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Fermi Research Alliance

In research, Fermi Research Alliance stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,938 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,288 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,301
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,957
of 7,310
Research works
432
▲ 73% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.20×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Fermi Research Alliance

What is Fermi Research Alliance 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 #5,938 of 17,446 3.7%361
EngineeringField #4,288 of 9,532 3.8%234

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fermi Research Alliance 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 Fermi Research Alliance work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Fermi Research Alliance is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (31%), Medicine (9%), Physics and Astronomy (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 69.7% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 30.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 7.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 15.8% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKFermi ResearchAlliance43fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences70%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences9%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1330.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy37.9%
    3. Computer Science37.8%
    4. Materials Science25.4%
    5. Energy25.0%
    6. Chemical Engineering24.2%
    7. Environmental Science23.9%
    8. Mathematics12.6%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.3%
    10. Chemistry00.8%
    1. Medicine49.4%
    2. Health Professions36.4%
    1. Social Sciences13.2%
    2. Psychology12.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.1%
    4. Decision Sciences11.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    1. Neuroscience12.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
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: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 12.08× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.43× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.06× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.57× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.42× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering12.08×2 works
  2. Energy5.43×2 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy3.57×4 works
  4. Health Professions2.42×3 works
  5. Mathematics2.18×1 works
  6. Engineering2.06×13 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.62×1 works
  8. Neuroscience1.59×1 works
  9. Materials Science1.54×2 works
  10. Computer Science1.00×3 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.79×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.72×1 works
  14. Psychology0.69×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.49×0 works
  16. Medicine0.49×4 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.25×1 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fermi Research Alliance?

Ranked on the quality score, J. A. C. Oudemans, J. F. Jarvis and O. Meulemans lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fermi Research Alliance.

  1. 1 J. A. C. Oudemans United States · #2,273,855 worldwide 34 citations · 116 works
  2. 2 J. F. Jarvis United States · #2,302,774 worldwide 41 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 O. Meulemans United States · #2,635,278 worldwide 238 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 W. van Bemmelen United States · #2,739,174 worldwide 32 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Jacobus Gijsbertus de Beus United States · #3,053,206 worldwide 74 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Hendricus Christoffel Delsman United States · #3,059,534 worldwide 35 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 W. J. C. Verhaart United States · #3,152,514 worldwide 998 citations · 81 works
  8. 8 A. K. J. Koumans United States · #4,155,283 worldwide 58 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 J. H. De Haas United States · #4,588,535 worldwide 208 citations · 80 works
  10. 10 V. Kamerdzhiev United States · #5,426,376 worldwide 148 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Fermi Research Alliance

What are the most cited papers from Fermi Research Alliance?

The most cited paper from Fermi Research Alliance is "A standard format for Les Houches Event Files" (Johan Alwall et al., 2006), with 471 citations. Next come "Superconducting TESLA cavities" (453) and "Neutrino flux prediction at MiniBooNE" (345).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A standard format for Les Houches Event Files Johan Alwall et al. · Computer Physics Communications Open access 16 Dec 2006 471
2 Superconducting TESLA cavities B. Aune et al. · Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams Open access 22 Sep 2000 453
3 Neutrino flux prediction at MiniBooNE A. A. Aguilar-Arevalo et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 15 Apr 2009 345
4 Constraints on axions from SN 1987A R. Mayle, JAMES R. WILSON, John R. Ellis et al. · Physics Letters B Mar 1988 237
5 The Herschel Dwarf Galaxy Survey D. Cormier, Suzanne C. Madden, V. Lebouteiller et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 11 Feb 2015 233
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fermi Research Alliance?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanodiamonds, Quantum Sensing, Health Effects, Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology, Solar Thermal Collectors, Environmental Noise, Noise Pollution and Diagnostics.

▲ 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 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanodiamonds2▲ 135×1 topic
  2. Quantum Sensing2▲ 135×1 topic
  3. Health Effects2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  4. Environmental Noise2▲ 96×1 topic
  5. Noise Pollution2▲ 96×1 topic
  6. Photovoltaic/Thermal Hybrid Technology2▲ 81×1 topic
  7. Solar Thermal Collectors2▲ 81×1 topic
  8. Climate Change2▲ 1.32×5 topics
  9. Diagnostics2▲ 46×2 topics
  10. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.1×5 topics
  11. High-Performance Computing1▲ 40×2 topics
  12. Electrochemical Reduction1▲ 320×1 topic
  13. Molten Salt Electrolysis1▲ 320×1 topic
  14. Parallel Computing1▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Power Electronics1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  16. Image Processing1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  17. Industry 4.01▲ 53×2 topics
  18. Nb3Sn Conductor1▲ 158×1 topic
  19. Negative Ion Sources1▲ 160×1 topic
  20. Risk Perception1▲ 10×2 topics
  21. Superconducting Cavities1▲ 160×1 topic
  22. Superconducting Magnets1▲ 158×1 topic
  23. Neural Networks1▲ 1.62×2 topics
  24. Tool Wear1▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Accident Prevention1▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Autofocusing1▲ 73×1 topic
  27. CNC Systems1▲ 82×1 topic
  28. DC-DC Converters1▲ 42×1 topic
  29. Depth Estimation1▲ 29×1 topic
  30. GPU Computing1▲ 59×1 topic
  31. High-Frequency Power Conversion1▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Machine Tools1▲ 35×1 topic
  33. Performance Optimization1▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Safety Culture1▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Fermi Research Alliance publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research, Noise Effects and Management, Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems and Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes.

Diamond and Carbon-based…2Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research: 2 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…2Noise Effects and Management: 2 fractional worksSolar Thermal and Photov…2Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 2 fractional worksMolten salt chemistry an…1Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes: 1 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 1 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters1Advanced DC-DC Converters: 1 fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 1 fractional worksEngineering Technology and Methodologies: 1 fractional worksImage Processing Techniq…1Image Processing Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional works
Materials ChemistrySpeech and HearingRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentFluid Flow and Transfer Processes6 others

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

  1. 1 Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research Materials Chemistry 2 works
  2. 2 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 2 works
  3. 3 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  4. 4 Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 1 works
  5. 5 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 1 works
  9. 9 Engineering Technology and Methodologies Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Image Processing Techniques and Applications Media Technology 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 available59.6%not open40.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fermi Research Alliance's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 73% 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 Fermi Research Alliance as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Fermi Research Alliance0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fermi Research Alliance over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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