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CU Aerospace (United States)

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World rank, all time
#18,636
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,049
of 8,685
Research works
120
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
14.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
15%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 6.57× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 3.04× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 8.43× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 5.63× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at CU Aerospace (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Gabriel Benavides, David L. Carroll and Joseph W. Zimmerman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CU Aerospace (United States).

  1. 1 Gabriel Benavides United States · #641,020 worldwide 51 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 David L. Carroll United States · #689,771 worldwide 58 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Joseph W. Zimmerman United States · #760,178 worldwide 45 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Andrew Palla United States · #1,222,400 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at CU Aerospace (United States)

Which keywords describe research at CU Aerospace (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Frequency Conversion, Electric Discharge, Laser Oscillation, Spectroscopic Databases, Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Crystal Growth and Solid-State Lasers.

▲ 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. Frequency Conversion19▲ 159×2 topics
  2. Electric Discharge13▲ 305×1 topic
  3. Laser Oscillation13▲ 305×1 topic
  4. Spectroscopic Databases8▲ 109×1 topic
  5. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers8▲ 109×1 topic
  6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging7▲ 17×2 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications6▲ 5.0×6 topics
  8. Crystal Growth6▲ 15×2 topics
  9. Solid-State Lasers6▲ 165×1 topic
  10. Ytterbium6▲ 165×1 topic
  11. Atomic Magnetometer6▲ 97×1 topic
  12. Hyperpolarized Gases6▲ 97×1 topic
  13. Large-Eddy Simulation6▲ 21×4 topics
  14. Electric Propulsion4▲ 56×2 topics
  15. Heat Transfer4▲ 6.5×3 topics
  16. Plasma Etching4▲ 69×1 topic
  17. Semiconductor Industry4▲ 69×1 topic
  18. Electromagnetically Induced Transparency4▲ 99×1 topic
  19. Slow Light4▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Thermal Management3▲ 9.1×2 topics
  21. Spectroscopy3▲ 7.1×2 topics
  22. Aerodynamic Flow Control3▲ 169×1 topic
  23. Plasma Actuators3▲ 169×1 topic
  24. Vortex Dynamics3▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas2▲ 98×1 topic
  26. Combustion Instabilities2▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Plasma Medicine2▲ 98×1 topic
  28. Particle Image Velocimetry2▲ 21×1 topic
  29. Turbulent Flow2▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Turbulent Flows2▲ 15×1 topic
  31. Ion-Selective Electrodes2▲ 19×1 topic
  32. Magnetic Sensing2▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Optical Sensors2▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Raman Spectroscopy2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  35. Nanodiamonds2▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Quantum Sensing2▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Quantum Simulation2▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Ultracold Gases2▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Polymer Composites2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Renewable Resources2▲ 12×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Plasma Diagnostics and Applications, Rocket and propulsion systems research, Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics and Combustion and flame dynamics.

Plasma Diagnostics and Applications: 1 fractional worksRocket and propulsion systems research: 1 fractional worksPlasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics: 0 fractional worksCombustion and flame dynamics: 0 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 0 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 0 fractional worksEnergetic Materials and …0Energetic Materials and Combustion: 0 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 0 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 0 fractional worksLaser Design and Applications: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsAstronomy and Astrophysics1 others

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

  1. 1 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 0 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 0 works
  7. 7 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  8. 8 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Laser Design and Applications Electrical and Electronic 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 available14.9%not open85.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% higher 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.

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