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Picarro (United States)

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Research works
85
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
28.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Picarro (United States)

Not ranked overall: Picarro (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Picarro (United States) work in?

In all years, 90% of research at Picarro (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (26%), Engineering (17%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (16%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 76 fractional works · 89.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 25.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 16.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 16.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 11.0% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 10 fractional works · 11.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKPicarro (UnitedStates)85fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences4%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science2225.6%
    2. Engineering1416.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1416.0%
    4. Chemistry1112.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy89.1%
    6. Computer Science44.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering33.7%
    8. Materials Science00.5%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities22.0%
    2. Decision Sciences11.2%
    3. Social Sciences10.8%
    4. Psychology00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine22.2%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
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: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 17.02× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.86× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.38× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 5.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 17.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering17.02×1 works
  2. Decision Sciences5.22×1 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.08×1 works
  4. Chemistry4.50×1 works
  5. Environmental Science4.38×4 works
  6. Arts and Humanities3.14×2 works
  7. Computer Science1.86×2 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.21×0 works
  9. Engineering0.93×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.77×0 works
  11. Psychology0.66×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.57×0 works
  13. Medicine0.24×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.19×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.08×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Picarro (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Chris W. Rella, Eric R. Crosson and Gregor Lucic lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Picarro (United States).

  1. 1 Chris W. Rella United States · #1,488,572 worldwide 3.3k citations · 153 works
  2. 2 Eric R. Crosson United States · #1,573,515 worldwide 2.7k citations · 90 works
  3. 3 Gregor Lucic United States · #1,909,119 worldwide 477 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Jan Woźniak United States · #3,012,329 worldwide 91 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Nabil M. R. Saad United States · #3,152,774 worldwide 616 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Magdalena E. G. Hofmann United States · #3,559,079 worldwide 685 citations · 57 works
  7. 7 G. A. Jacobson United States · #3,734,387 worldwide 86 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 David Kim-Hak United States · #4,632,986 worldwide 59 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Derek Fleck United States · #4,651,939 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Picarro (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Picarro (United States) is "A cavity ring-down analyzer for measuring atmospheric levels of methane, carbon dioxide, and water vapor" (Eric R. Crosson, 2008), with 669 citations. Next come "Demonstration of high‐precision continuous measurements of water vapor isotopologues in laboratory and remote field deployments using wavelength‐scanned cavity ring‐down spectroscopy (WS‐CRDS) technology" (377) and "High-accuracy continuous airborne measurements of greenhouse gases (CO 2 and CH 4 ) using the cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) technique" (342).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A cavity ring-down analyzer for measuring atmospheric levels of methane, carbon dioxide, and water vapor Eric R. Crosson · Applied Physics B 7 Aug 2008 669
2 Demonstration of high‐precision continuous measurements of water vapor isotopologues in laboratory and remote field deployments using wavelength‐scanned cavity ring‐down spectroscopy (WS‐CRDS) technology Priya Gupta, David Noone, Joseph Galewsky et al. · Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 14 Jul 2009 377
3 High-accuracy continuous airborne measurements of greenhouse gases (CO 2 and CH 4 ) using the cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) technique Huilin Chen, J. Winderlich, Christoph Gerbig et al. · Atmospheric measurement techniques Open access 24 Mar 2010 342
4 Mapping urban pipeline leaks: Methane leaks across Boston Nathan G. Phillips, Robert C. Ackley, Eric R. Crosson et al. · Environmental Pollution 20 Nov 2012 318
5 Aircraft-Based Estimate of Total Methane Emissions from the Barnett Shale Region Anna Karion et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Open access 7 Jul 2015 278
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Picarro (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Water Quality, Breath Analysis, Satellite Observations, Shale Gas, Natural Gas, Emissions, Methane and Spectroscopic Databases.

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

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Water Quality12▲ 33×4 topics
  2. Breath Analysis10▲ 82×2 topics
  3. Satellite Observations9▲ 91×3 topics
  4. Shale Gas9▲ 79×2 topics
  5. Natural Gas8▲ 107×2 topics
  6. Emissions8▲ 49×1 topic
  7. Methane8▲ 168×1 topic
  8. Spectroscopic Databases8▲ 167×1 topic
  9. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers8▲ 167×1 topic
  10. Ozone Depletion6▲ 123×1 topic
  11. Stratospheric Water Vapor6▲ 123×1 topic
  12. Machine Learning6▲ 3.0×11 topics
  13. Biosensors4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  14. Air Quality4▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Climate Change4▲ 1.70×17 topics
  16. Frequency Conversion4▲ 42×3 topics
  17. Atmospheric Aerosols3▲ 47×1 topic
  18. Black Carbon3▲ 47×1 topic
  19. Microresonators3▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Nonlinear Optics3▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Stable Isotopes3▲ 73×1 topic
  22. Trophic Position3▲ 73×1 topic
  23. Volatile Organic Compounds3▲ 28×3 topics
  24. Raman Lasers3▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Ion-Selective Electrodes2▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Optical Sensors2▲ 21×1 topic
  27. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  28. Optical Modulators2▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Monitoring2▲ 23×1 topic
  30. Wastewater2▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Health Effects2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  32. Particulate Matter2▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Optical Frequency Combs2▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Ultrafast Lasers2▲ 27×1 topic
  35. IoT2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  36. Disease Diagnosis2▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Electronic Nose2▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Forecasting1▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Microcavities1▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Silicon Photonics1▲ 11×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism, Analytical Chemistry and Sensors, Advanced Sensor Technologies Research and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Shakespeare, Adaptation,…1Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism: 1 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and…1Analytical Chemistry and Sensors: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor Technolo…1Advanced Sensor Technologies Research: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry an…1Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 1 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 0 fractional worksAI in cancer detection0AI in cancer detection: 0 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Laser Applications: 0 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecology: 0 fractional worksIndoor Air Quality and M…0Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure: 0 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryBioengineeringBiomedical EngineeringAtmospheric Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  2. 2 Analytical Chemistry and Sensors Bioengineering 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Sensor Technologies Research Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 1 works
  5. 5 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  7. 7 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Spectroscopy and Laser Applications Spectroscopy 0 works
  9. 9 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available43.5%not open56.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.6%domestic only70.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher 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 Picarro (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000022% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Picarro (United States)0.000076% in 20251990200020102020

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

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