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Naval Research Laboratory Acoustics Division

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Research works
53
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
22.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Naval Research Laboratory Acoustics Division is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Computer Science: 4.81× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.51× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.55× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDecision Sciences: 5.87× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Naval Research Laboratory Acoustics Division?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Wave Propagation, Acoustic Techniques, Seafloor Mapping, Non-Destructive Testing, Guided Lamb Waves, Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring and Vibration Control.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning12▲ 10×3 topics
  2. Wave Propagation11▲ 169×2 topics
  3. Acoustic Techniques11▲ 533×1 topic
  4. Seafloor Mapping11▲ 533×1 topic
  5. Non-Destructive Testing10▲ 166×3 topics
  6. Guided Lamb Waves6▲ 231×1 topic
  7. Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring6▲ 231×1 topic
  8. Vibration Control6▲ 156×2 topics
  9. Acoustic Metamaterials5▲ 260×1 topic
  10. Phononic Crystals5▲ 260×1 topic
  11. Geophysical Surveys4▲ 117×2 topics
  12. Ground-Penetrating Radar4▲ 169×1 topic
  13. Sedimentology4▲ 169×1 topic
  14. Breast Cancer Detection2▲ 104×1 topic
  15. Microwave Imaging2▲ 231×1 topic
  16. Tomography2▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Acoustic Communications2▲ 96×1 topic
  19. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks2▲ 96×1 topic
  20. Seismic Noise2▲ 67×1 topic
  21. Surface Wave2▲ 67×1 topic
  22. Climate Change2◆ 1.09×7 topics
  23. Deep Learning1▲ 1.28×4 topics
  24. Large-Eddy Simulation1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  25. Neural Networks1▲ 1.89×2 topics
  26. Sensor Networks1▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Naval Research Laboratory Acoustics Division publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems.

Fluid Dynamics and Turbu…0Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 0 fractional worksTarget Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks: 0 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 0 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 0 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Games: 0 fractional worksComplexity and Algorithms in Graphs: 0 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Al…0Robotic Path Planning Algorithms: 0 fractional worksOptimization and Search Problems: 0 fractional worksGaussian Processes and Bayesian Inference: 0 fractional worksControl Systems and Iden…0Control Systems and Identification: 0 fractional works
Computational MechanicsArtificial IntelligenceEnvironmental ChemistryOcean Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 0 works
  2. 2 Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  3. 3 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Artificial Intelligence in Games Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  6. 6 Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  7. 7 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  8. 8 Optimization and Search Problems Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  9. 9 Gaussian Processes and Bayesian Inference Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Control Systems and Identification Control and Systems Engineering 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 available29.5%not open70.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Naval Research Laboratory Acoustics Division's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017.

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