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Orbital Systems (Sweden)

In research, Orbital Systems (Sweden) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,893 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,044
of 34,923
Rank in Sweden
#254
of 259
Research works
148
▲ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
1k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Orbital Systems (Sweden)

What is Orbital Systems (Sweden) 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 #13,893 of 17,446 5.1%135

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Orbital Systems (Sweden) 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 Orbital Systems (Sweden) work in?

In all years, 91% of research at Orbital Systems (Sweden) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (65%), Physics and Astronomy (13%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 135 fractional works · 91.3% of its workEngineering: 96 fractional works · 65.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 66 fractional works · 44.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 12.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 11.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 8.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOrbital Systems(Sweden)148fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences3%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering9665.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1912.6%
    3. Computer Science128.5%
    4. Mathematics32.1%
    5. Materials Science11.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    7. Environmental Science10.7%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine64.0%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Decision Sciences21.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    3. Psychology10.6%
    4. Social Sciences10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 4.31× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 4.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksMedicinePsychology: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.31×7 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy4.12×1 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.20×0 works
  4. Computer Science1.33×1 works
  5. Psychology0.85×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.77×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.51×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×0 works
  9. Health Professions0.39×0 works
  10. Medicine0.39×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Orbital Systems (Sweden)?

Ranked on the quality score, Scott Schoneman, Kenneth J. Bocam and Quang Lam lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Orbital Systems (Sweden).

  1. 1 Scott Schoneman Sweden · #4,445,898 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Kenneth J. Bocam Sweden · #4,522,819 worldwide 52 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Quang Lam Sweden · #6,676,301 worldwide 430 citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Orbital Systems (Sweden)

What are the most cited papers from Orbital Systems (Sweden)?

The most cited paper from Orbital Systems (Sweden) is "Kepler Presearch Data Conditioning I – Architecture and Algorithms for Error Correction in Kepler Light Curves" (Martin C. Stumpe, Jeffrey Claiborne Smith, Jeffrey E. Van Cleve et al., 2016), with 654 citations. Next come "IBEX—Interstellar Boundary Explorer" (371) and "The Mercury Laser Altimeter Instrument for the MESSENGER Mission" (201).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Kepler Presearch Data Conditioning I – Architecture and Algorithms for Error Correction in Kepler Light Curves Martin C. Stumpe, Jeffrey Claiborne Smith, Jeffrey E. Van Cleve et al. Preprint 16 Aug 2016 654
2 IBEX—Interstellar Boundary Explorer David J. McComas et al. · Space Science Reviews Open access 17 Apr 2009 371
3 The Mercury Laser Altimeter Instrument for the MESSENGER Mission John F. Cavanaugh, James Charles Smith, Xiaoli Sun et al. · Space Science Reviews Aug 2007 201
4 A New and Validated CT-Based Method for the Calculation of Orbital Soft Tissue Volumes Noortje I. Regensburg, Pauline H. B. Kok, Frans W. Zonneveld et al. · Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 24 Apr 2008 163
5 Differential gene expression profile and altered cytokine secretion of thyroid cancer cells in space Xiao Ma, Jessica Pietsch, Markus Wehland et al. · The FASEB Journal 6 Nov 2013 129
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Orbital Systems (Sweden)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Thermal Analysis, CubeSat, small satellite, Cryogenic Storage, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Risk Assessment, Hybrid Rocket Propulsion and Regression Rate Behavior.

▲ 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. Thermal Analysis17▲ 78×3 topics
  2. CubeSat17▲ 456×1 topic
  3. small satellite17▲ 456×1 topic
  4. Cryogenic Storage11▲ 202×1 topic
  5. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)11▲ 202×1 topic
  6. Risk Assessment10▲ 11×4 topics
  7. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion9▲ 220×1 topic
  8. Regression Rate Behavior9▲ 220×1 topic
  9. Simulation8▲ 17×3 topics
  10. Mars8▲ 109×1 topic
  11. Martian Surface8▲ 109×1 topic
  12. Extravehicular Activity7▲ 327×1 topic
  13. Space Suit7▲ 327×1 topic
  14. Orbit Determination6▲ 103×2 topics
  15. On-Orbit Servicing6▲ 200×1 topic
  16. Space Debris6▲ 200×1 topic
  17. Sensor Fusion5▲ 36×2 topics
  18. Solar System Abundances4▲ 31×1 topic
  19. Terrestrial Planets4▲ 31×1 topic
  20. Distributed Systems3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  21. Flight Control3▲ 70×2 topics
  22. Inertial Navigation Systems3▲ 79×1 topic
  23. Kalman Filtering3▲ 79×1 topic
  24. Space Policy2▲ 121×1 topic
  25. Space Tourism2▲ 121×1 topic
  26. Adaptive Control2▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Control Systems2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  28. Product Development2▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Cognitive Radio2▲ 50×2 topics
  30. Fault Tolerance2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  31. Complex Adaptive Systems2▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Consistency2▲ 37×1 topic
  33. LEO Satellite Constellation2▲ 75×1 topic
  34. Satellite Communications2▲ 75×1 topic
  35. Transactional Memory2▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Model-Based Systems Engineering2▲ 172×1 topic
  37. Value-Driven Design2▲ 172×1 topic
  38. Autonomous Aerial Refueling2▲ 95×1 topic
  39. Vision-Based Sensor2▲ 95×1 topic
  40. System Maturity2▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Orbital Systems (Sweden) publish most on?

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

Spacecraft Design and Technology: 1 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 1 fractional worksRocket and propulsion sy…1Rocket and propulsion systems research: 1 fractional worksSpace Satellite Systems …1Space Satellite Systems and Control: 1 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 0 fractional worksSpace Exploration and Technology: 0 fractional worksStructural Analysis and …0Structural Analysis and Optimization: 0 fractional worksAntenna Design and Optimization: 0 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 0 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringAstronomy and AstrophysicsCivil and Structural EngineeringArtificial Intelligence

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

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Space Exploration and Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Structural Analysis and Optimization Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Antenna Design and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 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 available10.3%not open89.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.7%domestic only63.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Orbital Systems (Sweden)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Orbital Systems (Sweden) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000080% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Orbital Systems (Sweden)0.000071% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Orbital Systems (Sweden) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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