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CUNY Advanced Science Research Center

In research, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,773 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy — Physics and Astronomy is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,055
of 28,054 · #5,790 all time
Rank in United States
#439
of 4,192
Research works
463
▲ 334% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is CUNY Advanced Science Research Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,773 of 12,888 25.8%101 #3608

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where CUNY Advanced Science Research Center 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does CUNY Advanced Science Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 21.8 works7.0×
← 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: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.80× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.78× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.33× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.31× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.05× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at CUNY Advanced Science Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metamaterials, Nanophotonics, Photonic Crystals, Biosensors, Negative Refraction, Plasmonic Metasurfaces, Optical Modulators and Microcavities.

▲ 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 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. Metamaterials20▲ 100×5 topics
  2. Nanophotonics17▲ 126×3 topics
  3. Photonic Crystals15▲ 89×5 topics
  4. Biosensors14▲ 20×9 topics
  5. Negative Refraction11▲ 156×1 topic
  6. Plasmonic Metasurfaces11▲ 156×1 topic
  7. Optical Modulators10▲ 49×3 topics
  8. Climate Change7▲ 1.84×39 topics
  9. Microcavities6▲ 41×2 topics
  10. Graphene6▲ 6.2×6 topics
  11. Plasmonics5▲ 70×2 topics
  12. Frequency Selective Surfaces5▲ 55×1 topic
  13. Metasurfaces5▲ 55×1 topic
  14. Nanoantennas5▲ 111×1 topic
  15. Surface Plasmons5▲ 111×1 topic
  16. Silicon Photonics5▲ 32×2 topics
  17. Raman Lasers5▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Integrated Circuits4▲ 21×1 topic
  19. Nanophotonic Waveguides4▲ 33×1 topic
  20. Slow Light4▲ 61×2 topics
  21. Colloidal Crystals4▲ 56×2 topics
  22. Optical Sensors4▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Nanocavities3▲ 84×1 topic
  24. Structural Coloration3▲ 84×1 topic
  25. Optical Lattices3▲ 35×3 topics
  26. Energy Conversion3▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Semiconductor Lasers3▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Self-Assembly3▲ 6.0×8 topics
  29. Entanglement3▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Daytime Radiative Cooling2▲ 70×1 topic
  31. Nonlinear Dynamics2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  32. Radiative Cooling2▲ 70×1 topic
  33. Hydrogels2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  34. Neuromorphic Photonics2▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Photonic Reservoir Computing2▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Superconductors2▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Topological Insulators2▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Nanomechanical Systems2▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Optomechanics2▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Antenna2▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does CUNY Advanced Science Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research, Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies and Photonic and Optical Devices.

Metamaterials and Metasu…11Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications: 11 fractional worksPlasmonic and Surface Pl…5Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Met…5Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 5 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 4 fractional worksPhotonic Crystals and Applications: 3 fractional worksThermal Radiation and Co…2Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies: 2 fractional worksNeural Networks and Reservoir Computing: 2 fractional worksTopological Materials and Phenomena: 2 fractional worksMechanical and Optical Resonators: 2 fractional worksAntenna Design and Analysis: 2 fractional works
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsBiomedical EngineeringAerospace EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 11 works
  2. 2 Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Photonic Crystals and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  6. 6 Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  9. 9 Mechanical and Optical Resonators Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  10. 10 Antenna Design and Analysis Aerospace Engineering 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 available66.4%not open33.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.2%domestic only72.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has CUNY Advanced Science Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 334% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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