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Arthur D. Little (United States)

In research, Arthur D. Little (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,150 of 17,446 worldwide), Engineering (#5,622 of 9,532 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#9,497 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,510
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,394
of 7,310
Research works
1.6k
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
40k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Arthur D. Little (United States)

What is Arthur D. Little (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 #10,150 of 17,446 10.0%1,031
EngineeringField #5,622 of 9,532 10.5%498
Life SciencesDomain #9,497 of 11,023 7.7%146
Social SciencesDomain #12,934 of 14,833 8.9%313
Business, Management and AccountingField #3,452 of 3,886 11.1%126
Health SciencesDomain #15,982 of 16,688 6.9%144

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

In all years, 63% of research at Arthur D. Little (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%), Medicine (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,032 fractional works · 63.1% of its workEngineering: 498 fractional works · 30.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 108 fractional works · 6.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 83 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 73 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 47 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 98 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 51 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 97 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 91 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 75 fractional works · 4.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 67 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 36 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 30 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 313 fractional works · 19.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 126 fractional works · 7.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 53 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 27 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 61 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 29 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 55 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 50 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 35 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 146 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 79 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 43 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFood Science: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 144 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMedicine: 111 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKArthur D. Little(United States)1,634fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences19%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering49830.5%
    2. Materials Science986.0%
    3. Environmental Science976.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy915.6%
    5. Chemistry754.6%
    6. Computer Science674.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences362.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering301.8%
    9. Energy271.7%
    10. Mathematics120.7%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting1267.7%
    2. Decision Sciences613.7%
    3. Social Sciences553.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance503.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities110.7%
    6. Psychology100.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology794.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences432.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics120.7%
    4. Neuroscience70.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology50.3%
    1. Medicine1116.8%
    2. Health Professions231.4%
    3. Nursing70.4%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.77× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 11.76× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry11.76×1 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.10×1 works
  3. Engineering1.77×3 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.73×1 works
  5. Psychology1.64×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.63×2 works
  7. Computer Science1.20×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.98×0 works
  9. Health Professions0.89×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.86×0 works
  11. Medicine0.41×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.27×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Arthur D. Little (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas R. A. Davis, Karl M. Wiig and Irwin Miller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Arthur D. Little (United States).

  1. 1 Thomas R. A. Davis United States · #1,294,636 worldwide 2k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Karl M. Wiig United States · #1,884,686 worldwide 4.9k citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Irwin Miller United States · #1,993,439 worldwide 11k citations · 27 works
  4. 4 A. Sharples United States · #2,255,584 worldwide 1.5k citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Ivan Šimon United States · #2,508,420 worldwide 1.7k citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Andrew J. Sivak United States · #2,635,985 worldwide 3.7k citations · 115 works
  7. 7 Alfred Büchler United States · #2,856,091 worldwide 1.4k citations · 44 works
  8. 8 H. O. McMahon United States · #3,051,303 worldwide 870 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Alan R. Branfman United States · #3,245,034 worldwide 899 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Joan B. Berkowitz-Mattuck United States · #3,321,340 worldwide 1k citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Arthur D. Little (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Arthur D. Little (United States)?

The most cited paper from Arthur D. Little (United States) is "Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes" (Irwin Miller, 1966), with 2,038 citations. Next come "Adriamycin: The Role of Lipid Peroxidation in Cardiac Toxicity and Tumor Response" (1,112) and "Josephson Currents in Superconducting Tunneling: The Effect of Microwaves and Other Observations" (1,029).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes Irwin Miller · Technometrics May 1966 2,038
2 Adriamycin: The Role of Lipid Peroxidation in Cardiac Toxicity and Tumor Response Charles Edwin Myers, William Patrick McGuire, Robert H. Liss et al. · Science 8 Jul 1977 1,112
3 Josephson Currents in Superconducting Tunneling: The Effect of Microwaves and Other Observations Sidney Shapiro · Physical Review Letters 15 Jul 1963 1,029
4 Power from the Sun: Its Future Peter E. Glaser · Science 22 Nov 1968 921
5 Flow of a Viscous Liquid on a Rotating Disk Alfred G. Emslie, Francis T. Bonner, Leslie G. Peck · Journal of Applied Physics May 1958 776
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Arthur D. Little (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Thermodynamic Modeling, Cryogenic Storage, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Environmental Impact, Thermal Analysis, Risk Assessment and CubeSat.

▲ 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. Sustainability75▲ 2.6×38 topics
  2. Environmental Impact53▲ 2.5×37 topics
  3. Climate Change47◆ 1.07×48 topics
  4. Innovation38▲ 2.5×30 topics
  5. Renewable Energy37▲ 2.3×29 topics
  6. Thermodynamic Modeling37▲ 13×4 topics
  7. Risk Assessment36▲ 3.7×18 topics
  8. Cryogenic Storage33▲ 55×1 topic
  9. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)33▲ 55×1 topic
  10. Energy Efficiency29▲ 2.3×20 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties29▲ 1.87×28 topics
  12. Economic Development28▲ 2.5×12 topics
  13. Thermal Analysis27▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Heat Transfer27▲ 3.2×16 topics
  15. Health Effects26▲ 2.6×17 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management25▲ 3.0×15 topics
  17. Optimization24▲ 2.7×16 topics
  18. CubeSat22▲ 54×1 topic
  19. small satellite22▲ 54×1 topic
  20. Information Technology21▲ 4.1×6 topics
  21. Bayesian Networks21▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Fault Tree Analysis20▲ 27×1 topic
  23. Quantitative Risk Assessment20▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Customer Relationship Management18▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Strategic Marketing18▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Digital Capital17▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Value Chains17▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Broadband16▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Emissions15▲ 4.8×6 topics
  30. Marine Pollution15▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Firm Performance15▲ 5.8×3 topics
  32. Volatile Organic Compounds15▲ 7.7×3 topics
  33. Biodegradation14▲ 7.9×6 topics
  34. Thermodynamic Analysis13▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Mars13▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Martian Surface13▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Strategic Alliances13▲ 7.4×3 topics
  38. Telecommunications12▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Business Strategy12▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Performance Optimization12▲ 7.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Arthur D. Little (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Asian Industrial and Economic Development, Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure, Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies and Digital Platforms and Economics.

Asian Industrial and Eco…2Asian Industrial and Economic Development: 2 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and In…2Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 2 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 0 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 0 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Education: 0 fractional worksBusiness Strategy and Innovation: 0 fractional worksDental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques: 0 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies: 0 fractional worksDental Research and COVID-19: 0 fractional worksExplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringStrategy and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Asian Industrial and Economic Development Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  2. 2 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 0 works
  5. 5 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  6. 6 Business Strategy and Innovation Strategy and Management 0 works
  7. 7 Dental Anxiety and Anesthesia Techniques Oral Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 0 works
  9. 9 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 0 works
  10. 10 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 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 available10.3%not open89.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.2%domestic only95.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Arthur D. Little (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% 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 Arthur D. Little (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000041% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Arthur D. Little (United States)0.000043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Arthur D. Little (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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2002Arthur D. Little (United States)7.2% in 20022000

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 1999.

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