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Leonardo (United States)

In research, Leonardo (United States) stands highest in Engineering (#3,857 of 11,412 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#10,173 of 21,541 worldwide) and Aerospace Engineering (#1,239 of 1,730 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Engineering — Engineering is 3.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#17,713
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,844
of 8,685
Research works
455
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Leonardo (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
EngineeringField #3,857 of 11,412 21.1%282
Physical SciencesDomain #10,173 of 21,541 19.2%410
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #1,239 of 1,730 27.9%153

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leonardo (United States) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Leonardo (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 25.7 works3.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.48× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.16× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.93× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, G. L. Navarre lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leonardo (United States).

  1. 1 G. L. Navarre United States · #834,964 worldwide 1 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Leonardo (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Leonardo (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CubeSat, small satellite, LEO Satellite Constellation, Satellite Communications, Fault Tolerance, Optimal Control, Orbit Determination and Spacecraft Formation Flying.

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

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. CubeSat4▲ 416×1 topic
  2. small satellite4▲ 416×1 topic
  3. LEO Satellite Constellation2▲ 147×1 topic
  4. Satellite Communications2▲ 147×1 topic
  5. Fault Tolerance2▲ 19×5 topics
  6. Globalization1▲ 1.48×3 topics
  7. Climate Change1◆ 0.94×7 topics
  8. Deep Learning1▼ 0.68×7 topics
  9. Human Rights1▲ 2.3×3 topics
  10. Optimal Control1▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Orbit Determination1▲ 58×2 topics
  12. Spacecraft Formation Flying1▲ 166×1 topic
  13. Trajectory Optimization1▲ 41×1 topic
  14. China1▲ 22×1 topic
  15. EU Law1▲ 128×1 topic
  16. Economic Development1▲ 2.5×1 topic
  17. Machine Learning1▼ 0.63×5 topics
  18. Public Finance1▲ 43×1 topic
  19. Religion1▲ 4.3×1 topic
  20. Remote Sensing1▲ 1.72×4 topics
  21. Tax Avoidance1▲ 49×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Satellite Communication Systems, Spacecraft Dynamics and Control and Chinese history and philosophy.

Spacecraft Design and Te…4Spacecraft Design and Technology: 4 fractional worksSatellite Communication …2Satellite Communication Systems: 2 fractional worksSpacecraft Dynamics and …1Spacecraft Dynamics and Control: 1 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 1 fractional worksEconomic Issues in Ukraine: 1 fractional worksTaxation and Legal Issues: 1 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems and Control: 1 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 1 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceAccounting1 others

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

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Satellite Communication Systems Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Economic Issues in Ukraine General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 works
  6. 6 Taxation and Legal Issues Accounting 1 works
  7. 7 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 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 available19.7%not open80.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors72.7%domestic only27.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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