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Noblis

In research, Noblis stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,357 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,276
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,955
of 7,310
Research works
301
▲ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Noblis

What is Noblis 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 #9,357 of 17,446 10.1%145

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Noblis 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 Noblis work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Noblis is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Computer Science (18%), Medicine (16%).

Physical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 41.7% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 17.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 15.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 26.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 19.6% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 20.6% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 16.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKNoblis58fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences26%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science1017.8%
    2. Engineering915.5%
    3. Environmental Science35.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.9%
    6. Chemistry00.7%
    1. Social Sciences1119.6%
    2. Psychology12.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.6%
    4. Decision Sciences11.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    1. Medicine1016.3%
    2. Health Professions24.1%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology58.5%
    2. Neuroscience11.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.28× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.03× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 10 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.28×10 works
  2. Veterinary1.68×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.59×5 works
  4. Social Sciences1.55×11 works
  5. Health Professions1.54×2 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.46×1 works
  7. Neuroscience1.14×1 works
  8. Environmental Science1.11×3 works
  9. Engineering1.03×9 works
  10. Medicine0.85×10 works
  11. Psychology0.72×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.60×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.57×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.43×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Noblis?

Ranked on the quality score, R. Austin Hicklin, Robert Bever and H. Gilbert Miller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Noblis.

  1. 1 R. Austin Hicklin United States · #684,007 worldwide 1.3k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Robert Bever United States · #1,977,439 worldwide 554 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 H. Gilbert Miller United States · #2,594,035 worldwide 370 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Daniel Antonio Negrón United States · #3,999,224 worldwide 117 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 John E. Plunkett United States · #4,436,320 worldwide 110 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 David A. Garbin United States · #4,879,138 worldwide 74 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Denise M. Bevilacqua Masi United States · #5,236,768 worldwide 184 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Meenakshy Vasudevan United States · #6,114,291 worldwide 227 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Noblis

What are the most cited papers from Noblis?

The most cited paper from Noblis is "Pushing the frontiers of unconstrained face detection and recognition: IARPA Janus Benchmark A" (Brendan F. Klare, Ben Klein, Emma Taborsky et al., 2015), with 764 citations. Next come "IARPA Janus Benchmark - C: Face Dataset and Protocol" (672) and "Face Recognition Performance: Role of Demographic Information" (532).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pushing the frontiers of unconstrained face detection and recognition: IARPA Janus Benchmark A Brendan F. Klare, Ben Klein, Emma Taborsky et al. Conference paper Jun 2015 764
2 IARPA Janus Benchmark - C: Face Dataset and Protocol Brianna Maze, Jocelyn Adams, James A. Duncan et al. Conference paper Feb 2018 672
3 Face Recognition Performance: Role of Demographic Information Brendan F. Klare, Mark J. Burge, Joshua C. Klontz et al. · IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security 8 Oct 2012 532
4 IARPA Janus Benchmark-B Face Dataset Cameron Whitelam, Emma Taborsky, Austin Blanton et al. Conference paper Jul 2017 468
5 Microbial Extremophiles at the Limits of Life Elena V. Pikuta, Richard B. Hoover, Jane Tang · Critical Reviews in Microbiology 2007 414
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Which keywords describe research at Noblis?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Community Engagement, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Higher Education, Security, Neural Networks, Neoliberalism and Genomic Analysis.

▲ 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 Learning6▲ 2.8×11 topics
  2. Deep Learning5▲ 2.4×15 topics
  3. Community Engagement4▲ 19×5 topics
  4. Neural Networks3▲ 3.3×10 topics
  5. Higher Education2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  6. Security2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  7. Public Health2▲ 2.6×8 topics
  8. Globalization2▲ 1.80×4 topics
  9. Healthcare2▲ 2.6×6 topics
  10. Neoliberalism2▲ 8.4×4 topics
  11. Social Justice2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  12. Genomic Analysis2▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  14. Semantic Web2▲ 27×4 topics
  15. Pandemic1▲ 2.4×6 topics
  16. Remote Sensing1▲ 1.99×3 topics
  17. Co-Creation of Curriculum1▲ 145×1 topic
  18. Ethical Challenges1▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Nonlinear Optics1▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Pathogenesis1▲ 4.3×6 topics
  21. Quality Assurance1▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Student-Staff Partnerships1▲ 145×1 topic
  23. Driver Behavior1▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Fiber Lasers1▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  26. Cooperatives1▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Solidarity Economy1▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Student Development1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  29. Academic Identity1▲ 59×1 topic
  30. Adversarial Examples1▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Civic Education1▲ 74×1 topic
  32. Digital Health1▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Digital Repositories1▲ 50×2 topics
  34. Digital Soil Mapping1▲ 74×1 topic
  35. Geostatistics1▲ 74×1 topic
  36. Internationalization1▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Linked Data1▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Robustness1▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Service-Learning1▲ 120×1 topic
  40. Social Inequality1▲ 6.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Noblis publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Practises and Engagement, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, Forensic and Genetic Research and Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning.

Higher Education Practis…1Higher Education Practises and Engagement: 1 fractional worksSoil Geostatistics and M…1Soil Geostatistics and Mapping: 1 fractional worksForensic and Genetic Research: 1 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness i…1Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Governa…1Higher Education Governance and Development: 1 fractional worksService-Learning and Community Engagement: 1 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 1 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety1Traffic and Road Safety: 1 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Research: 1 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 1 fractional works
EducationEnvironmental EngineeringGeneticsArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 1 works
  2. 2 Soil Geostatistics and Mapping Environmental Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 1 works
  7. 7 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  9. 9 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 1 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.4%domestic only67.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Noblis's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Noblis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Noblis0.00019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Noblis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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