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Applied Photonics (United Kingdom)

In research, Applied Photonics (United Kingdom) stands highest in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,383 of 2,176 worldwide), Engineering (#4,356 of 5,901 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,070 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Physics and Astronomy (Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics is 19.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,442
of 22,385 · #16,124 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#568
of 862
Research works
619
▲ 94% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.2k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
54%
world 18%
Applied Photonics (United Kingdom)

What is Applied Photonics (United Kingdom) 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
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,383 of 2,176 11.1%76 #1467
EngineeringField #4,356 of 5,901 11.3%108 #4164
Physical SciencesDomain #8,070 of 10,670 10.1%184 #6357

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Applied Photonics (United Kingdom) 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,467 #1,383
  2. Engineering#4,164 #4,356
  3. Physical Sciences#6,357 #8,070
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Applied Photonics (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Applied Photonics (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Physics and Astronomy (18%), Materials Science (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 234 fractional works · 87.6% of its workEngineering: 132 fractional works · 49.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 92 fractional works · 34.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 47 fractional works · 17.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 38 fractional works · 14.1% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 21 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBioengineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiophysics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKApplied Photonics(United Kingdom)268fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences3%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering13249.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy4717.5%
    3. Materials Science217.9%
    4. Computer Science155.7%
    5. Environmental Science72.5%
    6. Chemistry62.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering31.1%
    8. Energy20.7%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology93.2%
    2. Neuroscience20.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine114.1%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting41.3%
    2. Social Sciences20.7%
    3. Psychology10.4%
    4. Decision Sciences10.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Applied Photonics (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics takes 19.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 37.6 works20×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 92.3 works9.7×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 46.9 works7.9×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.10× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.36× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.29× its world share, 132 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.26× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.89× its world share, 47 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 11 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy7.89×47 works
  2. Engineering3.29×132 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.10×3 works
  4. Materials Science2.26×21 works
  5. Chemistry1.36×6 works
  6. Computer Science0.74×15 works
  7. Energy0.72×2 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×9 works
  9. Environmental Science0.51×7 works
  10. Neuroscience0.49×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×4 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×1 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.34×1 works
  14. Medicine0.21×11 works
  15. Health Professions0.19×1 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.18×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  18. Psychology0.14×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×2 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.06×2 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Applied Photonics (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew I. Whitehouse, R. McDougall and G.D. Maxwell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Applied Photonics (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Andrew I. Whitehouse United Kingdom · #2,799,099 worldwide 554 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 R. McDougall United Kingdom · #3,791,145 worldwide 236 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 G.D. Maxwell United Kingdom · #4,457,382 worldwide 501 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Christopher Carson United Kingdom · #4,552,135 worldwide 451 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 N R Haigh United Kingdom · #5,050,294 worldwide 40 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Joseph Honour United Kingdom · #5,137,269 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Loyd J. McKnight United Kingdom · #6,856,387 worldwide 194 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at Applied Photonics (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Applied Photonics (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Applied Photonics (United Kingdom) is "An Analysis of the Performance of the UFAM Pulsed Doppler Lidar for Observing the Boundary Layer" (Guy N. Pearson, Fay Davies, Chris Collier, 2008), with 420 citations. Next come "Massively parallel sensing of trace molecules and their isotopologues with broadband subharmonic mid-infrared frequency combs" (352) and "Optical Vernier Effect: Recent Advances and Developments" (344).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An Analysis of the Performance of the UFAM Pulsed Doppler Lidar for Observing the Boundary Layer Guy N. Pearson, Fay Davies, Chris Collier · Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Open access 7 Aug 2008 420
2 Massively parallel sensing of trace molecules and their isotopologues with broadband subharmonic mid-infrared frequency combs Andrei V. Muraviev, Viktor Smolski, Zachary E. Loparo et al. · Nature Photonics Open access 18 Mar 2018 352
3 Optical Vernier Effect: Recent Advances and Developments André Delgado Gomes, Hartmut O. Bartelt, Orlando Frazão · Laser & Photonics Review Open access 28 May 2021 344
4 All-dielectric phase-change reconfigurable metasurface Artemios Karvounis, Behrad Gholipour, Kevin F. MacDonald et al. · Applied Physics Letters Open access Aug 2016 276
5 LED Based Wavelength Division Multiplexed 10 Gb/s Visible Light Communications Hyunchae Chun, Sujan Rajbhandari, Grahame Faulkner et al. · Journal of Lightwave Technology Open access 20 Apr 2016 242
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Applied Photonics (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Optical Modulators, Raman Lasers, Silicon Photonics, Integrated Circuits, Microcavities, Nanophotonic Waveguides and Whispering Gallery Mode.

▲ 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. Biosensors33▲ 25×10 topics
  2. Optical Modulators28▲ 75×3 topics
  3. Raman Lasers26▲ 92×2 topics
  4. Silicon Photonics23▲ 84×2 topics
  5. Integrated Circuits22▲ 58×2 topics
  6. Microcavities22▲ 80×2 topics
  7. Nanophotonic Waveguides22▲ 92×1 topic
  8. Nonlinear Optics22▲ 78×4 topics
  9. Whispering Gallery Mode22▲ 92×1 topic
  10. Microwave Photonics21▲ 95×2 topics
  11. Optical Fiber20▲ 72×3 topics
  12. Microresonators17▲ 81×3 topics
  13. Fiber Lasers16▲ 64×3 topics
  14. Semiconductor Lasers15▲ 82×2 topics
  15. Optical Frequency Combs12▲ 89×1 topic
  16. Ultrafast Lasers12▲ 89×1 topic
  17. Photonic Crystals12▲ 37×5 topics
  18. Coherent Detection11▲ 101×1 topic
  19. Digital Signal Processing11▲ 89×1 topic
  20. Optical Interconnects10▲ 114×1 topic
  21. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)10▲ 114×1 topic
  22. Biomedical Applications10▲ 3.1×17 topics
  23. Frequency Conversion10▲ 87×3 topics
  24. Optical Access Networks9▲ 104×1 topic
  25. Photonic Signal Processing9▲ 104×1 topic
  26. Structural Health Monitoring8▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Fiber Optic Sensors8▲ 61×1 topic
  28. Sensor Technology8▲ 61×1 topic
  29. Crystal Growth6▲ 8.6×6 topics
  30. Metamaterials6▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Optical Sensors6▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Solar Cells6▲ 11×7 topics
  33. Semiconductor6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  34. Gas Sensing6▲ 48×2 topics
  35. Nanophotonics5▲ 19×3 topics
  36. Nonlinear Dynamics5▲ 8.0×2 topics
  37. Cancer Detection5▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Spectroscopy5▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Neuromorphic Photonics4▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Photonic Reservoir Computing4▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Applied Photonics (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Photonic and Optical Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Optical Network Technologies and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices.

Photonic and Optical Dev…22Photonic and Optical Devices: 22 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 12 fractional worksOptical Network Technologies: 11 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sen…8Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 8 fractional worksNeural Networks and Reservoir Computing: 4 fractional worksPhotorefractive and Nonlinear Optics: 4 fractional worksSolid State Laser Technologies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsArtificial IntelligenceInstrumentation

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  2. 2 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 12 works
  3. 3 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  6. 6 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  8. 8 Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  9. 9 Solid State Laser Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 3 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.5%domestic only46.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Applied Photonics (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 94% higher 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 Applied Photonics (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00093% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Applied Photonics (United Kingdom)0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Applied Photonics (United Kingdom) 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 counting5%10%15%Applied Photonics (United Kingdom)10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 2023.

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