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AST Products (United States)

In research, AST Products (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,674 of 21,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#7,985 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,942
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,267
of 8,685
Research works
511
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is AST Products (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 #8,674 of 21,541 11.1%369
EngineeringField #7,985 of 11,412 10.2%222

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where AST Products (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.77× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.78× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.52× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at AST Products (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Security, Nanoparticles, Differential Privacy, Federated Learning, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Edge Computing and Smart Cities.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Security2▲ 13×5 topics
  2. Machine Learning2▲ 2.4×3 topics
  3. Nanoparticles2▲ 5.7×8 topics
  4. Deep Learning2▲ 1.97×4 topics
  5. Epidemiology2▲ 1.36×14 topics
  6. Internet of Things1▲ 5.8×5 topics
  7. Differential Privacy1▲ 69×1 topic
  8. Federated Learning1▲ 69×1 topic
  9. Antioxidant Activity1▲ 5.9×7 topics
  10. Edge Computing1▲ 29×2 topics
  11. Neural Networks1▲ 2.4×3 topics
  12. Pipeline1▲ 33×2 topics
  13. Smart Cities1▲ 14×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data, Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Advanced Data and IoT Technologies.

Privacy-Preserving Techn…1Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 1 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…1Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Data and IoT Te…1Advanced Data and IoT Technologies: 1 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 0 fractional worksStructural Analysis of Composite Materials: 0 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultura…03D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional worksAdvancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery: 0 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 0 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceCivil and Structural EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringMaterials Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  2. 2 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced Data and IoT Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 0 works
  6. 6 Structural Analysis of Composite Materials Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 0 works
  8. 8 Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery Pharmaceutical Science 0 works
  9. 9 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 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 available18.7%not open81.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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