Vehicle emissions and performance
Vehicle emissions and performance is a research topic within Automotive Engineering. Science Explorer counts 51k research works in it since 1950. 17.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on estimating vehicle fuel consumption and emissions, with an emphasis on real-world measurements, driving cycles, eco-driving, and the impact of traffic conditions on emission factors. The research covers a wide range of topics related to vehicle emissions, including NOx and CO2 emissions, fuel consumption, and the influence of road transport on environmental pollution.
- Fuel Consumption
- Eco-Driving
- Vehicle Emissions
- Real-World Measurements
- Traffic Conditions
- Driving Cycles
- Emission Factors
- NOx Emissions
- CO2 Emissions
- Road Transport
- Research works
- 51k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +29% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Vehicle emissions and performance research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.3k and 1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.3k works
- 2 United States 1k works
- 3 India 776 works
- 4 Germany 457 works
- 5 United Kingdom 340 works
- 6 Italy 329 works
- 7 Poland 287 works
- 8 Türkiye 283 works
- 9 South Korea 274 works
- 10 France 231 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.
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Which institutions lead Vehicle emissions and performance research?
By volume in 2022–2025, China Automotive Technology and Research Center publishes the most Vehicle emissions and performance research, followed by Tongji University and Tsinghua University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China Automotive Technology and Research Center China 95 works
- 2 Tongji University China 95 works
- 3 Tsinghua University China 73 works
- 4 Beijing Institute of Technology China 68 works
- 5 Chang'an University China 62 works
- 6 Tianjin University China 54 works
- 7 Wuhan University of Technology China 53 works
- 8 Beijing University of Technology China 51 works
- 9 Beijing Jiaotong University China 49 works
- 10 Jilin University China 48 works
Who are the leading researchers in Vehicle emissions and performance?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Vehicle emissions and performance include Lídia Morawska, Philippe Ciais and Michael Bräuer.
- 1 Lídia Morawska 6.4k citations
- 2 Philippe Ciais 4k citations
- 3 Michael Bräuer 3.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Vehicle emissions and performance research done?
The largest centres of Vehicle emissions and performance research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tianjin (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Žilina.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ŽilinaSK · 25.7 works21×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Vehicle emissions and performance than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Vehicle emissions and performance?
Among universities, judged by research, Shanghai Maritime University, Universitat Politècnica de València and Guangxi University of Science and Technology 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shanghai Maritime University China | 62.4 | 19.0% | 15.3× | 40 | +143.1% |
| 2 | Universitat Politècnica de València Spain | 60.9 | 16.1% | 11.4× | 43 | +87.6% |
| 3 | Guangxi University of Science and Technology China | 57.6 | 49.9% | 10.9× | 10 | -76.9% |
| 4 | Chang'an University China | 56.7 | 13.9% | 15.6× | 62 | +29.5% |
| 5 | Southeast University China | 55.7 | 28.3% | 3.1× | 45 | +195.1% |
| 6 | Chalmers University of Technology Sweden | 55.0 | 26.0% | 7.9× | 21 | +36.6% |
| 7 | University of Žilina Slovakia | 54.8 | 3.6% | 21.1× | 25 | +226.2% |
| 8 | Rzeszów University of Technology Poland | 54.0 | 15.5% | 11.3× | 11 | +216.7% |
| 9 | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia | 50.5 | 18.4% | 4.8× | 14 | +313.3% |
| 10 | Tongji University China | 50.1 | 16.8% | 7.0× | 95 | -42.8% |
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 Vehicle emissions and performance research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Vehicle emissions and performance.
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.