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Florida Department of Transportation

In research, Florida Department of Transportation stands highest in Engineering (#5,570 of 11,412 worldwide), Civil and Structural Engineering (#853 of 1,685 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,192 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Engineering — Engineering is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#21,471
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,643
of 8,685
Research works
555
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.8k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
12%
world 28%

What is Florida Department of Transportation 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
EngineeringField #5,570 of 11,412 23.0%369
Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield #853 of 1,685 22.4%202
Physical SciencesDomain #12,192 of 21,541 21.8%448

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Florida Department of Transportation 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Florida Department of Transportation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 32.0 works4.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.41× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Florida Department of Transportation?

Ranked on the composite score, Mohsen Shahawy, Bouzid Choubane and W D Cunagin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Florida Department of Transportation.

  1. 1 Mohsen Shahawy United States · #65,476 worldwide 424 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Bouzid Choubane United States · #1,083,872 worldwide 58 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 W D Cunagin United States · #1,106,904 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Richard J. Kessler United States · #1,356,704 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Peter Hsu United States · #1,468,473 worldwide 16 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Florida Department of Transportation

Which keywords describe research at Florida Department of Transportation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Recycled Materials, Driver Behavior, Injury Severity, Risk Factors, Road Safety, Traffic Accidents, Rheology and Asphalt.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Deep Learning5▲ 3.0×7 topics
  2. Recycled Materials5▲ 84×2 topics
  3. Driver Behavior4▲ 118×2 topics
  4. Risk Factors4▲ 7.4×3 topics
  5. Injury Severity4▲ 99×2 topics
  6. Rheology4▲ 40×2 topics
  7. Road Safety4▲ 192×1 topic
  8. Traffic Accidents4▲ 170×1 topic
  9. Asphalt4▲ 223×1 topic
  10. Bitumen Modification4▲ 223×1 topic
  11. Image Processing3▲ 16×2 topics
  12. Convolutional Neural Networks3▲ 9.3×2 topics
  13. Crack Detection3▲ 92×1 topic
  14. Pavement3▲ 92×1 topic
  15. Transportation3▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Active Travel3▲ 78×1 topic
  17. Built Environment3▲ 78×1 topic
  18. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 21×4 topics
  19. Corrosion2▲ 36×3 topics
  20. Intelligent Transportation Systems2▲ 29×3 topics
  21. Pipeline2▲ 37×3 topics
  22. Liquefaction2▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Reinforced Concrete2▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Traffic Flow2▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Tunnel2▲ 42×2 topics
  26. Chloride-induced2▲ 76×1 topic
  27. Durability Performance2▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Structural Reliability2▲ 76×1 topic
  29. Analysis2▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Earthquake2▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Mechanical Properties2▲ 3.4×4 topics
  32. Seismic2▲ 53×1 topic
  33. Geosynthetics2▲ 62×1 topic
  34. Soil Reinforcement2▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Construction1▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites1▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Sensors1▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Weigh-in-Motion1▲ 491×1 topic
  39. Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Urban Traffic1▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Florida Department of Transportation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring and Urban Transport and Accessibility.

Traffic and Road Safety: 4 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 4 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…3Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 3 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…3Urban Transport and Accessibility: 3 fractional worksConcrete Corrosion and Durability: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…2Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 2 fractional worksStructural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 1 fractional worksTransport Systems and Technology: 1 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 1 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityCivil and Structural EngineeringTransportationBuilding and Construction1 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  2. 2 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 3 works
  5. 5 Concrete Corrosion and Durability Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 1 works
  9. 9 Transport Systems and Technology Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 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 available12.5%not open87.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Florida Department of Transportation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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