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Federal Railroad Administration

In research, Federal Railroad Administration stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,524 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#9,024 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,357
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,950
of 7,310
Research works
220
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
8%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Federal Railroad Administration

What is Federal Railroad Administration known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #13,524 of 17,446 5.4%149
EngineeringField #9,024 of 9,532 5.3%125

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Federal Railroad Administration 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Federal Railroad Administration work in?

In all years, 67% of research at Federal Railroad Administration is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (57%), Business, Management and Accounting (12%), Decision Sciences (4%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 149 fractional works · 67.5% of its workEngineering: 125 fractional works · 56.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 19.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 26 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 16 fractional works · 7.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 54 fractional works · 24.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 26 fractional works · 11.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 20 fractional works · 9.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFederal RailroadAdministration220fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences67%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences25%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering12556.9%
    2. Computer Science83.6%
    3. Materials Science73.0%
    4. Environmental Science52.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    7. Energy10.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting2611.6%
    2. Decision Sciences104.5%
    3. Psychology94.0%
    4. Social Sciences62.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    1. Health Professions83.8%
    2. Medicine73.1%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
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: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 4.11× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.11×9 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting1.96×1 works
  3. Environmental Science1.43×1 works
  4. Social Sciences1.21×2 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.44×0 works
  7. Psychology0.38×0 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.35×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.33×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.32×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  13. Medicine0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Federal Railroad Administration?

Ranked on the quality score, Wing & Wing, Carl Stål and Roy V. Wright lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Railroad Administration.

  1. 1 Wing & Wing United States · #1,606,145 worldwide 0 citations · 243 works
  2. 2 Carl Stål United States · #2,665,312 worldwide 658 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Roy V. Wright United States · #2,954,884 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Mahmood Fateh United States · #2,998,350 worldwide 1.1k citations · 79 works
  5. 5 nd United States · #3,063,384 worldwide 7 citations · 64 works
  6. 6 Luis Maal United States · #3,675,192 worldwide 102 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 John Donelson United States · #3,695,534 worldwide 128 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 John Tunna United States · #3,773,885 worldwide 237 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Donald Plotkin United States · #3,890,098 worldwide 50 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Jorge Kohon United States · #3,902,077 worldwide 26 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Railroad Administration

What are the most cited papers from Federal Railroad Administration?

The most cited paper from Federal Railroad Administration is "Modeling guided wave propagation with application to the long-range defect detection in railroad tracks" (Ivan Bartoli, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Mahmood Fateh et al., 2004), with 178 citations. Next come "Shared Situation Awareness as a Contributor to High Reliability Performance in Railroad Operations" (133) and "Mechanical and fracture behavior of bainitic rail steel" (129).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Modeling guided wave propagation with application to the long-range defect detection in railroad tracks Ivan Bartoli, Francesco Lanza di Scalea, Mahmood Fateh et al. · NDT & E International 19 Dec 2004 178
2 Shared Situation Awareness as a Contributor to High Reliability Performance in Railroad Operations Emilie M. Roth, Jordan Multer, Thomas G. Raslear · Organization Studies Jul 2006 133
3 Mechanical and fracture behavior of bainitic rail steel Heshmat A Aglan, Z.Y. Liu, MA Hassan et al. · Journal of Materials Processing Technology 17 Aug 2004 129
4 Power harvesting for railroad track health monitoring using piezoelectric and inductive devices Carl A. Nelson, Stephen R. Platt, Dave Albrecht et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 27 Mar 2008 78
5 Individual Differences in Facial Emotion Processing Gerald Matthews, Juan Carlos Pérez-González, Angela N. Fellner et al. · Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment Open access 6 Oct 2014 75
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Federal Railroad Administration?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: High-Speed Trains, Dynamic Interaction, Rolling Contact Fatigue, Ground Vibration, Railway Dynamics, Competition, Efficiency and Privatization.

▲ 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. High-Speed Trains28▲ 217×3 topics
  2. Dynamic Interaction26▲ 177×2 topics
  3. Rolling Contact Fatigue25▲ 221×2 topics
  4. Ground Vibration24▲ 481×1 topic
  5. Railway Dynamics24▲ 481×1 topic
  6. Competition19▲ 101×2 topics
  7. Efficiency18▲ 31×2 topics
  8. Privatization18▲ 834×1 topic
  9. Railway Deregulation18▲ 834×1 topic
  10. Finite Element Simulation13▲ 158×2 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency10▲ 6.0×5 topics
  12. Traffic Management9▲ 151×2 topics
  13. Railway Timetabling9▲ 326×1 topic
  14. Train Scheduling9▲ 326×1 topic
  15. Risk Perception9▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Crash Tests9▲ 419×1 topic
  17. Guardrail Systems9▲ 419×1 topic
  18. Defect Detection8▲ 35×2 topics
  19. Mechanical Properties8▲ 3.8×8 topics
  20. Bayesian Networks7▲ 39×1 topic
  21. Fault Tree Analysis7▲ 72×1 topic
  22. Non-Destructive Testing7▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Wave Propagation6▲ 23×3 topics
  24. Numerical Simulation6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  25. Occupational Safety6▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Accident Prevention6▲ 45×2 topics
  27. Safety Culture6▲ 45×2 topics
  28. Damage Detection6▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Guided Lamb Waves6▲ 53×1 topic
  30. Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring6▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Safety Climate6▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Workplace Safety6▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Eddy Current Testing5▲ 55×1 topic
  34. Non-Destructive Evaluation5▲ 55×1 topic
  35. Analysis5▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Driver Behavior5▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Failure Analysis4▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Finite Element Analysis4▲ 8.5×5 topics
  39. Pipeline4▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Experimental Validation4▲ 68×1 topic

Which research topics does Federal Railroad Administration publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Railway Engineering and Dynamics, Arctic and Russian Policy Studies, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring and Transport and Economic Policies.

Railway Engineering and …2Railway Engineering and Dynamics: 2 fractional worksArctic and Russian Policy Studies: 1 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 1 fractional worksTransport and Economic Policies: 1 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety: 1 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and M…0Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksPower Line Communications and Noise: 0 fractional worksRailway Systems and Energy Efficiency: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 0 fractional worksUrban Transport Systems Analysis: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceCivil and Structural EngineeringStrategy and Management4 others

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

  1. 1 Railway Engineering and Dynamics Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Arctic and Russian Policy Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Transport and Economic Policies Strategy and Management 1 works
  5. 5 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  6. 6 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 0 works
  7. 7 Power Line Communications and Noise Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Urban Transport Systems Analysis Civil and Structural 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 available7.6%not open92.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Federal Railroad Administration's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% 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 Federal Railroad Administration as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000021% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Federal Railroad Administration0.000081% in 202519801990200020102020

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