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Foster-Miller (United States)

In research, Foster-Miller (United States) stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,817 of 9,585 worldwide), Education (#1,101 of 1,930 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,431 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aquatic Science, Education and Economics and Econometrics (Aquatic Science is 58.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,944
of 22,385 · #7,545 all time
Rank in United States
#1,071
of 3,332
Research works
945
▲ 882% vs 2018-21
Citations
8k
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Foster-Miller (United States)

What is Foster-Miller (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,817 of 9,585 9.7%182 #6530
EducationSubfield #1,101 of 1,930 9.5%100 #2144
Social SciencesField #3,431 of 5,988 9.7%133 #5166

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Foster-Miller (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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#6,530 #3,817
  2. Education#2,144 #1,101
  3. Social Sciences#5,166 #3,431
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Foster-Miller (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Foster-Miller (United States) is in Social Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (47%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 262 fractional works · 67.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 182 fractional works · 47.3% of its workEducation: 130 fractional works · 33.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 29 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 50 fractional works · 13.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 50 fractional works · 13.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 16 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 60 fractional works · 15.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 49 fractional works · 12.8% of its workAquatic Science: 41 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 11.4% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFoster-Miller(United States)386fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences68%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences18247.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5013.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities164.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting71.8%
    5. Psychology51.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4912.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology82.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Engineering123.2%
    2. Environmental Science123.1%
    3. Computer Science81.9%
    4. Chemistry61.5%
    5. Materials Science30.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine184.6%
    2. Health Professions20.6%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Foster-Miller (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aquatic Science takes 58.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 40.7 works58×
  2. EducationSubfield · 130.4 works11×
  3. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 50.0 works8.2×
  4. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 50.5 works6.1×
  5. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 28.7 works5.0×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 49 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.11× its world share, 50 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.73× its world share, 182 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.11×50 works
  2. Social Sciences3.73×182 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.69×49 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.42×16 works
  5. Chemistry0.95×6 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.62×12 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×7 works
  9. Veterinary0.48×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×2 works
  11. Psychology0.39×5 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×8 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.38×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.25×8 works
  15. Materials Science0.24×3 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.24×2 works
  17. Medicine0.24×18 works
  18. Health Professions0.23×2 works
  19. Engineering0.21×12 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.19×0 works
  21. Nursing0.10×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×1 works
  23. Energy0.07×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  26. Neuroscience0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Foster-Miller (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Mark A. Druy, Larry E. Miller and Parviz P. Tayebati lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Foster-Miller (United States).

  1. 1 Mark A. Druy United States · #1,156,168 worldwide 3k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Larry E. Miller United States · #1,667,117 worldwide 10k citations · 409 works
  3. 3 Parviz P. Tayebati United States · #1,743,064 worldwide 1.6k citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Paul J. Glatkowski United States · #2,353,095 worldwide 1k citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Benjamin J. Dobson United States · #2,758,336 worldwide 1.7k citations · 18 works
  6. 6 K. M. Captain United States · #3,172,028 worldwide 262 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Arthur R. Nelson United States · #3,611,716 worldwide 589 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Stephen J. Reinach United States · #3,887,204 worldwide 634 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Christopher W. Menge United States · #4,190,783 worldwide 403 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Roger Demler United States · #4,191,181 worldwide 32 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Foster-Miller (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Foster-Miller (United States)?

