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Intevac (United States)

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Research works
44
▼ 92% vs 2018-21
Citations
442
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
9%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Intevac (United States)

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

In all years, 97% of research at Intevac (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (56%), Physics and Astronomy (22%), Materials Science (16%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 43 fractional works · 96.6% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 55.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 30.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 22.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 7.7% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 16.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKIntevac (UnitedStates)44fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences97%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences0%

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 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2555.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1022.4%
    3. Materials Science716.4%
    4. Computer Science00.6%
    5. Environmental Science00.5%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    1. Medicine12.9%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
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 Intevac (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Verle W. Aebi, Kenneth A. Costello and Lisa Mandrell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Intevac (United States).

  1. 1 Verle W. Aebi United States · #4,430,899 worldwide 545 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Kenneth A. Costello United States · #4,581,875 worldwide 283 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Lisa Mandrell United States · #5,171,093 worldwide 158 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Intevac (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Intevac (United States) is "Direct Observation of Ion-Bernstein-Wave-Induced Poloidal Flow in TFTR" (B. LeBlanc, R. E. Bell, S. Bernabei et al., 1999), with 68 citations. Next come "A 920-1650-nm high-current photodetector" (67) and "Simple method for cleaning gallium nitride (0001)" (49).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Direct Observation of Ion-Bernstein-Wave-Induced Poloidal Flow in TFTR B. LeBlanc, R. E. Bell, S. Bernabei et al. · Physical Review Letters 11 Jan 1999 68
2 A 920-1650-nm high-current photodetector GARY A. DAVIS, Robert E. Weiss, R.A. LaRue et al. · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters Oct 1996 67
3 Simple method for cleaning gallium nitride (0001) Francisco Javier Moreno Machuca, Zhi Yi Liu, Yun Sun et al. · Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A Vacuum Surfaces and Films Sep 2002 49
4 High Throughput Ion-Implantation for Silicon Solar Cells Henry Hieslmair, Lisa Mandrell, I. Latchford et al. · Energy Procedia Conference paperOpen access 2012 41
5 On the Existence of Transition-Metal Fullerides: Deposition and Characterization of TixC60 Lars Norin, Ulf Jansson, Chris D. Dyer et al. · Chemistry of Materials Apr 1998 34
All 67 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Intevac (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Cells, GaN, Thin Films, Electron Sources, Photocathodes, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Mechanical Properties and Photon Counting.

▲ 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. Solar Cells5▲ 36×4 topics
  2. GaN5▲ 200×2 topics
  3. Thin Films4▲ 37×4 topics
  4. Electron Sources4▲ 1256×1 topic
  5. Photocathodes4▲ 1256×1 topic
  6. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy4▲ 68×2 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  8. Photon Counting3▲ 103×3 topics
  9. Nanocomposites3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  10. Nanoparticles3▲ 5.0×4 topics
  11. Photovoltaics3▲ 27×2 topics
  12. Radiation Detection3▲ 96×2 topics
  13. Crystal Growth3▲ 17×3 topics
  14. Efficiency2▲ 21×1 topic
  15. Silicon2▲ 75×1 topic
  16. Coatings2▲ 62×1 topic
  17. Nanoindentation2▲ 65×1 topic
  18. Nanowires2▲ 21×4 topics
  19. Electromigration2▲ 84×2 topics
  20. Inorganic Scintillators2▲ 105×1 topic
  21. Scintillation Detectors2▲ 105×1 topic
  22. Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths2▲ 72×1 topic
  23. Scanning Electron Microscopy2▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Laser Ranging2▲ 178×1 topic
  25. Time-of-Flight2▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Plasmonics2▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Thin-Film Transistors2▲ 84×1 topic
  28. Detector Performance1▲ 59×2 topics
  29. High-Speed Imaging1▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Microstructure1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  31. CMOS Image Sensors1▲ 111×1 topic
  32. Low-Noise Sensors1▲ 111×1 topic
  33. Low-k Dielectrics1▲ 122×1 topic
  34. Microelectronics1▲ 110×1 topic
  35. High-Resolution Patterning1▲ 67×2 topics
  36. Monte Carlo Simulation1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  37. Nanofabrication1▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Nanotubes1▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Spintronics1▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Plasma Etching1▲ 55×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management, Open Source Software Innovations and Corporate Governance and Management.

Outsourcing and Supply C…0Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management: 0 fractional worksOpen Source Software Inn…0Open Source Software Innovations: 0 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…0Corporate Governance and Management: 0 fractional works
Management Information SystemsComputer Science ApplicationsStrategy and Management

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

  1. 1 Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management Management Information Systems 0 works
  2. 2 Open Source Software Innovations Computer Science Applications 0 works
  3. 3 Corporate Governance and Management Strategy and Management 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 available8.6%not open91.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 92% 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 Intevac (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000028% in 2019.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Intevac (United States)0.0000056% in 2025200020102020

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

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