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Altair Engineering (United States)

In research, Altair Engineering (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,548 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,039 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering and Engineering (Aerospace Engineering is 7.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,950
of 22,385 · #8,082 all time
Rank in United States
#1,211
of 3,332
Research works
806
▲ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.3k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Altair Engineering (United States)

What is Altair Engineering (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,548 of 10,670 3.9%122 #4704
EngineeringField #5,039 of 5,901 3.3%84 #3692

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Altair Engineering (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 Altair Engineering (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Altair Engineering (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Medicine (12%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 153 fractional works · 57.1% of its workEngineering: 102 fractional works · 38.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 24 fractional works · 9.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 19 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 8.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 52 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 37 fractional works · 14.0% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 9.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAltairEngineering…268fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences19%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering10238.0%
    2. Computer Science238.7%
    3. Environmental Science103.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy62.1%
    5. Materials Science31.0%
    6. Mathematics20.9%
    7. Chemistry20.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    9. Energy20.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Social Sciences249.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting103.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.3%
    4. Psychology51.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities41.5%
    6. Decision Sciences20.9%
    1. Medicine3212.0%
    2. Health Professions31.2%
    3. Nursing20.8%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences155.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.6%
    3. Neuroscience31.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Altair Engineering (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 24.2 works7.8×
  2. EngineeringField · 101.7 works2.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.19× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.53× its world share, 102 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.19× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering2.53×102 works
  2. Nursing1.57×2 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.19×15 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.19×10 works
  5. Computer Science1.12×23 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.07×6 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.94×6 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.92×2 works
  9. Energy0.82×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.76×10 works
  11. Mathematics0.72×2 works
  12. Social Sciences0.71×24 works
  13. Neuroscience0.70×3 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.69×1 works
  15. Psychology0.64×5 works
  16. Medicine0.62×32 works
  17. Chemistry0.51×2 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.51×4 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×7 works
  21. Veterinary0.46×0 works
  22. Health Professions0.45×3 works
  23. Materials Science0.30×3 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.26×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Altair Engineering (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Ming Zhou, Y.K. Shyy and Harold Thomas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Altair Engineering (United States).

  1. 1 Ming Zhou United States · #920,393 worldwide 2k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Y.K. Shyy United States · #2,242,026 worldwide 617 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Harold Thomas United States · #2,539,424 worldwide 879 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Jon Schull United States · #3,298,197 worldwide 135 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Marvin Blum United States · #3,942,461 worldwide 157 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 David A. Corson United States · #4,022,435 worldwide 186 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Gopinath Gampala United States · #4,230,528 worldwide 291 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Julien Santini United States · #4,761,925 worldwide 69 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Kevin Lhoste United States · #4,947,368 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Peter Futter United States · #5,477,321 worldwide 207 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Altair Engineering (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Altair Engineering (United States)?

The most cited paper from Altair Engineering (United States) is "Endovascular thrombectomy after large-vessel ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from five randomised trials" (Mayank Goyal et al., 2016), with 7,859 citations. Next come "Time to Treatment With Endovascular Thrombectomy and Outcomes From Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-analysis" (2,190) and "Trial of Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke Due to Basilar-Artery Occlusion" (720).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Endovascular thrombectomy after large-vessel ischaemic stroke: a meta-analysis of individual patient data from five randomised trials Mayank Goyal et al. · The Lancet Review 20 Feb 2016 7,859
2 Time to Treatment With Endovascular Thrombectomy and Outcomes From Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-analysis Jeffrey L. Saver et al. · JAMA Open access 27 Sep 2016 2,190
3 Trial of Thrombectomy 6 to 24 Hours after Stroke Due to Basilar-Artery Occlusion Tudor G. Jovin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 12 Oct 2022 720
4 The Object-Oriented Database System Manifesto Malcolm Atkinson, David J. DeWitt, David Maier et al. · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 1990 608
5 eTICI reperfusion: defining success in endovascular stroke therapy David S. Liebeskind, Serge Bracard, Françis Guillemin et al. · Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery Open access 7 Sep 2018 470
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Altair Engineering (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Numerical Simulation, Consumer Perception, Electric Vehicles, Wireless Communications, Control Systems, Genetic Algorithms and Optimization.

▲ 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-now 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. Machine Learning16▲ 1.78×42 topics
  2. Deep Learning12▲ 1.30×32 topics
  3. Sustainability10▲ 1.58×29 topics
  4. Numerical Simulation7▲ 8.8×7 topics
  5. Consumer Perception6▲ 10×5 topics
  6. Consumer Behavior6▲ 3.6×6 topics
  7. Electric Vehicles6▲ 7.7×5 topics
  8. Optimization6▲ 4.9×9 topics
  9. Biodiversity6▲ 2.9×10 topics
  10. Wireless Communications5▲ 11×2 topics
  11. Control Systems5▲ 10×7 topics
  12. Genetic Algorithms5▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Vibration Control5▲ 28×3 topics
  14. Economic Development5▲ 2.2×9 topics
  15. Antenna4▲ 20×1 topic
  16. Finite Element Analysis4▲ 7.0×4 topics
  17. Microstrip4▲ 20×1 topic
  18. Heat Transfer4▲ 3.2×7 topics
  19. MIMO Systems4▲ 20×3 topics
  20. Thermal Management4▲ 4.7×4 topics
  21. Vehicle Dynamics4▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Mechanical Behavior4▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Model Predictive Control4▲ 5.7×4 topics
  24. Radial Basis Functions4▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Thermal Analysis4▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Aerodynamics4▲ 19×3 topics
  27. High-Order Schemes4▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Turbulence Modeling4▲ 35×1 topic
  29. Particle Swarm Optimization4▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Finite Element Method4▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Fluid Dynamics3▲ 8.7×4 topics
  32. Food Quality3▲ 30×1 topic
  33. Organic Agriculture3▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Composite Springs3▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Vehicle Suspension3▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Autonomous Vehicles3▲ 5.6×2 topics
  37. Fluid-Structure Interaction3▲ 7.8×4 topics
  38. India3▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Electric Motor Drives3▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Permanent Magnet Machines3▲ 27×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Antenna Design and Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Organic Food and Agriculture and Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research.

Antenna Design and Analy…4Antenna Design and Analysis: 4 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dyna…4Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 4 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agricul…3Organic Food and Agriculture: 3 fractional worksMechanical Engineering a…3Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research: 3 fractional worksElectric Motor Design and Analysis: 3 fractional worksAerospace and Aviation Technology: 2 fractional worksGlobal trade, sustainabi…2Global trade, sustainability, and social impact: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Aircraft Design and Technologies: 2 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 2 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Con…2Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 2 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsPlant ScienceMechanical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 4 works
  3. 3 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 3 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Global trade, sustainability, and social impact Strategy and Management 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 2 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 available30.7%not open69.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.3%domestic only69.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Altair Engineering (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00074% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Altair Engineering (United States)0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Altair Engineering (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Altair Engineering (United States)5.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.4% in 2004.

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