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Milwaukee School of Engineering

In research, Milwaukee School of Engineering stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,020 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,954
of 22,385 · #9,567 all time
Rank in United States
#1,514
of 3,332
Research works
1k
▼ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.7k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Milwaukee School of Engineering

What is Milwaukee School of Engineering known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #9,020 of 10,670 4.0%96 #8467

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Milwaukee School of Engineering 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 Milwaukee School of Engineering work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Milwaukee School of Engineering is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Computer Science (12%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 105 fractional works · 59.2% of its workEngineering: 57 fractional works · 32.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArchitecture: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 12.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMilwaukee Schoolof Engineering178fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences59%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences18%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5732.1%
    2. Computer Science2212.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy137.2%
    4. Materials Science52.9%
    5. Environmental Science31.9%
    6. Chemistry21.2%
    7. Mathematics10.7%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    10. Energy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences137.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities74.0%
    3. Psychology52.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.9%
    5. Decision Sciences21.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    1. Medicine1910.8%
    2. Health Professions42.4%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology105.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.3%
    3. Neuroscience20.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.56× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.14× its world share, 57 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.26× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.39× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.26×13 works
  2. Engineering2.14×57 works
  3. Computer Science1.56×22 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.39×7 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.09×2 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.07×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.03×10 works
  8. Health Professions0.89×4 works
  9. Psychology0.86×5 works
  10. Materials Science0.83×5 works
  11. Nursing0.78×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.74×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×3 works
  14. Social Sciences0.59×13 works
  15. Mathematics0.56×1 works
  16. Medicine0.56×19 works
  17. Neuroscience0.55×2 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×4 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.43×1 works
  21. Environmental Science0.38×3 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×1 works
  24. Energy0.25×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  26. Veterinary0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Milwaukee School of Engineering?

Ranked on the quality score, Wujie Zhang, Frank Cabrera and Charlene A. Yauch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Milwaukee School of Engineering.

  1. 1 Wujie Zhang United States · #586,229 worldwide 3.4k citations · 149 works
  2. 2 Frank Cabrera United States · #1,256,295 worldwide 307 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Charlene A. Yauch United States · #1,688,532 worldwide 781 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Peter K. F. Kuhfittig United States · #1,704,710 worldwide 2.1k citations · 134 works
  5. 5 Margaret A. Franzen United States · #1,760,282 worldwide 1.1k citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Jane B. Paige United States · #1,848,029 worldwide 627 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Stephen Williams United States · #1,887,000 worldwide 1.6k citations · 64 works
  8. 8 Steven S. Holland United States · #2,090,805 worldwide 662 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Bassett Jones United States · #2,450,903 worldwide 117 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Douglas C. Stahl United States · #2,960,646 worldwide 1.1k citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Milwaukee School of Engineering

What are the most cited papers from Milwaukee School of Engineering?

The most cited paper from Milwaukee School of Engineering is "Review on cybersickness in applications and visual displays" (Lisa Rebenitsch, Charles B. Owen, 2016), with 984 citations. Next come "IMPLEMENTING MEMRISTOR BASED CHAOTIC CIRCUITS" (610) and "SIMPLEST CHAOTIC CIRCUIT" (515).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Review on cybersickness in applications and visual displays Lisa Rebenitsch, Charles B. Owen · Virtual Reality 26 Apr 2016 984
2 IMPLEMENTING MEMRISTOR BASED CHAOTIC CIRCUITS Bharathwaj Muthuswamy · International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos May 2010 610
3 SIMPLEST CHAOTIC CIRCUIT Bharathwaj Muthuswamy, Leon Ong Chua · International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos May 2010 515
4 Polymer degradation and drug delivery in PLGA ‐based drug–polymer applications: A review of experiments and theories Yihan Xu, Chang Soo Kim, David M. Saylor et al. · Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B Applied Biomaterials 21 Apr 2016 424
5 Splanchnic insulin metabolism in obesity. Influence of body fat distribution. Alan N. Peiris, Robert A. Mueller, George A. Smith et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation Open access Dec 1986 349
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Milwaukee School of Engineering?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Engineering Education, Curriculum Development, STEM Education, Assessment Methods, Lifelong Learning, Project-Based Learning, Entrepreneurship and Biomedical Engineering.

▲ 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. Engineering Education15▲ 97×4 topics
  2. Curriculum Development10▲ 8.3×3 topics
  3. Globalization9▲ 2.5×10 topics
  4. STEM Education8▲ 10×5 topics
  5. Education7▲ 2.3×8 topics
  6. Machine Learning7▲ 1.19×23 topics
  7. Innovation7▲ 3.8×11 topics
  8. Deep Learning7◆ 1.12×27 topics
  9. Sustainability7▲ 1.53×15 topics
  10. Assessment Methods6▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications6▲ 3.0×13 topics
  12. Lifelong Learning6▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Project-Based Learning6▲ 90×3 topics
  14. Entrepreneurship5▲ 7.7×3 topics
  15. Biomedical Engineering5▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Outcome-Based Education5▲ 120×1 topic
  17. Professional Skills5▲ 92×1 topic
  18. Quantum Gravity5▲ 35×3 topics
  19. Remote Laboratories5▲ 101×1 topic
  20. Virtual Labs5▲ 101×1 topic
  21. Hands-On Learning5▲ 304×1 topic
  22. Integrated First-Year Curriculum5▲ 304×1 topic
  23. Learning Analytics4▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Additive Manufacturing4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  25. General Relativity3▲ 27×2 topics
  26. Supernovae3▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Applications3▲ 6.1×3 topics
  28. 3D Printing3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  29. Challenge-Based Learning3▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Hackathons3▲ 47×1 topic
  31. Cosmological Parameters3▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Curriculum3▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Dark Energy3▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Biodegradable Polymers2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  35. Field Theories2▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Holographic2▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Challenges2▲ 12×1 topic
  38. Computational Thinking2▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Game Theory2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  40. Programming Education2▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does Milwaukee School of Engineering publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Engineering Education and Curriculum Development, Experimental Learning in Engineering, Engineering Education and Pedagogy and Biomedical and Engineering Education.

Engineering Education and Curriculum Development: 5 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 5 fractional worksEngineering Education an…5Engineering Education and Pedagogy: 5 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineeri…3Biomedical and Engineering Education: 3 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 3 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 2 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…2Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 2 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 2 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 2 fractional worksEpistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics: 2 fractional works
Media TechnologyArchitectureBiomedical EngineeringAstronomy and Astrophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 5 works
  2. 2 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 5 works
  3. 3 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 5 works
  4. 4 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  6. 6 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 2 works
  9. 9 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 2 works
  10. 10 Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics Philosophy 2 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.6%domestic only92.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Milwaukee School of Engineering's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% 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 Milwaukee School of Engineering as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00085% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Milwaukee School of Engineering0.00092% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Milwaukee School of Engineering 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Milwaukee School of Engineering6.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.9% in 2010.

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