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Launchpad Central (United States)

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Research works
115
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
784
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Launchpad Central (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.94× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.64× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.78× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 2.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.27× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.02× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.57× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Launchpad Central (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Distributed Systems, Internet of Things, Hybrid Rocket Propulsion, Regression Rate Behavior, Modeling, Energy Efficiency and Technology Integration.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Internet of Things2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  2. Risk Assessment2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  3. Distributed Systems2▲ 27×3 topics
  4. Education2▲ 2.7×9 topics
  5. Energy Efficiency2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  6. Healthcare2▲ 3.8×3 topics
  7. Sustainability2▲ 1.73×5 topics
  8. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion1▲ 179×1 topic
  9. Regression Rate Behavior1▲ 179×1 topic
  10. Modeling1▲ 15×3 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 2.4×4 topics
  12. Big Data1▲ 3.8×3 topics
  13. Smart Contracts1▲ 21×2 topics
  14. Supply Chain Management1▲ 3.6×3 topics
  15. Technology Integration1▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Resource Management1▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Academic Achievement1▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Arts Education1▲ 237×1 topic
  19. Entrepreneurship1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  20. Fuzzy Mathematics1▲ 136×1 topic
  21. Investment Decisions1▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Set Pair Analysis1▲ 136×1 topic
  23. Soft Systems Methodology1▲ 108×1 topic
  24. System Dynamics1▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Thermal Analysis1▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Visual Culture1▲ 52×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Rocket and propulsion systems research, Art Education and Development, Research studies in Vietnam and Complex Systems and Decision Making.

Rocket and propulsion sy…1Rocket and propulsion systems research: 1 fractional worksArt Education and Develo…1Art Education and Development: 1 fractional worksResearch studies in Vietnam: 1 fractional worksComplex Systems and Deci…1Complex Systems and Decision Making: 1 fractional worksCloud Computing and Reso…1Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 1 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems and Control: 1 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Technology: 1 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…1Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 1 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringVisual Arts and Performing ArtsEcologyManagement Science and Operations Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Art Education and Development Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  3. 3 Research studies in Vietnam Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Complex Systems and Decision Making Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  5. 5 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  9. 9 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available45.1%not open54.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.8%domestic only71.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017.

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