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Minnesota Department of Transportation

In research, Minnesota Department of Transportation stands highest in Engineering (#2,510 of 11,412 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,559 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,540
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,656
of 8,685
Research works
262
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.6k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
12%
world 28%

What is Minnesota Department of Transportation 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
EngineeringField #2,510 of 11,412 17.1%164
Physical SciencesDomain #11,559 of 21,541 17.9%205

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Minnesota Department of Transportation 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.98× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.34× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Minnesota Department of Transportation?

Ranked on the composite score, Timothy R Clyne, John Siekmeier and Derrick Dasenbrock lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Minnesota Department of Transportation.

  1. 1 Timothy R Clyne United States · #919,349 worldwide 56 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 John Siekmeier United States · #1,026,862 worldwide 23 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Derrick Dasenbrock United States · #1,581,631 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Minnesota Department of Transportation

Which keywords describe research at Minnesota Department of Transportation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Image Processing, Recycled Materials, Crack Detection, Pavement, Asphalt, Bitumen Modification, Deep Learning and Environmental Impact.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning4▲ 3.9×5 topics
  2. Image Processing4▲ 25×2 topics
  3. Recycled Materials4▲ 98×2 topics
  4. Crack Detection4▲ 148×1 topic
  5. Pavement4▲ 148×1 topic
  6. Asphalt3▲ 299×1 topic
  7. Bitumen Modification3▲ 299×1 topic
  8. Environmental Impact3▲ 5.0×4 topics
  9. Freshwater Salinization2▲ 250×1 topic
  10. Road Salt2▲ 250×1 topic
  11. Durability Performance2▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Climate Change1▲ 1.49×7 topics
  13. Concrete Properties1▲ 94×1 topic
  14. Recycled Aggregate1▲ 122×1 topic
  15. Ground-Penetrating Radar1▲ 79×1 topic
  16. Remote Sensing1▲ 3.0×5 topics
  17. Renewable Energy1▲ 2.4×2 topics
  18. Sedimentology1▲ 79×1 topic
  19. Cultural Diversity1▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Globalization1▲ 1.63×2 topics
  21. Health Care Spending1▲ 73×1 topic
  22. Human Resource Management1▲ 20×1 topic
  23. Indigenous Knowledge1▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Insurance Markets1▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Oil and Gas1▲ 81×1 topic
  26. Sensors1▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Subsea1▲ 324×1 topic
  28. Weigh-in-Motion1▲ 537×1 topic

Which research topics does Minnesota Department of Transportation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation, Smart Materials for Construction and Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance.

Infrastructure Maintenan…4Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 4 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 3 fractional worksSmart Materials for Construction: 2 fractional worksRecycled Aggregate Concrete Performance: 1 fractional worksGeophysical Methods and Applications: 1 fractional worksTransport Systems and Technology: 1 fractional worksGlobal and Cross-Cultural Management: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and Technologies: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringPollutionBuilding and ConstructionOcean Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Smart Materials for Construction Pollution 2 works
  4. 4 Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance Building and Construction 1 works
  5. 5 Geophysical Methods and Applications Ocean Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Transport Systems and Technology Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Global and Cross-Cultural Management Anthropology 1 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural 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 available12.2%not open87.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Minnesota Department of Transportation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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