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Applied Research (United States)

In research, Applied Research (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,796 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,075 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, 2022-now
#17,161
of 22,385 · #11,574 all time
Rank in United States
#2,501
of 3,332
Research works
663
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.1k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%

What is Applied Research (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 #7,796 of 17,446 6.6%492
EngineeringField #5,075 of 9,532 6.9%277

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

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Applied Research (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Engineering (16%), Health Professions (15%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 43.0% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 16.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 10.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 36.1% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 20.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 15.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 12.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.9% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKApplied Research(United States)78fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences16%

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. Engineering1316.3%
    2. Computer Science810.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy56.6%
    4. Environmental Science23.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.7%
    6. Materials Science22.2%
    7. Energy10.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.6%
    9. Chemistry00.3%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine1620.5%
    2. Health Professions1215.2%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences910.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting21.9%
    3. Psychology11.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.32× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.95× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 5.77× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.07× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.77×12 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.82×1 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.95×5 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.70×2 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.62×0 works
  6. Computer Science1.32×8 works
  7. Engineering1.09×13 works
  8. Medicine1.07×16 works
  9. Energy0.92×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.86×8 works
  11. Environmental Science0.64×2 works
  12. Materials Science0.63×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×2 works
  14. Nursing0.58×0 works
  15. Psychology0.57×1 works
  16. Veterinary0.52×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.40×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.37×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×1 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.24×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×1 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.03×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Bence Budavari, Chiman Kwan and David Gribben lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Applied Research (United States).

  1. 1 Bence Budavari United States · #1,538,966 worldwide 995 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Chiman Kwan United States · #2,542,320 worldwide 9k citations · 380 works
  3. 3 David Gribben United States · #4,653,927 worldwide 277 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 R.S. Senior United States · #5,033,328 worldwide 164 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Lenka L. Stepan United States · #5,550,486 worldwide 167 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Bryan Chou United States · #5,662,477 worldwide 540 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Benjamin G. Wilson United States · #5,877,418 worldwide 24 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jude Larkin United States · #5,963,427 worldwide 388 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Applied Research (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Applied Research (United States) is "Population of Merging Compact Binaries Inferred Using Gravitational Waves through GWTC-3" (R. Abbott et al., 2023), with 926 citations. Next come "Use of Kriging Models to Approximate Deterministic Computer Models" (844) and "Differential Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase-2 and Arginase-1 by Type 1/Type 2 Cytokines In Vivo: Granulomatous Pathology Is Shaped by the Pattern of l -Arginine Metabolism" (691).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Population of Merging Compact Binaries Inferred Using Gravitational Waves through GWTC-3 R. Abbott et al. · Physical Review X Open access1,654 authors 29 Mar 2023 926
2 Use of Kriging Models to Approximate Deterministic Computer Models Jay D. Martin, Timothy W. Simpson · AIAA Journal Apr 2005 844
3 Differential Regulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase-2 and Arginase-1 by Type 1/Type 2 Cytokines In Vivo: Granulomatous Pathology Is Shaped by the Pattern of l -Arginine Metabolism Matthias Hesse, Manuel Modolell, Anne Camille La Flamme et al. · The Journal of Immunology Dec 2001 691
4 An IL-13 inhibitor blocks the development of hepatic fibrosis during a T-helper type 2–dominated inflammatory response Mónica G. Chiaramonte, Debra D. Donaldson, Allen W. Cheever et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation Open access 15 Sep 1999 606
5 The MOST Asteroseismology Mission: Ultraprecise Photometry from Space G. A. H. Walker, Jaymie M. Matthews, R. Kuschnig et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Open access 22 Aug 2003 560
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Patient Engagement, Behavior Change, Healthcare, Medical Imaging, Chronic Disease Management, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Precision Medicine.

▲ 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. Patient Engagement9▲ 85×4 topics
  2. Machine Learning9▲ 3.3×18 topics
  3. Behavior Change8▲ 67×2 topics
  4. Healthcare7▲ 8.2×4 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 6.3×5 topics
  6. Medical Imaging7▲ 16×4 topics
  7. Chronic Disease Management7▲ 43×5 topics
  8. Big Data6▲ 8.4×6 topics
  9. Social Media6▲ 5.8×7 topics
  10. Deep Learning6▲ 2.2×15 topics
  11. Precision Medicine6▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Ethical Challenges6▲ 33×2 topics
  13. Medical Education6▲ 27×2 topics
  14. Health Equity5▲ 22×3 topics
  15. Clinical Decision Support5▲ 38×1 topic
  16. Ethical Considerations5▲ 17×3 topics
  17. Radiology5▲ 41×1 topic
  18. COVID-194▲ 4.4×6 topics
  19. Healthcare Communication4▲ 63×1 topic
  20. Online Recruitment4▲ 221×1 topic
  21. Adherence4▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Mobile Health4▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Health Apps4▲ 76×1 topic
  24. mHealth4▲ 76×1 topic
  25. Convolutional Neural Networks3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  26. Digital Divide3▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Quality Improvement3▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 10×3 topics
  29. Coronal Mass Ejections2▲ 83×1 topic
  30. Solar Dynamics Observatory2▲ 83×1 topic
  31. Solar Wind2▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Electronic Health Records2▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Transfer Learning2▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Chest X-Ray2▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Pneumonia Detection2▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Clinical Practice2▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Chronic Disease1▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Patient Experience1▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Publication Bias1▲ 37×3 topics
  40. Telehealth1▲ 42×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Social Media in Health Education, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications and Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics.

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 5 works
  2. 2 Social Media in Health Education Health 4 works
  3. 3 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 4 works
  4. 4 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Literature Analysis and Criticism Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  8. 8 Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare Pharmacology 1 works
  9. 9 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 1 works
  10. 10 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 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 available21.0%not open79.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% lower 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 Applied Research (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Applied Research (United States)0.00068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Applied Research (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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Applied Research (United States)8.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.6% in 2020.

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