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Crystal Research (United States)

In research, Crystal Research (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,598 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Science and Materials Chemistry (Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials is 28.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,845
of 22,385 · #3,296 all time
Rank in United States
#788
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▲ 92% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Crystal Research (United States)

What is Crystal Research (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,598 of 10,670 12.2%109 #1573

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

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Crystal Research (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (29%), Engineering (24%), Physics and Astronomy (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 170 fractional works · 81.0% of its workMaterials Science: 61 fractional works · 29.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 13.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 28 fractional works · 13.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 50 fractional works · 23.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 30 fractional works · 14.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 23 fractional works · 11.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 15 fractional works · 7.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCrystal Research(United States)210fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences81%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences7%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science6129.0%
    2. Engineering5023.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy2311.0%
    4. Chemistry157.1%
    5. Energy94.2%
    6. Computer Science73.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering20.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    9. Environmental Science20.7%
    10. Mathematics10.4%
    1. Medicine157.0%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences73.1%
    2. Psychology41.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.2%
    2. Neuroscience10.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Crystal Research (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials takes 28.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 27.6 works29×
  2. Materials ScienceField · 61.0 works8.3×
  3. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 27.7 works6.7×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.53× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.50× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.56× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.58× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 8.31× its world share, 61 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.94× its world share, 23 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science8.31×61 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy4.94×23 works
  3. Energy4.56×9 works
  4. Chemistry4.50×15 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.53×2 works
  6. Engineering1.58×50 works
  7. Veterinary1.17×0 works
  8. Psychology0.63×4 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×7 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.49×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.42×7 works
  13. Neuroscience0.37×1 works
  14. Medicine0.36×15 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.35×1 works
  17. Nursing0.29×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.25×7 works
  19. Health Professions0.24×1 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×1 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.14×2 works
  23. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Crystal Research (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Dominic N. Loiacono, Mark C. Mendrick and Eric J. Swanson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Crystal Research (United States).

  1. 1 Dominic N. Loiacono United States · #1,207,536 worldwide 1.9k citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Mark C. Mendrick United States · #1,592,737 worldwide 620 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Eric J. Swanson United States · #1,815,920 worldwide 765 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Kenneth E. Morgan United States · #1,949,361 worldwide 519 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Richard A. Stolzenberger United States · #2,321,783 worldwide 725 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 James R. Grandusky United States · #2,491,665 worldwide 1.2k citations · 88 works
  7. 7 Shawn R. Gibb United States · #2,569,382 worldwide 802 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 James A. Hall United States · #3,436,157 worldwide 16 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Shen Jen United States · #4,424,097 worldwide 134 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 C. P. Khattak United States · #4,524,038 worldwide 1.4k citations · 143 works
All ranked researchers at Crystal Research (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Crystal Research (United States) is "Optical thin-film materials with low refractive index for broadband elimination of Fresnel reflection" (Jingtian Xi, M. Schubert, Jong Kyu Kim et al., 2007), with 1,195 citations. Next come "High-quality β-Ga 2 O 3 single crystals grown by edge-defined film-fed growth" (1,058) and "Fast liquid-crystal elastomer swims into the dark" (1,011).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Optical thin-film materials with low refractive index for broadband elimination of Fresnel reflection Jingtian Xi, M. Schubert, Jong Kyu Kim et al. · Nature Photonics Mar 2007 1,195
2 High-quality β-Ga 2 O 3 single crystals grown by edge-defined film-fed growth Akito Kuramata, Kimiyoshi Koshi, Shinya Watanabe et al. · Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Open access 15 Nov 2016 1,058
3 Fast liquid-crystal elastomer swims into the dark Miguel Angel Camacho-Lopez, Heino Finkelmann, Peter Palffy‐Muhoray et al. · Nature Materials 21 Apr 2004 1,011
4 Photochromism into nanosystems: towards lighting up the future nanoworld Ling Shing Wang, Quan Li · Chemical Society Reviews Review 18 Dec 2017 774
5 Tunable Mirrorless Lasing in Cholesteric Liquid Crystalline Elastomers Heino Finkelmann, S. T. Kim, Alfonso Muñoz et al. · Advanced Materials Jul 2001 693
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Crystal Research (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Crystal Growth, Semiconductors, Semiconductor, Light-Emitting Diodes, Photodetectors, Field-Effect Transistors, Nanoparticles and Thin Films.

