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CU Aerospace (United States)

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World rank, all time
#33,446
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#7,013
of 7,310
Research works
120
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
14.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
CU Aerospace (United States)

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

In all years, 87% of research at CU Aerospace (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Physics and Astronomy (16%), Chemistry (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 104 fractional works · 87.0% of its workEngineering: 59 fractional works · 49.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 26 fractional works · 21.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 13.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 15.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 11.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCU Aerospace(United States)120fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences4%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5949.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1915.7%
    3. Chemistry86.9%
    4. Materials Science75.9%
    5. Environmental Science43.1%
    6. Computer Science32.6%
    7. Chemical Engineering21.9%
    8. Mathematics21.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine65.4%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Veterinary00.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences21.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    3. Psychology10.4%
    4. Decision Sciences00.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 5.92× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 3.28× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.60× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 5.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× 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, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy7.60×3 works
  2. Chemical Engineering5.92×0 works
  3. Veterinary5.08×0 works
  4. Engineering3.28×8 works
  5. Materials Science1.58×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.29×0 works
  7. Mathematics0.88×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.85×0 works
  9. Chemistry0.66×0 works
  10. Medicine0.55×2 works
  11. Psychology0.34×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.33×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.18×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.08×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Julia K. Laystrom, Darren M. King and Gabriel F. Benavides lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CU Aerospace (United States).

  1. 1 Julia K. Laystrom United States · #1,881,041 worldwide 624 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Darren M. King United States · #3,799,546 worldwide 556 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Gabriel F. Benavides United States · #4,889,927 worldwide 875 citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Joseph W. Zimmerman United States · #5,833,984 worldwide 787 citations · 80 works
  5. 5 David L. Carroll United States · #6,546,921 worldwide 1.6k citations · 132 works
  6. 6 Andrew D. Palla United States · #6,558,339 worldwide 430 citations · 57 works
All ranked researchers at CU Aerospace (United States)

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

The most cited paper from CU Aerospace (United States) is "Self-healing thermoset using encapsulated epoxy-amine healing chemistry" (Henghua Jin, Chris L. Mangun, Dylan S. Stradley et al., 2011), with 351 citations. Next come "Direct NaBH4/H2O2 fuel cells" (235) and "Thermally Stable Autonomic Healing in Epoxy using a Dual‐Microcapsule System" (218).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self-healing thermoset using encapsulated epoxy-amine healing chemistry Henghua Jin, Chris L. Mangun, Dylan S. Stradley et al. · Polymer 16 Dec 2011 351
2 Direct NaBH4/H2O2 fuel cells George H. Miley, Nie Luo, Joseph W. Mather et al. · Journal of Power Sources 6 Dec 2006 235
3 Thermally Stable Autonomic Healing in Epoxy using a Dual‐Microcapsule System Henghua Jin, Chris L. Mangun, Anthony S. Griffin et al. · Advanced Materials 18 Sep 2013 218
4 Continuous-wave laser oscillation on the 1315nm transition of atomic iodine pumped by O2(a1Δ) produced in an electric discharge David L. Carroll, J. T. Verdeyen, Darren M. King et al. · Applied Physics Letters 7 Mar 2005 113
5 Review of multimode space propulsion Joshua L. Rovey, Christopher T. Lyne, Alex J. Mundahl et al. · Progress in Aerospace Sciences Open access 29 Aug 2020 108
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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-now: Plasma Diagnostics and Applications, Rocket and propulsion systems research, Combustion and flame dynamics and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

Plasma Diagnostics and Applications: 1 fractional worksRocket and propulsion systems research: 1 fractional worksCombustion and flame dynamics: 0 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 0 fractional worksPlasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics: 0 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 0 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semicond…0Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 0 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Sensors: 0 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 0 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsAstronomy and Astrophysics2 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 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 0 works
  4. 4 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 0 works
  7. 7 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Analytical Chemistry and Sensors Bioengineering 0 works
  9. 9 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is CU Aerospace (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000064% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%CU Aerospace (United States)0.000070% in 202519801990200020102020

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