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Volkswagen Group (United States)

In research, Volkswagen Group (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,106 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,637
of 28,054 · #13,267 all time
Rank in United States
#3,709
of 4,192
Research works
973
▼ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Volkswagen Group (United States) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #12,106 of 12,888 12.5%66 #7745

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Volkswagen Group (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.68× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.99× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.60× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Volkswagen Group (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Wolf-Heinrich Hucho, Horst Klingenberg and Zhou Yan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Volkswagen Group (United States).

  1. 1 Wolf-Heinrich Hucho United States · #1,141,594 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Horst Klingenberg United States · #1,204,565 worldwide 10 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Zhou Yan United States · #1,322,933 worldwide 8 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 W. Hentschel United States · #1,476,903 worldwide 36 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Volkswagen Group (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Volkswagen Group (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electric Vehicles, Deep Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, Human Rights, Sustainability, Model Predictive Control, Lithium-ion Batteries and Battery Technology.

▲ 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. Deep Learning10▲ 2.8×26 topics
  2. Electric Vehicles6▲ 21×4 topics
  3. Autonomous Vehicles6▲ 27×5 topics
  4. Sustainability5▲ 2.2×14 topics
  5. Machine Learning4▲ 1.41×18 topics
  6. Human Rights4▲ 4.3×6 topics
  7. Sustainable Development4▲ 2.7×7 topics
  8. Neural Networks4▲ 2.5×10 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 2.3×11 topics
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks3▲ 4.2×5 topics
  11. Big Data3▲ 3.2×6 topics
  12. Lithium-ion Batteries3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  13. Model Predictive Control3▲ 11×3 topics
  14. Battery Technology3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  15. Smart Grid3▲ 7.1×4 topics
  16. Vehicle Dynamics3▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Virtual Reality2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  18. Collision Avoidance2▲ 13×2 topics
  19. Driver Assistance Systems2▲ 39×1 topic
  20. Trajectory Prediction2▲ 39×1 topic
  21. Travel Behavior2▲ 24×2 topics
  22. CO2 Emissions2▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Control Systems2▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 7.6×2 topics
  25. Legal Methodology2▲ 109×2 topics
  26. Eco-Driving2▲ 38×1 topic
  27. European Union2▲ 8.4×6 topics
  28. Fuel Consumption2▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Model-Based Development2▲ 107×2 topics
  30. Fluid Dynamics2▲ 13×3 topics
  31. GPS Data2▲ 50×1 topic
  32. Human Mobility2▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Intelligent Transportation Systems2▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Traffic Flow2▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Battery Management Systems2▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Charging Infrastructure2▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Thermal Runaway2▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Vehicle-to-Grid2▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Probabilistic Forecasting2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  40. Short-Term Forecasting2▲ 12×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety, Vehicle emissions and performance, Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis and Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure.

Autonomous Vehicle Techn…2Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 2 fractional worksVehicle emissions and pe…2Vehicle emissions and performance: 2 fractional worksHuman Mobility and Location-Based Analysis: 2 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and In…2Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…2Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 2 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 2 fractional worksDigitalization, Law, and Regulation: 1 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Con…1Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksSafety Systems Engineering in Autonomy: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental law and policy: 1 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringTransportationElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBuilding and Construction2 others

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

  1. 1 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Transportation 2 works
  4. 4 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 2 works
  7. 7 Digitalization, Law, and Regulation Law 1 works
  8. 8 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  10. 10 Environmental law and policy Law 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 available20.6%not open79.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.9%domestic only57.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% lower than in 2013–2017.

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