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Babcock & Wilcox (United States)

In research, Babcock & Wilcox (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,519 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#5,083 of 11,412 worldwide) and Materials Science (#3,535 of 4,504 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,040
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,644
of 8,685
Research works
1.3k
▼ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Babcock & Wilcox (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 #7,519 of 21,541 8.9%1,084
EngineeringField #5,083 of 11,412 9.7%737
Materials ScienceField #3,535 of 4,504 7.9%159
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #2,224 of 2,753 8.0%209

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Babcock & Wilcox (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: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemical Engineering: 8.80× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.58× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.36× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.87× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Babcock & Wilcox (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Franziska Eberle, John W. Berthold and Wayne Reitz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Babcock & Wilcox (United States).

  1. 1 Franziska Eberle United States · #630,297 worldwide 72 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 John W. Berthold United States · #1,027,649 worldwide 30 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Wayne Reitz United States · #1,171,605 worldwide 22 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 D. S. Jacobus United States · #1,469,481 worldwide 0 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 M. K. Au-Yang United States · #1,561,612 worldwide 16 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 M.N. Baldwin United States · #1,562,483 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 R.M. Ball United States · #1,617,597 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Babcock & Wilcox (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Babcock & Wilcox (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Governance, Education, financial access, ICT, Carbon Dioxide Capture, CO2 Capture Technology, Hypertension and Renewable Fuels.

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

All 9 words, with their numbers
  1. Education2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  2. Governance1▲ 20×2 topics
  3. ICT1▲ 44×1 topic
  4. financial access1▲ 150×1 topic
  5. CO2 Capture Technology1▲ 132×1 topic
  6. Carbon Dioxide Capture1▲ 53×1 topic
  7. Epidemiology1▲ 1.17×8 topics
  8. Hypertension1▲ 16×2 topics
  9. Renewable Fuels1▲ 40×2 topics

Which research topics does Babcock & Wilcox (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic Growth and Development, Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies, Catalysts for Methane Reforming and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science.

Economic Growth and Development: 1 fractional worksCarbon Dioxide Capture Technologies: 1 fractional worksCatalysts for Methane Re…1Catalysts for Methane Reforming: 1 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…1Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 1 fractional worksChemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes: 1 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 0 fractional worksRenin-Angiotensin System…0Renin-Angiotensin System Studies: 0 fractional worksHormonal Regulation and Hypertension: 0 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 0 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsMechanical EngineeringCatalysisMaterials Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Catalysts for Methane Reforming Catalysis 1 works
  4. 4 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Renin-Angiotensin System Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  9. 9 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 0 works
  10. 10 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 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 available14.0%not open86.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Babcock & Wilcox (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% 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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