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Imagination Engines (United States)

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Research works
30
▼ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
154
5.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Imagination Engines (United States)

Not ranked overall: Imagination Engines (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Imagination Engines (United States) work in?

In all years, 44% of research at Imagination Engines (United States) is in Social Sciences, 37% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Psychology (17%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 13 fractional works · 44.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 17.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 17.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 9.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 36.6% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 11.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 11.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 8.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKImaginationEngines (United…30fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences44%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences517.4%
    2. Psychology517.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities39.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    1. Computer Science411.9%
    2. Engineering311.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy14.3%
    4. Materials Science13.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.4%
    6. Environmental Science12.1%
    1. Medicine38.9%
    2. Health Professions01.1%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Neuroscience26.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Engineering: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 4.42× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 3.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingPsychology: 12.91× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 12.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology12.91×1 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy4.42×0 works
  3. Nursing3.35×0 works
  4. Engineering1.75×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.55×0 works
  6. Medicine0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Imagination Engines (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Stephen L. Thaler and R.C. Cavestri lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Imagination Engines (United States).

  1. 1 Stephen L. Thaler United States · #4,241,171 worldwide 246 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 R.C. Cavestri United States · #4,877,267 worldwide 175 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Imagination Engines (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Imagination Engines (United States)?

The most cited paper from Imagination Engines (United States) is "astroplan: An Open Source Observation Planning Package in Python" (Brett M. Morris, Erik Tollerud, Brigitta Sipőcz et al., 2018), with 72 citations. Next come "astroplan: An Open Source Observation Planning Package in Python" (61) and "Feasibility of integrating canine olfaction with chemical and microbial profiling of urine to detect lethal prostate cancer" (53).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 astroplan: An Open Source Observation Planning Package in Python Brett M. Morris, Erik Tollerud, Brigitta Sipőcz et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access 23 Feb 2018 72
2 astroplan: An Open Source Observation Planning Package in Python Morris, B.M., Tollerud, E., Sipocz, B. et al. · White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) 2018 61
3 Feasibility of integrating canine olfaction with chemical and microbial profiling of urine to detect lethal prostate cancer Claire Marie Guest, Rob Harris, Karen Sandell Sfanos et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 17 Feb 2021 53
4 Machine learning methods for predicting the outcome of hypervelocity impact events Shannon J. Ryan, Stephen L. Thaler, Sevvandi Kandanaarachchi · Expert Systems with Applications 10 Oct 2015 38
5 Artificial neural networks for characterising Whipple shield performance Shannon J. Ryan, Stephen L. Thaler · International Journal of Impact Engineering Open access 26 Oct 2012 26
All 30 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Imagination Engines (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Innovation, Education, Creativity, Neuroscience, Cognitive Processes, Psychology, Positive Psychology and Neural Networks.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Innovation3▲ 12×3 topics
  2. Education3▲ 8.2×6 topics
  3. Creativity3▲ 183×2 topics
  4. Neuroscience3▲ 28×2 topics
  5. Cognitive Processes3▲ 183×1 topic
  6. Psychology3▲ 63×1 topic
  7. Machine Learning2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  8. Globalization2▲ 3.2×9 topics
  9. Deep Learning2▲ 2.6×5 topics
  10. Neural Networks2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  11. Identity1▲ 5.9×6 topics
  12. Positive Psychology1▲ 82×2 topics
  13. Climate Change1▲ 1.50×4 topics
  14. Sustainability1▲ 2.3×4 topics
  15. Colonialism1▲ 7.6×4 topics
  16. Healthcare1▲ 5.1×4 topics
  17. Astrobiology1▲ 96×1 topic
  18. Courage1▲ 475×1 topic
  19. Culture1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  20. Extraterrestrial Life1▲ 151×1 topic
  21. Heroism1▲ 475×1 topic
  22. High-Level Synthesis1▲ 78×1 topic
  23. Land Use Change1▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Reconfigurable Computing1▲ 70×1 topic
  25. Remote Sensing1▲ 3.0×2 topics
  26. Technology Integration1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Imagination Engines (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies, Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies, Color Science and Applications and Advanced Data and IoT Technologies.

Leadership, Courage, and…1Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies: 1 fractional worksEarthquake and Disaster Impact Studies: 0 fractional worksColor Science and Applic…0Color Science and Applications: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Data and IoT Te…0Advanced Data and IoT Technologies: 0 fractional worksEngineering and Test Sys…0Engineering and Test Systems: 0 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 0 fractional worksCareer Development and Diversity: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologyTransportationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies Social Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies Transportation 0 works
  3. 3 Color Science and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  4. 4 Advanced Data and IoT Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Engineering and Test Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 0 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Research Studies Education 0 works
  8. 8 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 0 works
  9. 9 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 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 available33.1%not open66.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Imagination Engines (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Imagination Engines (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000093% in 2023.

0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Imagination Engines (United States)0.000035% in 202419801990200020102020

Fractional works of Imagination Engines (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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