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Automotive Engineering research

Automotive Engineering is a subfield of Engineering. Science Explorer counts 378k research works in it since 1950. 18.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: discipline of engineering.

Research works
378k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
71k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
12
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+62%
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What is Automotive Engineering research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Electric Vehicles, Battery Management Systems, Lithium-ion Batteries, 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Autonomous Vehicles. Gaining share since 2009–13: 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing, Driver Assistance Systems, Trajectory Prediction, Ridesharing. Losing share: Common Rail Injectors, Fuel Emissions, Environmental Impact, Control Systems.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Electric Vehicles45k◆ 1.00×3 topics
  2. Battery Management Systems32k▲ 1.34×1 topic
  3. Lithium-ion Batteries32k▲ 1.34×1 topic
  4. 3D Printing24k▲ 1.79×1 topic
  5. Additive Manufacturing24k▲ 1.79×1 topic
  6. Autonomous Vehicles17k◆ 1.02×2 topics
  7. Model Predictive Control14k▼ 0.62×2 topics
  8. Eco-Driving13k▼ 0.63×1 topic
  9. Fuel Consumption13k▼ 0.63×1 topic
  10. Ridesharing12k▲ 1.47×1 topic
  11. Shared Autonomous Vehicles12k▲ 1.47×1 topic
  12. Driver Assistance Systems11k▲ 1.78×1 topic
  13. Trajectory Prediction11k▲ 1.78×1 topic
  14. Control Systems7,703▼ 0.50×2 topics
  15. Energy Storage Systems7,342▼ 0.67×1 topic
  16. Hybrid Vehicles7,342▼ 0.67×1 topic
  17. Tire-Road Friction Estimation6,234▼ 0.58×1 topic
  18. Vehicle Dynamics6,234▼ 0.58×1 topic
  19. Environmental Impact4,793▼ 0.45×3 topics
  20. STEM Education3,070▼ 0.51×1 topic
  21. Spatial Ability3,070▼ 0.51×1 topic
  22. Sound Quality2,676▼ 0.51×1 topic
  23. Transfer Path Analysis2,676▼ 0.51×1 topic
  24. Automotive Brake1,894▼ 0.54×1 topic
  25. Friction Materials1,894▼ 0.54×1 topic
  26. Common Rail Injectors1,470▼ 0.31×1 topic
  27. Fuel Emissions1,470▼ 0.31×1 topic
  28. Condition Based Maintenance1,429▼ 0.60×1 topic
  29. Vehicle Technical Condition1,429▼ 0.60×1 topic

Which countries lead Automotive Engineering research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and India rank highest in Automotive Engineering. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (34k and 12k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 21.8% top 10% · 34k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 16.7% top 10% · 12k works
  3. 3 India · #6 all time 12.5% top 10% · 11k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom · #3 all time 20.9% top 10% · 3.3k works
  5. 5 Australia · #7 all time 27.7% top 10% · 1.4k works
  6. 6 Germany · #4 all time 12.2% top 10% · 5.7k works
  7. 7 South Korea · #10 all time 19.0% top 10% · 3.4k works
  8. 8 Canada · #5 all time 19.9% top 10% · 2.1k works
  9. 9 Italy · #9 all time 16.3% top 10% · 3.2k works
  10. 10 Singapore · #13 all time 30.3% top 10% · 689 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 58 countries ranked in Automotive Engineering. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Automotive Engineering

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 34k works
  2. 2 United States 12k works
  3. 3 India 11k works
  4. 4 Germany 5.7k works
  5. 5 South Korea 3.4k works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 3.3k works
  7. 7 Italy 3.2k works
  8. 8 Japan 2.8k works
  9. 9 France 2.5k works
  10. 10 Türkiye 2.3k works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 42.3%United States: 14.9%India: 13.9%Germany: 7.1%6 others listed: 21.8%42%largest
China34k · 42.3%United States12k · 14.9%India11k · 13.9%Germany5,692 · 7.1%6 others listed17k · 21.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Automotive Engineering research?

Tsinghua University (China) ranks first in Automotive Engineering on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Beijing Institute of Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tsinghua University China · Beijing · #1 all time 30.5% top 10% · 856 works
  2. 2 Beijing Institute of Technology China · Beijing · #2 all time 26.8% top 10% · 802 works
  3. 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai · #9 all time 25.5% top 10% · 486 works
  4. 4 Tongji University China · Shanghai · #14 all time 20.2% top 10% · 802 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #8 all time 32.0% top 10% · 357 works
  6. 6 Central South University China · Changsha · #18 all time 28.9% top 10% · 451 works
  7. 7 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China · Wuhan · #16 all time 28.4% top 10% · 399 works
  8. 8 University of Science and Technology of China China · Hefei · #17 all time 38.7% top 10% · 258 works
  9. 9 Nanyang Technological University Singapore · Singapore · #3 all time 32.5% top 10% · 274 works
  10. 10 Xi'an Jiaotong University China · Xi'an · #22 all time 27.2% top 10% · 441 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 347 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Automotive Engineering.

