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Michoud Assembly Facility

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Research works
43
▼ 100% vs 2013–17
Citations
63
1.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
8%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Michoud Assembly Facility is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

What does Michoud Assembly Facility specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 30.9 works5.0×
← 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.

    Which keywords describe research at Michoud Assembly Facility?

    By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cryogenic Storage, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Hybrid Rocket Propulsion, Regression Rate Behavior, CubeSat, small satellite, Simulation and Space Policy.

    ▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

    Size is fractional works in all years 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

    All 25 words, with their numbers
    1. Cryogenic Storage7▲ 436×1 topic
    2. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)7▲ 436×1 topic
    3. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion5▲ 408×1 topic
    4. Regression Rate Behavior5▲ 408×1 topic
    5. CubeSat3▲ 318×1 topic
    6. small satellite3▲ 318×1 topic
    7. Risk Assessment2▲ 6.8×2 topics
    8. Simulation2▲ 12×2 topics
    9. Space Policy2▲ 288×1 topic
    10. Space Tourism2▲ 288×1 topic
    11. Extravehicular Activity2▲ 238×1 topic
    12. Space Suit2▲ 238×1 topic
    13. Solar System Abundances2▲ 42×1 topic
    14. Terrestrial Planets2▲ 42×1 topic
    15. Nanoparticles1▲ 2.6×4 topics
    16. Numerical Simulation1▲ 9.8×2 topics
    17. On-Orbit Servicing1▲ 171×1 topic
    18. Space Debris1▲ 171×1 topic
    19. Machine Learning1◆ 1.15×5 topics
    20. Mars1▲ 51×1 topic
    21. Martian Surface1▲ 51×1 topic
    22. SPH Method1▲ 93×1 topic
    23. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics1▲ 93×1 topic
    24. Nanocomposites1▲ 3.0×2 topics
    25. Sustainability1▲ 1.32×3 topics

    Which research topics does Michoud Assembly Facility publish most on?

    By volume: Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies, Rocket and propulsion systems research, Spacecraft Design and Technology and Space exploration and regulation.

    Spacecraft and Cryogenic…7Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 7 fractional worksRocket and propulsion systems research: 5 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Technology: 3 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 2 fractional worksSpace Exploration and Technology: 2 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 2 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems and Control: 1 fractional worksFluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions: 1 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 1 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 1 fractional works
    Aerospace EngineeringAstronomy and AstrophysicsComputational MechanicsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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

    1. 1 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 7 works
    2. 2 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 5 works
    3. 3 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 3 works
    4. 4 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
    5. 5 Space Exploration and Technology Aerospace Engineering 2 works
    6. 6 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
    7. 7 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 1 works
    8. 8 Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions Computational Mechanics 1 works
    9. 9 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
    10. 10 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing 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 available8.2%not open91.8%

    World: 28% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors1.2%domestic only98.8%

    World: 19% is written across borders.

    How has Michoud Assembly Facility's research output changed?

    Output in 2018–2022 was 100% lower than in 2013–2017.

    199020002010
    grewheldshrank

    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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