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FX Palo Alto Laboratory

In research, FX Palo Alto Laboratory stands highest in Computer Science (#1,980 of 7,020 worldwide), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (#891 of 1,784 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,941 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#5,649
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#1,312
of 8,685
Research works
687
▼ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
39k
56.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is FX Palo Alto Laboratory 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
Computer ScienceField #1,980 of 7,020 35.9%325
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #891 of 1,784 34.2%125
Physical SciencesDomain #10,941 of 21,541 32.7%400

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where FX Palo Alto Laboratory 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).

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: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.02× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.78× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at FX Palo Alto Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Jonathan Foote, David M. Hilbert and Gene Golovchinsky lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FX Palo Alto Laboratory.

  1. 1 Jonathan Foote United States · #63,259 worldwide 406 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 David M. Hilbert United States · #71,433 worldwide 435 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Gene Golovchinsky United States · #73,610 worldwide 307 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Andreas Girgensohn United States · #107,269 worldwide 326 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Sara Bly United States · #121,298 worldwide 198 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Chunyuan Liao United States · #124,630 worldwide 404 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Maribeth Back United States · #237,833 worldwide 214 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jonathan Trevor United States · #240,536 worldwide 198 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Francine Chen United States · #268,302 worldwide 107 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Bill N. Schilit United States · #290,919 worldwide 255 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at FX Palo Alto Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at FX Palo Alto Laboratory?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Content-Based Retrieval, Video Summarization, User Interaction, Interactive Television, Social TV, Gesture Recognition and Human-Computer Interaction.

▲ 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. Deep Learning75▲ 5.2×45 topics
  2. Content-Based Retrieval39▲ 209×1 topic
  3. Video Summarization39▲ 209×1 topic
  4. User Interaction36▲ 107×2 topics
  5. Interactive Television29▲ 158×1 topic
  6. Social TV29▲ 158×1 topic
  7. Machine Learning29▲ 1.97×34 topics
  8. Neural Networks29▲ 4.0×16 topics
  9. Gesture Recognition29▲ 63×3 topics
  10. Human-Computer Interaction27▲ 29×4 topics
  11. Virtual Environments24▲ 94×2 topics
  12. Interaction Techniques23▲ 161×1 topic
  13. Tangible User Interfaces23▲ 161×1 topic
  14. Usability20▲ 56×3 topics
  15. Object Recognition20▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Feature Matching20▲ 49×1 topic
  17. Local Descriptors20▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Knowledge Management19▲ 6.0×5 topics
  19. User-Centered Design18▲ 72×3 topics
  20. Collaborative Work18▲ 121×2 topics
  21. Information Retrieval18▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Convolutional Neural Networks18▲ 6.2×11 topics
  23. Cultural Adaptation18▲ 104×1 topic
  24. Mobile Applications18▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Cognitive Load16▲ 61×2 topics
  26. Information Overload16▲ 249×1 topic
  27. Interruptions16▲ 249×1 topic
  28. User Experience16▲ 41×2 topics
  29. Distributed Systems15▲ 9.1×6 topics
  30. Local Binary Patterns14▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Content-Based Image Retrieval14▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Shape Matching14▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Virtual Reality13▲ 5.1×6 topics
  34. Applications12▲ 8.6×2 topics
  35. Social Interaction12▲ 6.1×4 topics
  36. Knowledge Sharing11▲ 9.9×5 topics
  37. Training11▲ 8.8×3 topics
  38. Semantic Web11▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Immersive Simulations10▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Maintenance10▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does FX Palo Alto Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate Change and Health Impacts, Engineering and Agricultural Innovations, Education, Innovation and Language Studies and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Climate Change and Healt…1Climate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksEngineering and Agricult…0Engineering and Agricultural Innovations: 0 fractional worksEducation, Innovation an…0Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 0 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…0Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 0 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 0 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Vi…0Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 0 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 0 fractional worksSocial Skills and Education: 0 fractional worksClimate Change and Geoen…0Climate Change and Geoengineering: 0 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisAquatic ScienceEducationCancer Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  2. 2 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 0 works
  3. 3 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 0 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  7. 7 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 0 works
  8. 8 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 0 works
  9. 9 Social Skills and Education Education 0 works
  10. 10 Climate Change and Geoengineering Global and Planetary Change 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 available19.5%not open80.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has FX Palo Alto Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% lower than in 2013–2017.

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