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Pacific Engineering (United States)

In research, Pacific Engineering (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,042 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#7,777
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#1,614
of 7,310
Research works
346
▲ 71% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
23.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.64×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Pacific Engineering (United States)

What is Pacific Engineering (United States) 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 #3,042 of 17,446 9.2%270

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pacific Engineering (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 fields of science does Pacific Engineering (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Pacific Engineering (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (27%), Engineering (20%), Computer Science (14%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 79.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 26.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 16.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 20.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 13.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 10.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKPacificEngineering…60fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences11%

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. Physics and Astronomy1626.8%
    2. Engineering1220.4%
    3. Computer Science813.9%
    4. Environmental Science58.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences47.0%
    6. Materials Science11.4%
    7. Chemistry00.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Energy00.3%
    1. Social Sciences46.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.5%
    3. Decision Sciences11.4%
    4. Psychology00.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    1. Medicine35.2%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.7%
    2. Neuroscience00.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.78× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.48× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.36× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.79× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 12.05× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 12.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy12.05×16 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.48×4 works
  3. Environmental Science1.79×5 works
  4. Computer Science1.78×8 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.43×1 works
  6. Engineering1.36×12 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.79×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.53×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.51×4 works
  11. Neuroscience0.43×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.42×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.40×1 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×0 works
  15. Energy0.30×0 works
  16. Medicine0.27×3 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×0 works
  18. Psychology0.23×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.16×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pacific Engineering (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Walter J. Silva, Robert B. Darragh and Bruce K. Cartwright lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pacific Engineering (United States).

  1. 1 Walter J. Silva United States · #917,157 worldwide 4.5k citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Robert B. Darragh United States · #1,274,970 worldwide 4.1k citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Bruce K. Cartwright United States · #2,398,732 worldwide 452 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Damian McGuckin United States · #3,644,265 worldwide 206 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 H D Harrison United States · #4,274,397 worldwide 185 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Nabil Hazzaa Swedan United States · #4,586,847 worldwide 50 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 V. Shepsis United States · #5,074,502 worldwide 36 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Pacific Engineering (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Pacific Engineering (United States) is "NGA‐West2 Database" (Timothy D Ancheta, Robert B. Darragh, Jonathan P. Stewart et al., 2014), with 1,616 citations. Next come "Summary of the ASK14 Ground Motion Relation for Active Crustal Regions" (1,336) and "NGA Project Strong‐Motion Database" (790).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 NGA‐West2 Database Timothy D Ancheta, Robert B. Darragh, Jonathan P. Stewart et al. · Earthquake Spectra 10 Feb 2014 1,616
2 Summary of the ASK14 Ground Motion Relation for Active Crustal Regions Norman Abrahamson, Walter J. Silva, Ronnie Kamai · Earthquake Spectra 10 Feb 2014 1,336
3 NGA Project Strong‐Motion Database Brian S.‐J. Chiou, Robert B. Darragh, Nick Gregor et al. · Earthquake Spectra Feb 2008 790
4 Summary of the Abrahamson & Silva NGA Ground‐Motion Relations Norman Abrahamson, Walter Silva · Earthquake Spectra Feb 2008 788
5 Strong Ground Motion Attenuation Relationships for Subduction Zone Earthquakes Robert R. Youngs, Shian Jin Chiou, W. J. Silva et al. · Seismological Research Letters 1997 720
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Which keywords describe research at Pacific Engineering (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quantum Information, Entanglement, Bell Inequality, Decoherence, Quantum Simulation, Quantum Algorithms, Quantum Computation and Climate Change.

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

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Quantum Information12▲ 169×3 topics
  2. Entanglement10▲ 110×4 topics
  3. Bell Inequality7▲ 327×1 topic
  4. Decoherence7▲ 327×1 topic
  5. Climate Change5▲ 3.1×17 topics
  6. Quantum Simulation5▲ 97×2 topics
  7. Quantum Algorithms4▲ 117×1 topic
  8. Quantum Computation4▲ 117×1 topic
  9. Machine Learning3▲ 1.36×10 topics
  10. Global Warming2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  11. Cryptography2▲ 28×1 topic
  12. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 12×2 topics
  13. Ocean Circulation2▲ 25×2 topics
  14. Quantum2▲ 42×1 topic
  15. Relativity2▲ 117×1 topic
  16. Unified Field Theories2▲ 263×1 topic
  17. Climate Modeling2▲ 38×1 topic
  18. Extreme Events2▲ 31×1 topic
  19. Sea Level Rise1▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Diplomacy1▲ 18×3 topics
  21. Disaster Recovery1▲ 199×1 topic
  22. Environmental Ethics1▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Finite Element Analysis1▲ 7.3×2 topics
  24. Global Governance1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  25. International Law1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  26. Liquefaction1▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Molecular Basis1▲ 218×1 topic
  28. Prion Diseases1▲ 218×1 topic
  29. Soil Properties1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  30. Tunnel1▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Urban Reconstruction1▲ 199×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Quantum Mechanics and Applications, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Relativity and Gravitational Theory and Quantum Information and Cryptography.

Quantum Mechanics and Ap…7Quantum Mechanics and Applications: 7 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 4 fractional worksRelativity and Gravitational Theory: 2 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 2 fractional worksClimate variability and …2Climate variability and models: 2 fractional worksPrion Diseases and Protein Misfolding: 1 fractional worksEarthquake and Disaster Impact Studies: 1 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Analysis: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Geoengineering: 1 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsArtificial IntelligenceAstronomy and AstrophysicsGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 7 works
  2. 2 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  3. 3 Relativity and Gravitational Theory Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  4. 4 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  5. 5 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  6. 6 Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies Transportation 1 works
  8. 8 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  10. 10 Climate Change and Geoengineering Global and Planetary Change 1 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.1%domestic only80.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Pacific Engineering (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000080% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Pacific Engineering (United States)0.00059% in 202519801990200020102020

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