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Northrop Grumman (United States)

In research, Northrop Grumman (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,301 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#4,000 of 5,901 worldwide) and Aerospace Engineering (#660 of 785 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering and Physics and Astronomy (Aerospace Engineering is 15.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,851
of 22,385 · #2,706 all time
Rank in United States
#1,341
of 3,332
Research works
6.2k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
95k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Northrop Grumman (United States)

What is Northrop Grumman (United States) 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 #4,301 of 10,670 5.0%263 #1650
EngineeringField #4,000 of 5,901 4.7%155 #1028
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #660 of 785 5.5%60 #360

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northrop Grumman (United States) 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,650 #4,301
  2. Engineering#1,028 #4,000
  3. Aerospace Engineering#360 #660
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Northrop Grumman (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Northrop Grumman (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (50%), Physics and Astronomy (15%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 286 fractional works · 84.1% of its workEngineering: 169 fractional works · 49.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 63 fractional works · 18.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 51 fractional works · 15.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 51 fractional works · 14.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 18 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInstrumentation: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 34 fractional works · 10.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 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 · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthrop Grumman(United States)340fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences9%

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. Engineering16949.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy5114.9%
    3. Computer Science3410.0%
    4. Materials Science154.4%
    5. Environmental Science92.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.3%
    7. Mathematics20.5%
    8. Energy10.3%
    9. Chemistry10.3%
    1. Social Sciences92.5%
    2. Decision Sciences61.8%
    3. Psychology51.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting41.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities41.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    1. Medicine154.4%
    2. Health Professions30.9%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.9%
    2. Neuroscience20.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Northrop Grumman (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 15.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 62.7 works16×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 50.8 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.31× its world share, 169 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.25× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.71× its world share, 51 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 15 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy6.71×51 works
  2. Engineering3.31×169 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.88×6 works
  4. Computer Science1.29×34 works
  5. Materials Science1.25×15 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.85×5 works
  7. Environmental Science0.55×9 works
  8. Psychology0.45×5 works
  9. Mathematics0.38×2 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.38×4 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.38×4 works
  12. Energy0.36×1 works
  13. Veterinary0.36×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.34×3 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.28×2 works
  17. Medicine0.23×15 works
  18. Chemistry0.21×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.20×8 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×3 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Northrop Grumman (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, David A. Gallagher, L.B. Rowland and Vincent Gambin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northrop Grumman (United States).

  1. 1 David A. Gallagher United States · #367,848 worldwide 3.4k citations · 101 works
  2. 2 L.B. Rowland United States · #691,445 worldwide 4.3k citations · 90 works
  3. 3 Vincent Gambin United States · #776,777 worldwide 3.9k citations · 88 works
  4. 4 Jack C. Tucek United States · #1,078,267 worldwide 1.2k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Mark B. Milam United States · #1,099,749 worldwide 1k citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Philip W. C. Hon United States · #1,157,786 worldwide 1.2k citations · 53 works
  7. 7 John M. Papazian United States · #1,195,894 worldwide 2.1k citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Vesna Radisic United States · #1,196,546 worldwide 4.2k citations · 138 works
  9. 9 Greg Foundos United States · #1,294,284 worldwide 703 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Jesse B. Tice United States · #1,337,679 worldwide 1.6k citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Northrop Grumman (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Northrop Grumman (United States)?

The most cited paper from Northrop Grumman (United States) is "Consensus and Cooperation in Networked Multi-Agent Systems" (Reza Olfati‐Saber, J.A. Fax, Richard M. Murray, 2007), with 10,551 citations. Next come "Information Flow and Cooperative Control of Vehicle Formations" (4,619) and "Approaching the Schottky–Mott limit in van der Waals metal–semiconductor junctions" (2,136).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consensus and Cooperation in Networked Multi-Agent Systems Reza Olfati‐Saber, J.A. Fax, Richard M. Murray · Proceedings of the IEEE 2007 10,551
2 Information Flow and Cooperative Control of Vehicle Formations J.A. Fax, Richard M. Murray · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Sep 2004 4,619
3 Approaching the Schottky–Mott limit in van der Waals metal–semiconductor junctions Yuan Liu, Jian Dong Guo, Enbo Zhu et al. · Nature May 2018 2,136
4 Antiretroviral Preexposure Prophylaxis for Heterosexual HIV Transmission in Botswana Michael C. Thigpen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Jul 2012 2,041
5 The James Webb Space Telescope Jonathan P. Gardner et al. · Space Science Reviews Open access Apr 2006 1,986
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Northrop Grumman (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Thermal Analysis, CubeSat, small satellite, Integrated Circuits, Risk Assessment, Thermodynamic Modeling, Nanowires and Cryogenic Storage.

▲ 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. Thermal Analysis16▲ 38×3 topics
  2. CubeSat16▲ 257×1 topic
  3. small satellite16▲ 257×1 topic
  4. Risk Assessment11▲ 4.9×10 topics
  5. Integrated Circuits10▲ 19×3 topics
  6. Thermodynamic Modeling7▲ 19×2 topics
  7. Cryogenic Storage7▲ 73×1 topic
  8. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)7▲ 73×1 topic
  9. Nanowires7▲ 14×4 topics
  10. CMOS6▲ 38×2 topics
  11. Simulation6▲ 7.3×4 topics
  12. Millimeter-Wave6▲ 48×2 topics
  13. Combustion Instabilities6▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Extravehicular Activity6▲ 208×1 topic
  15. Frequency Synthesizer6▲ 43×2 topics
  16. Space Suit6▲ 208×1 topic
  17. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion6▲ 77×1 topic
  18. Regression Rate Behavior6▲ 77×1 topic
  19. Band Parameters6▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Semiconductors6▲ 5.6×4 topics
  21. Entanglement5▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Thermal Management5▲ 4.9×6 topics
  23. Low-Noise Amplifiers5▲ 56×1 topic
  24. Oscillators5▲ 56×1 topic
  25. CMOS Technology5▲ 19×5 topics
  26. GaN5▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Microwave Filters5▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Substrate Integrated Waveguide5▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Light-Emitting Diodes5▲ 9.1×2 topics
  30. Nanoelectronics5▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Solid-State Lighting5▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Thin Films5▲ 7.0×6 topics
  33. AlGaN/GaN HEMTs4▲ 44×1 topic
  34. III-Nitrides4▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Space Policy4▲ 93×1 topic
  36. Space Tourism4▲ 93×1 topic
  37. Power Devices4▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Mars4▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Martian Surface4▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Magnetic Sensing4▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Northrop Grumman (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies, Space Exploration and Technology and Rocket and propulsion systems research.

Spacecraft Design and Te…16Spacecraft Design and Technology: 16 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 7 fractional worksSpace Exploration and Technology: 6 fractional worksRocket and propulsion systems research: 6 fractional worksRadio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 5 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 5 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor …4GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 4 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 4 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 4 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems and Control: 4 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringCondensed Matter PhysicsAstronomy and Astrophysics

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

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 16 works
  2. 2 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Space Exploration and Technology Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 4 works
  8. 8 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  9. 9 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  10. 10 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace 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 available12.4%not open87.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northrop Grumman (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% 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 Northrop Grumman (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Northrop Grumman (United States)0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Northrop Grumman (United States) 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Northrop Grumman (United States)4.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.5% in 2011.

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