▲ 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 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. Crystal Growth24▲ 42×10 topics
  2. Semiconductors16▲ 26×4 topics
  3. Semiconductor14▲ 21×7 topics
  4. Nanoparticles13▲ 5.0×16 topics
  5. Light-Emitting Diodes13▲ 40×3 topics
  6. Photodetectors12▲ 71×2 topics
  7. Field-Effect Transistors11▲ 34×3 topics
  8. Thin Films11▲ 26×5 topics
  9. Colloidal Crystals10▲ 109×2 topics
  10. Nanowires10▲ 33×3 topics
  11. Power Devices10▲ 68×2 topics
  12. Solid-State Lighting10▲ 59×2 topics
  13. Epitaxial Growth9▲ 97×2 topics
  14. Efficiency9▲ 14×4 topics
  15. Liquid Crystals9▲ 268×1 topic
  16. Self-Organization9▲ 129×1 topic
  17. Gallium Oxide9▲ 157×1 topic
  18. Nanomaterials9▲ 3.9×10 topics
  19. Ultrawide Bandgap9▲ 157×1 topic
  20. GaN8▲ 111×2 topics
  21. Nanostructures7▲ 8.6×11 topics
  22. Band Parameters7▲ 62×2 topics
  23. Water Splitting7▲ 8.7×4 topics
  24. AlGaN/GaN HEMTs7▲ 104×1 topic
  25. III-Nitrides7▲ 104×1 topic
  26. Electronic Structure6▲ 17×8 topics
  27. Nonlinear Optical Materials6▲ 76×3 topics
  28. Second Harmonic Generation6▲ 110×2 topics
  29. Stability6▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Organometal Halide Perovskites6▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Perovskite Solar Cells6▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Superconductivity5▲ 14×9 topics
  33. Solar Cells5▲ 12×7 topics
  34. Crystallographic Computing4▲ 165×1 topic
  35. Deep-Ultraviolet Materials4▲ 165×1 topic
  36. Photonic Crystals4▲ 17×5 topics
  37. Density Functional Theory4▲ 20×4 topics
  38. Microresonators4▲ 26×3 topics
  39. Visible Light4▲ 8.7×2 topics
  40. Solar Cell Efficiency4▲ 19×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Liquid Crystal Research Advancements, Ga2O3 and related materials, GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials and Perovskite Materials and Applications.

Liquid Crystal Research Advancements: 9 fractional worksGa2O3 and related materials: 9 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor …7GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 7 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…6Perovskite Materials and Applications: 6 fractional worksCrystal Structures and P…4Crystal Structures and Properties: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …3Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 3 fractional worksZnO doping and properties3ZnO doping and properties: 3 fractional worksLuminescence Properties of Advanced Materials: 3 fractional worksMolecular spectroscopy and chirality: 2 fractional worksPhotorefractive and Nonlinear Optics: 2 fractional works
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsCondensed Matter PhysicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment3 others

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

  1. 1 Liquid Crystal Research Advancements Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 9 works
  2. 2 Ga2O3 and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 9 works
  3. 3 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 7 works
  4. 4 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Crystal Structures and Properties Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 4 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  7. 7 ZnO doping and properties Materials Chemistry 3 works
  8. 8 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 3 works
  9. 9 Molecular spectroscopy and chirality Spectroscopy 2 works
  10. 10 Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 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 available25.5%not open74.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.4%domestic only61.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 92% higher 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 Crystal Research (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Crystal Research (United States)0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Crystal Research (United States)12.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.9% in 2014.

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