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Missile Defense Agency

In research, Missile Defense Agency stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,422 of 21,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,622 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,241
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,906
of 8,685
Research works
486
▼ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.1k
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Missile Defense Agency 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 #7,422 of 21,541 15.7%363
EngineeringField #4,622 of 11,412 18.8%209

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Missile Defense Agency 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.80× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.63× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Missile Defense Agency?

Ranked on the composite score, Sara Bird and Meimei Z. Tidrow lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Missile Defense Agency.

  1. 1 Sara Bird United States · #498,478 worldwide 10 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Meimei Z. Tidrow United States · #856,832 worldwide 62 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Missile Defense Agency

Which keywords describe research at Missile Defense Agency?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Detection, Fault Diagnosis, Sensor Fusion, Control Systems, Geodetic Measurements, Sea Level Rise and Hydrological Modeling.

▲ 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. Machine Learning19▲ 1.80×16 topics
  2. Remote Sensing17▲ 3.2×20 topics
  3. Risk Assessment17▲ 5.9×6 topics
  4. Detection15▲ 10×3 topics
  5. Fault Diagnosis14▲ 13×3 topics
  6. Sensor Fusion14▲ 33×2 topics
  7. Control Systems13▲ 9.9×3 topics
  8. Geodetic Measurements12▲ 20×2 topics
  9. Sea Level Rise12▲ 19×2 topics
  10. Simulation12▲ 7.4×7 topics
  11. Hydrological Modeling12▲ 12×3 topics
  12. Data Integration11▲ 9.8×3 topics
  13. GRACE11▲ 47×1 topic
  14. groundwater depletion11▲ 47×1 topic
  15. Orbit Determination11▲ 52×2 topics
  16. Ontology11▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 6.4×3 topics
  18. Defensive Medicine9▲ 57×1 topic
  19. Malpractice Risk9▲ 57×1 topic
  20. Inertial Navigation Systems9▲ 68×1 topic
  21. Kalman Filtering9▲ 68×1 topic
  22. Radiation Detection9▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Thermal Analysis9▲ 13×6 topics
  24. Expert Systems9▲ 15×1 topic
  25. Wavelet Analysis9▲ 18×1 topic
  26. Detector Performance9▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Sparse Representation9▲ 9.7×3 topics
  28. Collision Avoidance9▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Geodesy9▲ 84×2 topics
  30. GNSS8▲ 76×1 topic
  31. Global Navigation Satellite Systems8▲ 67×1 topic
  32. Path Planning8▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Infrared8▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Infrared Detectors8▲ 67×1 topic
  35. Semiconductor Materials8▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Small Target8▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Semantic Web8▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Cartography8▲ 179×1 topic
  39. Map Projections8▲ 179×1 topic
  40. Design8▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Missile Defense Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rocket and propulsion systems research, Underwater Acoustics Research, Race, History, and American Society and Electric Motor Design and Analysis.

Rocket and propulsion sy…1Rocket and propulsion systems research: 1 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Res…1Underwater Acoustics Research: 1 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 0 fractional worksElectric Motor Design and Analysis: 0 fractional worksBusiness Strategy and Innovation: 0 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 0 fractional worksAsian American and Pacific Histories: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Tec…0Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 0 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 0 fractional worksDirection-of-Arrival Estimation Techniques: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringOceanographySociology and Political ScienceElectrical and Electronic Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 1 works
  3. 3 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Business Strategy and Innovation Strategy and Management 0 works
  6. 6 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Asian American and Pacific Histories Cultural Studies 0 works
  8. 8 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  9. 9 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Direction-of-Arrival Estimation Techniques Signal Processing 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 available13.7%not open86.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.3%domestic only92.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Missile Defense Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% 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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