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Alcoa (United States)

In research, Alcoa (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,706 of 21,541 worldwide), Mechanical Engineering (#337 of 2,753 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,408 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#2,591
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#684
of 8,685
Research works
2k
▼ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
30.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Alcoa (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #1,706 of 21,541 21.1%1,754
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #337 of 2,753 24.7%424
EngineeringField #1,408 of 11,412 22.3%1,152
Materials ScienceField #566 of 4,504 22.8%341
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #398 of 1,561 24.4%216
Materials ChemistrySubfield #955 of 3,068 25.1%191
Health SciencesDomain #11,449 of 20,462 15.8%127
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #995 of 1,730 36.5%133

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alcoa (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).

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: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 11.15× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.68× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.59× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.62× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, L. M. Foster, R. H. Brown and Donald Ziegler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alcoa (United States).

  1. 1 L. M. Foster United States · #329,012 worldwide 78 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 R. H. Brown United States · #641,554 worldwide 94 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Donald Ziegler United States · #1,200,287 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Tapan K. Gupta United States · #1,254,626 worldwide 40 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 J. W. Clark United States · #1,339,347 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 J.R. Harvey United States · #1,365,987 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Gus Welty United States · #1,423,802 worldwide 0 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 J. G. Kaufman United States · #1,478,487 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Rajat S. Ghosh United States · #1,611,674 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Alcoa (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Alcoa (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Recycling, Management, Recovery, Bauxite Residue, Red Mud, Metal Recovery, Energy Storage and Health Consequences.

▲ 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 14 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 14 words, with their numbers
  1. Recycling4▲ 34×2 topics
  2. Management3▲ 13×5 topics
  3. Recovery3▲ 92×3 topics
  4. Bauxite Residue3▲ 781×1 topic
  5. Red Mud3▲ 781×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology2▲ 1.72×21 topics
  7. Metal Recovery2▲ 26×3 topics
  8. Energy Storage2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  9. Health Consequences2▲ 15×2 topics
  10. E-Waste1▲ 43×1 topic
  11. Electrochemical Reduction1▲ 493×1 topic
  12. Environmental Impacts1▲ 14×1 topic
  13. Molten Salt Electrolysis1▲ 493×1 topic
  14. Nanoparticles1▲ 2.9×6 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Bauxite Residue and Utilization, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes and Christian Theology and Mission.

Bauxite Residue and Util…3Bauxite Residue and Utilization: 3 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…1Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksMolten salt chemistry an…1Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes: 1 fractional worksChristian Theology and Mission: 1 fractional worksLaser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles: 0 fractional worksInorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds: 0 fractional worksEducational methodologies and cognitive development: 0 fractional worksPetroleum Processing and Analysis: 0 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 0 fractional worksAnalog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringFluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesReligious studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Bauxite Residue and Utilization Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 1 works
  4. 4 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 1 works
  5. 5 Laser-Ablation Synthesis of Nanoparticles Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds Inorganic Chemistry 0 works
  7. 7 Educational methodologies and cognitive development Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Petroleum Processing and Analysis Analytical Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Biomedical Engineering 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.0%domestic only86.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% lower 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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