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AspenTech (United States)

In research, AspenTech (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,869 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,805 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,200
of 22,385 · #17,429 all time
Rank in United States
#3,137
of 3,332
Research works
292
▲ 329% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.9k
33.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
AspenTech (United States)

What is AspenTech (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 #5,869 of 17,446 13.4%236
EngineeringField #6,805 of 9,532 11.7%134

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

In 2022-now, 86% of research at AspenTech (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (43%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (20%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 65 fractional works · 85.8% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 42.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 16.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15 fractional works · 20.3% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 13.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 8.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAspenTech (UnitedStates)76fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences5%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3242.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1520.3%
    3. Computer Science68.2%
    4. Environmental Science56.6%
    5. Materials Science33.4%
    6. Chemical Engineering22.2%
    7. Energy11.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy11.0%
    9. Chemistry00.3%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences11.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    3. Psychology00.7%
    4. Decision Sciences00.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.6%
    2. Neuroscience11.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine23.0%
    2. Health Professions11.4%
    3. Nursing00.2%
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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.23× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.97× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.84× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 13.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.97×15 works
  2. Chemical Engineering6.23×2 works
  3. Engineering2.84×32 works
  4. Environmental Science1.32×5 works
  5. Energy1.12×1 works
  6. Computer Science1.05×6 works
  7. Materials Science0.96×2 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.58×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.57×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.53×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×2 works
  13. Nursing0.45×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.44×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×1 works
  16. Psychology0.22×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.19×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.19×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.17×0 works
  21. Medicine0.15×2 works
  22. Social Sciences0.13×1 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Dimitrios K. Varvarezos, Suphat Watanasiri and Auden Schendler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AspenTech (United States).

  1. 1 Dimitrios K. Varvarezos United States · #2,137,311 worldwide 244 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Suphat Watanasiri United States · #3,046,883 worldwide 701 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Auden Schendler United States · #3,980,526 worldwide 118 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Costas P. Bokis United States · #4,046,263 worldwide 519 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 A. K. Vigner United States · #4,393,741 worldwide 215 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Ai Zhang United States · #4,481,022 worldwide 369 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Seiji HAYANO United States · #5,078,732 worldwide 3 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Ronit Levy United States · #5,108,985 worldwide 70 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Steven Woeste United States · #5,475,168 worldwide 48 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at AspenTech (United States)

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

The most cited paper from AspenTech (United States) is "A survey of industrial model predictive control technology" (S. Joe Qin, Thomas A. Badgwell, 2003), with 5,091 citations. Next come "A local composition model for the excess Gibbs energy of aqueous electrolyte systems" (910) and "Disturbance modeling for offset-free linear model predictive control" (463).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A survey of industrial model predictive control technology S. Joe Qin, Thomas A. Badgwell · Control Engineering Practice 30 Apr 2003 5,091
2 A local composition model for the excess Gibbs energy of aqueous electrolyte systems Chau‐Chyun Chen, Lawrence B. Evans · AIChE Journal Mar 1986 910
3 Disturbance modeling for offset-free linear model predictive control Kenneth R. Muske, Thomas A. Badgwell · Journal of Process Control 26 Jul 2002 463
4 Sigma-Profile Database for Using COSMO-Based Thermodynamic Methods Eric Mullins, Richard Oldland, Y. A. Liu et al. · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 3 May 2006 454
5 Thermodynamic representation of phase equilibria of mixed‐solvent electrolyte systems Bill Mock, Lawrence B. Evans, Chau‐Chyun Chen · AIChE Journal Oct 1986 386
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at AspenTech (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optimization, Geophysical Imaging, Full-Waveform Tomography, Seismic Waveform Inversion, Uncertainty Quantification, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter and CO2 Sequestration.

▲ 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. Optimization10▲ 30×4 topics
  2. Geophysical Imaging8▲ 192×2 topics
  3. Full-Waveform Tomography7▲ 237×1 topic
  4. Seismic Waveform Inversion7▲ 237×1 topic
  5. Uncertainty Quantification7▲ 125×2 topics
  6. Data Assimilation7▲ 59×1 topic
  7. Ensemble Kalman Filter7▲ 94×1 topic
  8. CO2 Sequestration4▲ 27×2 topics
  9. Nanoparticles4▲ 3.8×4 topics
  10. Hydraulic Fracturing4▲ 44×1 topic
  11. Shale Gas Reservoirs4▲ 78×1 topic
  12. Tomography3▲ 20×3 topics
  13. Rheological Properties2▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Supply Chain2▲ 16×2 topics
  15. Vibration Analysis2▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Energy Efficiency2▲ 3.4×2 topics
  17. Geological Modeling2▲ 210×1 topic
  18. Uncertainty Analysis2▲ 210×1 topic
  19. Carbon Capture2▲ 67×2 topics
  20. Drilling Fluids2▲ 58×1 topic
  21. Well Integrity2▲ 58×1 topic
  22. Reactive Transport2▲ 52×2 topics
  23. Scheduling2▲ 43×2 topics
  24. Distillation2▲ 131×1 topic
  25. Process Intensification2▲ 131×1 topic
  26. Seismic Noise2▲ 56×1 topic
  27. Surface Wave2▲ 56×1 topic
  28. Gas Permeability2▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Geological Storage2▲ 72×1 topic
  30. Mineral Carbonation2▲ 72×1 topic
  31. Pore Structure2▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Porous Media2▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Shale Gas2▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Plate Tectonics1▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Lignocellulosic Biomass1▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Cenozoic Evolution1▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Fluvial Systems1▲ 59×1 topic
  38. Pore-scale Modeling1▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Pyrolysis1▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Sedimentation1▲ 29×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis and Geological Modeling and Analysis.

Seismic Imaging and Inve…7Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 7 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…7Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 7 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 4 fractional worksGeological Modeling and …2Geological Modeling and Analysis: 2 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…2Drilling and Well Engineering: 2 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis2Seismic Waves and Analysis: 2 fractional worksProcess Optimization and Integration: 2 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 2 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 2 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 1 fractional works
GeophysicsOcean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGeochemistry and Petrology4 others

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

  1. 1 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 7 works
  2. 2 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 2 works
  5. 5 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Process Optimization and Integration Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  10. 10 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 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 available14.2%not open85.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 329% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is AspenTech (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%AspenTech (United States)0.00025% in 20251990200020102020

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