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Naval Surface Warfare Center

In research, Naval Surface Warfare Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,302 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,151 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering (Ocean Engineering is 12.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,221
of 22,385 · #15,983 all time
Rank in United States
#1,104
of 3,332
Research works
6.2k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
89k
14.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Naval Surface Warfare Center

What is Naval Surface Warfare Center 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 #2,302 of 10,670 4.7%246 #10203
EngineeringField #3,151 of 5,901 4.5%154 #3442

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Naval Surface Warfare Center 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 Naval Surface Warfare Center work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Naval Surface Warfare Center is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (57%), Computer Science (10%), Physics and Astronomy (7%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 281 fractional works · 90.7% of its workEngineering: 176 fractional works · 56.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 38 fractional works · 12.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 24 fractional works · 7.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 21 fractional works · 6.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 20 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 6.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 15 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 32 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 22 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOceanography: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 5.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNaval SurfaceWarfare Center310fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences6%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering17656.9%
    2. Computer Science3210.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy227.0%
    4. Materials Science185.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences134.2%
    6. Environmental Science124.0%
    7. Energy30.9%
    8. Chemistry20.7%
    9. Mathematics20.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    1. Decision Sciences72.2%
    2. Social Sciences51.6%
    3. Psychology30.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    1. Medicine61.9%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    3. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
    2. Neuroscience10.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Naval Surface Warfare Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 12.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 20.2 works13×
  2. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 21.4 works12×
  3. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 24.4 works6.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.31× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.67× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.79× its world share, 176 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.70× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.16× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.31× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.79×176 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.16×22 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.67×13 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.31×7 works
  5. Materials Science1.70×18 works
  6. Computer Science1.31×32 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.12×1 works
  8. Energy0.93×3 works
  9. Environmental Science0.81×12 works
  10. Chemistry0.47×2 works
  11. Mathematics0.43×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.27×1 works
  13. Psychology0.27×2 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×2 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×2 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.12×5 works
  19. Health Professions0.10×1 works
  20. Medicine0.10×6 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×1 works
  22. Dentistry0.07×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Naval Surface Warfare Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Azzam N. Mansour, Ruth M. Doherty and Mortimer J. Kamlet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Naval Surface Warfare Center.

  1. 1 Azzam N. Mansour United States · #394,986 worldwide 7.4k citations · 218 works
  2. 2 Ruth M. Doherty United States · #906,601 worldwide 4.9k citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Mortimer J. Kamlet United States · #990,954 worldwide 19k citations · 208 works
  4. 4 A. Clark United States · #1,805,477 worldwide 1.5k citations · 43 works
  5. 5 A. E. Clark United States · #1,824,329 worldwide 10k citations · 200 works
  6. 6 John M. Heinzel United States · #1,830,906 worldwide 1.6k citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Mark Opeka United States · #2,235,573 worldwide 4k citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Miaomiao Ma #2,700,696 worldwide 835 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 R. Fiorito United States · #2,767,568 worldwide 2.3k citations · 199 works
  10. 10 George W. Rogers United States · #2,779,849 worldwide 4.3k citations · 134 works
All ranked researchers at Naval Surface Warfare Center

What are the most cited papers from Naval Surface Warfare Center?

The most cited paper from Naval Surface Warfare Center is "The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis" (Norden Eh Huang, Zhengwei Shen, Steven Long et al., 1998), with 23,779 citations. Next come "Refractory Diborides of Zirconium and Hafnium" (2,029) and "Dislocation-mechanics-based constitutive relations for material dynamics calculations" (1,986).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The empirical mode decomposition and the Hilbert spectrum for nonlinear and non-stationary time series analysis Norden Eh Huang, Zhengwei Shen, Steven Long et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences Open access 8 Mar 1998 23,779
2 Refractory Diborides of Zirconium and Hafnium William G. Fahrenholtz, Gregory E. Hilmas, Inna G. Talmy et al. · Journal of the American Ceramic Society May 2007 2,029
3 Dislocation-mechanics-based constitutive relations for material dynamics calculations Frank J. Zerilli, Ronald William Armstrong · Journal of Applied Physics Open access Mar 1987 1,986
4 Sideband intensities in NMR spectra of samples spinning at the magic angle Judith Herzfeld, Alan E. Berger · The Journal of Chemical Physics 15 Dec 1980 1,587
5 Economic impact of biofouling on a naval surface ship Michael Paul Schultz, John Bendick, Eric R. Holm et al. · Biofouling 14 Dec 2010 1,386
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Naval Surface Warfare Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Numerical Simulation, Turbulent Flow, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Air Quality and Vortex Dynamics.

▲ 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. Machine Learning23▲ 2.3×41 topics
  2. Deep Learning17▲ 1.61×43 topics
  3. Heat Transfer12▲ 8.0×11 topics
  4. Large-Eddy Simulation12▲ 20×5 topics
  5. Numerical Simulation11▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Turbulent Flow9▲ 24×4 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties8▲ 2.8×17 topics
  8. Fluid-Structure Interaction8▲ 17×4 topics
  9. Air Quality8▲ 14×4 topics
  10. Wireless Sensor Networks8▲ 5.7×7 topics
  11. Vortex Dynamics8▲ 22×3 topics
  12. Microstructure8▲ 4.8×11 topics
  13. Maritime Transportation8▲ 44×2 topics
  14. CFD Simulations7▲ 161×1 topic
  15. Ship Maneuvering7▲ 161×1 topic
  16. Emissions7▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Acoustic Communications6▲ 46×1 topic
  18. Fluid Mechanics6▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks6▲ 46×1 topic
  20. Fluid Dynamics6▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Turbulent Flows6▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Boundary Layer Transition6▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Particle Image Velocimetry6▲ 28×1 topic
  24. Path Planning6▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Acoustic Techniques5▲ 56×1 topic
  26. Alternative Fuels5▲ 45×2 topics
  27. Seafloor Mapping5▲ 56×1 topic
  28. Vibration Control5▲ 27×4 topics
  29. Adaptive Optics5▲ 134×1 topic
  30. Collision Avoidance5▲ 9.2×4 topics
  31. Wavefront Sensing5▲ 134×1 topic
  32. Boundary Layer5▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Channel Modeling5▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Flow Control5▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Fuel Consumption5▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Nonlinear Dynamics5▲ 6.7×3 topics
  37. Ship Propulsion5▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Shipping5▲ 30×1 topic
  39. SPH Method4▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics4▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Naval Surface Warfare Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability, Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows and Underwater Acoustics Research.

Ship Hydrodynamics and M…7Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability: 7 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and …6Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 6 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 6 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Res…5Underwater Acoustics Research: 5 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wave…5Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 5 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 5 fractional worksFluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions: 4 fractional worksOptical Wireless Communi…4Optical Wireless Communication Technologies: 4 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 4 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 4 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringComputational MechanicsOceanographyAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4 others

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

  1. 1 Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability Ocean Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 6 works
  4. 4 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 5 works
  5. 5 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
  6. 6 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions Computational Mechanics 4 works
  8. 8 Optical Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 4 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 available11.5%not open88.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.3%domestic only96.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Naval Surface Warfare Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Naval Surface Warfare Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Naval Surface Warfare Center0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Naval Surface Warfare Center 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Naval Surface Warfare Center3.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.5% in 1990.

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