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Materials Modification (United States)

In research, Materials Modification (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,938 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Science (Materials Science is 6.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,475
of 22,385 · #12,482 all time
Rank in United States
#2,044
of 3,332
Research works
374
▲ 146% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.5k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
56%
world 18%
Materials Modification (United States)

What is Materials Modification (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,938 of 10,670 12.1%67 #6568

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Materials Modification (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Materials Modification (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 76% of research at Materials Modification (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (37%), Materials Science (23%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 82 fractional works · 76.3% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 36.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 10.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 24 fractional works · 22.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMaterialsModification…108fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4036.9%
    2. Materials Science2422.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy76.1%
    4. Chemistry54.5%
    5. Computer Science21.6%
    6. Energy21.5%
    7. Environmental Science11.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering11.0%
    9. Mathematics10.6%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    1. Medicine1110.1%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences76.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.3%
    3. Psychology10.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Materials Modification (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Science takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ScienceField · 24.4 works6.5×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.78× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.88× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.46× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.48× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.72× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science6.48×24 works
  2. Chemistry2.88×5 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.78×1 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.72×6 works
  5. Engineering2.46×40 works
  6. Energy1.66×2 works
  7. Dentistry0.88×0 works
  8. Mathematics0.53×1 works
  9. Medicine0.53×11 works
  10. Social Sciences0.52×7 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.47×2 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×2 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.31×0 works
  15. Psychology0.31×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.27×1 works
  17. Nursing0.26×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.21×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.21×2 works
  20. Environmental Science0.20×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.05×0 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Materials Modification (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Tirumalai S. Sudarshan, T. S. Sudarshan and Jacob J. Stiglich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Materials Modification (United States).

  1. 1 Tirumalai S. Sudarshan United States · #3,013,955 worldwide 445 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 T. S. Sudarshan United States · #3,368,248 worldwide 3k citations · 240 works
  3. 3 Jacob J. Stiglich United States · #3,610,578 worldwide 407 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Jim Intrater United States · #4,121,371 worldwide 136 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Lakshmi Gopal United States · #4,221,600 worldwide 96 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Materials Modification (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Materials Modification (United States) is "Carbon Nanotubes as Assisted Matrix for Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry" (Songyun Xu, Yongfeng Li, Hanfa Zou et al., 2003), with 336 citations. Next come "Multifunctional High Entropy Alloys Enabled by Severe Lattice Distortion" (319) and "MBene (MnB): a new type of 2D metallic ferromagnet with high Curie temperature" (302).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Carbon Nanotubes as Assisted Matrix for Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Songyun Xu, Yongfeng Li, Hanfa Zou et al. · Analytical Chemistry 4 Oct 2003 336
2 Multifunctional High Entropy Alloys Enabled by Severe Lattice Distortion Hang Wang, Quanfeng He, Xiang Gao et al. · Advanced Materials Open access 10 Aug 2023 319
3 MBene (MnB): a new type of 2D metallic ferromagnet with high Curie temperature Jiang Zhou, Peng Wang, Xue Jiang et al. · Nanoscale Horizons Open access 2018 302
4 Heterostructures of MXenes and N-doped graphene as highly active bifunctional electrocatalysts Si Zhou, Xiaowei Yang, Wei Pei et al. · Nanoscale Open access 2018 281
5 2D covalent triazine framework: a new class of organic photocatalyst for water splitting Xue Jiang, Peng Wang, Jijun Zhao · Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2015 280
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Materials Modification (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Nanocomposites, Microstructure, Biomedical Applications, Nanoparticles, Additive Manufacturing, Polymer Composites and Graphene.

▲ 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-now 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 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties10▲ 9.9×23 topics
  2. Nanocomposites8▲ 9.7×16 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications7▲ 5.3×21 topics
  4. Microstructure6▲ 12×12 topics
  5. Nanoparticles6▲ 4.4×23 topics
  6. Additive Manufacturing4▲ 12×4 topics
  7. Polymer Composites4▲ 13×6 topics
  8. Catalysis4▲ 5.0×16 topics
  9. Graphene4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  10. Nanomaterials3▲ 2.9×13 topics
  11. Plasma Etching3▲ 123×1 topic
  12. Semiconductor Industry3▲ 123×1 topic
  13. Applications3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  14. Bioinspired Materials2▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Surface Roughness2▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Materials2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  17. Crystal Growth2▲ 7.5×8 topics
  18. Efficiency2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  19. 3D Printing2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  20. Carbon Nanotubes2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  21. Nanofibers2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  22. Thin Films2▲ 10×5 topics
  23. Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas2▲ 92×1 topic
  24. Bioinspired Design2▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Flexible Electronics2▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Material Characterization2▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Plasma Medicine2▲ 92×1 topic
  28. Superhydrophobic Surfaces2▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Aerospace Applications2▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Ceramics2▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Process Parameters2▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Two-Dimensional Materials2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  33. Challenges2▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Fused Deposition Modeling2▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Metallic Components2▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Selective Laser Melting2▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Tokamak2▲ 77×1 topic
  38. Turbulence2▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Conducting Polymers2▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Oxidation Resistance2▲ 15×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Plasma Diagnostics and Applications, Plasma Applications and Diagnostics, Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies.

Plasma Diagnostics and A…3Plasma Diagnostics and Applications: 3 fractional worksPlasma Applications and …2Plasma Applications and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksSurface Modification and Superhydrophobicity: 2 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 2 fractional worksMagnetic confinement fusion research: 2 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 2 fractional worksConducting polymers and …1Conducting polymers and applications: 1 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mechanics: 1 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurfaces, Coatings and FilmsAutomotive Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Plasma Applications and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity Surfaces, Coatings and Films 2 works
  4. 4 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  6. 6 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 1 works
  9. 9 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  10. 10 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available30.8%not open69.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.0%domestic only44.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 146% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Materials Modification (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Materials Modification (United States)0.00078% in 202519801990200020102020

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