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Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy

Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy is a research topic within Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Science Explorer counts 8.2k research works in it since 1950. 16.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on safety assurance in the development of complex systems, particularly in domains such as automotive, aviation, and medical devices. It covers topics such as assurance cases, software certification, functional safety, risk assessment, and security assurance. The papers discuss methodologies, tools, and best practices for ensuring the safety and reliability of critical systems.

  • Safety Assurance
  • Assurance Cases
  • Software Certification
  • Functional Safety
  • Automotive SPICE
  • Model-Based Development
  • ISO 26262
  • Risk Assessment
  • Dependability Engineering
  • Security Assurance
Research works
8.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
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Which countries lead Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy research?

By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (322 and 273 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 322 works
  2. 2 Germany 273 works
  3. 3 China 172 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 94 works
  5. 5 France 66 works
  6. 6 India 60 works
  7. 7 Italy 52 works
  8. 8 Canada 50 works
  9. 9 Austria 43 works
  10. 10 Japan 40 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.

United States: 27.5%Germany: 23.3%China: 14.7%United Kingdom: 8.0%6 others listed: 26.5%27%largest
United States322 · 27.5%Germany273 · 23.3%China172 · 14.7%United Kingdom94 · 8.0%6 others listed311 · 26.5%

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

Which institutions lead Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Stuttgart publishes the most Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy research, followed by Technical University of Munich and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of StuttgartGermany 14 works
  2. 2 Technical University of MunichGermany 11 works
  3. 3 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 11 works
  4. 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Germany 10 works
  5. 5 Beihang UniversityChina 9 works
  6. 6 China Automotive Technology and Research CenterChina 9 works
  7. 7 University of YorkUnited Kingdom 8 works
  8. 8 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (China)China 8 works
  9. 9 TU WienAustria 7 works
  10. 10 Technische Universität DresdenGermany 7 works

Where is Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy research done?

The largest centres of Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Munich (Germany) and Stuttgart (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Stuttgart.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 43 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 34 works
  3. 3 Munich Germany 33 works
  4. 4 Stuttgart Germany 28 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 19 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 17 works
  7. 7 Tianjin China 16 works
  8. 8 Karlsruhe Germany 15 works
  9. 9 Graz Austria 14 works
  10. 10 Cologne Germany 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. StuttgartDE · 28.2 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy?

Among universities, judged by research, Technical University of Munich, University of Stuttgart and University of York 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 20.18%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Technical University of Munich: 12, 24.1%University of Stuttgart: 14, 3.6%University of York: 8, 44.1%Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: 11, 22.8%Beihang University: 9, 6.3%University of YorkTechnical University…Karlsruhe Institute …University of Stuttg…
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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 Technical University of MunichGermany 68.524.1%9.5×12 +76.5%
2 University of StuttgartGermany 67.23.6%26.0×14 +288.7%
3 University of YorkUnited Kingdom 65.744.1%18.0×8 -27.4%
4 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 60.822.8%13.2×11 +8.1%
5 Beihang UniversityChina 12.26.3%5.2×9 +5.3%

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 Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy.

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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.