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National Technical Information Service

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Research works
62
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
996
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
National Technical Information Service

Not ranked overall: National Technical Information Service is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does National Technical Information Service work in?

In all years, 79% of research at National Technical Information Service is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (35%), Computer Science (13%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 78.6% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 34.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 13.0% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 12.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 15.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalTechnical…62fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Engineering2234.7%
    2. Computer Science813.0%
    3. Environmental Science812.1%
    4. Materials Science35.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy34.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.8%
    7. Chemistry11.7%
    8. Energy11.6%
    9. Mathematics10.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.8%
    1. Decision Sciences35.2%
    2. Social Sciences23.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting23.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.3%
    6. Psychology00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.8%
    1. Health Professions12.0%
    2. Medicine00.2%
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.

Who are the top researchers at National Technical Information Service?

Ranked on the quality score, CA (United States) Lawrence Livermore National Lab., ERDA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Technical Information Service.

  1. 1 CA (United States) Lawrence Livermore National Lab. United States · #2,189,244 worldwide 136 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 ERDA United States · #2,456,417 worldwide 17 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service United States · #2,548,353 worldwide 6 citations · 381 works
  4. 4 Marvin E. Wilson United States · #2,831,191 worldwide 15 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 H T Arni United States · #3,431,139 worldwide 36 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 R.G. Jr. Tessmer United States · #3,465,643 worldwide 53 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Joseph W. Parman United States · #3,600,430 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 George M. Fisackerly United States · #3,698,750 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 J. D'Acierno United States · #3,797,034 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 G.E. Coury United States · #3,839,076 worldwide 8 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at National Technical Information Service

What are the most cited papers from National Technical Information Service?

The most cited paper from National Technical Information Service is "Radiation-induced voids in metals" (R.W. Cahn, 1973), with 507 citations. Next come "Efficient MATLAB Computations with Sparse and Factored Tensors" (505) and "Natural radiation environment III" (252).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Radiation-induced voids in metals R.W. Cahn · Journal of Nuclear Materials 1973 507
2 Efficient MATLAB Computations with Sparse and Factored Tensors Brett W. Bader, Tamara G. Kolda · SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing 7 Dec 2007 505
3 Natural radiation environment III James P. Lodge · Atmospheric Environment (1967) 1982 252
4 Block Sparse Cholesky Algorithms on Advanced Uniprocessor Computers Esmond Ng, Barry W. Peyton · SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing Sep 1993 212
5 The dielectric properties of soil‐water mixtures at microwave frequencies J. R. Wang · Radio Science Open access Sep 1980 105
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Technical Information Service?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Economic Development, Digital Repositories, Semantic Web, Higher Education, Modeling, Smart Grid and Water Quality.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy5▲ 7.7×18 topics
  2. Economic Development4▲ 9.0×5 topics
  3. Climate Change3▲ 1.91×9 topics
  4. Sustainability3▲ 2.5×15 topics
  5. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.1×9 topics
  6. Digital Repositories2▲ 149×2 topics
  7. Semantic Web2▲ 24×4 topics
  8. Higher Education2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  9. Modeling2▲ 13×2 topics
  10. Smart Grid2▲ 10×5 topics
  11. Water Quality2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  12. Knowledge Creation2▲ 156×2 topics
  13. Technology Transfer2▲ 70×2 topics
  14. Innovation Management2▲ 18×1 topic
  15. Raman Spectroscopy2▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Science Policy2▲ 303×1 topic
  17. Software Development2▲ 43×3 topics
  18. Digital Divide2▲ 13×2 topics
  19. Linked Data2▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Simulation2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  21. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Bibliographic Framework1▲ 225×1 topic
  23. Bioinformatics1▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Groundwater1▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Internet1▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Land Use Change1▲ 7.3×2 topics
  27. Resilience1▲ 5.5×2 topics
  28. Resource Description and Access1▲ 225×1 topic
  29. Wave Propagation1▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Chemical Analysis1▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Data Integration1▲ 7.8×4 topics
  32. Energy Systems1▲ 66×2 topics
  33. Household Fuel Use1▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Hydrogeology1▲ 50×2 topics
  35. Indoor Air Pollution1▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Power System1▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Scientific Communication1▲ 73×2 topics
  38. Sediment Analysis1▲ 259×1 topic
  39. Surface Water1▲ 259×1 topic
  40. CIM XML1▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does National Technical Information Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Smart Grid Energy Management, Geographic Information Systems Studies, Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications and Soil and Land Suitability Analysis.

Smart Grid Energy Manage…0Smart Grid Energy Management: 0 fractional worksGeographic Information S…0Geographic Information Systems Studies: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Computational T…0Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksSoil and Land Suitabilit…0Soil and Land Suitability Analysis: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringGeography, Planning and DevelopmentArtificial IntelligenceManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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

  1. 1 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  3. 3 Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  4. 4 Soil and Land Suitability Analysis Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available55.1%not open44.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Technical Information Service's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Technical Information Service as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000048% in 2022.

0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%National Technical Information Service0.0000090% in 202419801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Technical Information Service over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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