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Advanced Materials and Devices (United States)

In research, Advanced Materials and Devices (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,936 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,539 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry, Materials Science and Electrical and Electronic Engineering — Materials Chemistry is 8.4× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#5,092
of 28,054 · #6,363 all time
Rank in United States
#704
of 4,192
Research works
640
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
23.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Advanced Materials and Devices (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 #2,936 of 12,888 20.4%188 #3954
EngineeringField #2,539 of 6,636 20.3%87 #3536

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Advanced Materials and Devices (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).

What does Advanced Materials and Devices (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 8.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 35.2 works8.4×
  2. Materials ScienceField · 57.7 works7.7×
  3. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 54.5 works7.1×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.42× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.75× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.86× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.72× its world share, 88 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 7.70× its world share, 58 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.53× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
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Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Advanced Materials and Devices (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Storage, Nanomaterials, Cathode Materials, Efficiency, Nanocomposites, Semiconductors, Graphene and Biomedical Applications.

▲ 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. Energy Storage15▲ 11×6 topics
  2. Nanomaterials15▲ 6.6×15 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications14▲ 5.4×26 topics
  4. Cathode Materials13▲ 16×3 topics
  5. Nanocomposites13▲ 7.4×16 topics
  6. Efficiency13▲ 19×4 topics
  7. Semiconductors12▲ 19×4 topics
  8. Graphene12▲ 7.9×10 topics
  9. Biosensors11▲ 9.6×9 topics
  10. Nanoparticles10▲ 3.9×28 topics
  11. Nanocrystals10▲ 18×5 topics
  12. Crystal Growth10▲ 17×8 topics
  13. Semiconductor9▲ 13×6 topics
  14. Metal-Organic Frameworks9▲ 9.7×5 topics
  15. Rechargeable Batteries9▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Photovoltaics8▲ 24×4 topics
  17. Stability8▲ 17×3 topics
  18. Tissue Engineering8▲ 6.5×10 topics
  19. Light-Emitting Diodes8▲ 25×2 topics
  20. Solar Cells8▲ 19×6 topics
  21. Lithium-ion Batteries8▲ 8.3×3 topics
  22. Organometal Halide Perovskites8▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Perovskite Solar Cells8▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Two-Dimensional Materials7▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Electrocatalysis7▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Nanostructures7▲ 7.7×12 topics
  27. Electronic Structure6▲ 16×7 topics
  28. Water Splitting6▲ 8.0×4 topics
  29. Bioimaging6▲ 13×6 topics
  30. Organic Electronics6▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Nanofibers6▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Energy Conversion6▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Optical Modulators6▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Conducting Polymers6▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Polyaniline6▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Energy Harvesting6▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Battery Materials5▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Flexible Electronics5▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Nanostructured Anodes5▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Optical Properties5▲ 39×4 topics

Which research topics does Advanced Materials and Devices (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Perovskite Materials and Applications, Conducting polymers and applications, Advancements in Battery Materials and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies.

  1. 1 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 6 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  8. 8 Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors70.1%domestic only29.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Advanced Materials and Devices (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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