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Volkswagen Group (Germany)

In research, Volkswagen Group (Germany) stands highest in Engineering (#4,070 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,355 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering — Automotive Engineering is 22.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,581
of 28,054 · #13,276 all time
Rank in Germany
#611
of 1,178
Research works
1.4k
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is Volkswagen Group (Germany) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
EngineeringField #4,070 of 6,636 11.5%147 #3334
Physical SciencesDomain #8,355 of 12,888 13.4%217 #7876

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Volkswagen Group (Germany) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 22.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 34.0 works22×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 24.1 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: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.78× its world share, 39 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.57× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.45× its world share, 147 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× 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: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.12× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× 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.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Marc-Michael Meinecke, T. Graf and Alexander Poth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Volkswagen Group (Germany).

  1. 1 Marc-Michael Meinecke Germany · #615,427 worldwide 89 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 T. Graf Germany · #926,093 worldwide 84 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Alexander Poth Germany · #1,496,352 worldwide 25 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Volkswagen Group (Germany)

Which keywords describe research at Volkswagen Group (Germany)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Sustainability24▲ 3.5×20 topics
  2. Electric Vehicles23▲ 28×4 topics
  3. Deep Learning18▲ 1.87×33 topics
  4. Lithium-ion Batteries15▲ 13×4 topics
  5. Autonomous Vehicles14▲ 24×4 topics
  6. Machine Learning14▲ 1.50×28 topics
  7. Thermal Management11▲ 12×4 topics
  8. Big Data11▲ 4.3×11 topics
  9. Industrial Automation11▲ 56×2 topics
  10. Environmental Impacts10▲ 13×3 topics
  11. Software Engineering10▲ 40×2 topics
  12. Flexible Automation10▲ 141×1 topic
  13. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems10▲ 141×1 topic
  14. Battery Management Systems10▲ 22×1 topic
  15. Thermal Runaway10▲ 22×1 topic
  16. Battery Technology9▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Model Predictive Control9▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Control Systems8▲ 16×2 topics
  19. Vehicle Dynamics8▲ 50×2 topics
  20. Supply Chain Management8▲ 3.1×8 topics
  21. Life Cycle Assessment8▲ 9.8×4 topics
  22. Smart Grid8▲ 7.1×4 topics
  23. Renewable Energy Integration7▲ 7.6×5 topics
  24. Cathode Materials7▲ 6.1×3 topics
  25. Active Steering6▲ 76×1 topic
  26. Tire-Road Friction Estimation6▲ 76×1 topic
  27. Collision Avoidance5▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Additive Manufacturing5▲ 5.9×6 topics
  29. Charging Infrastructure5▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Vehicle-to-Grid5▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Sensor Fusion5▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Driver Assistance Systems5▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Driver Behavior5▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Trajectory Prediction5▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Ridesharing5▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Shared Autonomous Vehicles5▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Light Pollution4▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Nighttime Light Data4▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Socio-Technical Systems4▲ 68×2 topics
  40. Complex Adaptive Systems4▲ 55×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksUrban and Freight Transport Logistics: 3 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringGlobal and Planetary Change1 others

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 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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