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Applied Research Associates

In research, Applied Research Associates stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,068 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#5,141 of 9,532 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,120 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,550
of 22,385 · #9,287 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#44
of 61
Research works
989
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Applied Research Associates

What is Applied Research Associates 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 #8,068 of 17,446 8.8%513
EngineeringField #5,141 of 9,532 7.8%283
Social SciencesDomain #8,120 of 14,833 9.3%267
Health SciencesDomain #12,959 of 16,688 10.7%130

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Applied Research Associates 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 Applied Research Associates work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Applied Research Associates is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Medicine (13%), Environmental Science (9%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 50.7% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 29.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 9.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 9.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 20.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 19.4% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKApplied ResearchAssociates90fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences21%

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. Engineering2629.1%
    2. Environmental Science89.4%
    3. Computer Science33.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.6%
    5. Mathematics22.2%
    6. Materials Science11.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    8. Chemistry10.9%
    9. Energy00.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences89.3%
    2. Decision Sciences44.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.7%
    4. Psychology22.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    1. Medicine1213.4%
    2. Health Professions55.8%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.9%
    3. Neuroscience11.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.94× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.89× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.22× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.26× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.26×4 works
  2. Health Professions2.22×5 works
  3. Engineering1.94×26 works
  4. Environmental Science1.89×8 works
  5. Mathematics1.89×2 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.66×2 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.58×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.27×2 works
  9. Psychology0.88×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.83×4 works
  11. Neuroscience0.79×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.73×8 works
  13. Medicine0.70×12 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.62×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.55×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×3 works
  17. Energy0.54×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.49×3 works
  19. Veterinary0.46×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.42×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.33×1 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  23. Nursing0.32×0 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.15×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Applied Research Associates?

Ranked on the quality score, I. A. E. Atkinson, Francis M. Lavelle and C. Nicholas Taylor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Applied Research Associates.

  1. 1 I. A. E. Atkinson New Zealand · #1,985,465 worldwide 1.6k citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Francis M. Lavelle New Zealand · #2,670,066 worldwide 678 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 C. Nicholas Taylor New Zealand · #3,003,901 worldwide 585 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Applied Research Associates New Zealand · #3,151,194 worldwide 0 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 F. G. Cottrell New Zealand · #3,555,070 worldwide 107 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Lisa Mighetto New Zealand · #4,318,999 worldwide 139 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Youngwon Shin New Zealand · #4,485,001 worldwide 359 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 John Stupart New Zealand · #5,122,101 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Alan S. Newell New Zealand · #5,221,633 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Dk Hein New Zealand · #5,268,857 worldwide 33 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Applied Research Associates

What are the most cited papers from Applied Research Associates?

The most cited paper from Applied Research Associates is "Reconstruction and representation of 3D objects with radial basis functions" (J. C. Carr, Rick K. Beatson, J. B. Cherrie et al., 2001), with 1,873 citations. Next come "Board composition, regulatory regime and voluntary disclosure" (886) and "What Do Our Respondents Think We're Asking? Using Cognitive Interviewing to Improve Medical Education Surveys" (751).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reconstruction and representation of 3D objects with radial basis functions J. C. Carr, Rick K. Beatson, J. B. Cherrie et al. Conference paper Aug 2001 1,873
2 Board composition, regulatory regime and voluntary disclosure Eugene C.M. Cheng, Stephen M. Courtenay · The International Journal of Accounting 2006 886
3 What Do Our Respondents Think We're Asking? Using Cognitive Interviewing to Improve Medical Education Surveys Gordon Willis, Anthony R. Artino · Journal of Graduate Medical Education Open access Sep 2013 751
4 Simulation of Hurricane Risk in the U.S. Using Empirical Track Model Peter J. Vickery, Peter F. Skerlj, Lawrence A. Twisdale · Journal of Structural Engineering Oct 2000 621
5 Directing Research to Reduce the Impacts of Nonindigenous Species James E. Byers, Sarah Hayden Reichard, John M. Randall et al. · Conservation Biology 28 May 2002 469
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Applied Research Associates?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Defect Detection, Environmental Noise, Noise Pollution, Image Processing, Crack Detection, Pavement and Public Health.

▲ 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. Deep Learning4▲ 1.41×11 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 3.0×8 topics
  3. Health Effects4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  4. Climate Change3▲ 1.35×22 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks3▲ 4.5×3 topics
  6. Defect Detection3▲ 26×2 topics
  7. Environmental Noise3▲ 78×1 topic
  8. Image Processing3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  9. Noise Pollution3▲ 78×1 topic
  10. Environmental Impact3▲ 1.82×13 topics
  11. Crack Detection3▲ 42×1 topic
  12. Pavement3▲ 42×1 topic
  13. Sustainability2◆ 1.02×11 topics
  14. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  15. Recycled Materials2▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Asphalt2▲ 63×1 topic
  17. Bitumen Modification2▲ 63×1 topic
  18. Nanoparticles2▲ 1.35×3 topics
  19. Remote Sensing2▲ 1.36×11 topics
  20. Energy Efficiency1▲ 1.74×5 topics
  21. Risk Management1▲ 3.3×3 topics
  22. Water Quality1▲ 3.8×4 topics
  23. CFD Simulation1▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Natural Products1▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Quantitative Analysis1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  26. Surface Roughness1▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Environmental Monitoring1▲ 3.3×5 topics
  28. Global Warming1▲ 3.0×6 topics
  29. Intersectionality1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  30. Agent-Based Modeling1▲ 8.8×3 topics
  31. Bayesian Networks1▲ 13×1 topic
  32. Composite Materials1▲ 5.3×2 topics
  33. Cytotoxicity1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  34. Fault Tree Analysis1▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Media1▲ 7.4×1 topic
  36. Middle East1▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Politics1▲ 4.4×2 topics
  38. Smart Grid1▲ 3.1×2 topics
  39. Synthesis1▲ 3.0×2 topics
  40. Tool Wear1▲ 8.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Applied Research Associates publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Noise Effects and Management, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation and Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts.

Noise Effects and Manage…3Noise Effects and Management: 3 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 3 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 2 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 1 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 1 fractional worksStructural Response to Dynamic Loads: 1 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 1 fractional worksFinancial Markets and Investment Strategies: 1 fractional worksErosion and Abrasive Machining: 1 fractional works
Speech and HearingCivil and Structural EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty4 others

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

  1. 1 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  2. 2 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  6. 6 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Structural Response to Dynamic Loads Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 1 works
  10. 10 Erosion and Abrasive Machining Ecological Modeling 1 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 available21.4%not open78.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.3%domestic only64.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Applied Research Associates's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Applied Research Associates as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Applied Research Associates0.00045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Applied Research Associates 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%Applied Research Associates10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.0% in 2000.

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