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Optron Systems (United States)

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Research works
84
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
409
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Optron Systems (United States)

Not ranked overall: Optron Systems (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Optron Systems (United States) work in?

In all years, 78% of research at Optron Systems (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (53%), Physics and Astronomy (12%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 78.2% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 52.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 24 fractional works · 27.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 7.0% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOptron Systems(United States)84fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences11%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4552.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1012.3%
    3. Materials Science45.2%
    4. Computer Science33.5%
    5. Chemistry11.6%
    6. Chemical Engineering11.1%
    7. Environmental Science10.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance67.0%
    2. Decision Sciences33.5%
    3. Social Sciences00.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine56.2%
    2. Health Professions11.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    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: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 2.97× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.95× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.94× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.66× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 2.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry5.95×1 works
  2. Materials Science5.94×2 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy4.66×1 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.97×0 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.41×0 works
  6. Engineering2.06×3 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.11×1 works
  8. Medicine0.63×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.43×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.42×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Craig M. Schiller and Thomas N. Horsky lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Optron Systems (United States).

  1. 1 Craig M. Schiller United States · #4,950,477 worldwide 63 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Thomas N. Horsky United States · #5,800,502 worldwide 369 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Optron Systems (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Optron Systems (United States) is "Utilization of the validated Psoriasis Epidemiology Screening Tool to identify signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis among those with psoriasis: a cross‐sectional analysis from the US ‐based Corrona Psoriasis Registry" (P.J. Mease, Jacqueline B. Palmer, Peter Hur et al., 2019), with 45 citations. Next come "Characterization of Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis by Enthesitis Presence: Data from the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry" (39) and "Upconversion-pumped 2.8–2.9-μm lasing of Er3+ ion in garnets" (39).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Utilization of the validated Psoriasis Epidemiology Screening Tool to identify signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis among those with psoriasis: a cross‐sectional analysis from the US ‐based Corrona Psoriasis Registry P.J. Mease, Jacqueline B. Palmer, Peter Hur et al. · Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Open access 21 Jan 2019 45
2 Characterization of Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis by Enthesitis Presence: Data from the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry Philip J. Mease, Mei Liu, Sabrina Rebello et al. · ACR Open Rheumatology Open access Jul 2020 39
3 Upconversion-pumped 2.8–2.9-μm lasing of Er3+ ion in garnets S. A. Pollack, David B. Chang, Milton Birnbaum et al. · Journal of Applied Physics 15 Dec 1991 39
4 Single-mode optical fiber design with wide-band ultra low bending-loss for FTTH application Pramod Ramdasrao Watekar, Seongmin Ju, Won‐Taek Han · Optics Express Open access 2008 39
5 Cluster‐Randomized Trial of a Behavioral Intervention to Incorporate a Treat‐to‐Target Approach to Care of US Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Leslie R. Harrold, George W Reed, Ani K. John et al. · Arthritis Care & Research Open access 23 May 2017 37
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Optron Systems (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optical Modulators, Raman Lasers, Frequency Conversion, Biosensors, Integrated Circuits, Silicon Photonics, Microcavities and Nanophotonic Waveguides.

▲ 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. Optical Modulators5▲ 30×2 topics
  2. Raman Lasers5▲ 34×2 topics
  3. Frequency Conversion5▲ 55×3 topics
  4. Biosensors4▲ 9.4×3 topics
  5. Integrated Circuits4▲ 20×3 topics
  6. Deep Learning4▲ 2.1×4 topics
  7. Silicon Photonics4▲ 29×2 topics
  8. Microcavities4▲ 27×1 topic
  9. Nanophotonic Waveguides4▲ 31×1 topic
  10. Neural Networks4▲ 3.9×4 topics
  11. Photon Counting3▲ 54×3 topics
  12. Semiconductor Lasers3▲ 41×2 topics
  13. Optical Interconnects3▲ 44×1 topic
  14. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)3▲ 44×1 topic
  15. Holographic Displays3▲ 157×1 topic
  16. Stereoscopic Displays3▲ 157×1 topic
  17. Microresonators2▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Semiconductor2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  20. Stock Market Prediction2▲ 106×1 topic
  21. Time Series Forecasting2▲ 106×1 topic
  22. Channel Modeling2▲ 25×2 topics
  23. High-Speed Imaging2▲ 21×3 topics
  24. Asset Pricing2▲ 19×1 topic
  25. Crystal Growth2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  26. Microfabrication2▲ 35×2 topics
  27. Monetary Policy2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  28. Stock Returns2▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Time-of-Flight2▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Photovoltaics2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  31. Free-Space Optical Communication2▲ 117×1 topic
  32. Photonic Crystals2▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Silicon2▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Visible Light Communication2▲ 117×1 topic
  35. CMOS Image Sensors2▲ 76×1 topic
  36. Electric Discharge2▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Laser Oscillation2▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Laser Ranging2▲ 94×1 topic
  39. Low-Noise Sensors2▲ 76×1 topic
  40. Single-Photon Detection2▲ 94×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Material Properties and Applications, Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses, Polymer Science and Applications and Dye analysis and toxicity.

Material Properties and …1Material Properties and Applications: 1 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 0 fractional worksPolymer Science and Appl…0Polymer Science and Applications: 0 fractional worksDye analysis and toxicity0Dye analysis and toxicity: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Materials and Semiconductor Technologies: 0 fractional worksTransportation Systems and Logistics: 0 fractional worksOptical measurement and …0Optical measurement and interference techniques: 0 fractional worksUrban Transport Systems Analysis: 0 fractional worksTransport and Logistics Innovations: 0 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 0 fractional works
General Materials ScienceAnalytical ChemistryMechanical EngineeringMaterials Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 1 works
  2. 2 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 0 works
  3. 3 Polymer Science and Applications Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Dye analysis and toxicity Analytical Chemistry 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced Materials and Semiconductor Technologies Materials Chemistry 0 works
  6. 6 Transportation Systems and Logistics Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Optical measurement and interference techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  8. 8 Urban Transport Systems Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Transport and Logistics Innovations Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 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 available41.4%not open58.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.8%domestic only69.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% 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 Optron Systems (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000034% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Optron Systems (United States)0.000040% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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