Question 1

What is Draper Laboratory known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Draper Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,602 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

Question 2

How does Draper Laboratory rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Draper Laboratory ranks #9,065 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#3,732 all time), and #1,227 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Draper Laboratory?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Brett C. Isenberg, Ashley L. Gard and Jeffrey T. Borenstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Draper Laboratory.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Draper Laboratory?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Draper Laboratory is "The Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI)" (R. P. Lin et al., 2002), with 1,802 citations. Next come "Microscale technologies for tissue engineering and biology" (1,567) and "Deterministic phase retrieval: a Green’s function solution" (1,428).

Question 5

Which research topics does Draper Laboratory publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, Space Satellite Systems and Control, Astro and Planetary Science and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Draper Laboratory?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optimal Control, Autonomous Vehicles, Orbit Determination, Trajectory Optimization, Pose Estimation, Solar Sail, Spacecraft Formation Flying and On-Orbit Servicing.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Draper Laboratory work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Draper Laboratory is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (35%), Medicine (14%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is Draper Laboratory's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.