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IriSys (United States)

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Research works
26
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
467
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
4%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
IriSys (United States)

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

In all years, 87% of research at IriSys (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (65%), Physics and Astronomy (12%), Materials Science (5%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 86.7% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 64.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 31.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 16.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 11.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 10.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKIriSys (UnitedStates)26fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences6%

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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1764.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy311.8%
    3. Materials Science14.9%
    4. Computer Science12.6%
    5. Environmental Science12.6%
    1. Social Sciences12.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.9%
    3. Psychology01.9%
    1. Medicine13.5%
    2. Health Professions01.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.0%
    2. Neuroscience01.0%
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.

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

Ranked on the quality score, Neil Sumpter and Mike V. Mansi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IriSys (United States).

  1. 1 Neil Sumpter United Kingdom · #2,300,077 worldwide 513 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Mike V. Mansi United Kingdom · #4,218,397 worldwide 57 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at IriSys (United States)

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

The most cited paper from IriSys (United States) is "A smart sensor to detect the falls of the elderly" (Andrew J. Sixsmith, Neil J. Johnson, 2004), with 400 citations. Next come "Pyroelectric IR sensor arrays for fall detection in the older population" (79) and "CdZnTe substrate impurities and their effects on liquid phase epitaxy HgCdTe" (37).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A smart sensor to detect the falls of the elderly Andrew J. Sixsmith, Neil J. Johnson · IEEE Pervasive Computing Apr 2004 400
2 Pyroelectric IR sensor arrays for fall detection in the older population Andrew J. Sixsmith, Neil J. Johnson, Roger W. Whatmore · Journal de Physique IV (Proceedings) Sep 2005 79
3 CdZnTe substrate impurities and their effects on liquid phase epitaxy HgCdTe Josh Tower, Stephen P. Tobin, Michael Kestigian et al. · Journal of Electronic Materials May 1995 37
4 The relationship between lattice matching and crosshatch in liquid phase epitaxy HgCdTe on CdZnTe substrates Stephen P. Tobin, Frank Thomas Smith, Peter W. Norton et al. · Journal of Electronic Materials Sep 1995 27
5 Current status of large-area MOVPE growth of HgCdTe device heterostructures for infrared focal plane arrays Chris D. Maxey, Jonathan C. Fitzmaurice, H. W. Lau et al. · Journal of Electronic Materials Jun 2006 25
All 34 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at IriSys (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Photovoltaics, Semiconductor, Infrared, Small Target, Radiation Detection, Nanocrystals, Infrared Detectors and Semiconductor Materials.

▲ 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 18 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Photovoltaics5▲ 79×2 topics
  2. Semiconductor5▲ 59×2 topics
  3. Infrared4▲ 523×1 topic
  4. Small Target4▲ 523×1 topic
  5. Nanocrystals4▲ 56×2 topics
  6. Radiation Detection4▲ 197×2 topics
  7. Infrared Detectors3▲ 496×1 topic
  8. Semiconductor Materials3▲ 496×1 topic
  9. Efficiency3▲ 39×1 topic
  10. Thin-Film Solar Cells3▲ 168×1 topic
  11. Quantum Dots2▲ 59×1 topic
  12. Single-Photon Source2▲ 118×1 topic
  13. Infrared Thermography2▲ 141×1 topic
  14. Non-Destructive Testing2▲ 53×1 topic
  15. Deep Learning1▲ 2.5×8 topics
  16. Economic Growth1▲ 5.1×2 topics
  17. Gas Sensors1▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Metal Oxide1▲ 49×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques, Biometric Identification and Security, User Authentication and Security Systems and Astro and Planetary Science.

Advanced Steganography a…0Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques: 0 fractional worksBiometric Identification…0Biometric Identification and Security: 0 fractional worksUser Authentication and …0User Authentication and Security Systems: 0 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSignal ProcessingInformation Systems

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

  1. 1 Advanced Steganography and Watermarking Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  2. 2 Biometric Identification and Security Signal Processing 0 works
  3. 3 User Authentication and Security Systems Information Systems 0 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 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 available4.1%not open95.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.7%domestic only73.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher 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 IriSys (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000056% in 2019.

0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%IriSys (United States)0.0000048% in 2022200020102020

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

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