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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

In research, North Atlantic Treaty Organization stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,901 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,121
of 22,385 · #7,603 all time
Rank in Belgium
#50
of 105
Research works
867
▼ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization 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 #6,901 of 10,670 6.1%68 #3992

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Atlantic Treaty Organization 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 North Atlantic Treaty Organization work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at North Atlantic Treaty Organization is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Social Sciences (23%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 71 fractional works · 59.7% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 23.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 11.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 12.0% of its workOceanography: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 11.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Energy: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 32.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 23.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNorth AtlanticTreaty…119fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences33%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2823.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1412.0%
    3. Computer Science1311.0%
    4. Environmental Science65.3%
    5. Energy42.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy42.9%
    7. Materials Science11.1%
    8. Mathematics00.4%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2823.1%
    2. Decision Sciences32.4%
    3. Psychology32.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities21.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.6%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting21.5%
    1. Health Professions32.8%
    2. Medicine32.8%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.42× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.66× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.20× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.59× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.66×14 works
  2. Energy3.20×4 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.49×3 works
  4. Social Sciences1.83×28 works
  5. Engineering1.59×28 works
  6. Computer Science1.42×13 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.32×4 works
  8. Environmental Science1.07×6 works
  9. Health Professions1.06×3 works
  10. Psychology0.78×3 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.73×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.65×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.48×2 works
  14. Mathematics0.36×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.31×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  18. Medicine0.14×3 works
  19. Nursing0.14×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×1 works
  21. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

Ranked on the quality score, Paolo Braca, Karna Bryan and Domenico Gaglione lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

  1. 1 Paolo Braca Belgium · #694,645 worldwide 5.6k citations · 215 works
  2. 2 Karna Bryan Belgium · #969,406 worldwide 1.2k citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Domenico Gaglione Belgium · #1,068,497 worldwide 900 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Leonardo Maria Millefiori Belgium · #1,348,301 worldwide 1.9k citations · 87 works
  5. 5 Giovanni Zappa Belgium · #1,364,800 worldwide 792 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Gabriele Ferri Belgium · #1,425,437 worldwide 2.4k citations · 110 works
  7. 7 Konstantinos Pelekanakis Belgium · #1,844,861 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Roberto Petroccia Belgium · #2,443,476 worldwide 2.1k citations · 107 works
  9. 9 David P. Williams Belgium · #2,458,156 worldwide 1.7k citations · 112 works
  10. 10 Daniele Cecchi Belgium · #2,652,687 worldwide 276 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at North Atlantic Treaty Organization

What are the most cited papers from North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

The most cited paper from North Atlantic Treaty Organization is "Pan-sharpening Hyperspectral : revue" (Laëtitia Loncan, Luı́s B. Almeida, José M. Bioucas‐Dias et al., 2015), with 825 citations. Next come "Vessel Pattern Knowledge Discovery from AIS Data: A Framework for Anomaly Detection and Route Prediction" (694) and "FM radio based bistatic radar" (656).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pan-sharpening Hyperspectral : revue Laëtitia Loncan, Luı́s B. Almeida, José M. Bioucas‐Dias et al. · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) 30 Sep 2015 825
2 Vessel Pattern Knowledge Discovery from AIS Data: A Framework for Anomaly Detection and Route Prediction Giuliana Pallotta, Michele Vespe, Karna Bryan · Entropy Open access 4 Jun 2013 694
3 FM radio based bistatic radar P.E. Howland, D. Maksimiuk, G. Reitsma · IEE Proceedings - Radar Sonar and Navigation 3 Jun 2005 656
4 A brief visit from a red and extremely elongated interstellar asteroid Karen J. Meech, Robert J. Weryk, M. Micheli et al. · Nature Open access 17 Nov 2017 429
5 Evolutionary Path Planning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles in a Variable Ocean Alberto Álvarez, Andrea Caiti, Reiner Onken · IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering Apr 2004 400
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Which keywords describe research at North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Geopolitics, Wireless Sensor Networks, Acoustic Communications, Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks, Acoustic Techniques, Seafloor Mapping and International Relations.

▲ 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. Climate Change15▲ 4.5×23 topics
  2. Geopolitics10▲ 54×6 topics
  3. Machine Learning10▲ 2.4×19 topics
  4. Sustainability8▲ 2.8×10 topics
  5. Wireless Sensor Networks8▲ 14×4 topics
  6. Acoustic Communications6▲ 120×1 topic
  7. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks6▲ 120×1 topic
  8. Acoustic Techniques6▲ 158×1 topic
  9. Seafloor Mapping6▲ 158×1 topic
  10. International Relations6▲ 19×6 topics
  11. Security6▲ 6.9×7 topics
  12. Risk Assessment5▲ 6.8×3 topics
  13. Renewable Energy5▲ 3.1×6 topics
  14. Russia5▲ 105×3 topics
  15. Maritime Transportation5▲ 77×2 topics
  16. Remote Sensing5▲ 3.4×9 topics
  17. Human Factors5▲ 52×2 topics
  18. Collision Avoidance5▲ 22×1 topic
  19. Ukraine5▲ 116×2 topics
  20. Unmanned Surface Vehicles5▲ 128×1 topic
  21. Conflict5▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Ocean Circulation5▲ 28×3 topics
  23. Global Governance4▲ 15×5 topics
  24. Arctic4▲ 33×3 topics
  25. International Law4▲ 11×7 topics
  26. Information Warfare4▲ 104×2 topics
  27. Bayesian Inference4▲ 33×2 topics
  28. State Estimation4▲ 71×2 topics
  29. Energy Security4▲ 80×2 topics
  30. Natural Gas4▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Nonlinear Estimation4▲ 123×1 topic
  32. Particle Filters4▲ 123×1 topic
  33. Policy Evaluation4▲ 111×1 topic
  34. Supply Diversity4▲ 111×1 topic
  35. European Union3▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Governance3▲ 8.3×8 topics
  37. Decline3▲ 87×1 topic
  38. Hybrid Warfare3▲ 134×1 topic
  39. Peacebuilding3▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Sea Ice3▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does North Atlantic Treaty Organization publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems, Underwater Acoustics Research, Maritime Navigation and Safety and Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks.

Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 6 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 6 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and …5Maritime Navigation and Safety: 5 fractional worksTarget Tracking and Data…4Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks: 4 fractional worksGlobal Energy Security and Policy: 4 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 3 fractional worksEuropean and Russian Geo…3European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 3 fractional worksEuropean Politics and Security: 2 fractional worksHealth and Conflict Studies: 2 fractional worksMilitary Strategy and Technology: 2 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringOceanographyArtificial IntelligenceGeneral Energy4 others

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

  1. 1 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 6 works
  3. 3 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  5. 5 Global Energy Security and Policy General Energy 4 works
  6. 6 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 3 works
  7. 7 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  8. 8 European Politics and Security Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Health and Conflict Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Military Strategy and Technology Control and Systems Engineering 2 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 available30.4%not open69.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.4%domestic only65.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has North Atlantic Treaty Organization's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% 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 North Atlantic Treaty Organization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%North Atlantic Treaty Organization0.00028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of North Atlantic Treaty Organization 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.

20%40%all institutions10.0% in 2024North Atlantic Treaty Organization6.5% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.0% in 2014.

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