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Cameca (United States)

In research, Cameca (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,814 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physical Sciences (Physical Sciences is 2.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#34,455
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#7,231
of 7,310
Research works
145
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Cameca (United States)

What is Cameca (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 #13,814 of 17,446 8.1%139

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

In 2022-now, 95% of research at Cameca (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (53%), Materials Science (35%), Physics and Astronomy (4%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 94.6% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 53.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 35.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 35.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 13.3% of its workMetals and Alloys: 3 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 8.1% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCameca (UnitedStates)27fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences95%Health Sciences3%

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 3 domains and 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1453.1%
    2. Materials Science935.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy13.8%
    4. Computer Science01.2%
    5. Chemistry00.9%
    6. Energy00.3%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Medicine12.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.6%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Cameca (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical Sciences takes 2.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical SciencesDomain · 25.4 works2.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.54× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 10.07× its world share, 9 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science10.07×9 works
  2. Engineering3.54×14 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.35×0 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.69×1 works
  5. Chemistry0.59×0 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.51×0 works
  7. Energy0.33×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.25×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.16×0 works
  11. Medicine0.14×1 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, David J. Larson, Peter H. Clifton and Joseph H. Bunton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cameca (United States).

  1. 1 David J. Larson United States · #1,490,319 worldwide 11k citations · 459 works
  2. 2 Peter H. Clifton United States · #1,692,604 worldwide 966 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Joseph H. Bunton United States · #1,713,227 worldwide 717 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 David A Reinhard United States · #1,886,918 worldwide 2.9k citations · 120 works
  5. 5 B. Geiser United States · #2,077,019 worldwide 6.1k citations · 157 works
  6. 6 Katherine P. Rice United States · #2,110,093 worldwide 1.1k citations · 70 works
  7. 7 Ty J. Prosa United States · #2,341,697 worldwide 4.4k citations · 185 works
  8. 8 Yimeng Chen United States · #2,521,002 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  9. 9 BP Geiser United States · #2,579,573 worldwide 535 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Daniel F. Lawrence United States · #2,925,722 worldwide 851 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Cameca (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Cameca (United States) is "Hadean age for a post-magma-ocean zircon confirmed by atom-probe tomography" (John W. Valley, Aaron J. Cavosie, T. Ushikubo et al., 2014), with 545 citations. Next come "Atom Probe Tomography 2012" (253) and "Advances in the reconstruction of atom probe tomography data" (245).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hadean age for a post-magma-ocean zircon confirmed by atom-probe tomography John W. Valley, Aaron J. Cavosie, T. Ushikubo et al. · Nature Geoscience 21 Feb 2014 545
2 Atom Probe Tomography 2012 Thomas F. Kelly, David J. Larson · Annual Review of Materials Research Review 22 Jun 2012 253
3 Advances in the reconstruction of atom probe tomography data Baptiste Gault, Daniel P. Haley, Frédéric De Geuser et al. · Ultramicroscopy 20 Nov 2010 245
4 Microstructure and mechanical properties of Zr-modified aluminum alloy 5083 manufactured by laser powder bed fusion Le Zhou, Holden Hyer, Sharon Park et al. · Additive manufacturing Open access 28 May 2019 185
5 Three-dimensional nanoscale characterisation of materials by atom probe tomography Arun Devaraj, Daniel E. Perea, Jia Liu et al. · International Materials Reviews 26 Jan 2017 167
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Which keywords describe research at Cameca (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Materials Science, Atom Probe Tomography, Three-Dimensional Analysis, Mechanical Properties, Grain Boundary Engineering, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Passive Films and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.

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

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Atom Probe Tomography8▲ 3393×1 topic
  2. Materials Science8▲ 754×2 topics
  3. Three-Dimensional Analysis8▲ 3393×1 topic
  4. Mechanical Properties4▲ 17×5 topics
  5. Grain Boundary Engineering3▲ 187×2 topics
  6. Hydrogen Embrittlement3▲ 141×1 topic
  7. Passive Films3▲ 345×1 topic
  8. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy3▲ 142×2 topics
  9. Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths2▲ 441×1 topic
  10. Scanning Electron Microscopy2▲ 359×1 topic
  11. Electronic Structure2▲ 40×3 topics
  12. Superconductivity2▲ 40×2 topics
  13. Failure Analysis2▲ 75×1 topic
  14. Integrated Circuits2▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Oxide Interfaces2▲ 167×1 topic
  16. Two-Dimensional Electron Gases2▲ 167×1 topic
  17. Nanodiamonds1▲ 137×1 topic
  18. Quantum Sensing1▲ 137×1 topic
  19. Thin Films1▲ 25×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques, Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis.

Advanced Materials Chara…8Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques: 8 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 3 fractional worksElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques: 2 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 2 fractional worksElectronic and Structura…2Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides: 2 fractional worksDiamond and Carbon-based Materials Research: 1 fractional worksIon-surface interactions and analysis: 1 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mechanics: 1 fractional worksForce Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Surface Polishing Techniques: 0 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringMetals and AlloysSurfaces, Coatings and FilmsElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 3 works
  3. 3 Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques Surfaces, Coatings and Films 2 works
  4. 4 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides Materials Chemistry 2 works
  6. 6 Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research Materials Chemistry 1 works
  7. 7 Ion-surface interactions and analysis Computational Mechanics 1 works
  8. 8 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  9. 9 Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques Biomedical Engineering 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 available48.0%not open52.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Cameca (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Cameca (United States)0.000072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cameca (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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