Top 100 Automotive Engineering institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tsinghua UniversityChina 856 works
  2. 2 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 802 works
  3. 3 Tongji UniversityChina 802 works
  4. 4 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 510 works
  5. 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 486 works
  6. 6 Central South UniversityChina 451 works
  7. 7 Southeast UniversityChina 449 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 441 works
  9. 9 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 436 works
  10. 10 Jilin UniversityChina 427 works

Who are the leading researchers in Automotive Engineering?

Among the most productive authors in Automotive Engineering, Jitendra Malik, Lídia Morawska and Bernt Schiele rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Jitendra Malik United States · #39 worldwide 12k citations · 179 works
  2. 2 Lídia Morawska Australia · #114 worldwide 6.4k citations · 210 works
  3. 3 Bernt Schiele Germany · #159 worldwide 6.9k citations · 215 works
  4. 4 Jean‐Marie Tarascon France · #1,069 worldwide 4.9k citations · 166 works
  5. 5 José Rodríguez Chile · #1,079 worldwide 6.8k citations · 329 works
  6. 6 Michael Bräuer Canada · #1,380 worldwide 3.8k citations · 171 works
  7. 7 Samir Kouro Chile · #1,559 worldwide 2.9k citations · 91 works
  8. 8 Vladlen Koltun United States · #1,966 worldwide 3.3k citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Remus Teodorescu Denmark · #2,005 worldwide 4.2k citations · 198 works
  10. 10 Yi Cui United States · #2,076 worldwide 5k citations · 138 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,187 highest-output authors in Automotive Engineering. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Automotive Engineering researchers

Where is Automotive Engineering research done?

The largest centres of Automotive Engineering research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Torgau and Montigny-le-Bretonneux.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 6.1k works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 2.9k works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 1.9k works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 1.7k works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 1.7k works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 1.3k works
  7. 7 Tianjin China 1.2k works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 1.2k works
  9. 9 Chennai India 1.1k works
  10. 10 Chongqing China 1.1k works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TorgauDE · 30.4 works24×
  2. Montigny-le-BretonneuxFR · 25.0 works24×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Automotive Engineering than the world average.

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Automotive Engineering research by country

The best places for Automotive Engineering research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Automotive Engineering?

Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Nanyang Technological University and Tsinghua University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 29.57%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Beijing Institute of Technology: 802, 26.8%Nanyang Technological University: 274, 32.5%Tsinghua University: 856, 30.5%University of Science and Technology of China: 258, 38.7%Southeast University: 449, 25.5%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 281, 33.6%Politecnico di Torino: 300, 21.8%City University of Hong Kong: 128, 34.8%Technical University of Munich: 343, 20.1%Khalifa University of Science and Technology: 81, 31.4%University of Scienc…Nanyang Technologica…Tsinghua UniversityBeijing Institute of…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 62.526.8%6.1×802 +51.9%
2 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 61.632.5%3.1×274 +111.2%
3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 60.730.5%4.0×856 +42.9%
4 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 60.638.7%1.9×258 +167.2%
5 Southeast UniversityChina 59.425.5%3.0×449 +201.4%
6 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 58.733.6%2.9×281 +32.0%
7 Politecnico di TorinoItaly 57.821.8%6.0×300 +121.3%
8 City University of Hong KongHong Kong 56.834.8%2.0×128 +107.2%
9 Technical University of MunichGermany 56.620.1%4.0×343 +181.7%
10 Khalifa University of Science and TechnologyUnited Arab Emirates 56.431.4%3.0×81 +599.4%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Automotive Engineering research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety and Transportation and Mobility Innovations.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

  1. Advanced Battery Technologies Research+319%
  2. Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety+286%
  3. Transportation and Mobility Innovations+275%
  4. Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies+238%
  5. Technical Engine Diagnostics and Monitoring+200%
  6. Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies+145%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Automotive Engineering include?

Advanced Battery Technol…89kAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 89k fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 64k fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 51k fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 34k fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 30k fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehi…27kElectric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 27k fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 27k fractional worksSpatial Cognition and Navigation: 17k fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 14k fractional worksEngine and Fuel Emissions: 10k fractional worksBrake Systems and Friction Analysis: 8,604 fractional worksTechnical Engine Diagnostics and Monitoring: 6,411 fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.