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American Rock Mechanics Association

In research, American Rock Mechanics Association stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,677 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Safety Research, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networks and Communications (Safety Research is 32.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,566
of 22,385 · #9,869 all time
Rank in United States
#1,772
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▼ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.7k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
American Rock Mechanics Association

What is American Rock Mechanics Association 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 #7,677 of 10,670 8.7%60 #4395

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Rock Mechanics Association 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 American Rock Mechanics Association work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at American Rock Mechanics Association is in Physical Sciences, 39% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (39%), Social Sciences (22%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 272 fractional works · 51.0% of its workComputer Science: 208 fractional works · 39.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 105 fractional works · 19.8% of its workInformation Systems: 38 fractional works · 7.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 36 fractional works · 6.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoftware: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 43 fractional works · 8.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 206 fractional works · 38.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 118 fractional works · 22.2% of its workSafety Research: 48 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 25 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 32 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 25 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 30 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 4.7% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStructural Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAmerican RockMechanics…532fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences39%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science20839.1%
    2. Engineering438.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy81.6%
    4. Environmental Science50.9%
    5. Materials Science40.8%
    6. Mathematics10.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences11822.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting325.9%
    3. Decision Sciences254.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance152.9%
    5. Psychology112.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities40.8%
    1. Medicine183.4%
    2. Health Professions101.9%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience122.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does American Rock Mechanics Association specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Safety Research takes 32.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 48.1 works33×
  2. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 105.5 works8.2×
  3. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 36.3 works7.7×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 5.03× its world share, 208 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 43 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.84× its world share, 32 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.93× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 118 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science5.03×208 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.93×25 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.84×32 works
  4. Social Sciences1.75×118 works
  5. Neuroscience1.40×12 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.35×15 works
  7. Veterinary1.31×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.73×10 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.72×8 works
  10. Psychology0.67×11 works
  11. Engineering0.53×43 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.45×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.28×4 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×7 works
  15. Materials Science0.23×4 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×5 works
  17. Environmental Science0.19×5 works
  18. Mathematics0.19×1 works
  19. Medicine0.18×18 works
  20. Nursing0.13×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×1 works
  23. Energy0.09×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works
  26. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at American Rock Mechanics Association?

Ranked on the quality score, Matthew Mattina, Vikas Chandra and Paul N. Whatmough lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Rock Mechanics Association.

  1. 1 Matthew Mattina United States · #628,505 worldwide 3.8k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Vikas Chandra United States · #639,352 worldwide 9.4k citations · 268 works
  3. 3 Paul N. Whatmough United States · #650,463 worldwide 2.4k citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Robert C. Aitken United States · #678,802 worldwide 2.8k citations · 132 works
  5. 5 Prakash Ramrakhyani United States · #1,537,794 worldwide 392 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Dave Shreiner United States · #2,180,976 worldwide 2.2k citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Andrew N. Sloss United States · #2,421,088 worldwide 373 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 David M. Russinoff United States · #2,649,431 worldwide 497 citations · 73 works
  9. 9 Sachin Idgunji United States · #2,815,914 worldwide 364 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Frank Frederick United States · #2,859,381 worldwide 296 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at American Rock Mechanics Association

What are the most cited papers from American Rock Mechanics Association?

