 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.63×5 works
  11. Materials Science0.59×6 works
  12. Neuroscience0.58×3 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.33×12 works
  15. Chemistry0.24×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.19×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×3 works
  18. Health Professions0.14×1 works
  19. Medicine0.11×6 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Volkswagen Group (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Thorsten Graf, Nutan Chen and Djalel Benbouzid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Volkswagen Group (Germany).

  1. 1 Thorsten Graf Germany · #1,281,951 worldwide 2.6k citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Nutan Chen Germany · #1,343,152 worldwide 479 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Djalel Benbouzid Germany · #1,366,048 worldwide 285 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Lars Greve Germany · #1,469,191 worldwide 1k citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Malte Gebler Germany · #1,753,589 worldwide 1.1k citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Wolf-Heinrich Hucho Germany · #1,948,715 worldwide 636 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Ina Othersen Germany · #2,047,384 worldwide 289 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Stephan Krinke Germany · #2,169,669 worldwide 584 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Olsi Rrjolli Germany · #2,445,709 worldwide 62 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Alexander Börger Germany · #2,531,282 worldwide 1.4k citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at Volkswagen Group (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Volkswagen Group (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Volkswagen Group (Germany) is "Research for a “new age of magnesium” in the automotive industry" (Horst E. Friedrich, Sönke Schumann, 2001), with 925 citations. Next come "Towards a Reliable and Context-Based System Architecture for Autonomous Vehicles" (849) and "A Systematic Literature Review on Applying CRISP-DM Process Model" (628).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Research for a “new age of magnesium” in the automotive industry Horst E. Friedrich, Sönke Schumann · Journal of Materials Processing Technology Nov 2001 925
2 Towards a Reliable and Context-Based System Architecture for Autonomous Vehicles Kain, Tobias, Mundhenk, Philipp, Quoc Viet Le et al. · OASIcs : OpenAccess Series in Informatics Conference paperOpen access 2020 849
3 A Systematic Literature Review on Applying CRISP-DM Process Model Christoph Schröer, Felix Kruse, Jorge Marx Gómez · Procedia Computer Science ReviewOpen access 2021 628
4 Review—Electromobility: Batteries or Fuel Cells? Oliver Gröger, Hubert Andreas Gasteiger, Jens‐Peter Suchsland · Journal of The Electrochemical Society Open access 2015 530
5 Incorporating sustainability into supply management in the automotive industry – the case of the Volkswagen AG Julia Koplin, Stefan A. Seuring, Michael Mesterharm · Journal of Cleaner Production 19 Sep 2006 430
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Volkswagen Group (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electric Vehicles, Sustainability, Lithium-ion Batteries, Autonomous Vehicles, Thermal Management, Industrial Automation, Environmental Impacts and Software Engineering.

▲ 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. Sustainability25▲ 3.4×22 topics
  2. Electric Vehicles23▲ 28×4 topics
  3. Deep Learning19▲ 1.85×34 topics
  4. Lithium-ion Batteries15▲ 13×4 topics
  5. Autonomous Vehicles15▲ 24×4 topics
  6. Machine Learning14▲ 1.48×30 topics
  7. Big Data11▲ 4.0×12 topics
  8. Thermal Management11▲ 12×4 topics
  9. Industrial Automation11▲ 56×2 topics
  10. Environmental Impacts10▲ 13×3 topics
  11. Software Engineering10▲ 40×2 topics
  12. Flexible Automation10▲ 137×1 topic
  13. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems10▲ 137×1 topic
  14. Battery Management Systems10▲ 22×1 topic
  15. Thermal Runaway10▲ 22×1 topic
  16. Battery Technology10▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Model Predictive Control9▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Control Systems9▲ 16×2 topics
  19. Vehicle Dynamics9▲ 51×2 topics
  20. Supply Chain Management8▲ 3.1×8 topics
  21. Life Cycle Assessment8▲ 9.6×5 topics
  22. Smart Grid8▲ 7.1×4 topics
  23. Renewable Energy Integration7▲ 7.5×5 topics
  24. Cathode Materials7▲ 6.0×3 topics
  25. Active Steering6▲ 74×1 topic
  26. Tire-Road Friction Estimation6▲ 74×1 topic
  27. Additive Manufacturing6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  28. Collision Avoidance5▲ 10×3 topics
  29. Charging Infrastructure5▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Vehicle-to-Grid5▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Driver Behavior5▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Driver Assistance Systems5▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Sensor Fusion5▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Trajectory Prediction5▲ 28×1 topic
  35. Socio-Technical Systems5▲ 63×2 topics
  36. Complex Adaptive Systems5▲ 53×2 topics
  37. Ridesharing5▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Shared Autonomous Vehicles5▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Light Pollution4▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Nighttime Light Data4▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Volkswagen Group (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems and Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure.

Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 10 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 6 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 5 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 5 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 5 fractional worksImpact of Light on Envir…4Impact of Light on Environment and Health: 4 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 4 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 4 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 3 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringGlobal and Planetary Change

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

  1. 1 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 10 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 10 works
  3. 3 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Impact of Light on Environment and Health Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  8. 8 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available17.0%not open83.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Volkswagen Group (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Volkswagen Group (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Volkswagen Group (Germany)0.00080% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Volkswagen Group (Germany) 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Volkswagen Group (Germany)7.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.1% in 2008.

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