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Align Technology (United States)

In research, Align Technology (United States) stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,388 of 16,945 worldwide), Health Sciences (#19,883 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#17,719 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,772
of 28,054 · #31,318 all time
Rank in United States
#2,728
of 4,192
Research works
518
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
87%
world 28%

What is Align Technology (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
Social SciencesDomain #12,388 of 16,945 3.2%183
Health SciencesDomain #19,883 of 20,462 1.7%262
MedicineField #17,719 of 17,978 1.6%244
Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield #412 of 413 0.0%178

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Align Technology (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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.20× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 9.27× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.84× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.97× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.74× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.65× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Align Technology (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Language, Virtual Reality, Pragmatics, Teaching Strategies, Deep Learning, Curriculum Development and Education.

▲ 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. Deep Learning3▲ 1.57×13 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 1.26×21 topics
  3. Quality of Life3▲ 3.5×21 topics
  4. Education2▲ 2.4×14 topics
  5. COVID-192▲ 2.7×9 topics
  6. Curriculum Development2▲ 4.3×5 topics
  7. Language2▲ 12×5 topics
  8. Machine Learning2◆ 0.91×8 topics
  9. Virtual Reality2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  10. Educational Technology2▲ 2.1×9 topics
  11. Qualitative Research2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  12. Digital Learning2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  13. Online Learning2▲ 2.9×6 topics
  14. Pragmatics2▲ 15×4 topics
  15. Inflammatory Bowel Disease1▲ 19×3 topics
  16. Neural Networks1▲ 1.44×7 topics
  17. Sociolinguistics1▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Teaching Strategies1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  19. Lexicography1▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Character Education1▲ 3.9×2 topics
  21. Complications1▲ 3.8×6 topics
  22. Ethics1▲ 4.0×4 topics
  23. Human Rights1▲ 1.83×7 topics
  24. Mental Health1▲ 1.30×8 topics
  25. Social Media1▲ 1.33×6 topics
  26. Big Data1▲ 2.0×4 topics
  27. Bilingualism1▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Dental Practice1▲ 40×1 topic
  29. E-Learning1▲ 1.84×4 topics
  30. Genetics1▲ 2.5×4 topics
  31. Language Contact1▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Local Wisdom1▲ 3.8×2 topics
  33. Management1▲ 2.3×8 topics
  34. Transmission Routes1▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Gender Differences1▲ 4.4×5 topics
  36. Open Innovation1▲ 27×2 topics
  37. Participatory Design1▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Pathogenesis1▲ 3.3×3 topics
  39. Phraseology1▲ 22×2 topics
  40. User-Centric Design1▲ 65×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental Research and COVID-19, Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies.

Dental Research and COVI…1Dental Research and COVID-19: 1 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in…1Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 1 fractional worksSpanish Linguistics and …1Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and …1Language, Metaphor, and Cognition: 1 fractional worksEmbodied and Extended Cognition: 1 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 1 fractional worksEducational Methods and …1Educational Methods and Media Use: 1 fractional worksMathematics Education and Pedagogy: 1 fractional worksEducational Curriculum and Learning Methods: 1 fractional works
General DentistryManagement of Technology and InnovationGeneticsLanguage and Linguistics6 others

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

  1. 1 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 1 works
  2. 2 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  3. 3 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 1 works
  5. 5 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Embodied and Extended Cognition Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  7. 7 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 1 works
  8. 8 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Mathematics Education and Pedagogy Applied Mathematics 1 works
  10. 10 Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods Education 1 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 available87.1%not open12.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.4%domestic only86.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% 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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