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Connecticut Department of Transportation

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World rank, all time
#39,723
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,288
of 8,685
Research works
158
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.44× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 3.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.79× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Connecticut Department of Transportation?

Ranked on the composite score, Krzysztof Kowalski, Herbert S. Levinson and Shanshan Zhao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Connecticut Department of Transportation.

  1. 1 Krzysztof Kowalski United States · #524,453 worldwide 81 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Herbert S. Levinson United States · #819,629 worldwide 114 citations · 77 works
  3. 3 Shanshan Zhao United States · #1,413,621 worldwide 53 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Connecticut Department of Transportation

Which keywords describe research at Connecticut Department of Transportation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Driver Behavior, Injury Severity, Traffic Accidents, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Traffic Flow, Active Travel, Built Environment and Deep Learning.

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

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Driver Behavior3▲ 189×2 topics
  2. Injury Severity2▲ 142×1 topic
  3. Traffic Accidents2▲ 254×1 topic
  4. Deep Learning2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  5. Intelligent Transportation Systems2▲ 65×2 topics
  6. Traffic Flow2▲ 91×2 topics
  7. Active Travel1▲ 94×1 topic
  8. Built Environment1▲ 94×1 topic
  9. Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 24×2 topics
  10. Urban Traffic1▲ 42×2 topics
  11. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control1▲ 119×1 topic
  12. Machine Learning1▲ 1.47×2 topics
  13. Microscopic Simulation1▲ 119×1 topic
  14. Short-Term Forecasting1▲ 34×1 topic
  15. Spatio-Temporal Data1▲ 73×1 topic
  16. Trust1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Connecticut Department of Transportation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Traffic control and management and Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques.

Traffic and Road Safety2Traffic and Road Safety: 2 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…1Urban Transport and Accessibility: 1 fractional worksTraffic control and mana…1Traffic control and management: 1 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 1 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 1 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interac…1Human-Automation Interaction and Safety: 1 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 1 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 1 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 1 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 0 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityTransportationControl and Systems EngineeringBuilding and Construction4 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  2. 2 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 1 works
  3. 3 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 1 works
  5. 5 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 1 works
  6. 6 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 1 works
  9. 9 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 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 available15.7%not open84.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Connecticut Department of Transportation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.