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Mektron

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Research works
20
▲ 2153% vs 2018-21
Citations
62
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Mektron

Not ranked overall: Mektron 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 Mektron work in?

In all years, 86% of research at Mektron is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (47%), Materials Science (13%), Mathematics (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 86.1% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 47.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 11.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 13.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 7.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 10.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMektron20fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences86%Social Sciences6%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering947.4%
    2. Materials Science313.4%
    3. Mathematics210.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences27.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy13.7%
    6. Chemistry01.7%
    7. Computer Science01.1%
    8. Energy00.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.7%
    3. Neuroscience01.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities13.4%
    2. Social Sciences01.7%
    3. Decision Sciences00.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
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.

Earth and Planetary Sciences: 5.56× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 44.44× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.96× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyArts and Humanities: 6.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 44.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics44.44×2 works
  2. Arts and Humanities6.04×1 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.56×0 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.96×0 works
  5. Social Sciences0.69×0 works
  6. Engineering0.49×0 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.34×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Mektron?

The most cited paper from Mektron is "High-density conformable tactile sensing glove" (Takashi Sagisaka, Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Yasuo Kuniyoshi et al., 2011), with 33 citations. Next come "Preparation of Quantized-CdS Doped Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Films. Optical and Morphological Properties" (19) and "The Growth of Al2O3 Single Crystals by the Czochralski Method" (12).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 High-density conformable tactile sensing glove Takashi Sagisaka, Yoshiyuki Ohmura, Yasuo Kuniyoshi et al. Conference paper Oct 2011 33
2 Preparation of Quantized-CdS Doped Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Films. Optical and Morphological Properties Shozo Yanagida, Takashi Enokida, Akihiro Shindo et al. · Chemistry Letters Oct 1990 19
3 The Growth of Al2O3 Single Crystals by the Czochralski Method Shôji Morita, Hideyuki Sekiwa, Hiroaki Toshima et al. · Journal of the Ceramic Society of Japan Open access 1993 12
4 Preparation of Surface-modified CdS Microcrystallites. Enhancement of Solubility in Alcohols by Capping with Pentafluorothiophenol Tomoyuki Ogata, Hiroji Hosokawa, Tatsuhiko Oshiro et al. · Chemistry Letters Sep 1992 10
5 Morphology of a Cytochrome c-Adsorbed Stearic Acid Monolayer on Brewster Angle Microscopy Hideaki Tanaka, Ken Hayashi, Takahisa Akatsuka et al. · The Journal of Biochemistry Jun 1995 10
All 18 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Mektron publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mathematical functions and polynomials, Mathematics and Applications, Turkish Literature and Culture and Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies.

Mathematical functions a…1Mathematical functions and polynomials: 1 fractional worksMathematics and Applicat…1Mathematics and Applications: 1 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 0 fractional worksCultural and Sociopolitical Studies: 0 fractional worksHistorical Turkish Studies0Historical Turkish Studies: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geophysical Studies: 0 fractional worksGeophysical and Geoelectrical Methods: 0 fractional worksNMR spectroscopy and applications: 0 fractional worksSurface Treatment and Coatings: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Machining and Optimization Techniques: 0 fractional works
Applied MathematicsGeometry and TopologyLiterature and Literary TheoryMuseology6 others

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

  1. 1 Mathematical functions and polynomials Applied Mathematics 1 works
  2. 2 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 1 works
  3. 3 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  4. 4 Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Museology 0 works
  5. 5 Historical Turkish Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  6. 6 Geological and Geophysical Studies Geology 0 works
  7. 7 Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods Geophysics 0 works
  8. 8 NMR spectroscopy and applications Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  9. 9 Surface Treatment and Coatings Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques 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 available34.4%not open65.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.6%domestic only61.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mektron's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2153% higher 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 Mektron as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000018% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Mektron0.000023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mektron over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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