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Microcosm (United States)

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Research works
100
▼ 100% vs 2013–17
Citations
802
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Microcosm (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Who are the top researchers at Microcosm (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, James R. Wertz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Microcosm (United States).

  1. 1 James R. Wertz United States · #304,072 worldwide 63 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Microcosm (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Microcosm (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CubeSat, small satellite, Inertial Navigation Systems, Sensor Fusion, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, On-Orbit Servicing and Space Debris.

▲ 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 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. CubeSat10▲ 403×1 topic
  2. small satellite10▲ 403×1 topic
  3. Inertial Navigation Systems8▲ 293×1 topic
  4. Sensor Fusion8▲ 93×1 topic
  5. Solar System Abundances7▲ 87×1 topic
  6. Terrestrial Planets7▲ 87×1 topic
  7. On-Orbit Servicing7▲ 331×1 topic
  8. Space Debris7▲ 331×1 topic
  9. Lab-on-a-Chip6▲ 44×4 topics
  10. Actuators6▲ 40×3 topics
  11. Thermal Behavior6▲ 83×2 topics
  12. Microfabrication5▲ 79×2 topics
  13. MEMS5▲ 150×1 topic
  14. Silicon5▲ 69×1 topic
  15. Spacecraft Formation Flying4▲ 277×1 topic
  16. Trajectory Optimization4▲ 134×1 topic
  17. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion4▲ 148×1 topic
  18. Regression Rate Behavior4▲ 148×1 topic
  19. Risk Assessment4▲ 6.6×2 topics
  20. Microfluidics4▲ 41×3 topics
  21. Dielectrophoresis4▲ 67×2 topics
  22. Simulation3▲ 10×2 topics
  23. Mars3▲ 65×1 topic
  24. Martian Surface3▲ 65×1 topic
  25. Cryogenic Storage3▲ 82×1 topic
  26. Extravehicular Activity3▲ 195×1 topic
  27. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)3▲ 82×1 topic
  28. Space Suit3▲ 195×1 topic
  29. Point-of-Care Diagnostics3▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Biomedical Research2▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Poly(dimethylsiloxane)2▲ 49×1 topic
  32. Structural Health Monitoring2▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Optical 3D Laser Measurement2▲ 99×1 topic
  34. Optical Interconnects2▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Position-Sensitive Detector2▲ 99×1 topic
  36. Semiconductor Lasers2▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Digital Microfluidics2▲ 120×1 topic
  38. Electrowetting2▲ 120×1 topic
  39. FPGA2▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Acoustic Manipulation2▲ 46×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Space Exploration and Technology and Astro and Planetary Science.

Spacecraft Design and Te…1Spacecraft Design and Technology: 1 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 1 fractional worksSpace Exploration and Technology: 1 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…1Astro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…1Planetary Science and Exploration: 1 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 0 fractional worksRocket and propulsion systems research: 0 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 0 fractional worksSpacecraft Dynamics and Control: 0 fractional worksLipid Membrane Structure and Behavior: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsMolecular Biology

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

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 1 works
  3. 3 Space Exploration and Technology Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  6. 6 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior Molecular Biology 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 available13.3%not open86.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.3%domestic only96.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

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

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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.

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