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Applied Research Associates (United States)

In research, Applied Research Associates (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,599 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#4,503 of 9,532 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,641 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,060
of 22,385 · #10,102 all time
Rank in United States
#2,483
of 3,332
Research works
958
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Applied Research Associates (United States)

What is Applied Research Associates (United States) 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 #7,599 of 17,446 8.0%641
EngineeringField #4,503 of 9,532 6.1%357
Health SciencesDomain #10,641 of 16,688 15.8%152
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #1,172 of 1,663 3.1%130

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

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Applied Research Associates (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Medicine (17%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 62.4% of its workEngineering: 29 fractional works · 31.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 14.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 20.9% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 17.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKApplied ResearchAssociates…90fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences10%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2931.9%
    2. Environmental Science66.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences55.9%
    4. Computer Science55.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy55.5%
    6. Materials Science33.6%
    7. Energy11.2%
    8. Mathematics11.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.6%
    10. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Medicine1517.1%
    2. Health Professions33.6%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Social Sciences33.4%
    2. Psychology22.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting22.0%
    4. Decision Sciences11.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.8%
    2. Neuroscience11.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.59× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.78× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.13× its world share, 29 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.33× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.49× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.89× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.78×5 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.49×5 works
  3. Engineering2.13×29 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.59×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.38×3 works
  6. Energy1.34×1 works
  7. Environmental Science1.33×6 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.06×1 works
  9. Materials Science1.03×3 works
  10. Neuroscience0.94×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.93×1 works
  12. Medicine0.89×15 works
  13. Psychology0.76×2 works
  14. Computer Science0.74×5 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×3 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×2 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.56×0 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.52×0 works
  19. Nursing0.38×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.27×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.27×3 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Applied Research Associates (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Douglas B. Kirby, Peter J. Vickery and Beth W. Crandall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Applied Research Associates (United States).

  1. 1 Douglas B. Kirby United States · #173,182 worldwide 10k citations · 118 works
  2. 2 Peter J. Vickery United States · #1,066,747 worldwide 5.4k citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Beth W. Crandall United States · #1,353,467 worldwide 3.3k citations · 50 works
  4. 4 David R. Burris United States · #1,971,963 worldwide 3.3k citations · 78 works
  5. 5 Lawrence A. Twisdale United States · #2,082,313 worldwide 2.4k citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Owen T. Price United States · #2,138,246 worldwide 2k citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Lisa A. Russell United States · #2,524,385 worldwide 2k citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Brian K. Heimbuch United States · #2,792,415 worldwide 1.5k citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Steve Bean United States · #2,810,706 worldwide 651 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 David R. Oakley United States · #2,957,607 worldwide 622 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Applied Research Associates (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Applied Research Associates (United States)?

The most cited paper from Applied Research Associates (United States) is "Conditions for intuitive expertise: A failure to disagree." (Daniel J. Kahneman, Gary A. Klein, 2009), with 2,453 citations. Next come "Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice" (745) and "Continued Breast Cancer Risk Reduction in Postmenopausal Women Treated with Raloxifene: 4-Year Results from the MORE Trial" (681).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Conditions for intuitive expertise: A failure to disagree. Daniel J. Kahneman, Gary A. Klein · American Psychologist 2009 2,453
2 Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice Toby Simon · Transfusion Sep 2001 745
3 Continued Breast Cancer Risk Reduction in Postmenopausal Women Treated with Raloxifene: 4-Year Results from the MORE Trial Jane A. Cauley, Larry Norton, Marc E. Lippman et al. · Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 2001 681
4 The ChemCam Instrument Suite on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Rover: Body Unit and Combined System Tests R. C. Wiens et al. · Space Science Reviews Open access 20 Jun 2012 554
5 School-based programs to reduce sexual risk behaviors: a review of effectiveness. Douglas B. Kirby, L M Short, Janet L. Collins et al. · PubMed Open access 23 Jun 1994 531
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Applied Research Associates (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Convolutional Neural Networks, Defect Detection, Image Processing, Crack Detection, Pavement, Deep Learning, Rheology and Recycled Materials.

▲ 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 Learning8▲ 2.4×18 topics
  2. Convolutional Neural Networks5▲ 8.2×7 topics
  3. Defect Detection5▲ 43×2 topics
  4. Image Processing5▲ 12×2 topics
  5. Crack Detection5▲ 73×1 topic
  6. Pavement5▲ 73×1 topic
  7. Epidemiology4▲ 1.21×28 topics
  8. Rheology4▲ 22×2 topics
  9. Recycled Materials4▲ 36×2 topics
  10. Asphalt3▲ 115×1 topic
  11. Bitumen Modification3▲ 115×1 topic
  12. Biomedical Applications3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  13. Nanoparticles3▲ 2.3×5 topics
  14. Risk Assessment2▲ 3.8×8 topics
  15. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  16. Nanomedicine2▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Piezoelectric Sensors2▲ 50×2 topics
  18. Sensors2▲ 16×2 topics
  19. Tomography2▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Dynamic Compensation2▲ 337×1 topic
  21. Water Quality2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  22. Weigh-in-Motion2▲ 337×1 topic
  23. Bacteremia2▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Finite Element Simulation2▲ 55×2 topics
  25. Hearing Loss2▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Inhaler Devices2▲ 67×1 topic
  27. Pulmonary Drug Delivery2▲ 67×1 topic
  28. Colloidal Particles1▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Detection1▲ 5.4×2 topics
  30. Hydrodynamics1▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Crash Tests1▲ 181×1 topic
  32. Cryogenic Storage1▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Damage Detection1▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Family Planning1▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Guardrail Systems1▲ 181×1 topic
  36. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)1▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Fluid Dynamics1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  38. Air Quality1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  39. Freshwater Salinization1▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Road Salt1▲ 45×1 topic

Which research topics does Applied Research Associates (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation, Transport Systems and Technology and Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery.

Infrastructure Maintenan…5Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 5 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 3 fractional worksTransport Systems and Technology: 2 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 2 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 1 fractional worksTransportation Safety and Impact Analysis: 1 fractional worksSmart Materials for Construction: 1 fractional worksMicro and Nano Robotics: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 1 fractional worksDemographic Trends and Gender Preferences: 1 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringMechanical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineAerospace Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Transport Systems and Technology Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Smart Materials for Construction Pollution 1 works
  8. 8 Micro and Nano Robotics Condensed Matter Physics 1 works
  9. 9 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences Gender Studies 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 available18.5%not open81.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Applied Research Associates (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower 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 (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Applied Research Associates (United States)0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Applied Research Associates (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.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2024Applied Research Associates (United States)8.4% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.0% in 2010.

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