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Pacific Design Technologies (United States)

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Research works
33
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
179
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Pacific Design Technologies (United States)

Not ranked overall: Pacific Design Technologies (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Pacific Design Technologies (United States) work in?

In all years, 53% of research at Pacific Design Technologies (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (28%), Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 52.7% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 27.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 11.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 10.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 23.9% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 23.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 10.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 13.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPacific DesignTechnologies…33fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences14%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering927.5%
    2. Environmental Science410.7%
    3. Materials Science14.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy13.8%
    5. Chemistry12.8%
    6. Computer Science12.3%
    7. Mathematics01.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    1. Medicine823.8%
    2. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences411.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.6%
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: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.93× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.69× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science4.08×1 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.69×0 works
  3. Engineering1.93×2 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.30×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.26×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.09×0 works
  7. Nursing1.07×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.93×0 works
  9. Medicine0.51×1 works

What are the most cited papers from Pacific Design Technologies (United States)?

The most cited paper from Pacific Design Technologies (United States) is "The response of patients with phenylketonuria and elevated serum phenylalanine to treatment with oral sapropterin dihydrochloride (6 R ‐tetrahydrobiopterin): a phase II, multicentre, open‐label, screening study" (Barbara K. Burton, Dorothy Katherine Grange, Andrzej Milanowski et al., 2007), with 177 citations. Next come "State-Branded Programs and Consumer Preference for Locally Grown Produce" (74) and "SnET2: clinical update" (30).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The response of patients with phenylketonuria and elevated serum phenylalanine to treatment with oral sapropterin dihydrochloride (6 R ‐tetrahydrobiopterin): a phase II, multicentre, open‐label, screening study Barbara K. Burton, Dorothy Katherine Grange, Andrzej Milanowski et al. · Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease 10 Sep 2007 177
2 State-Branded Programs and Consumer Preference for Locally Grown Produce William E. Nganje, Renée Shaw Hughner, Nicholas E. Lee · Agricultural and Resource Economics Review Open access Apr 2011 74
3 SnET2: clinical update Nicholas J. Razum, Albert B. Snyder, Daniel R. Doiron · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 2 Apr 1996 30
4 Dark energy, extra dimensions, and the Swampland Gabriele Montefalcone, Paul Joseph Steinhardt, Daniel Wesley · Journal of High Energy Physics Open access 15 Jun 2020 28
5 A theoretical approach to choosing the minimum number of multiple tumors required for assessing treatment response Madhu Mazumdar, Alex Smith, Partha P. Debroy et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology Open access 29 Jan 2005 17
All 48 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pacific Design Technologies (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Photodynamic Therapy, Nanoparticles, Reactive Oxygen Species, Cancer Treatment, Antimicrobial, Photosensitizers, Singlet Oxygen and In Vivo Imaging.

▲ 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Photodynamic Therapy5▲ 99×4 topics
  2. Nanoparticles5▲ 11×4 topics
  3. Reactive Oxygen Species5▲ 28×4 topics
  4. Cancer Treatment4▲ 46×2 topics
  5. Antimicrobial4▲ 42×2 topics
  6. Photosensitizers3▲ 421×1 topic
  7. Singlet Oxygen3▲ 421×1 topic
  8. Biomedical Applications2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  9. In Vivo Imaging2▲ 63×2 topics
  10. Cancer Detection2▲ 75×2 topics
  11. Photoacoustic Imaging2▲ 129×1 topic
  12. Sustainability2▲ 2.7×2 topics
  13. Tomography2▲ 18×1 topic
  14. Immunotherapy1▲ 6.7×2 topics
  15. Biodiversity1▲ 5.1×3 topics
  16. Community Participation1▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Deep Learning1▲ 1.81×3 topics
  18. Environmental Impact1▲ 3.0×3 topics
  19. Culture1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  20. Fluorescence Imaging1▲ 30×1 topic
  21. Modernization1▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.76×6 topics
  23. Photothermal Therapy1▲ 39×1 topic
  24. Satoyama1▲ 190×1 topic
  25. landscape conservation1▲ 190×1 topic
  26. Forest Biomass1▲ 87×1 topic
  27. Wood Residues1▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does Pacific Design Technologies (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Urban and spatial planning, Urban and Freight Transport Logistics and Military Technology and Strategies.

Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 1 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning: 0 fractional worksUrban and Freight Transp…0Urban and Freight Transport Logistics: 0 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …0Military Technology and Strategies: 0 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 0 fractional worksEducational Methods and …0Educational Methods and Media Use: 0 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 0 fractional worksUrologic and reproductive health conditions: 0 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringNature and Landscape ConservationBuilding and ConstructionAerospace Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  3. 3 Urban and Freight Transport Logistics Building and Construction 0 works
  4. 4 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 0 works
  7. 7 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 0 works
  8. 8 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 0 works
  9. 9 Urologic and reproductive health conditions Rheumatology 0 works
  10. 10 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 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 available39.3%not open60.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pacific Design Technologies (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 Pacific Design Technologies (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000018% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Pacific Design Technologies (United States)0.000036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pacific Design Technologies (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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