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Ohio Supercomputer Center

In research, Ohio Supercomputer Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,806 of 17,446 worldwide) and Computer Science (#3,225 of 6,336 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,163
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,389
of 7,310
Research works
285
▼ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.9k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Ohio Supercomputer Center

What is Ohio Supercomputer Center 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 #8,806 of 17,446 9.9%215
Computer ScienceField #3,225 of 6,336 10.5%132

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

In all years, 76% of research at Ohio Supercomputer Center is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (46%), Engineering (12%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 215 fractional works · 75.6% of its workComputer Science: 132 fractional works · 46.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 69 fractional works · 24.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 22 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 35 fractional works · 12.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 7.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOhioSupercomputer…285fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences8%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science13246.5%
    2. Engineering3512.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy134.7%
    4. Chemistry124.1%
    5. Materials Science103.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences62.3%
    7. Environmental Science41.2%
    8. Mathematics20.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine258.9%
    2. Health Professions20.8%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Decision Sciences134.7%
    2. Social Sciences41.2%
    3. Psychology20.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology124.3%
    2. Neuroscience31.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 6.16× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 9.74× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences9.74×2 works
  2. Computer Science6.16×9 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.79×0 works
  4. Medicine1.04×4 works
  5. Nursing0.91×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.67×0 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.51×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.44×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.41×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.23×0 works
  14. Engineering0.22×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×0 works
  16. Psychology0.12×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ohio Supercomputer Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Pete Wyckoff, Siddharth Samsi and Karen A. Tomko lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ohio Supercomputer Center.

  1. 1 Pete Wyckoff United States · #1,083,252 worldwide 4.3k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Siddharth Samsi United States · #1,391,885 worldwide 725 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Karen A. Tomko United States · #2,202,699 worldwide 2.4k citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Judith D. Gardiner United States · #2,330,864 worldwide 1.7k citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Claudette M. Rasmussen United States · #2,577,585 worldwide 458 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Jeffrey B. Ritter United States · #2,684,783 worldwide 852 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Jeremy W. Nicklas United States · #2,699,071 worldwide 260 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Jan K. Labanowski United States · #2,919,966 worldwide 2.3k citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Dennis J. Sessanna United States · #2,961,935 worldwide 577 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 José Unpingco United States · #3,397,069 worldwide 278 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Ohio Supercomputer Center

What are the most cited papers from Ohio Supercomputer Center?

The most cited paper from Ohio Supercomputer Center is "The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC" (Kenneth Aamodt et al., 2008), with 1,677 citations. Next come "Layered construction for deformable animated characters" (381) and "High performance RDMA-based MPI implementation over InfiniBand" (358).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC Kenneth Aamodt et al. · Journal of Instrumentation Open access1,161 authors 14 Aug 2008 1,677
2 Layered construction for deformable animated characters Jason Chadwick, David R. Haumann, Richard E. Parent Conference paperOpen access Jul 1989 381
3 High performance RDMA-based MPI implementation over InfiniBand Jiuxing Liu, Jiesheng Wu, Sushmitha P. Kini et al. Conference paper 23 Jun 2003 358
4 Realistic animation of rigid bodies James K. Hahn · ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Open access Jun 1988 352
5 Compilation of mRNA Polyadenylation Signals in Arabidopsis Revealed a New Signal Element and Potential Secondary Structures Johnny C. Loke, Eric A. Stahlberg, David G. Strenski et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY Open access 17 Jun 2005 264
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ohio Supercomputer Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: High-Performance Computing, Distributed Systems, Workflow Management, Resource Management, Parallel Computing, Grid Computing, Task Scheduling and Distributed 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 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 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. Distributed Systems45▲ 65×6 topics
  2. High-Performance Computing45▲ 108×3 topics
  3. Workflow Management38▲ 138×2 topics
  4. Resource Management35▲ 71×3 topics
  5. Parallel Computing34▲ 67×4 topics
  6. Grid Computing28▲ 151×1 topic
  7. Task Scheduling28▲ 151×1 topic
  8. Distributed Storage17▲ 138×1 topic
  9. Network Coding17▲ 68×1 topic
  10. GPU Computing17▲ 83×1 topic
  11. Performance Optimization17▲ 58×1 topic
  12. Machine Learning13▲ 2.1×27 topics
  13. Deep Learning13▲ 2.1×24 topics
  14. Bioinformatics12▲ 38×4 topics
  15. Big Data12▲ 7.5×6 topics
  16. Semantic Web Services12▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Reproducibility10▲ 113×1 topic
  18. Scientific Workflows10▲ 113×1 topic
  19. Virtualization10▲ 49×3 topics
  20. Energy Efficiency9▲ 4.1×7 topics
  21. Fault Tolerance9▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Cloud Computing7▲ 9.5×1 topic
  23. MapReduce7▲ 51×1 topic
  24. Visualization7▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Content Delivery6▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Density Functional Theory5▲ 7.0×3 topics
  27. Wireless Networks5▲ 8.1×3 topics
  28. Simulation5▲ 5.2×6 topics
  29. Power Optimization5▲ 29×2 topics
  30. Electronic Structure Calculations4▲ 6.9×2 topics
  31. Interconnection Networks4▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Networks on Chip4▲ 40×1 topic
  33. 3D Printing4▲ 7.7×2 topics
  34. Ab Initio Parametrization4▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Anomaly Detection4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  36. Dispersion Correction4▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Internet Applications4▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Mobile Networks4▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Caching4▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Information-Centric Networking4▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Ohio Supercomputer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems, Software System Performance and Reliability, Scientific Computing and Data Management and Security and Verification in Computing.

Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 2 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksSecurity and Verificatio…1Security and Verification in Computing: 1 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing1IoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 1 fractional worksScheduling and Optimization Algorithms: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Technologies: 0 fractional worksMultimedia Communication and Technology: 0 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 0 fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 0 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsInformation Systems and ManagementArtificial IntelligenceIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  2. 2 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  3. 3 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 1 works
  4. 4 Security and Verification in Computing Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  6. 6 Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  8. 8 Multimedia Communication and Technology Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 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 available22.4%not open77.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ohio Supercomputer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% 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 Ohio Supercomputer Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000042% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Ohio Supercomputer Center0.000030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ohio Supercomputer Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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