The most cited paper from American Rock Mechanics Association is "The gem5 simulator" (Nathan L. Binkert, Bradford M. Beckmann, Gabriel Black et al., 2011), with 4,935 citations. Next come "ASAP7: A 7-nm finFET predictive process design kit" (777) and "Throughput-Optimized OpenCL-based FPGA Accelerator for Large-Scale Convolutional Neural Networks" (557).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The gem5 simulator Nathan L. Binkert, Bradford M. Beckmann, Gabriel Black et al. · ACM SIGARCH Computer Architecture News 31 May 2011 4,935
2 ASAP7: A 7-nm finFET predictive process design kit Lawrence T. Clark, Vinay Vashishtha, L. Shifren et al. · Microelectronics Journal Open access 3 May 2016 777
3 Throughput-Optimized OpenCL-based FPGA Accelerator for Large-Scale Convolutional Neural Networks Naveen Suda, Vikas Chandra, Ganesh S. Dasika et al. Conference paper 4 Feb 2016 557
4 MLPerf Inference Benchmark Vijay Janapa Reddi et al. Conference paper May 2020 517
5 Razor: circuit-level correction of timing errors for low-power operation Daniel J. Ernst, Shidhartha Das, Sang Hyun Lee et al. · IEEE Micro Nov 2004 413
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at American Rock Mechanics Association?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data, Security, Ethics, Surveillance, Algorithmic Bias and Fairness.

▲ 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 Learning96▲ 5.4×27 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence96▲ 13×16 topics
  3. Big Data64▲ 13×10 topics
  4. Security61▲ 17×12 topics
  5. Ethics55▲ 20×6 topics
  6. Surveillance50▲ 33×2 topics
  7. Algorithmic Bias48▲ 106×1 topic
  8. Fairness48▲ 87×1 topic
  9. Deep Learning40▲ 2.2×28 topics
  10. Multi-Agent Systems40▲ 39×4 topics
  11. Distributed Systems30▲ 33×6 topics
  12. Neural Networks29▲ 3.5×13 topics
  13. Agent-Based Modeling27▲ 39×4 topics
  14. Simulation23▲ 17×4 topics
  15. Software Engineering22▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Argumentation Frameworks22▲ 316×1 topic
  17. Negotiation22▲ 117×1 topic
  18. Virtualization21▲ 48×2 topics
  19. Game Theory20▲ 22×5 topics
  20. Side-Channel Attacks20▲ 74×2 topics
  21. Fault Tolerance20▲ 24×4 topics
  22. Adversarial Examples19▲ 65×1 topic
  23. Robustness19▲ 65×1 topic
  24. Trust19▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Risk Management18▲ 7.3×5 topics
  26. Control-Flow Integrity18▲ 164×1 topic
  27. Security Policies18▲ 164×1 topic
  28. Reputation18▲ 109×2 topics
  29. International Law18▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Cybersecurity16▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Semantic Web15▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Information Security15▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Policy Compliance14▲ 67×1 topic
  34. Security Awareness14▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Information Warfare14▲ 79×2 topics
  36. Digital Sovereignty14▲ 57×2 topics
  37. Cyber Security14▲ 54×1 topic
  38. Internet Governance14▲ 151×1 topic
  39. Workflow Management14▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Access Control13▲ 252×1 topic

Which research topics does American Rock Mechanics Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation, Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning and Security and Verification in Computing.

Ethics and Social Impact…48Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 48 fractional worksMulti-Agent Systems and Negotiation: 22 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness i…19Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 19 fractional worksSecurity and Verificatio…18Security and Verification in Computing: 18 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 14 fractional worksCybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies: 14 fractional worksAccess Control and Trust13Access Control and Trust: 13 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 12 fractional worksMobile Agent-Based Network Management: 11 fractional worksExplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 9 fractional works
Safety ResearchArtificial IntelligenceInformation SystemsPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 48 works
  2. 2 Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation Artificial Intelligence 22 works
  3. 3 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 19 works
  4. 4 Security and Verification in Computing Artificial Intelligence 18 works
  5. 5 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 14 works
  6. 6 Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies Political Science and International Relations 14 works
  7. 7 Access Control and Trust Sociology and Political Science 13 works
  8. 8 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 12 works
  9. 9 Mobile Agent-Based Network Management Computer Networks and Communications 11 works
  10. 10 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 9 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 available57.3%not open42.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.1%domestic only83.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has American Rock Mechanics Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 American Rock Mechanics Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%American Rock Mechanics Association0.00042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of American Rock Mechanics Association 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025American Rock Mechanics Association5.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.4% in 2016.

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