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Arcon (United States)

In research, Arcon (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,560 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,835 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,075
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,340
of 7,310
Research works
207
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
7%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Arcon (United States)

What is Arcon (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 #10,560 of 17,446 10.6%192
EngineeringField #6,835 of 9,532 10.7%122

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

In all years, 93% of research at Arcon (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (59%), Computer Science (14%), Physics and Astronomy (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 192 fractional works · 92.9% of its workEngineering: 122 fractional works · 58.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 41 fractional works · 19.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 22 fractional works · 10.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 28 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSignal Processing: 12 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKArcon (UnitedStates)207fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences4%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering12258.9%
    2. Computer Science2813.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy167.8%
    4. Environmental Science83.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences73.5%
    6. Materials Science63.1%
    7. Mathematics31.4%
    8. Chemistry10.5%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences31.4%
    2. Decision Sciences20.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    5. Psychology10.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Medicine31.6%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.41× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.55× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.41×7 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.57×0 works
  3. Materials Science2.55×1 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.98×0 works
  5. Chemistry1.58×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.42×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.23×0 works
  8. Computer Science1.17×1 works
  9. Medicine0.50×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.46×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.07×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Arcon (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jeremy R. Winick, P. P. Wintersteiner and J.D. Tardelli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arcon (United States).

  1. 1 Jeremy R. Winick United States · #1,379,024 worldwide 2.4k citations · 103 works
  2. 2 P. P. Wintersteiner United States · #1,711,468 worldwide 1.9k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 J.D. Tardelli United States · #3,532,990 worldwide 109 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Stanford P. Yukon United States · #5,624,109 worldwide 228 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Stanley Woolf United States · #6,145,987 worldwide 319 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Arcon (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Arcon (United States) is "A study of low temperature crystallization of amorphous thin film indium–tin–oxide" (David C. Paine, T. Whitson, D. Janiac et al., 1999), with 285 citations. Next come "Admissible Probability Measurement Procedures" (268) and "Parametric adaptive matched filter for airborne radar applications" (248).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A study of low temperature crystallization of amorphous thin film indium–tin–oxide David C. Paine, T. Whitson, D. Janiac et al. · Journal of Applied Physics 15 Jun 1999 285
2 Admissible Probability Measurement Procedures Emir H. Shuford, Arthur Albert, H. Edward Massengill · Psychometrika Jun 1966 268
3 Parametric adaptive matched filter for airborne radar applications Jaime R. Román, Muralidhar Rangaswamy, D.W. Davis et al. · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems Apr 2000 248
4 SABER observations of mesospheric temperatures and comparisons with falling sphere measurements taken during the 2002 summer MaCWAVE campaign Christopher J. Mertens, Francis J. Schmidlin, Richard A. Goldberg et al. · Geophysical Research Letters Feb 2004 217
5 An Optimal Data Association Problem in Surveillance Theory Robert W. Sittler · IEEE Transactions on Military Electronics 1964 209
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Which keywords describe research at Arcon (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pipeline, Finite Element Analysis, Beamforming, MIMO Radar, Analysis, Deep Learning, Liquefaction and Tunnel.

▲ 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. Deep Learning15▲ 3.3×13 topics
  2. Pipeline14▲ 71×3 topics
  3. Finite Element Analysis11▲ 24×5 topics
  4. Beamforming11▲ 48×2 topics
  5. MIMO Radar11▲ 159×2 topics
  6. Analysis10▲ 44×2 topics
  7. Earthquake10▲ 87×1 topic
  8. Liquefaction10▲ 60×2 topics
  9. Seismic10▲ 87×1 topic
  10. Tunnel10▲ 60×2 topics
  11. Signal Processing9▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Blast Loading9▲ 94×2 topics
  13. Failure Analysis9▲ 32×4 topics
  14. Construction8▲ 39×3 topics
  15. Corrosion8▲ 35×4 topics
  16. Neural Networks8▲ 3.8×8 topics
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks8▲ 9.3×5 topics
  18. Reinforced Concrete8▲ 56×2 topics
  19. Fracture Mechanics7▲ 42×3 topics
  20. Optimization6▲ 5.5×5 topics
  21. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition6▲ 46×1 topic
  22. Speech Enhancement6▲ 46×1 topic
  23. Cognitive Radar6▲ 132×1 topic
  24. Dynamic Response6▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Genetic Algorithms6▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Waveform Design6▲ 79×1 topic
  27. Particle Swarm Optimization5▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Array Processing5▲ 205×1 topic
  29. Direction-of-Arrival Estimation5▲ 205×1 topic
  30. Laminated Glass5▲ 136×1 topic
  31. Natural Gas5▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Structural Adhesives5▲ 136×1 topic
  33. Differential Evolution5▲ 37×2 topics
  34. Antenna Arrays5▲ 80×1 topic
  35. Sparse Arrays5▲ 80×1 topic
  36. Dynamic Interaction5▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Steel Structures5▲ 59×2 topics
  38. Dynamic Behavior4▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Civil Engineering4▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Concrete Strengthening4▲ 43×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Advanced Text Analysis Techniques and Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis.

Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Text Analysis T…1Advanced Text Analysis Techniques: 1 fractional worksStructural Integrity and…1Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 1 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and Technologies: 1 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 0 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…0Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 0 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 0 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 0 fractional worksMetal Alloys Wear and Properties: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceMechanical EngineeringOcean Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Text Analysis Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 0 works
  9. 9 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Metal Alloys Wear and Properties Materials Chemistry 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 available7.2%not open92.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher 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 Arcon (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000048% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Arcon (United States)0.000025% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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