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Alliant Techsystems (United States)

In research, Alliant Techsystems (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,080 of 21,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#8,211 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,256
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,591
of 8,685
Research works
331
▼ 87% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

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 #12,080 of 21,541 13.3%295
EngineeringField #8,211 of 11,412 13.5%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 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: 1.70× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 7.48× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceMathematics: 3.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.85× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Gordon R. Johnson, Lars D. Ludeking and James Phelps lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alliant Techsystems (United States).

  1. 1 Gordon R. Johnson United States · #23,266 worldwide 1.7k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Lars D. Ludeking United States · #707,219 worldwide 38 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 James Phelps United States · #1,476,400 worldwide 5 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Alliant Techsystems (United States)

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 2022–2025: Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Coding theory and cryptography and Cryptography and Data Security.

Image Processing and 3D …1Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction: 1 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 0 fractional worksCoding theory and cryptography: 0 fractional worksCryptography and Data Security: 0 fractional worksCryptography and Residue Arithmetic: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts0COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 0 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 0 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 0 fractional worksFungal and yeast genetics research: 0 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionStrategy and ManagementArtificial IntelligenceInformation Systems4 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 Coding theory and cryptography Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  4. 4 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  5. 5 Cryptography and Residue Arithmetic Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 0 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 0 works
  10. 10 Fungal and yeast genetics research Molecular Biology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 87% 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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