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IN Space (United States)

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Research works
7
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
95
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
all institutions 10.0%
International
8%
world 18%
IN Space (United States)

Not ranked overall: IN Space (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does IN Space (United States) work in?

In all years, 96% of research at IN Space (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (75%), Chemical Engineering (12%), Materials Science (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 96.4% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 75.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 41.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 15.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 11.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workALL ITS WORKIN Space (UnitedStates)7fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences96%Social Sciences3%

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 3 domains and 6 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering575.4%
    2. Chemical Engineering111.6%
    3. Materials Science07.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy01.9%
    1. Decision Sciences02.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.0%
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.

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

The most cited paper from IN Space (United States) is "Characterization of Pintle Engine Performance for Nontoxic Hypergolic Bipropellants" (Benjamin L. Austin, Stephen D. Heister, William Anderson, 2005), with 91 citations. Next come "Current State of NASA Continuously Rotating Detonation Cycle Engine Development" (48) and "Variable Thrust, Multiple Start Hybrid Motor Solutions for Missile and Space Applications" (32).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Characterization of Pintle Engine Performance for Nontoxic Hypergolic Bipropellants Benjamin L. Austin, Stephen D. Heister, William Anderson · Journal of Propulsion and Power Jul 2005 91
2 Current State of NASA Continuously Rotating Detonation Cycle Engine Development Thomas W. Teasley, Tessa Fedotowsky, Paul Gradl et al. · AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum Conference paper 19 Jan 2023 48
3 Variable Thrust, Multiple Start Hybrid Motor Solutions for Missile and Space Applications Benjamin L. Austin, Stephen D. Heister, Erik M. Dambach et al. Conference paper 25 Jul 2010 32
4 A Model for Thermal Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide Jeremy Corpening, Stephen D. Heister, Willam Anderson et al. · 40th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit Conference paper 26 Jun 2004 14
5 Development of Composite Solid Propellants Based on Dicyclopentadiene Binder Stephen Ray Bluestone, Stephen D. Heister, Steven Forrest Son et al. Conference paper 25 Jul 2010 13
All 14 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: Air Traffic Management and Optimization, Aerospace and Aviation Technology, Combustion and Detonation Processes and Energetic Materials and Combustion.

Air Traffic Management a…0Air Traffic Management and Optimization: 0 fractional worksAerospace and Aviation T…0Aerospace and Aviation Technology: 0 fractional worksCombustion and Detonation Processes: 0 fractional worksEnergetic Materials and Combustion: 0 fractional worksRocket and propulsion systems research: 0 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 0 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 0 fractional worksGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsAstronomy and AstrophysicsMolecular Biology

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

  1. 1 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  5. 5 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies Molecular Biology 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.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

2005201020152020
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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 IN Space (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000025% in 2023.

0.000010%0.000020%0.000030%IN Space (United States)0.0000036% in 202420102020

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

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