Question 1

What is Alliant Techsystems (United States) known for?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 2

How does Alliant Techsystems (United States) rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Alliant Techsystems (United States) ranks #21,972 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #4,563 of 7,310 in the United States.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Alliant Techsystems (United States)'s research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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