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Akela (United States)

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Research works
14
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
216
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
7%
world 40%
Akela (United States)

Not ranked overall: Akela (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Akela (United States) work in?

In all years, 79% of research at Akela (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (71%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 79.1% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 70.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 22.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 19.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 18.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 14.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 7.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 7.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAkela (UnitedStates)14fractional works, all years
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences79%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1070.6%
    2. Environmental Science17.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy01.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology17.0%
    2. Neuroscience03.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics03.5%
    1. Decision Sciences17.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

    Who are the top researchers at Akela (United States)?

    Ranked on the quality score, Allan R. Hunt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Akela (United States).

    1. 1 Allan R. Hunt United States · #3,117,630 worldwide 196 citations · 17 works
    All ranked researchers at Akela (United States)

    What are the most cited papers from Akela (United States)?

    The most cited paper from Akela (United States) is "Use of a Frequency-Hopping Radar for Imaging and Motion Detection Through Walls" (Allan R. Hunt, 2009), with 62 citations. Next come "A wideband imaging radar for through-the-wall surveillance" (49) and "Image formation through walls using a distributed radar sensor array" (44).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 Use of a Frequency-Hopping Radar for Imaging and Motion Detection Through Walls Allan R. Hunt · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 10 Apr 2009 62
    2 A wideband imaging radar for through-the-wall surveillance Allan R. Hunt · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 15 Sep 2004 49
    3 Image formation through walls using a distributed radar sensor array Allan R. Hunt Conference paper 8 Jul 2004 44
    4 Image formation through walls using a distributed radar sensor network Allan R. Hunt · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 20 May 2005 28
    5 Stepped-frequency CW radar for concealed weapon detection and through-the-wall surveillance Allen R. Hunt, R. Douglas Hogg · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 14 Aug 2002 16
    All 16 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

    Which research topics does Akela (United States) publish most on?

    By volume: Geophysical Methods and Applications, Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis, Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques and Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research.

    Geophysical Methods and …3Geophysical Methods and Applications: 3 fractional worksMicrowave Imaging and Scattering Analysis: 2 fractional worksAdvanced SAR Imaging Techniques: 2 fractional worksBacillus and Francisella bacterial research: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 1 fractional worksRadar Systems and Signal…1Radar Systems and Signal Processing: 1 fractional worksUltrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation: 1 fractional worksAnesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research: 0 fractional worksChemical Reactions and Isotopes: 0 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 0 fractional works
    Ocean EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringMolecular Biology5 others

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

    1. 1 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 3 works
    2. 2 Microwave Imaging and Scattering Analysis Biomedical Engineering 2 works
    3. 3 Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques Aerospace Engineering 2 works
    4. 4 Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research Molecular Biology 1 works
    5. 5 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
    6. 6 Radar Systems and Signal Processing Aerospace Engineering 1 works
    7. 7 Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation Mechanics of Materials 1 works
    8. 8 Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research Developmental Neuroscience 0 works
    9. 9 Chemical Reactions and Isotopes Pharmaceutical Science 0 works
    10. 10 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 0 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 available7.0%not open93.0%

    World: 40% of research is openly available.

    How has Akela (United States)'s research output changed?

    Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

    2000200520102015
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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.

    Its share of all research

    Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Akela (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000038% in 2017.

    0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Akela (United States)0.000048% in 201820002010

    Fractional works of Akela (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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