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Microscale (United States)

In research, Microscale (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,963 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,380
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#7,219
of 7,310
Research works
346
▼ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
67.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.23×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
79%
world 18%
Microscale (United States)

What is Microscale (United States) 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 #16,963 of 17,446 9.6%319

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Microscale (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 Microscale (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 93% of research at Microscale (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (17%), Materials Science (17%), Physics and Astronomy (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 64 fractional works · 92.7% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 17.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 16.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 11.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 8.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 12.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 8.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% 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 · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMicroscale(United States)69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1217.2%
    2. Materials Science1216.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy812.3%
    4. Chemistry812.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences710.7%
    6. Environmental Science79.9%
    7. Energy46.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering33.8%
    9. Computer Science23.3%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Social Sciences10.8%
    2. Psychology00.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine10.9%
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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 11.00× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.81× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.80× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 6.95× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.15× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.99× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.81× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.53× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 11.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering11.00×3 works
  2. Chemistry7.81×8 works
  3. Energy6.95×4 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.80×7 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy5.53×8 works
  6. Materials Science4.81×12 works
  7. Environmental Science1.99×7 works
  8. Engineering1.15×12 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.42×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.26×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  16. Psychology0.10×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.06×0 works
  19. Medicine0.05×1 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, 和子 荻野 lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Microscale (United States).

  1. 1 和子 荻野 United States · #7,281,118 worldwide 3 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Microscale (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Microscale (United States) is "MEMS Deformable Mirrors for Space-Based High-Contrast Imaging" (Rachel Morgan, Ewan S. Douglas, Gregory W. Allan et al., 2019), with 36 citations. Next come "Driver ASICs for Deformable Mirrors" (3) and "A black phosphorus-graphite hybrid as a Li-ion regulator enabling stable lithium deposition" (1).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MEMS Deformable Mirrors for Space-Based High-Contrast Imaging Rachel Morgan, Ewan S. Douglas, Gregory W. Allan et al. · Micromachines Open access 31 May 2019 36
2 Driver ASICs for Deformable Mirrors Xingtao Wu, Yuqian Wu, Yao Li et al. Conference paper 2015 3
3 A black phosphorus-graphite hybrid as a Li-ion regulator enabling stable lithium deposition Huanyu Xie, Chaonan Wang, En Ze Zhou et al. · JUSTC Open access 2022 1
4 Compact deterministic liquid-crystal polarization controller with single-measurement direct control Ren-De Liu, Jie Wang, Dongdong Li et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 23 Jul 2026 0
5 Transformer refined quantum sampling for strongly correlated electronic structure Xiongzhi Zeng et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) PreprintOpen access 23 May 2026 0
All 9 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Microscale (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Climate Change, Global Warming, Electrocatalysis, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Hydrological Cycle, Biomedical Applications and Nanomaterials.

▲ 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. Catalysis6▲ 14×16 topics
  2. Climate Change6▲ 3.3×21 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications4▲ 5.0×16 topics
  4. Nanomaterials4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  5. Global Warming4▲ 13×5 topics
  6. Electrocatalysis3▲ 17×4 topics
  7. Hydrological Cycle3▲ 48×2 topics
  8. Metal-Organic Frameworks3▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Water Splitting3▲ 12×4 topics
  10. Remote Sensing3▲ 3.6×10 topics
  11. Boundary Layer3▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Data Assimilation3▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Catalysts3▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Nanoparticles3▲ 3.2×15 topics
  15. Convective Parameterization3▲ 69×1 topic
  16. Ensemble Kalman Filter3▲ 39×1 topic
  17. Cathode Materials2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  18. Air Quality2▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Energy Storage2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  20. Graphene2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  21. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 18×5 topics
  22. Ocean Circulation2▲ 23×3 topics
  23. CO2 Reduction2▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Stability2▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Satellite Observations2▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Carbon Dioxide2▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Crystal Growth2▲ 10×6 topics
  29. Efficiency2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  30. Energy Conversion2▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Fuel Cells2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Semiconductor2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  33. Climate Modeling2▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Crystal Structure2▲ 19×6 topics
  35. Extreme Events2▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Heterogeneous Catalysis2▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Ice Nucleation2▲ 64×2 topics
  38. Sea Level Rise2▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Tropical Cyclones2▲ 46×2 topics
  40. Hydrogen Evolution2▲ 19×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Meteorological Phenomena…3Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 3 fractional worksClimate variability and …2Climate variability and models: 2 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…2Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and…2Atmospheric aerosols and clouds: 2 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 1 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …1Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 1 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies: 1 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques…1CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 1 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMaterials Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 3 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  3. 3 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  5. 5 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  6. 6 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  8. 8 Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  9. 9 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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 available31.9%not open68.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors79.4%domestic only20.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Microscale (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Microscale (United States)0.00059% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Microscale (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Microscale (United States)9.3% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.8% in 2019.

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