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Lightmatter (United States)

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Research works
41
▲ 823% vs 2013–17
Citations
389
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Lightmatter (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.

Chemistry: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.02× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 4.70× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.80× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Lightmatter (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optical Modulators, Biosensors, Microcavities, Nanophotonic Waveguides, Silicon Photonics, Semiconductor Lasers, Optical Fiber and Optical Interconnects.

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

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Biosensors5▲ 46×2 topics
  2. Microcavities5▲ 212×2 topics
  3. Optical Modulators5▲ 162×2 topics
  4. Nanophotonic Waveguides5▲ 239×1 topic
  5. Silicon Photonics5▲ 216×1 topic
  6. Semiconductor Lasers4▲ 284×2 topics
  7. Optical Fiber3▲ 118×2 topics
  8. Optical Interconnects2▲ 303×1 topic
  9. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)2▲ 303×1 topic
  10. Coherent Detection2▲ 185×1 topic
  11. Digital Signal Processing2▲ 165×1 topic
  12. Neuromorphic Photonics2▲ 260×1 topic
  13. Photonic Reservoir Computing2▲ 260×1 topic
  14. Infrared Thermography1▲ 151×2 topics
  15. Thermal Imaging1▲ 151×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Photonic and Optical Devices, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Optical Network Technologies and Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing.

Photonic and Optical Dev…5Photonic and Optical Devices: 5 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and…2Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksOptical Network Technolo…2Optical Network Technologies: 2 fractional worksNeural Networks and Rese…2Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Communication Systems: 1 fractional worksThermography and Photoacoustic Techniques: 1 fractional worksInfrared Thermography in Medicine: 1 fractional worksInfrared Target Detection Methodologies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network Technologies: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceMechanics of MaterialsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1 others

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  5. 5 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  8. 8 Infrared Thermography in Medicine Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic 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 available38.8%not open61.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 823% higher 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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