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Bedford Research Foundation

In research, Bedford Research Foundation stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,265 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,577
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,858
of 7,310
Research works
357
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.6k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Bedford Research Foundation

What is Bedford Research Foundation 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 #12,265 of 17,446 10.9%176

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bedford Research Foundation 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 Bedford Research Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Bedford Research Foundation is in Health Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Engineering (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 18 fractional works · 40.0% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 37.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 30.7% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 13.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 6.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 15.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 13.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBedford ResearchFoundation46fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences40%Social Sciences16%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1737.1%
    2. Health Professions12.8%
    1. Engineering613.2%
    2. Computer Science49.0%
    3. Chemistry23.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy12.9%
    5. Environmental Science00.8%
    6. Mathematics00.7%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    1. Social Sciences47.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting24.4%
    3. Psychology12.9%
    4. Decision Sciences00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology49.0%
    2. Neuroscience23.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.69× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 2.32× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.93× its world share, 17 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry2.32×2 works
  2. Neuroscience2.12×2 works
  3. Medicine1.93×17 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.69×4 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.35×2 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.31×1 works
  7. Computer Science1.16×4 works
  8. Health Professions1.08×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.99×0 works
  10. Psychology0.96×1 works
  11. Engineering0.88×6 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.75×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.62×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.61×4 works
  15. Environmental Science0.17×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bedford Research Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Michele Bograd, F. Holt and Henry Willey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bedford Research Foundation.

  1. 1 Michele Bograd United States · #2,452,150 worldwide 1.8k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 F. Holt United States · #2,615,003 worldwide 138 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Henry Willey United States · #3,251,295 worldwide 36 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Rachael J. Stevenson United States · #3,902,224 worldwide 43 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 John Foulkes United States · #4,153,246 worldwide 216 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Francis A. Crowley United States · #4,833,335 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Marguerite Rapson United States · #5,311,433 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Bedford Research Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Bedford Research Foundation?

The most cited paper from Bedford Research Foundation is "RFID security and privacy: a research survey" (Ari Juels, 2006), with 1,925 citations. Next come "A fuzzy vault scheme" (825) and "Plasma simulation by artificial dielectrics and parallel-plate media" (554).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 RFID security and privacy: a research survey Ari Juels · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications Feb 2006 1,925
2 A fuzzy vault scheme Ari Juels, Madhu Sudan Conference paper 25 Jun 2003 825
3 Plasma simulation by artificial dielectrics and parallel-plate media W. Rotman · IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 1962 554
4 Design of a separable transition-diagram compiler Melvin E. Conway · Communications of the ACM Open access Jul 1963 442
5 STRENGTHENING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE THEORIES: INTERSECTIONS OF RACE, CLASS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND GENDER Michele Bograd · Journal of Marital and Family Therapy Jul 1999 323
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bedford Research Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Infertility, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Enzyme Replacement Therapy, Lysosomal Storage Disorders, Global Trends, Reproductive Technologies, Epidemiology and On-Orbit Performance.

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

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.1×12 topics
  2. Assisted Reproductive Technology3▲ 99×2 topics
  3. Infertility3▲ 43×4 topics
  4. Machine Learning3▲ 1.70×11 topics
  5. Enzyme Replacement Therapy2▲ 255×1 topic
  6. Lysosomal Storage Disorders2▲ 316×1 topic
  7. Quality of Life2▲ 3.1×2 topics
  8. Global Trends2▲ 55×1 topic
  9. Reproductive Technologies2▲ 112×1 topic
  10. Deep Learning2▲ 1.17×9 topics
  11. Fertility Preservation2▲ 65×1 topic
  12. On-Orbit Performance2▲ 340×1 topic
  13. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation2▲ 65×1 topic
  14. Radiometric Calibration2▲ 340×1 topic
  15. Medical Imaging2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  16. Androgen Receptor1▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Big Data1▲ 3.2×2 topics
  18. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.80×3 topics
  19. Supply Chain Management1▲ 3.4×2 topics
  20. Artificial Neural Networks1▲ 6.4×2 topics
  21. Prenatal Diagnosis1▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Aneuploidy Screening1▲ 106×1 topic
  23. Gene Therapy1▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing1▲ 106×1 topic
  25. Sperm DNA Fragmentation1▲ 82×1 topic
  26. Spermatogonial Stem Cells1▲ 82×1 topic
  27. Analytics1▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Business Intelligence1▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Obesity1▲ 3.1×4 topics
  30. Sustainability1◆ 0.99×2 topics
  31. American founding1▲ 79×1 topic
  32. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 1.95×2 topics
  33. Constitutional government1▲ 79×1 topic
  34. Microwave Filters1▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Multivariate Calibration1▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy1▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Pluripotent Stem Cells1▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Substrate Integrated Waveguide1▲ 42×1 topic

Which research topics does Bedford Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research, Reproductive Health and Technologies, Reproductive Biology and Fertility and Calibration and Measurement Techniques.

Lysosomal Storage Disord…2Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research: 2 fractional worksReproductive Health and …2Reproductive Health and Technologies: 2 fractional worksReproductive Biology and…2Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 2 fractional worksCalibration and Measurem…2Calibration and Measurement Techniques: 2 fractional worksSperm and Testicular Function: 1 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…1Big Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemome…1Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 1 fractional works
PhysiologyReproductive MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAerospace Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research Physiology 2 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Sperm and Testicular Function Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  7. 7 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 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 available22.0%not open78.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bedford Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% 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 Bedford Research Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Bedford Research Foundation0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bedford Research Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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