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Physical Devices (United States)

In research, Physical Devices (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,761 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,928
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,936
of 8,685
Research works
218
▼ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Physical Devices (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 #12,761 of 21,541 8.7%188

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Physical Devices (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 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.60× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.93× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 3.36× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Physical Devices (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Reliability, Sensors, Microfabrication, MEMS, Silicon, Optical Interconnects and Semiconductor Lasers.

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

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Energy Efficiency2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  2. Deep Learning2▲ 2.1×5 topics
  3. Reliability2▲ 93×2 topics
  4. Sensors2▲ 55×2 topics
  5. Microfabrication1▲ 150×2 topics
  6. MEMS1▲ 320×1 topic
  7. Silicon1▲ 173×1 topic
  8. Optical Interconnects1▲ 145×1 topic
  9. Semiconductor Lasers1▲ 80×1 topic
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks1▲ 6.4×2 topics
  11. Elastic Optical Networks1▲ 292×1 topic
  12. Massive MIMO1▲ 57×2 topics
  13. Optical Networks1▲ 292×1 topic

Which research topics does Physical Devices (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Advanced Optical Network Technologies and Photonic and Optical Devices.

Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network Technologies: 1 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksTelecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies: 0 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and Synthesis: 0 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 0 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing: 0 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Resonator Technologies: 0 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMedia TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceSignal Processing2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies Media Technology 0 works
  6. 6 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 0 works
  9. 9 Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available23.1%not open76.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Physical Devices (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower 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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