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LighTopTech (United States)

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Research works
10
▼ 80% vs 2018-21
Citations
82
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
LighTopTech (United States)

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

In all years, 54% of research at LighTopTech (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (45%), Medicine (28%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%).

Physical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 54.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 45.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 36.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 27.8% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 27.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 18.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 16.5% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 15.7% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workALL ITS WORKLighTopTech(United States)10fractional works, all years
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences28%

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 6 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering545.3%
    2. Materials Science15.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences03.2%
    1. Medicine327.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology216.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.6%
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.

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

The most cited paper from LighTopTech (United States) is "MEMS-based handheld scanning probe with pre-shaped input signals for distortion-free images in Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy" (Andrea Cogliati, Cristina Canavesi, A. B. Hayes et al., 2016), with 95 citations. Next come "Lateral eyes direct principal eyes as jumping spiders track objects" (59) and "Assessing microstructures of the cornea with Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy: pathway for corneal physiology and diseases" (36).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MEMS-based handheld scanning probe with pre-shaped input signals for distortion-free images in Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy Andrea Cogliati, Cristina Canavesi, A. B. Hayes et al. · Optics Express Open access 8 Jun 2016 95
2 Lateral eyes direct principal eyes as jumping spiders track objects Elizabeth M. Jakob, Skye M. Long, Duane P. Harland et al. · Current Biology Open access Sep 2018 59
3 Assessing microstructures of the cornea with Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy: pathway for corneal physiology and diseases Patrice Tankam, Zhiguo Hé, Ying-Ju Chu et al. · Optics Letters Open access 12 Mar 2015 36
4 Parallelized multi–graphics processing unit framework for high-speed Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy Patrice Tankam, Anand P. Santhanam, Kye‐Sung Lee et al. · Journal of Biomedical Optics Open access 2 Apr 2014 23
5 In vivo imaging of corneal nerves and cellular structures in mice with Gabor-domain optical coherence microscopy Cristina Canavesi, Andrea Cogliati, Amanda Mietus et al. · Biomedical Optics Express Open access 23 Dec 2019 22
All 30 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: Optical Coherence Tomography Applications, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, Marine and coastal ecosystems and Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements.

Optical Coherence Tomography Applications: 0 fractional worksPhotoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging: 0 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosy…0Marine and coastal ecosystems: 0 fractional worksSurface Roughness and Op…0Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements: 0 fractional worksMarine and environmental…0Marine and environmental studies: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Fluorescence Mi…0Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques: 0 fractional worksSurface Modification and Superhydrophobicity: 0 fractional worksTribology and Lubrication Engineering: 0 fractional worksAdhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions: 0 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringOceanographyComputational MechanicsBiophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Optical Coherence Tomography Applications Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 0 works
  4. 4 Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements Computational Mechanics 0 works
  5. 5 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques Biophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity Surfaces, Coatings and Films 0 works
  8. 8 Tribology and Lubrication Engineering Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions Mechanics of Materials 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.9%domestic only70.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 80% 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 LighTopTech (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000060% in 2024.

still counting0.000020%0.000040%0.000060%LighTopTech (United States)0.0000043% in 20252020

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

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