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Finisar (United States)

In research, Finisar (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,967 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,037 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,012
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,946
of 7,310
Research works
249
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Finisar (United States)

What is Finisar (United States) 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 #7,967 of 17,446 11.2%156
EngineeringField #5,037 of 9,532 11.8%122

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Finisar (United States) 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 Finisar (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Finisar (United States) is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Engineering (12%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 25 fractional works · 49.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 23.4% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 9.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 28.6% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 14.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFinisar (UnitedStates)50fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences50%

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. Social Sciences1223.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities59.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting36.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.7%
    5. Decision Sciences24.3%
    6. Psychology01.0%
    1. Engineering612.0%
    2. Computer Science47.5%
    3. Environmental Science24.4%
    4. Energy24.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine611.4%
    2. Health Professions12.9%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.91× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.39× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.20× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.11× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.49× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.22× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.49×2 works
  2. Energy4.39×2 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.20×5 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.22×2 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.11×3 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.91×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.85×12 works
  8. Health Professions1.09×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.97×4 works
  10. Environmental Science0.89×2 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.82×2 works
  12. Engineering0.80×6 works
  13. Medicine0.59×6 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.36×0 works
  16. Psychology0.33×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×0 works
  18. Dentistry0.28×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Finisar (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Chris Kocot, Chris Cole and Ilya Lyubomirsky lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Finisar (United States).

  1. 1 Chris Kocot United States · #1,585,987 worldwide 1.6k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Chris Cole United States · #1,991,505 worldwide 549 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Ilya Lyubomirsky United States · #2,232,000 worldwide 1.3k citations · 73 works
  4. 4 Gary D. Landry United States · #2,379,931 worldwide 717 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Xueyan Zheng United States · #2,734,021 worldwide 460 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Henry M. Daghighian United States · #2,992,701 worldwide 356 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 William A. Ling United States · #3,060,651 worldwide 318 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 S.M.R. Motaghiannezam United States · #3,608,400 worldwide 339 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Timothy Gray United States · #3,664,020 worldwide 180 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Ralph H. Johnson United States · #4,948,535 worldwide 1.2k citations · 99 works
All ranked researchers at Finisar (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Finisar (United States)?

The most cited paper from Finisar (United States) is "VCSEL-Based Interconnects for Current and Future Data Centers" (Jim A. Tatum, Deepa Gazula, Luke A. Graham et al., 2014), with 242 citations. Next come "Real-time Nyquist pulse generation beyond 100 Gbit/s and its relation to OFDM" (183) and "Electronic-Photonic Integrated Circuit for 3D Microimaging" (116).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 VCSEL-Based Interconnects for Current and Future Data Centers Jim A. Tatum, Deepa Gazula, Luke A. Graham et al. · Journal of Lightwave Technology 13 Nov 2014 242
2 Real-time Nyquist pulse generation beyond 100 Gbit/s and its relation to OFDM R. Schmogrow, Marcus Winter, Matthias Meyer et al. · Optics Express Open access 20 Dec 2011 183
3 Electronic-Photonic Integrated Circuit for 3D Microimaging Behnam Behroozpour, Phillip A. M. Sandborn, Niels Quack et al. · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits Open access 21 Nov 2016 116
4 55 GHz Bandwidth Distributed Reflector Laser Y. Matsui, Richard Schatz, Thang T. Pham et al. · Journal of Lightwave Technology 9 Jan 2017 94
5 Chirp Managed Laser and Applications Daniel Mahgerefteh, Y. Matsui, Xueyan Zheng et al. · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 24 Mar 2010 93
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Which keywords describe research at Finisar (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Education, Digital Transformation, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Qualitative Research, Criminal Trials and Solar Energy.

▲ 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 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. Education3▲ 3.7×7 topics
  2. Renewable Energy3▲ 4.3×8 topics
  3. Machine Learning3▲ 1.56×8 topics
  4. Sustainable Development2▲ 3.1×10 topics
  5. Sustainability2▲ 1.93×10 topics
  6. Globalization2▲ 2.2×8 topics
  7. Epidemiology2◆ 1.07×15 topics
  8. Innovation2▲ 4.1×6 topics
  9. Qualitative Research2▲ 4.3×4 topics
  10. Deep Learning2◆ 0.99×6 topics
  11. Digital Transformation2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  12. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.0×4 topics
  13. Gender1▲ 5.4×3 topics
  14. Healthcare1▲ 2.4×9 topics
  15. Criminal Trials1▲ 224×2 topics
  16. Entrepreneurship1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  17. Public Health1▲ 1.75×7 topics
  18. Solar Energy1▲ 8.6×2 topics
  19. Corporate Governance1▲ 3.2×2 topics
  20. Educational Technology1▲ 2.1×4 topics
  21. Financial Distress1▲ 52×2 topics
  22. Organizational Management1▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Research Methods1▲ 16×1 topic
  24. Aging1▲ 4.1×2 topics
  25. Pandemic1▲ 2.2×3 topics
  26. Risk Factors1▲ 2.0×6 topics
  27. Bankruptcy Law1▲ 219×1 topic
  28. Big Data1▲ 2.2×4 topics
  29. Cultural Hermeneutics1▲ 152×1 topic
  30. Debt Enforcement1▲ 219×1 topic
  31. Decision Making1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  32. Food Waste1▲ 57×1 topic
  33. Instructional Leadership1▲ 49×1 topic
  34. Internet Use1▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Leadership1▲ 4.1×2 topics
  36. Literary Theory1▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Multilevel Marketing1▲ 584×1 topic
  38. Organizational Innovation1▲ 126×1 topic
  39. Supply Chain1▲ 9.8×1 topic
  40. Teacher Readiness1▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Finisar (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Business and Management Studies, Securities Regulation and Market Practices, Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics and Education and Communication Studies.

Business and Management …1Business and Management Studies: 1 fractional worksSecurities Regulation an…1Securities Regulation and Market Practices: 1 fractional worksLiterary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics: 1 fractional worksEducation and Communicat…1Education and Communication Studies: 1 fractional worksFood Waste Reduction and…1Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability: 1 fractional worksCorporate Insolvency and Governance: 1 fractional worksPhotovoltaic System Optimization Techniques: 1 fractional worksThe Impact of Diversity …1The Impact of Diversity and Innovation on Society: 1 fractional worksJury Decision Making Processes: 1 fractional worksLiterature: history, themes, analysis: 1 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementMarketingLiterature and Literary TheoryEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 1 works
  2. 2 Securities Regulation and Market Practices Marketing 1 works
  3. 3 Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  4. 4 Education and Communication Studies Education 1 works
  5. 5 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 1 works
  6. 6 Corporate Insolvency and Governance Accounting 1 works
  7. 7 Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  8. 8 The Impact of Diversity and Innovation on Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Jury Decision Making Processes Law 1 works
  10. 10 Literature: history, themes, analysis Literature and Literary Theory 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 available42.7%not open57.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.6%domestic only68.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Finisar (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% 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 Finisar (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Finisar (United States)0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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