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Michigan Science Center

In research, Michigan Science Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,640 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,979
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,348
of 7,310
Research works
362
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Michigan Science Center

What is Michigan Science Center 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
Physical SciencesDomain #13,640 of 17,446 3.3%220

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Michigan Science Center 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 Michigan Science Center work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Michigan Science Center is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (31%), Social Sciences (19%), Physics and Astronomy (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 53.3% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 31.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 35.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 18.7% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMichigan ScienceCenter53fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences36%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1731.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy58.8%
    3. Computer Science35.2%
    4. Materials Science23.1%
    5. Environmental Science12.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.9%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.7%
    8. Chemistry00.7%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1018.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities35.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting24.2%
    5. Decision Sciences12.0%
    6. Psychology00.8%
    1. Medicine35.6%
    2. Health Professions11.4%
    3. Dentistry00.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.09× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.94× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.93× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.01× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.94×5 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.10×0 works
  3. Engineering2.09×17 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.06×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.01×2 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.93×3 works
  7. Social Sciences1.48×10 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.32×2 works
  9. Dentistry1.30×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.89×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.67×3 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.52×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.47×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.44×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×1 works
  17. Medicine0.29×3 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×1 works
  19. Psychology0.26×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  21. Energy0.14×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Michigan Science Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Dan Kaminsky, Salah M. Kamal and K. A. Polozhentsev lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Michigan Science Center.

  1. 1 Dan Kaminsky United States · #2,955,081 worldwide 198 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Salah M. Kamal United States · #4,905,829 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 K. A. Polozhentsev United States · #5,094,840 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Irina Anatolievna Larionova United States · #5,687,851 worldwide 14 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 T. A. Pereskokova United States · #5,833,281 worldwide 27 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Michigan Science Center

What are the most cited papers from Michigan Science Center?

The most cited paper from Michigan Science Center is "A Survey of CA II H and K Chromospheric Emission in Southern Solar-Type Stars" (Todd J. Henry, David R. Soderblom, Robert A. Donahue et al., 1996), with 506 citations. Next come "Spectroscopy of Lyman Break Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field" (449) and "Lyman Alpha Imaging of a Proto-Cluster Region at =3.09" (368).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Survey of CA II H and K Chromospheric Emission in Southern Solar-Type Stars Todd J. Henry, David R. Soderblom, Robert A. Donahue et al. · The Astronomical Journal 1996 506
2 Spectroscopy of Lyman Break Galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field Charles C. Steidel, Mauro Giavalisco, Mark Dickinson et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access Aug 1996 449
3 Lyman Alpha Imaging of a Proto-Cluster Region at =3.09 Charles C. Steidel, Kurt L. Adelberger, Alice E. Shapley et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 7 Oct 1999 368
4 THE SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS OF z ∼ 8 GALAXIES FROM THE IRAC ULTRA DEEP FIELDS: EMISSION LINES, STELLAR MASSES, AND SPECIFIC STAR FORMATION RATES AT 650 MYR Ivo Labbé, Pascal A. Oesch, R. J. Bouwens et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access 22 Oct 2013 296
5 SpeX Spectroscopy of Unresolved Very Low-Mass Binaries. I. Identification of Seventeen Candidate Binaries Straddling the L Dwarf/T Dwarf Transition Adam J. Burgasser, Kelle L. Cruz, Michael C. Cushing et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 18 Dec 2009 244
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Michigan Science Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Security, Legal Regulation, Public Oversight, Transport Policy, Foresight, Philosophy, Strategic Planning and Sustainable Development.

▲ 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. Sustainable Development3▲ 3.6×11 topics
  2. Economic Security3▲ 23×2 topics
  3. Legal Regulation2▲ 19×2 topics
  4. Foresight2▲ 31×2 topics
  5. History2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  6. Philosophy2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  7. Public Oversight2▲ 33×1 topic
  8. Strategic Planning2▲ 28×2 topics
  9. Transport Policy2▲ 33×1 topic
  10. Literature2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  11. Curriculum Development2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  12. Globalization2▲ 1.95×6 topics
  13. Culture2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  14. Ethnicity2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  15. Science2▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles2▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Air Force2▲ 29×1 topic
  18. Digital Transformation2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  19. Innovation2▲ 3.2×6 topics
  20. Islam2▲ 17×1 topic
  21. Modernization2▲ 19×1 topic
  22. Social Influence2▲ 16×1 topic
  23. Knowledge Management2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  24. Economic Growth2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  25. Digital Learning1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  26. Optimization1▲ 5.8×5 topics
  27. Character Education1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  28. Cultural Sustainability1▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Digitalization1▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Industrial Policy1▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Recycling1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  32. Technology1▲ 4.8×3 topics
  33. Ceramic Materials1▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Circular Economy1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  35. Bayesian Networks1▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Bioleaching1▲ 60×1 topic
  37. CIM XML1▲ 82×1 topic
  38. Common Information Model1▲ 82×1 topic
  39. Composite Materials1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  40. Economic Performance1▲ 124×1 topic

Which research topics does Michigan Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies and Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes.

Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 2 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 2 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …2Military Technology and Strategies: 2 fractional worksAnorectal Disease Treatm…1Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksRecycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production: 1 fractional worksDigital Economy and Transformation: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis1Risk and Safety Analysis: 1 fractional worksPower Systems and Technologies: 1 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bioleaching: 1 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…1Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 1 fractional works
TransportationSociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringSurgery6 others

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

  1. 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 2 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production Building and Construction 1 works
  6. 6 Digital Economy and Transformation Strategy and Management 1 works
  7. 7 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  8. 8 Power Systems and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 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 available70.0%not open30.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.1%domestic only73.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Michigan Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% 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 Michigan Science Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Michigan Science Center0.00020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Michigan Science Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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