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Arizona Optical Systems (United States)

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Research works
34
▲ 61% vs 2018-21
Citations
149
4.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Arizona Optical Systems (United States)

Not ranked overall: Arizona Optical Systems (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Arizona Optical Systems (United States) work in?

In all years, 73% of research at Arizona Optical Systems (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (35%), Computer Science (23%), Physics and Astronomy (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 72.5% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 34.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 11.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 22.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 13.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 14.8% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKArizona OpticalSystems (United…34fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences10%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1234.6%
    2. Computer Science822.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy412.0%
    4. Environmental Science11.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.0%
    6. Materials Science00.5%
    1. Medicine37.6%
    2. Health Professions25.8%
    3. Dentistry01.2%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Social Sciences25.7%
    2. Psychology13.1%
    3. Decision Sciences00.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
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: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 2.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 5.92× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.79× 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, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.92×2 works
  2. Health Professions3.39×1 works
  3. Engineering2.17×4 works
  4. Computer Science2.06×2 works
  5. Dentistry1.14×0 works
  6. Nursing0.95×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.79×1 works
  8. Medicine0.61×2 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.43×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.36×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.28×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Arizona Optical Systems (United States)?

The most cited paper from Arizona Optical Systems (United States) is "Modal phase measuring deflectometry" (Lei Huang, Junpeng Xue, Bo Gao et al., 2016), with 106 citations. Next come "Prevalence of High Astigmatism, Eyeglass Wear, and Poor Visual Acuity Among Native American Grade School Children" (92) and "Reconfigurable optical null based on counter-rotating Zernike plates for test of aspheres" (31).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Modal phase measuring deflectometry Lei Huang, Junpeng Xue, Bo Gao et al. · Optics Express Open access 14 Oct 2016 106
2 Prevalence of High Astigmatism, Eyeglass Wear, and Poor Visual Acuity Among Native American Grade School Children Erin M. Harvey, Velma Dobson, Joseph Michael Miller · Optometry and Vision Science Apr 2006 92
3 Reconfigurable optical null based on counter-rotating Zernike plates for test of aspheres Shanyong Chen, Chunyu Zhao, Yifan Dai et al. · Optics Express Open access 14 Jan 2014 31
4 Optical testing with computer generated holograms: comprehensive error analysis Chunyu Zhao, James H. Burge · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 6 Sep 2013 27
5 Model mismatch analysis and compensation for modal phase measuring deflectometry Lei Huang, Junpeng Xue, Bo Gao et al. · Optics Express Open access 11 Jan 2017 19
All 36 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Arizona Optical Systems (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Camera Calibration, Structured Light, Dimensional Metrology, Error Compensation, Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Compound Eyes and Freeform Optics.

▲ 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 21 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Camera Calibration4▲ 326×1 topic
  2. Structured Light4▲ 209×1 topic
  3. Dimensional Metrology3▲ 284×1 topic
  4. Error Compensation3▲ 284×1 topic
  5. Adaptive Optics3▲ 410×1 topic
  6. Wavefront Sensing3▲ 410×1 topic
  7. Compound Eyes2▲ 404×1 topic
  8. Freeform Optics2▲ 404×1 topic
  9. Image Processing2▲ 14×2 topics
  10. Machine Vision2▲ 24×2 topics
  11. Public Health2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  12. Healthcare1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  13. Roughness Measurement1▲ 138×1 topic
  14. Surface Characterization1▲ 101×1 topic
  15. Neural Networks1▲ 3.3×2 topics
  16. Quality of Life1▲ 2.6×6 topics
  17. Training1▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Distance Education1▲ 22×1 topic
  19. IEEE 14511▲ 74×1 topic
  20. Legislation1▲ 31×1 topic
  21. Smart Sensors1▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does Arizona Optical Systems (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques, Optical measurement and interference techniques, Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing and Advanced optical system design.

Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques: 1 fractional worksOptical measurement and interference techniques: 1 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wave…1Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 1 fractional worksAdvanced optical system …1Advanced optical system design: 1 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…1Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 1 fractional worksSurface Roughness and Optical Measurements: 0 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Surface Polishing Techniques: 0 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 0 fractional worksModular Robots and Swarm Intelligence: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Optical measurement and interference techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  3. 3 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced optical system design Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 1 works
  6. 6 Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements Computational Mechanics 0 works
  7. 7 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 0 works
  10. 10 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 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 available37.3%not open62.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.1%domestic only72.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Arizona Optical Systems (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% 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 Arizona Optical Systems (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000051% in 2024.

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

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