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NCI Information Systems (United States)

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Research works
45
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
603
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
NCI Information Systems (United States)

Not ranked overall: NCI Information Systems (United States) 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 NCI Information Systems (United States) work in?

In all years, 67% of research at NCI Information Systems (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (27%), Engineering (22%), Materials Science (7%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 66.7% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 26.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 10.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 22.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 23.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 7.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNCI InformationSystems (United…45fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences67%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences23%

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. Computer Science1226.6%
    2. Engineering1022.1%
    3. Materials Science37.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.6%
    5. Environmental Science13.2%
    6. Mathematics11.9%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.7%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    9. Chemistry00.5%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting37.2%
    2. Social Sciences25.5%
    3. Psychology13.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities13.0%
    5. Decision Sciences12.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    1. Medicine24.7%
    2. Health Professions23.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    2. Neuroscience00.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.67× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 11.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 11.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions11.39×1 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting5.02×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.05×0 works
  4. Neuroscience2.67×0 works
  5. Computer Science1.29×0 works
  6. Mathematics1.25×0 works
  7. Psychology1.16×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.84×0 works
  10. Engineering0.59×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.59×0 works
  12. Medicine0.17×0 works

Who are the top researchers at NCI Information Systems (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Ana F. Tinetti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NCI Information Systems (United States).

  1. 1 Ana F. Tinetti United States · #3,882,050 worldwide 428 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at NCI Information Systems (United States)

What are the most cited papers from NCI Information Systems (United States)?

The most cited paper from NCI Information Systems (United States) is "Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Data and Services for Research and Applications" (Zhong Liu, D. Ostrenga, William L. Teng et al., 2012), with 223 citations. Next come "The Future of Private Labels: Towards a Smart Private Label Strategy" (174) and "“Term clumping” for technical intelligence: A case study on dye-sensitized solar cells" (160).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Data and Services for Research and Applications Zhong Liu, D. Ostrenga, William L. Teng et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 14 Mar 2012 223
2 The Future of Private Labels: Towards a Smart Private Label Strategy Katrijn Gielens, Yu Ma, Aidin Namin et al. · Journal of Retailing 3 Jan 2021 174
3 “Term clumping” for technical intelligence: A case study on dye-sensitized solar cells Yi Zhang, Alan L. Porter, Zhengyin Hu et al. · Technological Forecasting and Social Change 28 Jan 2014 160
4 GFDL's CM2 Global Coupled Climate Models. Part IV: Idealized Climate Response R. J. Stouffer, Anthony J. Broccoli, Thomas L. Delworth et al. · Journal of Climate Open access Mar 2006 131
5 Using Data Mining Techniques to Build a Classification Model for Predicting Employees Performance Ashwaq Qasem, Eman Al · International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications Open access 2012 103
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at NCI Information Systems (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Wavelet Transform, Convolutional Neural Networks, Sparse Representation, Image Denoising, Sparse Representations, Machine Learning and Risk Assessment.

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

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning5▲ 4.9×10 topics
  2. Machine Learning3▲ 3.2×17 topics
  3. Wavelet Transform3▲ 35×3 topics
  4. Convolutional Neural Networks3▲ 14×3 topics
  5. Image Denoising2▲ 90×1 topic
  6. Sparse Representation2▲ 27×4 topics
  7. Sparse Representations2▲ 90×1 topic
  8. Risk Assessment2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  9. Digital Literacy2▲ 12×4 topics
  10. Large-Eddy Simulation2▲ 15×3 topics
  11. Medical Image Analysis2▲ 30×3 topics
  12. Engineering2▲ 34×1 topic
  13. Materials Science2▲ 41×1 topic
  14. Educational Technology1▲ 4.7×4 topics
  15. Data Mining1▲ 6.4×4 topics
  16. Feature Selection1▲ 16×3 topics
  17. Remote Sensing1▲ 2.7×3 topics
  18. Turbulent Flow1▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Active Contours1▲ 66×1 topic
  20. Graph Cuts1▲ 66×1 topic
  21. Image Segmentation1▲ 36×2 topics
  22. Media Literacy1▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Neural Networks1▲ 2.5×5 topics
  24. Social Capital1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  25. Technology Integration1▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Trust1▲ 10×3 topics
  27. Big Data Analytics1▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Healthcare1▲ 3.5×2 topics
  29. Medical Diagnosis1▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Compressed Sensing1▲ 90×1 topic
  31. Digital Textbooks1▲ 182×1 topic
  32. E-Books1▲ 182×1 topic
  33. Image Processing1▲ 7.2×4 topics
  34. Multimodal Literacy1▲ 164×1 topic
  35. New Literacies1▲ 164×1 topic
  36. Signal Recovery1▲ 90×1 topic

Which research topics does NCI Information Systems (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Big Data and Business Intelligence, Spreadsheets and End-User Computing and Service and Product Innovation.

Artificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 0 fractional worksSpreadsheets and End-User Computing: 0 fractional worksService and Product Innovation: 0 fractional worksSustainability in Higher Education: 0 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksOutsourcing and Supply Chain Management: 0 fractional worksForecasting Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 0 fractional worksGreen IT and Sustainability: 0 fractional works
Health Information ManagementManagement Information SystemsSoftwareMarketing5 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 1 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 0 works
  3. 3 Spreadsheets and End-User Computing Software 0 works
  4. 4 Service and Product Innovation Marketing 0 works
  5. 5 Sustainability in Higher Education Education 0 works
  6. 6 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management Management Information Systems 0 works
  8. 8 Forecasting Techniques and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  9. 9 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Green IT and Sustainability Electrical and Electronic 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 available25.4%not open74.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has NCI Information Systems (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower 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 NCI Information Systems (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000060% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%NCI Information Systems (United States)0.0000063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of NCI Information Systems (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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