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Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

In research, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center stands highest in Computer Science (#2,498 of 7,020 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,966 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,024
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,639
of 8,685
Research works
384
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
29.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 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
Computer ScienceField #2,498 of 7,020 20.7%140
Physical SciencesDomain #7,966 of 21,541 21.1%257

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 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: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.05× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.49× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.75× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.93× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.65× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.05× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 6.95× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Workflow Management, Semantic Web Services, Bioinformatics, Reproducibility, Scientific Workflows, Semantic Web, High-Performance Computing and Parallel Computing.

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

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Workflow Management3▲ 141×2 topics
  2. Machine Learning2▲ 2.3×11 topics
  3. Semantic Web Services2▲ 143×2 topics
  4. Bioinformatics2▲ 60×2 topics
  5. Reproducibility2▲ 183×1 topic
  6. Scientific Workflows2▲ 183×1 topic
  7. High-Performance Computing2▲ 73×2 topics
  8. Semantic Web2▲ 67×3 topics
  9. Parallel Computing2▲ 45×3 topics
  10. Geospatial Crowdsourcing2▲ 229×1 topic
  11. Volunteered Geographic Information2▲ 229×1 topic
  12. Molecular Dynamics1▲ 24×4 topics
  13. Epidemiology1◆ 0.95×11 topics
  14. Deep Learning1◆ 1.04×7 topics
  15. Distributed Systems1▲ 20×1 topic
  16. Grid Computing1▲ 99×1 topic
  17. Crystal Structures1▲ 41×2 topics
  18. Computational Chemistry1▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Quantum Mechanics1▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Scientific Computing and Data Management, Geographic Information Systems Studies, Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems and Machine Learning in Materials Science.

Scientific Computing and…2Scientific Computing and Data Management: 2 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 2 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 1 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 1 fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Te…1Advanced Data Storage Technologies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Management: 0 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 0 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 0 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementGeography, Planning and DevelopmentComputer Networks and CommunicationsMaterials Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 2 works
  2. 2 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
  3. 3 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  4. 4 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  8. 8 Coastal and Marine Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  9. 9 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  10. 10 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 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 available29.3%not open70.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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