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Alliant Techsystems (United States)

In research, Alliant Techsystems (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,130 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,243 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,972
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,563
of 7,310
Research works
331
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.2k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Alliant Techsystems (United States)

What is Alliant Techsystems (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 #8,130 of 17,446 6.6%295
EngineeringField #6,243 of 9,532 6.1%198

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alliant Techsystems (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

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

In all years, 89% of research at Alliant Techsystems (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (60%), Physics and Astronomy (9%), Materials Science (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 295 fractional works · 88.9% of its workEngineering: 198 fractional works · 59.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 79 fractional works · 23.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 36 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 21 fractional works · 6.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 29 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 24 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 6.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlliantTechsystems…331fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences6%

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 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering19859.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy298.8%
    3. Materials Science247.1%
    4. Computer Science165.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences92.7%
    6. Environmental Science51.7%
    7. Mathematics51.7%
    8. Chemistry30.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering30.8%
    10. Energy10.3%
    1. Decision Sciences82.5%
    2. Social Sciences41.1%
    3. Psychology41.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    1. Medicine62.0%
    2. Health Professions41.1%
    3. Dentistry20.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.04× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 7.72× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 4.71× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.94× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.80× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering7.72×0 works
  2. Computer Science4.71×3 works
  3. Mathematics3.94×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.04×1 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.70×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.80×0 works
  7. Energy1.26×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.08×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.77×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.77×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.62×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.53×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.37×0 works
  14. Medicine0.18×0 works
  15. Engineering0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alliant Techsystems (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Stephen R. Beissel, Robert A. Stryk and Danton Gutierrez-Lemini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alliant Techsystems (United States).

  1. 1 Stephen R. Beissel United States · #1,256,435 worldwide 2k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Robert A. Stryk United States · #1,696,186 worldwide 1.2k citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Danton Gutierrez-Lemini United States · #3,498,268 worldwide 478 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Ronn L. Carpenter United States · #3,998,903 worldwide 217 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Mark Cook United States · #4,430,623 worldwide 204 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Lars D. Ludeking United States · #4,601,604 worldwide 335 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Roger A. Lubke United States · #4,672,736 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 M.L. Steele United States · #4,902,887 worldwide 8 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Alliant Techsystems (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Alliant Techsystems (United States) is "An improved computational constitutive model for brittle materials" (Gordon R. Johnson, Tim J. Holmquist, 1994), with 777 citations. Next come "Improved ionospheric electrodynamic models and application to calculating Joule heating rates" (750) and "Nodal integration of the element-free Galerkin method" (545).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An improved computational constitutive model for brittle materials Gordon R. Johnson, Tim J. Holmquist · AIP conference proceedings Conference paper 1994 777
2 Improved ionospheric electrodynamic models and application to calculating Joule heating rates Daniel R. Weimer · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access May 2005 750
3 Nodal integration of the element-free Galerkin method Stephen R. Beissel, Ted Belytschko · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Dec 1996 545
4 SPH for high velocity impact computations Gordon R. Johnson, Robert A. Stryk, Stephen R. Beissel · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Dec 1996 410
5 On Designing Jaumann and Circuit Analog Absorbers (CA Absorbers) for Oblique Angle of Incidence Benedikt A. Munk, Peter L. Munk, Jonothan Pryor · IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 2007 357
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alliant Techsystems (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Combustion Instabilities, Hybrid Rocket Propulsion, Regression Rate Behavior, Metal Nanoparticles, Thermal Decomposition, Ionic Liquids, Energetic Salts and ReaxFF.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Combustion Instabilities26▲ 106×2 topics
  2. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion26▲ 292×1 topic
  3. Regression Rate Behavior26▲ 292×1 topic
  4. Metal Nanoparticles13▲ 26×2 topics
  5. Thermal Decomposition12▲ 59×2 topics
  6. Ionic Liquids12▲ 11×3 topics
  7. Risk Assessment12▲ 6.2×6 topics
  8. Energetic Salts12▲ 131×1 topic
  9. ReaxFF12▲ 131×1 topic
  10. Ballistic Impact10▲ 41×2 topics
  11. Simulation10▲ 8.7×4 topics
  12. Artificial Neural Networks9▲ 6.6×4 topics
  13. Thermodynamic Modeling9▲ 16×2 topics
  14. Cryogenic Storage9▲ 71×1 topic
  15. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)9▲ 71×1 topic
  16. Microstructural Evolution9▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Constitutive Modeling8▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization8▲ 37×2 topics
  19. High Power Terahertz Sources8▲ 86×1 topic
  20. Thermal Analysis8▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Vacuum Electronics8▲ 86×1 topic
  22. CubeSat8▲ 99×1 topic
  23. small satellite8▲ 99×1 topic
  24. Dynamic Deformation8▲ 77×1 topic
  25. High Strain Rate8▲ 77×1 topic
  26. Biomechanics8▲ 7.0×3 topics
  27. Maxwell's Equations7▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Numerical Simulation7▲ 6.4×5 topics
  29. Stability Analysis7▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Electromagnetics7▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Finite-Difference Time-Domain7▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Microwave Filters7▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Substrate Integrated Waveguide7▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Extravehicular Activity6▲ 128×1 topic
  35. Finite Element Analysis6▲ 8.4×7 topics
  36. Space Suit6▲ 128×1 topic
  37. Fluid-Structure Interaction6▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Pulsed Power5▲ 65×2 topics
  39. Electric Propulsion5▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Numerical Methods5▲ 14×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and Cryptography and Data Security.

Image Processing and 3D …1Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction: 1 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 0 fractional worksCryptography and Data Se…0Cryptography and Data Security: 0 fractional worksCoding theory and cryptography: 0 fractional worksCryptography and Residue Arithmetic: 0 fractional worksFood Drying and Modeling0Food Drying and Modeling: 0 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 0 fractional worksEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Inactivation Methods: 0 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionStrategy and ManagementModeling and SimulationArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  2. 2 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 0 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 0 works
  4. 4 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  5. 5 Coding theory and cryptography Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  6. 6 Cryptography and Residue Arithmetic Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Food Drying and Modeling Food Science 0 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Microbial Inactivation Methods Biotechnology 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 available19.8%not open80.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Alliant Techsystems (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Alliant Techsystems (United States)0.000038% in 202519801990200020102020

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