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Applied Technology Associates (United States)

In research, Applied Technology Associates (United States) stands highest in Engineering (#6,750 of 9,532 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#14,164 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,960
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,094
of 7,310
Research works
338
▼ 85% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
11%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Applied Technology Associates (United States)

What is Applied Technology 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
EngineeringField #6,750 of 9,532 4.4%186
Physical SciencesDomain #14,164 of 17,446 4.5%300

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

In all years, 89% of research at Applied Technology Associates (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (55%), Physics and Astronomy (15%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 300 fractional works · 88.9% of its workEngineering: 186 fractional works · 55.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 50 fractional works · 14.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 44 fractional works · 12.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 6.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 52 fractional works · 15.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 33 fractional works · 9.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInstrumentation: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 7.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 12 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 5.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 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 workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAppliedTechnology…338fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Engineering18655.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy5215.4%
    3. Computer Science257.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences133.8%
    5. Environmental Science123.6%
    6. Materials Science72.0%
    7. Chemistry30.8%
    8. Mathematics10.4%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Decision Sciences71.9%
    2. Social Sciences51.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting30.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Psychology10.3%
    1. Medicine102.9%
    2. Health Professions20.6%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.89× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.59× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy4.59×1 works
  2. Engineering1.89×3 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.87×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.76×1 works
  5. Environmental Science1.64×1 works
  6. Materials Science1.38×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.25×0 works
  8. Computer Science1.04×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.88×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.76×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.72×1 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.56×0 works
  14. Medicine0.49×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.23×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, David L. Bowers, V. L. Salerno and Suzanne Roberts lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Applied Technology Associates (United States).

  1. 1 David L. Bowers United States · #2,750,992 worldwide 507 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 V. L. Salerno United States · #4,031,758 worldwide 277 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Suzanne Roberts United States · #4,138,525 worldwide 20 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 James K. Boger United States · #4,278,703 worldwide 201 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 John L. Hult United States · #4,518,350 worldwide 119 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Matthew P. Fetrow United States · #4,697,531 worldwide 380 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 T. J. Schneeberger United States · #4,774,295 worldwide 299 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 John J. Flaig United States · #4,776,804 worldwide 135 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Richard S. Hujsak United States · #4,846,336 worldwide 76 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Rudolph Nolasco United States · #4,944,205 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Applied Technology Associates (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Applied Technology Associates (United States) is "Self-Assembly of Ordered, Robust, Three-Dimensional Gold Nanocrystal/Silica Arrays" (Hongyou Fan, Kai Yang, D.M. Boye et al., 2004), with 471 citations. Next come "Reconstructing Technologies as Social Practice" (372) and "Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters" (226).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self-Assembly of Ordered, Robust, Three-Dimensional Gold Nanocrystal/Silica Arrays Hongyou Fan, Kai Yang, D.M. Boye et al. · Science 22 Apr 2004 471
2 Reconstructing Technologies as Social Practice Lucy A. Suchman, Jeanette Blomberg, Julian E. Orr et al. · American Behavioral Scientist Nov 1999 372
3 Acousto-Optic Tunable Filters I. C. Chang · Optical Engineering Dec 1981 226
4 Output beam propagation and beam quality from a multimode stable-cavity laser Anthony E.. Siegman, Steven W. Townsend · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Apr 1993 164
5 Colorado river benthic ecology in Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA: dam, tributary and geomorphological influences Lawrence E. Stevens, Joseph P. Shannon, Dean W. Blinn · Regulated Rivers Research & Management Mar 1997 155
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Which keywords describe research at Applied Technology Associates (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Sparse Representation, Imaging, Wavelet Transform, Semiconductor and Detection.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Remote Sensing27▲ 7.1×17 topics
  2. Adaptive Optics19▲ 274×1 topic
  3. Wavefront Sensing19▲ 274×1 topic
  4. Sparse Representation12▲ 20×5 topics
  5. Imaging12▲ 10×5 topics
  6. Wavelet Transform11▲ 17×3 topics
  7. Semiconductor11▲ 9.7×5 topics
  8. Detection10▲ 11×2 topics
  9. Deep Learning10▲ 1.44×20 topics
  10. Monte Carlo Simulation9▲ 8.4×5 topics
  11. Channel Modeling9▲ 24×4 topics
  12. Laser9▲ 102×1 topic
  13. Optical9▲ 102×1 topic
  14. Infrared8▲ 79×1 topic
  15. Small Target8▲ 79×1 topic
  16. Photon Counting8▲ 31×3 topics
  17. Free-Space Optical Communication7▲ 118×1 topic
  18. MEMS Sensors7▲ 70×2 topics
  19. Visible Light Communication7▲ 118×1 topic
  20. On-Orbit Performance7▲ 96×1 topic
  21. Radiometric Calibration7▲ 96×1 topic
  22. Sensor Fusion7▲ 25×2 topics
  23. Image Processing7▲ 6.6×5 topics
  24. Imaging Spectroscopy7▲ 130×1 topic
  25. Polarimetry7▲ 130×1 topic
  26. Magnetic Sensing7▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Control Systems7▲ 7.6×6 topics
  28. Laser Ranging6▲ 92×1 topic
  29. Time-of-Flight6▲ 29×1 topic
  30. Inertial Navigation Systems6▲ 69×1 topic
  31. Kalman Filtering6▲ 69×1 topic
  32. Compound Eyes6▲ 121×1 topic
  33. Freeform Optics6▲ 121×1 topic
  34. Machine Vision5▲ 7.6×4 topics
  35. Structured Light5▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Convolutional Networks4▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Frequency Conversion4▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Raman Lasers4▲ 7.5×2 topics
  39. Orbit Determination4▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Ring Laser Gyroscope4▲ 52×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Nanotechnology research and applications and Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics.

Adaptive optics and wave…0Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 0 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…0Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 0 fractional worksNanotechnology research and applications: 0 fractional worksElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics: 0 fractional worksEducational Tools and Me…0Educational Tools and Methods: 0 fractional workslinguistics and terminology studies: 0 fractional worksOpen Education and E-Learning: 0 fractional worksEducational Environments…0Educational Environments and Student Outcomes: 0 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 0 fractional worksPlant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics: 0 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsComputational MechanicsBiomedical EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  2. 2 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 0 works
  3. 3 Nanotechnology research and applications Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Educational Tools and Methods Safety Research 0 works
  6. 6 linguistics and terminology studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  7. 7 Open Education and E-Learning Computer Science Applications 0 works
  8. 8 Educational Environments and Student Outcomes Education 0 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 0 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 available10.7%not open89.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.1%domestic only95.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 85% 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 Technology Associates (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000036% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Applied Technology Associates (United States)0.000043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Applied Technology Associates (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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