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HRL Laboratories (United States)

In research, HRL Laboratories (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,379 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 6.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,145
of 22,385 · #2,391 all time
Rank in United States
#2,165
of 3,332
Research works
9k
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
206k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
7%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
HRL Laboratories (United States)

What is HRL Laboratories (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 #4,379 of 10,670 11.1%89 #1292

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where HRL Laboratories (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 HRL Laboratories (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at HRL Laboratories (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (41%), Computer Science (15%), Physics and Astronomy (15%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 95 fractional works · 83.0% of its workEngineering: 47 fractional works · 40.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 25 fractional works · 21.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 14.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 10.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 fractional works · 14.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 9.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHRL Laboratories(United States)115fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences5%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4740.6%
    2. Computer Science1714.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1714.8%
    4. Materials Science108.7%
    5. Environmental Science21.9%
    6. Chemistry21.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine65.6%
    2. Health Professions21.9%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences32.4%
    2. Psychology10.8%
    3. Decision Sciences10.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Neuroscience32.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does HRL Laboratories (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 25.2 works6.2×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.91× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.71× its world share, 47 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.49× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.63× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy6.63×17 works
  2. Engineering2.71×47 works
  3. Materials Science2.49×10 works
  4. Computer Science1.91×17 works
  5. Neuroscience1.51×3 works
  6. Chemistry0.96×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.85×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.71×2 works
  9. Environmental Science0.38×2 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.35×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×2 works
  12. Medicine0.29×6 works
  13. Psychology0.27×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.26×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.20×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.19×3 works
  18. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at HRL Laboratories (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Tobias A. Schaedler, Alan J. Jacobsen and Ronald T. Azuma lead among researchers whose main affiliation is HRL Laboratories (United States).

  1. 1 Tobias A. Schaedler United States · #180,286 worldwide 9.5k citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Alan J. Jacobsen United States · #212,524 worldwide 3k citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Ronald T. Azuma United States · #345,331 worldwide 17k citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Reed W. Andrews United States · #473,587 worldwide 1.8k citations · 23 works
  5. 5 I. Milosavljevic United States · #497,402 worldwide 1.9k citations · 49 works
  6. 6 A. E. Schmitz United States · #543,056 worldwide 3.5k citations · 78 works
  7. 7 John S. Wang United States · #597,920 worldwide 752 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 John J. Vajo United States · #604,828 worldwide 6.7k citations · 121 works
  9. 9 Adam F. Gross United States · #670,816 worldwide 4k citations · 57 works
  10. 10 P. Hashimoto United States · #731,848 worldwide 2k citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at HRL Laboratories (United States)

What are the most cited papers from HRL Laboratories (United States)?

The most cited paper from HRL Laboratories (United States) is "A Survey of Augmented Reality" (Ronald T. Azuma, 1997), with 9,848 citations. Next come "Stimulated Optical Radiation in Ruby" (5,014) and "Optical Processes in Semiconductors" (4,634).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Survey of Augmented Reality Ronald T. Azuma · PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality Aug 1997 9,848
2 Stimulated Optical Radiation in Ruby Theodore H. Maiman · Nature Aug 1960 5,014
3 Optical Processes in Semiconductors J. I. Pánkové, D. A. Kiewit · Journal of The Electrochemical Society Open access 1972 4,634
4 High-impedance electromagnetic surfaces with a forbidden frequency band Daniel F. Sievenpiper, Lijun Zhang, R.F.J. Broas et al. · IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 1999 4,260
5 Recent advances in augmented reality Ronald T. Azuma, Yohan Baillot, Reinhold Behringer et al. · IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 2001 4,162
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at HRL Laboratories (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanowires, Band Parameters, Integrated Circuits, Millimeter-Wave, Thermal Management, Semiconductor, Semiconductors and Light-Emitting Diodes.

▲ 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. Nanowires7▲ 41×4 topics
  2. Band Parameters6▲ 101×2 topics
  3. Deep Learning5▲ 1.33×21 topics
  4. Integrated Circuits5▲ 28×3 topics
  5. Neural Networks5▲ 2.6×11 topics
  6. Nanoparticles4▲ 3.0×10 topics
  7. Millimeter-Wave4▲ 98×2 topics
  8. Thermal Management4▲ 11×5 topics
  9. Semiconductor4▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Semiconductors4▲ 12×3 topics
  11. Light-Emitting Diodes4▲ 22×2 topics
  12. GaN4▲ 92×1 topic
  13. III-Nitrides4▲ 106×1 topic
  14. Frequency Synthesizer4▲ 80×2 topics
  15. CMOS4▲ 62×1 topic
  16. Oscillators4▲ 110×1 topic
  17. Photovoltaics3▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Quantum Computing3▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Spintronics3▲ 22×3 topics
  20. Additive Manufacturing3▲ 8.5×4 topics
  21. Electron Spin3▲ 73×1 topic
  22. Semiconductor Quantum Dots3▲ 73×1 topic
  23. Nanoelectronics3▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Atomic Layer Deposition3▲ 37×1 topic
  25. High-k Dielectrics3▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Interconnect3▲ 137×1 topic
  27. Process Variation3▲ 38×2 topics
  28. Quantum Dots3▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Single-Photon Source3▲ 95×1 topic
  30. Through-Silicon Via3▲ 137×1 topic
  31. Entanglement2▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Materials2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  33. Quantum Information2▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Metamaterials2▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Nanowire Transistors2▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Photonic Crystals2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Quantum Simulation2▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors2▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Ceramics2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Quantum Algorithms2▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does HRL Laboratories (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design, Quantum and electron transport phenomena and Semiconductor materials and devices.

GaN-based semiconductor …4GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 4 fractional worksRadio Frequency Integrat…4Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 4 fractional worksQuantum and electron transport phenomena: 3 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 3 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 3 fractional worksSemiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices: 3 fractional worksAdvancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 2 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algori…2Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 2 fractional worksMetamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications: 2 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 2 fractional works
Condensed Matter PhysicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsArtificial Intelligence2 others

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

  1. 1 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 4 works
  2. 2 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  7. 7 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 2 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 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 available6.9%not open93.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.7%domestic only97.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has HRL Laboratories (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower 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 HRL Laboratories (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%HRL Laboratories (United States)0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of HRL Laboratories (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 counting20%40%all institutions10.0% in 2025HRL Laboratories (United States)7.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 33.2% in 2016.

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