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Physitron (United States)

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Research works
11
fractional, all time
Citations
51
4.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Physitron (United States)

Not ranked overall: Physitron (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 Physitron (United States) work in?

In all years, 88% of research at Physitron (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (36%), Physics and Astronomy (27%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 87.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 36.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 15.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 27.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 11.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 7.3% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 11.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 7.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPhysitron (UnitedStates)11fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences6%

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 3 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering436.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy327.4%
    3. Computer Science111.6%
    4. Materials Science04.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences03.4%
    6. Mathematics03.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering01.6%
    1. Medicine16.2%
    1. Psychology03.1%
    2. Social Sciences03.1%
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.

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

    The most cited paper from Physitron (United States) is "Gravity wave‐driven fluctuations in the O2 atmospheric (0‐1) nightglow from an extended, dissipative emission region" (M. P. Hickey, G. Schubert, R. L. Walterscheid, 1993), with 48 citations. Next come "Diamond as an active sensor material" (37) and "Comparison of theories for gravity wave induced fluctuations in airglow emissions" (19).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 Gravity wave‐driven fluctuations in the O2 atmospheric (0‐1) nightglow from an extended, dissipative emission region M. P. Hickey, G. Schubert, R. L. Walterscheid · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access Aug 1993 48
    2 Diamond as an active sensor material Jimmy L. Davidson, W.P. Kang, Yaşar Gürbüz et al. · Diamond and Related Materials Aug 1999 37
    3 Comparison of theories for gravity wave induced fluctuations in airglow emissions R. L. Walterscheid, G. Schubert, M. P. Hickey · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access Mar 1994 19
    4 Conical foil optics for the collimation of soft x rays Samuel L. Espy, David B. O'Hara, Scott Scarborough et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 11 Nov 1994 3
    5 Multi-Capillary and Conic Optical Elements for Parallel Beam Production C. M. Dozier, Daniel Aureliano Newman, Michael I. Bell et al. · Advances in X-ray Analysis 1995 2
    All 14 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

    By volume: Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques, Spacecraft Design and Technology, Internet of Things and Social Network Interactions and Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics.

    Advanced X-ray Imaging T…1Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 1 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Technology: 0 fractional worksInternet of Things and S…0Internet of Things and Social Network Interactions: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamics …0Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 0 fractional worksSilicon and Solar Cell Technologies: 0 fractional worksEducational Games and Ga…0Educational Games and Gamification: 0 fractional worksGas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 0 fractional worksSoftware Engineering and Design Patterns: 0 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel…0Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 0 fractional works
    RadiationAerospace EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsStatistical and Nonlinear Physics5 others

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

    1. 1 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 1 works
    2. 2 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
    3. 3 Internet of Things and Social Network Interactions Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
    4. 4 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 0 works
    5. 5 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 0 works
    6. 6 Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
    7. 7 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
    8. 8 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 0 works
    9. 9 Software Engineering and Design Patterns Development 0 works
    10. 10 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 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 available26.4%not open73.6%

    World: 40% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors4.7%domestic only95.3%

    World: 18% is written across borders.

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

    19952000
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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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