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Deep Space Industries (United States)

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Research works
89
▲ 287% vs 2018-21
Citations
428
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Deep Space Industries (United States)

Not ranked overall: Deep Space Industries (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Deep Space Industries (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Deep Space Industries (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (47%), Physics and Astronomy (16%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 92.0% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 47.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 27.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 15.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 14.0% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDeep SpaceIndustries…27fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences2%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1347.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy415.8%
    3. Computer Science26.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences25.6%
    5. Chemistry14.5%
    6. Mathematics14.1%
    7. Environmental Science13.9%
    8. Materials Science13.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.6%
    1. Medicine15.2%
    2. Health Professions00.8%
    1. Social Sciences01.1%
    2. Decision Sciences00.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Neuroscience00.2%
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.

Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.76× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.87× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.60× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.16× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.48× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.09× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy7.09×4 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.60×2 works
  3. Mathematics3.48×1 works
  4. Engineering3.16×13 works
  5. Chemistry2.87×1 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.76×0 works
  7. Materials Science0.93×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.88×2 works
  9. Environmental Science0.79×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.42×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.32×0 works
  12. Medicine0.27×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.13×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.09×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Deep Space Industries (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Adrian Radocea, Pamela H. Smith and David P. Gump lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deep Space Industries (United States).

  1. 1 Adrian Radocea United States · #1,884,098 worldwide 322 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Pamela H. Smith United States · #3,560,654 worldwide 25 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 David P. Gump United States · #4,345,964 worldwide 71 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Deep Space Industries (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Deep Space Industries (United States)?

The most cited paper from Deep Space Industries (United States) is "GPUMD 4.0: A high‐performance molecular dynamics package for versatile materials simulations with machine‐learned potentials" (Ke Wei Xu et al., 2025), with 104 citations. Next come "The Context-Dependent Additive Recurrent Neural Net" (35) and "Mars Base Camp: An Architecture for Sending Humans to Mars" (35).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 GPUMD 4.0: A high‐performance molecular dynamics package for versatile materials simulations with machine‐learned potentials Ke Wei Xu et al. · Materials Genome Engineering Advances Open access 3 Aug 2025 104
2 The Context-Dependent Additive Recurrent Neural Net Quan Hung Tran, Tuan Lai, Gholamreza Haffari et al. Conference paperOpen access 2018 35
3 Mars Base Camp: An Architecture for Sending Humans to Mars Timothy Cichan, Stephen A. Bailey, Tony Antonelli et al. · New Space Open access Dec 2017 35
4 Measuring the fidelity of asteroid regolith and cobble simulants Philip T. Metzger, D. T. Britt, S. D. Covey et al. · Icarus Open access 10 Dec 2018 29
5 Ritonavir Form III: A Coincidental Concurrent Discovery Stephan D. Parent, Pamela A. Smith, Dale K. Purcell et al. · Crystal Growth & Design Open access 21 Dec 2022 26
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Deep Space Industries (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Combustion Instabilities, Hybrid Rocket Propulsion, Regression Rate Behavior, Energetic Salts, ReaxFF, CubeSat, small satellite and Thermodynamic Modeling.

▲ 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 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. Combustion Instabilities2▲ 130×2 topics
  2. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion2▲ 342×1 topic
  3. Regression Rate Behavior2▲ 342×1 topic
  4. Energetic Salts2▲ 252×1 topic
  5. ReaxFF2▲ 252×1 topic
  6. CubeSat1▲ 289×1 topic
  7. Thermodynamic Modeling1▲ 45×2 topics
  8. small satellite1▲ 289×1 topic
  9. Cryogenic Storage1▲ 181×1 topic
  10. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)1▲ 181×1 topic
  11. Remote Sensing1▲ 3.5×6 topics
  12. Mars1▲ 121×1 topic
  13. Martian Surface1▲ 121×1 topic
  14. Orbit Determination1▲ 90×2 topics
  15. Boltzmann Equation1▲ 176×1 topic
  16. Kinetic Theory1▲ 82×1 topic

Which research topics does Deep Space Industries (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rocket and propulsion systems research, Energetic Materials and Combustion, Spacecraft Design and Technology and Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies.

Rocket and propulsion systems research: 2 fractional worksEnergetic Materials and Combustion: 2 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Te…1Spacecraft Design and Technology: 1 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic…1Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 1 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 1 fractional worksGas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 1 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems …1Space Satellite Systems and Control: 1 fractional worksSpaceflight effects on biology: 1 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 1 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsAstronomy and AstrophysicsApplied Mathematics1 others

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

  1. 1 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  3. 3 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  6. 6 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 1 works
  7. 7 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 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 available25.4%not open74.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Deep Space Industries (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 287% 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 Deep Space Industries (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Deep Space Industries (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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