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L.B. Foster Rail Technologies (Canada)

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Research works
10
▼ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
167
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
L.B. Foster Rail Technologies (Canada)

Not ranked overall: L.B. Foster Rail Technologies (Canada) 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 L.B. Foster Rail Technologies (Canada) work in?

In all years, 97% of research at L.B. Foster Rail Technologies (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (92%), Materials Science (4%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (2%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 96.7% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 92.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 38.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 25.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 15.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 8.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workALL ITS WORKL.B. Foster RailTechnologies…10fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences97%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 3 domains and 4 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1092.5%
    2. Materials Science04.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.6%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting01.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What are the most cited papers from L.B. Foster Rail Technologies (Canada)?

The most cited paper from L.B. Foster Rail Technologies (Canada) is "Material concepts for top of rail friction management – Classification, characterisation and application" (Richard J. Stock, L.J.E. Stanlake, Chris Hardwick et al., 2016), with 73 citations. Next come "The effects of friction management materials on rail with pre existing rcf surface damage" (62) and "A new method for the assessment of traction enhancers and the generation of organic layers in a twin-disc machine" (33).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Material concepts for top of rail friction management – Classification, characterisation and application Richard J. Stock, L.J.E. Stanlake, Chris Hardwick et al. · Wear 5 Jun 2016 73
2 The effects of friction management materials on rail with pre existing rcf surface damage Chris Hardwick, Roger Lewis, Richard J. Stock · Wear 23 Apr 2017 62
3 A new method for the assessment of traction enhancers and the generation of organic layers in a twin-disc machine STEPHEN R. LEWIS, Roger Lewis, John Cotter et al. · Wear 2 Jun 2016 33
4 Twin disc evaluation of third body materials in the wheel/rail interface Dmitry V. Gutsulyak, L.J.E. Stanlake, Hao Qi · Tribology - Materials Surfaces & Interfaces 4 Nov 2020 26
5 A comparison of friction modifier performance using two laboratory test scales L.E. Buckley-Johnstone, Matthew Harmon, Roger Lewis et al. · Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit 4 Sep 2018 23
All 19 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does L.B. Foster Rail Technologies (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Railway Engineering and Dynamics, Brake Systems and Friction Analysis, Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions and Transportation and Mobility Innovations.

Railway Engineering and …0Railway Engineering and Dynamics: 0 fractional worksBrake Systems and Friction Analysis: 0 fractional worksAdhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions: 0 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 0 fractional worksElectrical Contact Performance and Analysis: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…0Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 0 fractional worksWood Treatment and Properties: 0 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 0 fractional worksRailway Systems and Ener…0Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsBuilding and Construction2 others

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

  1. 1 Railway Engineering and Dynamics Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Brake Systems and Friction Analysis Automotive Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  4. 4 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Electrical Contact Performance and Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 0 works
  8. 8 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency Industrial and Manufacturing 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 available28.7%not open71.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.1%domestic only60.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has L.B. Foster Rail Technologies (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% 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 L.B. Foster Rail Technologies (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000096% in 2022.

0.000025%0.000050%0.000075%L.B. Foster Rail Technologies (Canada)0.000013% in 2023200020102020

Fractional works of L.B. Foster Rail Technologies (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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