The most cited paper from Foster-Miller (United States) is "Monocyte subsets differentially employ CCR2, CCR5, and CX3CR1 to accumulate within atherosclerotic plaques" (Frank Tacke, DAVID PONFERRADA ÁLVAREZ, Theodore J. Kaplan et al., 2007), with 1,329 citations. Next come "Self-diffusion of particles in shear flow of a suspension" (410) and "Variational Data Assimilation for the Global Ocean" (408).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Monocyte subsets differentially employ CCR2, CCR5, and CX3CR1 to accumulate within atherosclerotic plaques Frank Tacke, DAVID PONFERRADA ÁLVAREZ, Theodore J. Kaplan et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation Open access 2 Jan 2007 1,329
2 Self-diffusion of particles in shear flow of a suspension Eugene C. Eckstein, Douglas G. Bailey, Ascher H. Shapiro · Journal of Fluid Mechanics 20 Jan 1977 410
3 Variational Data Assimilation for the Global Ocean James A. Cummings, Ole Martin Smedstad Book chapter 2013 408
4 Clinical effectiveness and safety of powered exoskeleton-assisted walking in patients with spinal cord injury: systematic review with meta-analysis Larry E. Miller, Angela K. Zimmermann, William G. Herbert · Medical Devices Evidence and Research ReviewOpen access Mar 2016 322
5 Ionic liquid–polymer gel electrolytes from hydrophilic and hydrophobic ionic liquids Joan Fuller, Amy C Breda, Richard T. Carlin · Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Nov 1998 302
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Foster-Miller (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Language Teaching, Teaching Methods, Pedagogy, Educational Technologies, Digital Education, Student Competencies, Globalization and Entrepreneurship.

▲ 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. Language Teaching129▲ 125×3 topics
  2. Teaching Methods128▲ 206×2 topics
  3. Pedagogy128▲ 66×2 topics
  4. Educational Technologies128▲ 363×2 topics
  5. Digital Education128▲ 223×1 topic
  6. Student Competencies128▲ 507×1 topic
  7. Globalization58▲ 7.7×8 topics
  8. Sustainability54▲ 5.7×12 topics
  9. Entrepreneurship52▲ 34×2 topics
  10. Economic Development50▲ 16×3 topics
  11. Digital Economy50▲ 64×2 topics
  12. Industrial Enterprises49▲ 375×1 topic
  13. Innovation Economics49▲ 375×1 topic
  14. Renewable Energy41▲ 7.3×3 topics
  15. Climate Change Impact41▲ 46×3 topics
  16. Irrigation41▲ 544×1 topic
  17. Water Efficiency41▲ 544×1 topic
  18. Global Governance30▲ 32×3 topics
  19. Migration27▲ 21×4 topics
  20. Postcolonialism27▲ 49×4 topics
  21. Biopolitics27▲ 90×2 topics
  22. Crisis Management26▲ 134×1 topic
  23. Education Reform26▲ 281×1 topic
  24. Climate Change11◆ 1.05×19 topics
  25. Cultural Heritage9▲ 4.2×5 topics
  26. Neoliberalism8▲ 5.5×3 topics
  27. Digital Labour Theory7▲ 195×1 topic
  28. Innovative Pedagogies7▲ 195×1 topic
  29. Biodiversity6▲ 2.1×10 topics
  30. Sufism5▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Divan Poetry5▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Turkish Literature5▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Water Quality5▲ 3.2×5 topics
  34. Lake Baikal4▲ 146×1 topic
  35. ecological change4▲ 146×1 topic
  36. Modernization3▲ 4.9×2 topics
  37. Air Force3▲ 6.5×1 topic
  38. Transport Policy3▲ 6.2×1 topic
  39. Warfare3▲ 6.5×1 topic
  40. Algorithmic Modeling3▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Foster-Miller (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Economic and Industrial Development, Engineering and Agricultural Innovations and Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies.

Education, Innovation an…128Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 128 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 49 fractional worksEngineering and Agricult…41Engineering and Agricultural Innovations: 41 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, …26Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 26 fractional worksContemporary art, education, critique: 7 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 5 fractional worksWater Resources and Management: 4 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 3 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 3 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 3 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsAquatic SciencePolitical Science and International Relations6 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 128 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 49 works
  3. 3 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 41 works
  4. 4 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 26 works
  5. 5 Contemporary art, education, critique Cultural Studies 7 works
  6. 6 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 5 works
  7. 7 Water Resources and Management Ecology 4 works
  8. 8 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 3 works
  9. 9 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available50.8%not open49.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Foster-Miller (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 882% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Foster-Miller (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Foster-Miller (United States)0.0029% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Foster-Miller (United States)9.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.6% in 2013.

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