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Intelligent Optical Systems (United States)

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Research works
88
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Intelligent Optical Systems (United States)

Not ranked overall: Intelligent Optical Systems (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 Intelligent Optical Systems (United States) work in?

In all years, 80% of research at Intelligent Optical Systems (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (45%), Computer Science (11%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 70 fractional works · 79.9% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 45.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 19 fractional works · 21.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 8.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 11.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBioengineering: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 8.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIntelligentOptical Systems…88fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences2%

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. Engineering4045.3%
    2. Computer Science1011.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy44.8%
    4. Environmental Science44.8%
    5. Chemical Engineering44.7%
    6. Materials Science44.1%
    7. Chemistry33.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    9. Energy00.3%
    1. Medicine88.8%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology55.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.7%
    3. Neuroscience11.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Social Sciences21.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.70× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.86× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.25× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.70×0 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy4.25×0 works
  3. Environmental Science2.86×1 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.26×0 works
  5. Medicine1.54×1 works
  6. Engineering1.34×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.11×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.83×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.68×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.61×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.28×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Intelligent Optical Systems (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Steven R. Cordero, Vladimir Rubtsov and Manal Beshay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Intelligent Optical Systems (United States).

  1. 1 Steven R. Cordero United States · #1,789,145 worldwide 1.4k citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Vladimir Rubtsov United States · #3,396,366 worldwide 145 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Manal Beshay United States · #4,119,905 worldwide 52 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Klein United States · #4,285,421 worldwide 17 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Robert Lieberman United States · #4,855,147 worldwide 132 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Lothar U. Kempen United States · #5,046,779 worldwide 117 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Indu Fiesler Saxena United States · #6,137,563 worldwide 310 citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Intelligent Optical Systems (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Intelligent Optical Systems (United States)?

The most cited paper from Intelligent Optical Systems (United States) is "Absorption coefficients of selected explosives and related compounds in the range of 0.1-2.8 THz" (Jian Chen, Yunqing Chen, Hongwei Zhao et al., 2007), with 309 citations. Next come "Detection and identification of explosive RDX by THz diffuse reflection spectroscopy" (302) and "Effective optical properties of absorbing nanoporous and nanocomposite thin films" (140).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Absorption coefficients of selected explosives and related compounds in the range of 0.1-2.8 THz Jian Chen, Yunqing Chen, Hongwei Zhao et al. · Optics Express Open access 2007 309
2 Detection and identification of explosive RDX by THz diffuse reflection spectroscopy Hai-Bo Liu, Yunqing Chen, Glenn J. Bastiaans et al. · Optics Express Open access 2006 302
3 Effective optical properties of absorbing nanoporous and nanocomposite thin films Anna Garahan, Laurent Pilon, Juan Yin et al. · Journal of Applied Physics Open access 2007 140
4 Microarrays – status and prospects Srivatsa Venkatasubbarao · Trends in biotechnology Review 3 Nov 2004 132
5 Circulating Tumor Cells: From Bench to Bedside Marija Balić, Anthony J. Williams, Henry K. Lin et al. · Annual Review of Medicine ReviewOpen access 23 Oct 2012 86
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Intelligent Optical Systems (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Optical Fiber, Machine Learning, Fiber Optic Sensors, Sensor Technology, Breath Analysis, Optical Sensors 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 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. Biosensors9▲ 18×6 topics
  2. Machine Learning8▲ 4.2×12 topics
  3. Optical Fiber6▲ 53×2 topics
  4. Fiber Optic Sensors6▲ 114×1 topic
  5. Sensor Technology6▲ 114×1 topic
  6. Deep Learning5▲ 2.9×10 topics
  7. Breath Analysis5▲ 41×2 topics
  8. Neural Networks5▲ 5.4×9 topics
  9. Optical Sensors5▲ 36×2 topics
  10. Field-Effect Transistors4▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Ion-Selective Electrodes4▲ 47×1 topic
  12. Potentiometric Sensors4▲ 47×1 topic
  13. Integrated Circuits4▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Non-Destructive Testing4▲ 35×3 topics
  15. Optical Modulators4▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Raman Lasers3▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Microcavities3▲ 22×1 topic
  18. Silicon Photonics3▲ 22×1 topic
  19. Gas Sensing3▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Wave Propagation3▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Defect Detection3▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Guided Lamb Waves3▲ 60×1 topic
  23. Nanostructures3▲ 6.2×2 topics
  24. Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring3▲ 60×1 topic
  25. Spectroscopic Databases3▲ 51×1 topic
  26. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers3▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Artificial Neural Networks2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  28. Electronic Nose2▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Image Processing2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  30. Volatile Organic Compounds2▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Machine Vision2▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Chemical Sensors2▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Sensors2▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Feature Extraction2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  35. Lab-on-a-Chip2▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Spectroscopy2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  37. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Eddy Current Testing2▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Gas Sensors2▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Metal Oxide2▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Intelligent Optical Systems (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Neurological Complications and Syndromes, Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments.

Atmospheric aerosols and…0Atmospheric aerosols and clouds: 0 fractional worksNeurological Complicatio…0Neurological Complications and Syndromes: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 0 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…0Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR…0Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 0 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 0 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksUltrasonics and Acoustic…0Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation: 0 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 0 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangePsychiatry and Mental healthInstrumentationTransplantation5 others

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

  1. 1 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  2. 2 Neurological Complications and Syndromes Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  3. 3 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 0 works
  4. 4 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 0 works
  5. 5 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  9. 9 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 0 works
  10. 10 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 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 available15.1%not open84.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Intelligent Optical Systems (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% 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 Intelligent Optical Systems (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000018% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Intelligent Optical Systems (United States)0.000036% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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