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Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

In research, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation stands highest in Engineering (#9,314 of 11,412 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#20,133 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,940
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,415
of 8,685
Research works
378
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.8k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
12%
world 28%

What is Pennsylvania Department of Transportation 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
EngineeringField #9,314 of 11,412 13.5%196
Physical SciencesDomain #20,133 of 21,541 12.7%244

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pennsylvania Department of Transportation 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.38× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.44× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Pennsylvania Department of Transportation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Crack Detection, Pavement, Biodiversity, Sustainability, Public Health 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 2022–2025 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 9 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 9 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning2▲ 2.4×11 topics
  2. Sustainability1▲ 2.0×7 topics
  3. Convolutional Neural Networks1▲ 5.6×3 topics
  4. Epidemiology1◆ 1.04×9 topics
  5. Climate Change1▲ 1.41×4 topics
  6. Public Health1▲ 2.6×9 topics
  7. Biodiversity1▲ 4.6×2 topics
  8. Crack Detection1▲ 48×1 topic
  9. Pavement1▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Pennsylvania Department of Transportation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation, Gene Regulatory Network Analysis and Historical and Archaeological Studies.

Infrastructure Maintenan…1Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 1 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Perform…1Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 1 fractional worksGene Regulatory Network Analysis: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 0 fractional worksAncient and Medieval Arc…0Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…0Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 0 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 0 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringMolecular BiologyHistoryArcheology4 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 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Gene Regulatory Network Analysis Molecular Biology 0 works
  4. 4 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 0 works
  5. 5 Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies Archeology 0 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  7. 7 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 0 works
  10. 10 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 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 available11.8%not open88.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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