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Imperium (United States)

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Research works
10
▼ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
18
1.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Imperium (United States)

Not ranked overall: Imperium (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 Imperium (United States) work in?

In all years, 62% of research at Imperium (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (52%), Arts and Humanities (22%), Physics and Astronomy (7%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 62.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 52.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 19.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 8.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 29.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 22.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workALL ITS WORKImperium (UnitedStates)10fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences29%

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 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering552.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy16.9%
    3. Computer Science02.9%
    1. Arts and Humanities222.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance05.2%
    3. Social Sciences01.8%
    1. Medicine16.9%
    2. Health Professions00.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.8%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Imperium (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Marvin E. Lasser and Bob Lasser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Imperium (United States).

  1. 1 Marvin E. Lasser United States · #2,879,844 worldwide 300 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Bob Lasser United States · #4,576,338 worldwide 34 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Imperium (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Imperium (United States) is "A Novel High Speed, High Resolution, Ultrasound Imaging System" (Marvin E. Lasser, 1998), with 6 citations. Next come "Imaging components for a robotic casualty evaluation system" (5) and "C-scan transmission ultrasound based on a hybrid microelectronic sensor array and its physical performance" (5).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Novel High Speed, High Resolution, Ultrasound Imaging System Marvin E. Lasser · Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation Book chapter 1998 6
2 Imaging components for a robotic casualty evaluation system Kenneth H. Wong, S.-C.B. Lo, Ching‐Fang Lin et al. Conference paper Sep 2009 5
3 C-scan transmission ultrasound based on a hybrid microelectronic sensor array and its physical performance Shih‐Chung B. Lo, David Q. Rich, Marvin E. Lasser et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 30 May 2001 5
4 Real-time large-area ultrasound imaging system for aging aircraft inspection Marvin E. Lasser, George H. Harrison · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 31 Mar 1998 4
5 Developments in real-time 2D ultrasound inspection for aging aircraft Marvin E. Lasser, Bob Lasser, John Kula et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 28 Jan 1999 4
All 22 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: German Colonialism and Identity Studies, Memory, History, Trauma, Identity and German legal, social, and political studies.

German Colonialism and I…0German Colonialism and Identity Studies: 0 fractional worksMemory, History, Trauma,…0Memory, History, Trauma, Identity: 0 fractional worksGerman legal, social, an…0German legal, social, and political studies: 0 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryPhilosophySociology and Political Science

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

  1. 1 German Colonialism and Identity Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  2. 2 Memory, History, Trauma, Identity Philosophy 0 works
  3. 3 German legal, social, and political studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available29.3%not open70.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.9%domestic only74.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% 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 Imperium (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2021.

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

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