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Information Systems Laboratories (United States)

In research, Information Systems Laboratories (United States) stands highest in Computer Science (#3,574 of 6,336 worldwide), Engineering (#5,381 of 9,532 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,502 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 7.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,986
of 22,385 · #22,610 all time
Rank in United States
#3,107
of 3,332
Research works
434
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.8k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Information Systems Laboratories (United States)

What is Information Systems Laboratories (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Computer ScienceField #3,574 of 6,336 8.2%121
EngineeringField #5,381 of 9,532 6.6%196
Physical SciencesDomain #10,502 of 17,446 6.6%350

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

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Information Systems Laboratories (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (51%), Computer Science (24%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 77.3% of its workEngineering: 41 fractional works · 51.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 21 fractional works · 26.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 24.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKInformationSystems…80fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences17%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4151.0%
    2. Computer Science1924.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy11.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences56.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting44.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.5%
    4. Decision Sciences22.0%
    5. Psychology11.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Medicine22.3%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    2. Neuroscience00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Information Systems Laboratories (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 20.8 works7.3×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 3.09× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.40× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.37× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.40×41 works
  2. Computer Science3.09×19 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.10×2 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.37×4 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×2 works
  6. Health Professions0.58×1 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.57×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.53×5 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×1 works
  10. Psychology0.33×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.32×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×1 works
  13. Energy0.15×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  15. Medicine0.12×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.06×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, J.S. Bergin, Christopher M. Teixeira and P.M. Techau lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Information Systems Laboratories (United States).

  1. 1 J.S. Bergin United States · #1,797,009 worldwide 688 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Christopher M. Teixeira United States · #2,663,915 worldwide 577 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 P.M. Techau United States · #3,038,207 worldwide 400 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Allan S. Benjamin United States · #3,899,473 worldwide 96 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Information Systems Laboratories (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Information Systems Laboratories (United States) is "An Overview of MIMO Communications—A Key to Gigabit Wireless" (Arogyaswami J. Paulraj, D. Gore, Rohit U. Nabar et al., 2004), with 2,093 citations. Next come "Reoptimization of MDL Keys for Use in Drug Discovery" (1,993) and "Array antenna pattern modeling methods that include mutual coupling effects" (443).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An Overview of MIMO Communications—A Key to Gigabit Wireless Arogyaswami J. Paulraj, D. Gore, Rohit U. Nabar et al. · Proceedings of the IEEE Feb 2004 2,093
2 Reoptimization of MDL Keys for Use in Drug Discovery Joseph L. Durant, Burton A. Leland, Douglas R. Henry et al. · Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences 14 Sep 2002 1,993
3 Array antenna pattern modeling methods that include mutual coupling effects David F. Kelley, Warren L. Stutzman · IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 1993 443
4 Receive antenna selection for mimo spatial multiplexing: theory and algorithms Alexei Y. Gorokhov, D. Gore, Arogyaswami J. Paulraj · IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing 31 Oct 2003 359
5 Language Choice Online: Globalization and Identity in Egypt Mark Warschauer, Ghada Refaat El Said, Ayman Gaafar Zohry · Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 23 Jun 2006 237
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Information Systems Laboratories (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Massive MIMO, Microwave Photonics, 5G, Optical Access Networks, Photonic Signal Processing, Internet of Things, Energy Efficiency and Broadcasting.

▲ 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. Sustainability5▲ 2.5×10 topics
  2. Massive MIMO5▲ 73×2 topics
  3. Machine Learning4▲ 1.70×20 topics
  4. Energy Efficiency4▲ 5.9×6 topics
  5. Internet of Things4▲ 6.4×10 topics
  6. Microwave Photonics4▲ 63×2 topics
  7. 5G4▲ 87×2 topics
  8. Optical Access Networks4▲ 158×1 topic
  9. Photonic Signal Processing4▲ 158×1 topic
  10. Big Data4▲ 4.8×11 topics
  11. Broadcasting4▲ 311×1 topic
  12. Layered Division Multiplexing4▲ 311×1 topic
  13. Optical Fiber3▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Signal Processing3▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Knowledge Management3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  16. Integrated Circuits2▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Coherent Detection2▲ 73×1 topic
  18. Digital Signal Processing2▲ 65×1 topic
  19. Supply Chain Management2▲ 3.4×6 topics
  20. Distributed Systems2▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Elastic Optical Networks2▲ 179×1 topic
  22. MIMO Radar2▲ 83×2 topics
  23. Optical Networks2▲ 179×1 topic
  24. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  25. Smart Cities2▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Smart Grid2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  27. Wireless Networks2▲ 17×7 topics
  28. Waveform Design2▲ 64×2 topics
  29. 5G Networks2▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Channel Modeling2▲ 19×4 topics
  31. Optical Modulators2▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Silicon Photonics2▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Automotive Radar2▲ 81×1 topic
  34. Beamforming2▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Cognitive Radar2▲ 81×1 topic
  36. Semiconductor Lasers2▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Control System2▲ 38×1 topic
  38. IoT Applications2▲ 51×3 topics
  39. Knowledge Representation2▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Neural Network2▲ 10×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Photonic Communication Systems, Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies, Optical Network Technologies and Advanced Optical Network Technologies.

Advanced Photonic Communication Systems: 4 fractional worksTelecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies: 4 fractional worksOptical Network Technolo…2Optical Network Technologies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network…2Advanced Optical Network Technologies: 2 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksRadar Systems and Signal Processing: 2 fractional worksIndustrial Technology an…2Industrial Technology and Control Systems: 2 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksPower Systems and Technologies: 1 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMedia TechnologyAerospace EngineeringControl and Systems Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies Media Technology 4 works
  3. 3 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Radar Systems and Signal Processing Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Industrial Technology and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Power Systems and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 1 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 available32.2%not open67.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher 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 Information Systems Laboratories (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Information Systems Laboratories (United States)0.00032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Information Systems 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.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2022Information Systems Laboratories (United States)0.8% in 202220102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.3% in 2003.

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