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Georgia Department of Transportation

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World rank, all time
#41,978
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,613
of 8,685
Research works
135
▼ 56% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.46× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Georgia Department of Transportation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Recycled Materials, Crack Detection, Pavement, Life Cycle Assessment, Rheology, Asphalt and Bitumen Modification.

▲ 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 Learning12▲ 4.3×9 topics
  2. Recycled Materials8▲ 91×2 topics
  3. Crack Detection8▲ 146×1 topic
  4. Pavement8▲ 146×1 topic
  5. Life Cycle Assessment8▲ 32×3 topics
  6. Nanomaterials8▲ 6.8×3 topics
  7. Rheology8▲ 26×2 topics
  8. Asphalt7▲ 224×1 topic
  9. Bitumen Modification7▲ 224×1 topic
  10. Intelligent Transportation Systems6▲ 46×2 topics
  11. Traffic Flow6▲ 66×2 topics
  12. Travel Behavior5▲ 52×2 topics
  13. Liquefaction5▲ 47×2 topics
  14. Tunnel5▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Service Quality5▲ 20×3 topics
  16. Pipeline4▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Public Transport4▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Route Choice4▲ 62×1 topic
  19. Analysis4▲ 29×1 topic
  20. Seismic4▲ 60×1 topic
  21. Probabilistic Forecasting3▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Spatial Analysis3▲ 29×3 topics
  23. Urban Traffic3▲ 41×2 topics
  24. Driver Behavior3▲ 41×2 topics
  25. Injury Severity3▲ 33×1 topic
  26. Traffic Accidents3▲ 65×1 topic
  27. Geosynthetics3▲ 54×2 topics
  28. Short-Term Forecasting3▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Spatio-Temporal Data3▲ 64×1 topic
  30. Transportation3▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Behavioral Interventions3▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Fiber Reinforcement3▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Health Impact Assessment3▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Reinforcement Learning3▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Soil Reinforcement3▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Sustainability Assessment3▲ 19×4 topics
  37. Amino Acids3▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control3▲ 69×1 topic
  39. Microscopic Simulation3▲ 69×1 topic
  40. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 11×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Traffic control and management, Traffic and Road Safety and Gender and Feminist Studies.

Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 1 fractional worksTraffic control and management: 1 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety1Traffic and Road Safety: 1 fractional worksGender and Feminist Stud…0Gender and Feminist Studies: 0 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 0 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 0 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and M…0Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 0 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 0 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityGender Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  4. 4 Gender and Feminist Studies Gender Studies 0 works
  5. 5 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 0 works
  7. 7 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 0 works
  8. 8 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 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 available15.8%not open84.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

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

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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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