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CompuTherm (United States)

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Research works
92
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
44.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
CompuTherm (United States)

Not ranked overall: CompuTherm (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does CompuTherm (United States) work in?

In all years, 98% of research at CompuTherm (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (65%), Materials Science (23%), Physics and Astronomy (3%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 90 fractional works · 97.6% of its workEngineering: 60 fractional works · 65.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 41.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 14 fractional works · 15.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 21 fractional works · 23.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 12.0% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCompuTherm(United States)92fractional works, all years
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences98%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6065.5%
    2. Materials Science2123.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy33.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.5%
    5. Chemical Engineering11.4%
    6. Energy10.7%
    7. Chemistry00.5%
    8. Environmental Science00.4%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    10. Computer Science00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    2. Psychology00.4%
    3. Social Sciences00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine00.2%
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: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 2.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.73× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 5.50× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePsychology: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science5.50×3 works
  2. Engineering4.73×10 works
  3. Energy2.01×0 works
  4. Psychology0.81×0 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.20×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.07×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Chuan Zhang, Fuya Zhang and S.-L. Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CompuTherm (United States).

  1. 1 Chuan Zhang United States · #276,047 worldwide 6k citations · 164 works
  2. 2 Fuya Zhang United States · #485,457 worldwide 2k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 S.-L. Chen United States · #2,122,693 worldwide 221 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Weisheng Cao United States · #2,987,505 worldwide 590 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Knud Fabricius United States · #3,246,958 worldwide 12 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at CompuTherm (United States)

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

The most cited paper from CompuTherm (United States) is "Diffusion coefficients of some solutes in fcc and liquid Al: critical evaluation and correlation" (Yong Du, Y. A. Chang, Baiyun Huang et al., 2003), with 964 citations. Next come "PANDAT software with PanEngine, PanOptimizer and PanPrecipitation for multi-component phase diagram calculation and materials property simulation" (620) and "Homogenization of Al CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys with improved corrosion resistance" (485).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diffusion coefficients of some solutes in fcc and liquid Al: critical evaluation and correlation Yong Du, Y. A. Chang, Baiyun Huang et al. · Materials Science and Engineering A 16 Sep 2003 964
2 PANDAT software with PanEngine, PanOptimizer and PanPrecipitation for multi-component phase diagram calculation and materials property simulation Wei Cao, S.-L. Chen, F. Zhang et al. · Calphad 7 Sep 2008 620
3 Homogenization of Al CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys with improved corrosion resistance Yunzhu Shi, Liam F. Collins, Rui Feng et al. · Corrosion Science Open access 2 Feb 2018 485
4 The PANDAT software package and its applications S.-L. Chen, Scott Daniel, Fangji Zhang et al. · Calphad Jun 2002 441
5 Secondary phases in AlxCoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys: An in-situ TEM heating study and thermodynamic appraisal Jiancun Rao, Hongyue Diao, Václav Ocelík et al. · Acta Materialia Open access 27 Mar 2017 435
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at CompuTherm (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Aerospace Applications, Microstructural Evolution, Processing Techniques, Phase Stability, Oxidation Resistance and Crystal Growth.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Mechanical Properties38▲ 44×13 topics
  2. Microstructure38▲ 81×11 topics
  3. Aerospace Applications18▲ 159×2 topics
  4. Microstructural Evolution15▲ 96×3 topics
  5. Processing Techniques13▲ 143×2 topics
  6. Phase Stability13▲ 296×2 topics
  7. Oxidation Resistance11▲ 84×3 topics
  8. Crystal Growth11▲ 35×4 topics
  9. Grain Refinement11▲ 83×3 topics
  10. Intermetallic Alloys9▲ 307×1 topic
  11. Nanoparticles9▲ 7.8×10 topics
  12. TiAl Alloys9▲ 307×1 topic
  13. Phase Diagrams9▲ 148×3 topics
  14. Corrosion Behavior8▲ 102×2 topics
  15. Aluminium Alloys8▲ 191×1 topic
  16. Automotive Industry8▲ 191×1 topic
  17. High-Temperature Alloys8▲ 333×1 topic
  18. Superalloys8▲ 333×1 topic
  19. Thermal Conductivity7▲ 59×3 topics
  20. Nanomaterials7▲ 9.3×3 topics
  21. Microstructure Evolution7▲ 105×3 topics
  22. Gas Turbine Engines6▲ 127×1 topic
  23. Thermal Barrier Coatings6▲ 206×1 topic
  24. Electrochemical Properties6▲ 120×2 topics
  25. Thermodynamics6▲ 64×2 topics
  26. Thin Films6▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Alloys5▲ 405×1 topic
  28. Solid-state Phase Equilibria5▲ 405×1 topic
  29. High-Entropy Alloys5▲ 254×1 topic
  30. Multi-Component Alloys5▲ 254×1 topic
  31. Metallurgy4▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Thermochemical4▲ 119×1 topic
  33. Graphene4▲ 7.6×2 topics
  34. Corrosion Resistance4▲ 60×2 topics
  35. Metal Matrix Composites3▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Reinforcement3▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Phase-Field Models3▲ 186×1 topic
  38. Solidification3▲ 186×1 topic
  39. Additive Manufacturing3▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Metallic Components3▲ 98×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties, High-Temperature Coating Behaviors, High Entropy Alloys Studies and Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties.

Intermetallics and Advan…1Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties: 1 fractional worksHigh-Temperature Coating…1High-Temperature Coating Behaviors: 1 fractional worksHigh Entropy Alloys Stud…1High Entropy Alloys Studies: 1 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstru…1Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 1 fractional worksMetallurgical and Alloy Processes: 1 fractional worksElectronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 1 fractional worksHigh Temperature Alloys …1High Temperature Alloys and Creep: 1 fractional worksAdvanced materials and composites: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 0 fractional worksMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringGeneral Materials ScienceElectrical and Electronic Engineering

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

  1. 1 Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 High-Temperature Coating Behaviors Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 High Entropy Alloys Studies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Metallurgical and Alloy Processes General Materials Science 1 works
  6. 6 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 High Temperature Alloys and Creep Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical 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 available21.9%not open78.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.3%domestic only59.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% 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 CompuTherm (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000033% in 2024.

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

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