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Global Science & Technology (United States)

In research, Global Science & Technology (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,681 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences is 14.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,431
of 22,385 · #18,760 all time
Rank in United States
#3,022
of 3,332
Research works
402
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Global Science & Technology (United States)

What is Global Science & Technology (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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,681 of 10,670 7.0%79 #6886

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

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Global Science & Technology (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (22%), Engineering (20%), Computer Science (18%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 86 fractional works · 81.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23 fractional works · 22.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 13 fractional works · 11.9% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 19.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 17.8% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 13.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGlobal Science &Technology…106fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences81%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences11%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2322.0%
    2. Engineering2119.7%
    3. Computer Science1917.8%
    4. Environmental Science1513.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy65.6%
    6. Energy10.9%
    7. Mathematics10.5%
    8. Materials Science10.5%
    9. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Social Sciences54.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting44.2%
    3. Decision Sciences11.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    5. Psychology00.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Medicine43.4%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Global Science & Technology (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 14.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 23.2 works14×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.29× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.00× its world share, 23 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.31× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.77× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.52× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences14.00×23 works
  2. Environmental Science2.77×14 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.52×6 works
  4. Computer Science2.29×19 works
  5. Engineering1.31×21 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.31×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.06×1 works
  8. Energy0.95×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.46×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×2 works
  12. Social Sciences0.35×5 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×2 works
  14. Health Professions0.25×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.24×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  17. Medicine0.18×4 works
  18. Materials Science0.15×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×0 works
  20. Psychology0.12×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.03×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Global Science & Technology (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, John D. Evans, William Henry Bennett and Merrie Beth Neely lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Global Science & Technology (United States).

  1. 1 John D. Evans United States · #1,562,175 worldwide 1.1k citations · 119 works
  2. 2 William Henry Bennett United States · #1,783,172 worldwide 589 citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Merrie Beth Neely United States · #2,558,460 worldwide 330 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Kuriki Murahashi United States · #5,166,161 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 W. H. Bennett United States · #5,197,113 worldwide 156 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 S. Schalkowsky United States · #5,222,053 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Hiroshi Kawamata United States · #5,579,653 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Yury Kihai United States · #5,935,015 worldwide 593 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Boris Petrenko United States · #6,166,657 worldwide 496 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Olafur Jonasson United States · #6,229,831 worldwide 256 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Global Science & Technology (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Global Science & Technology (United States)?

The most cited paper from Global Science & Technology (United States) is "Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals" (Terry P. Hughes et al., 2017), with 3,495 citations. Next come "Accuracy assessments of aerosol optical properties retrieved from Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Sun and sky radiance measurements" (2,012) and "Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages" (1,801).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals Terry P. Hughes et al. · Nature Open access Mar 2017 3,495
2 Accuracy assessments of aerosol optical properties retrieved from Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) Sun and sky radiance measurements Оleg Dubovik, A. Smirnov, BRENT N. HOLBEN et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access Apr 2000 2,012
3 Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages Terry P. Hughes, James T. Kerry, Andrew H. Baird et al. · Nature Open access Apr 2018 1,801
4 Recent advances in techniques for hyperspectral image processing Antonio Plaza, Jón Atli Benediktsson, Joseph W. Boardman et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment 15 Apr 2009 1,690
5 PERSIANN-CDR: Daily Precipitation Climate Data Record from Multisatellite Observations for Hydrological and Climate Studies Hamed Ashouri, Kuolin Hsu, Soroosh Sorooshian et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access 27 Jun 2014 1,430
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Global Science & Technology (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Big Data, Data Assimilation, Cybersecurity, Ocean Circulation and Global Warming.

▲ 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. Machine Learning14▲ 4.0×29 topics
  2. Climate Change13▲ 4.5×31 topics
  3. Remote Sensing8▲ 6.6×21 topics
  4. Big Data8▲ 7.8×8 topics
  5. Deep Learning8▲ 2.1×21 topics
  6. Data Assimilation7▲ 41×3 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 4.6×11 topics
  8. Cybersecurity7▲ 26×3 topics
  9. Ocean Circulation6▲ 41×3 topics
  10. Global Warming6▲ 13×7 topics
  11. On-Orbit Performance5▲ 457×1 topic
  12. Ozone Depletion5▲ 162×1 topic
  13. Radiometric Calibration5▲ 457×1 topic
  14. Stratospheric Water Vapor5▲ 162×1 topic
  15. Healthcare5▲ 4.1×8 topics
  16. IoT Security4▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management4▲ 4.6×4 topics
  18. Satellite Observations4▲ 41×3 topics
  19. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Internet of Things4▲ 4.5×6 topics
  21. Data Mining4▲ 5.1×3 topics
  22. Anomaly Detection4▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Security4▲ 5.4×5 topics
  24. Cloud Computing4▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Analytics3▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Business Intelligence3▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Probabilistic Forecasting3▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Oceanic Modeling3▲ 81×1 topic
  29. Surveillance3▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Tidal Analysis3▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Eutrophication3▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Network Security3▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Smart Cities3▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Tropical Cyclones3▲ 48×2 topics
  35. DDoS Attacks3▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Harmful Algal Blooms3▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Intrusion Detection3▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Fairness3▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Convective Parameterization3▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Ensemble Kalman Filter3▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Global Science & Technology (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Calibration and Measurement Techniques, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Atmospheric Ozone and Climate: 5 fractional worksCalibration and Measurement Techniques: 5 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 3 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 3 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 3 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…3Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 3 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…2Marine and coastal ecosystems: 2 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Se…2Information and Cyber Security: 2 fractional worksInternet of Things and AI2Internet of Things and AI: 2 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceAerospace EngineeringManagement Information SystemsOceanography3 others

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

  1. 1 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 5 works
  2. 2 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 3 works
  4. 4 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 3 works
  5. 5 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 3 works
  7. 7 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 3 works
  8. 8 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 2 works
  9. 9 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 2 works
  10. 10 Internet of Things and AI Information Systems 2 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Global Science & Technology (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Global Science & Technology (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Global Science & Technology (United States)0.00077% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Global Science & Technology (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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Global Science & Technology (United States)8.1% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.5% in 2016.

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