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Volvo (Sweden)

In research, Volvo (Sweden) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,038 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,456 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (Automotive Engineering is 25.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,449
of 22,385 · #3,041 all time
Rank in Sweden
#41
of 107
Research works
2.2k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Volvo (Sweden)

What is Volvo (Sweden) 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 #2,038 of 10,670 8.1%252 #1555
EngineeringField #1,456 of 5,901 7.5%187 #1087

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Volvo (Sweden) 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 Volvo (Sweden) work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Volvo (Sweden) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (62%), Computer Science (13%), Medicine (4%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 291 fractional works · 82.3% of its workEngineering: 218 fractional works · 61.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 48 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 10.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 35 fractional works · 9.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 6.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 17 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 45 fractional works · 12.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSoftware: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKVolvo (Sweden)354fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences82%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences11%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering21861.6%
    2. Computer Science4512.6%
    3. Environmental Science92.7%
    4. Materials Science82.4%
    5. Chemical Engineering41.1%
    6. Energy30.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences113.2%
    2. Psychology92.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting92.6%
    4. Decision Sciences61.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    1. Medicine154.2%
    2. Health Professions41.2%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.9%
    2. Neuroscience10.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Volvo (Sweden) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 25.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 48.2 works25×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 22.4 works12×
  3. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 35.6 works5.5×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.18× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.62× its world share, 45 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.11× its world share, 218 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.11×218 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.18×4 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.88×6 works
  4. Computer Science1.62×45 works
  5. Energy0.89×3 works
  6. Psychology0.85×9 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.80×9 works
  8. Materials Science0.68×8 works
  9. Environmental Science0.54×9 works
  10. Health Professions0.44×4 works
  11. Social Sciences0.25×11 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×1 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.22×2 works
  14. Medicine0.22×15 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×3 works
  16. Neuroscience0.19×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×1 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
  24. Veterinary0.04×0 works
  25. Nursing0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Volvo (Sweden)?

Ranked on the quality score, Trent Victor, Annika Ahlberg Tidblad and Erik Coelingh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Volvo (Sweden).

  1. 1 Trent Victor Sweden · #540,113 worldwide 3.4k citations · 110 works
  2. 2 Annika Ahlberg Tidblad Sweden · #780,334 worldwide 611 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Erik Coelingh Sweden · #781,956 worldwide 1.9k citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Johan Engström Sweden · #785,407 worldwide 3.5k citations · 81 works
  5. 5 Andreas Eidehall Sweden · #1,051,946 worldwide 1k citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Katrin Sjöberg Sweden · #1,108,734 worldwide 1.1k citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Leif Wallin Sweden · #1,199,181 worldwide 1.2k citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Fredrik Törner Sweden · #1,464,729 worldwide 483 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Emma Tivesten Sweden · #1,514,258 worldwide 715 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Henrik Lönn Sweden · #1,525,980 worldwide 1.2k citations · 88 works
All ranked researchers at Volvo (Sweden)

What are the most cited papers from Volvo (Sweden)?

The most cited paper from Volvo (Sweden) is "Criteria for the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. (RIFM) safety evaluation process for fragrance ingredients" (A.M. Api et al., 2014), with 1,965 citations. Next come "Particle filters for positioning, navigation, and tracking" (1,713) and "Tyre Modelling for Use in Vehicle Dynamics Studies" (938).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Criteria for the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. (RIFM) safety evaluation process for fragrance ingredients A.M. Api et al. · Food and Chemical Toxicology 12 Dec 2014 1,965
2 Particle filters for positioning, navigation, and tracking Fredrik Gustafsson, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Niclas Bergman et al. · IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing Open access 2002 1,713
3 Tyre Modelling for Use in Vehicle Dynamics Studies Egbert Bakker, Lars Nyborg, Hans B. Pacejka · SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series Conference paper Feb 1987 938
4 Effects of visual and cognitive load in real and simulated motorway driving Johan Engström, Emma Johansson, Joakim Östlund · Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour Mar 2005 831
5 Soot processes in compression ignition engines Dale R. Tree, Kenth I. Svensson · Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 17 Jan 2007 825
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Volvo (Sweden)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electric Vehicles, Autonomous Vehicles, Model Predictive Control, Vehicle Dynamics, Control Systems, Deep Learning, Lithium-ion Batteries and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Electric Vehicles32▲ 31×4 topics
  2. Deep Learning27▲ 2.2×48 topics
  3. Machine Learning25▲ 2.1×39 topics
  4. Autonomous Vehicles22▲ 29×4 topics
  5. Sustainability20▲ 2.4×23 topics
  6. Model Predictive Control20▲ 22×5 topics
  7. Vehicle Dynamics15▲ 73×2 topics
  8. Control Systems14▲ 22×6 topics
  9. Lithium-ion Batteries13▲ 9.1×4 topics
  10. Thermal Management12▲ 10×6 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties11▲ 3.1×20 topics
  12. Smart Grid11▲ 8.3×6 topics
  13. Optimization10▲ 6.3×15 topics
  14. Active Steering10▲ 94×1 topic
  15. Tire-Road Friction Estimation10▲ 94×1 topic
  16. Control Strategies9▲ 19×5 topics
  17. Power Electronics9▲ 8.1×8 topics
  18. Battery Management Systems9▲ 18×1 topic
  19. Thermal Runaway9▲ 18×1 topic
  20. Battery Technology9▲ 9.0×2 topics
  21. Energy Storage Systems9▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Driver Behavior8▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Fuel Consumption8▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Collision Avoidance8▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Eco-Driving8▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Vehicle Emissions8▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Hybrid Vehicles8▲ 62×1 topic
  28. Power Management Strategy8▲ 62×1 topic
  29. Cyber-Physical Systems8▲ 8.5×7 topics
  30. Genetic Algorithms8▲ 16×5 topics
  31. Renewable Energy Integration8▲ 6.7×4 topics
  32. Numerical Simulation7▲ 7.2×8 topics
  33. Finite Element Analysis7▲ 8.6×5 topics
  34. Sensor Fusion7▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Life Cycle Assessment7▲ 6.7×3 topics
  36. Driver Assistance Systems6▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Thermal Analysis6▲ 14×6 topics
  38. Trajectory Prediction6▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Digital Twin6▲ 13×2 topics
  40. High-Speed Trains6▲ 27×3 topics

Which research topics does Volvo (Sweden) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Vehicle emissions and performance and Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies.

Vehicle Dynamics and Con…10Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…9Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 9 fractional worksVehicle emissions and pe…8Vehicle emissions and performance: 8 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehi…8Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 8 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 6 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 6 fractional worksMechanical Engineering a…6Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research: 6 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 5 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 5 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…4Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 4 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringMechanical EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 10 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 8 works
  4. 4 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 8 works
  5. 5 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.8%domestic only68.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Volvo (Sweden)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Volvo (Sweden) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Volvo (Sweden)0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Volvo (Sweden) 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Volvo (Sweden)8.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.5% in 2004.

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