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Plasma Technology (United States)

In research, Plasma Technology (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,111 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#2,806 of 5,901 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#707 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Physics and Astronomy (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 42.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,250
of 22,385 · #3,582 all time
Rank in United States
#1,409
of 3,332
Research works
1.9k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.18×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Plasma Technology (United States)

What is Plasma Technology (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,111 of 10,670 16.0%191 #1566
EngineeringField #2,806 of 5,901 15.6%77 #1683
Physics and AstronomyField #707 of 1,417 19.8%65 #533

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Plasma Technology (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,566 #3,111
  2. Engineering#1,683 #2,806
  3. Physics and Astronomy#533 #707
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Plasma Technology (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Physics and Astronomy (29%), Materials Science (13%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 238 fractional works · 87.4% of its workEngineering: 94 fractional works · 34.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 30 fractional works · 10.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 19 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 80 fractional works · 29.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 36 fractional works · 13.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 15 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 14 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 36 fractional works · 13.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 9.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 6.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPlasma Technology(United States)272fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering9434.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy8029.3%
    3. Materials Science3613.1%
    4. Computer Science124.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.9%
    6. Environmental Science51.8%
    7. Chemistry31.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering20.8%
    9. Mathematics10.4%
    10. Energy10.3%
    1. Medicine186.7%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences31.1%
    2. Decision Sciences20.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    6. Psychology00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Plasma Technology (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 42.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 36.4 works42×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 79.8 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.30× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.29× its world share, 94 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.75× its world share, 36 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 13.18× its world share, 80 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 13.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy13.18×80 works
  2. Materials Science3.75×36 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.30×2 works
  4. Engineering2.29×94 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.24×5 works
  6. Chemistry0.71×3 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.58×2 works
  8. Dentistry0.57×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.54×12 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.36×5 works
  12. Medicine0.35×18 works
  13. Energy0.34×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.32×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×4 works
  16. Nursing0.21×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×2 works
  18. Health Professions0.16×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.12×1 works
  20. Social Sciences0.09×3 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  25. Psychology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Plasma Technology (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, I. Cziegler, E. S. Marmar and S. Wolfe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Plasma Technology (United States).

  1. 1 I. Cziegler United States · #643,498 worldwide 3.3k citations · 116 works
  2. 2 E. S. Marmar United States · #715,852 worldwide 8.1k citations · 211 works
  3. 3 S. Wolfe United States · #716,752 worldwide 3.3k citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Dmitri Mossessian United States · #840,289 worldwide 4.4k citations · 137 works
  5. 5 A. Pfeiffer United States · #879,584 worldwide 736 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Cristina Rea United States · #994,396 worldwide 2k citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Amy Watterson United States · #1,012,697 worldwide 496 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Theodore Mouratidis United States · #1,031,819 worldwide 741 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Kevin Montes United States · #1,168,917 worldwide 1.1k citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Robert D. Kaplan United States · #1,178,953 worldwide 2.6k citations · 121 works
All ranked researchers at Plasma Technology (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Plasma Technology (United States) is "Plasma-material interactions in current tokamaks and their implications for next step fusion reactors" (G. Federici, Charles H. Skinner, J.N. Brooks et al., 2001), with 1,377 citations. Next come "Plasma technology – a novel solution for CO 2 conversion?" (1,267) and "Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions" (1,176).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Plasma-material interactions in current tokamaks and their implications for next step fusion reactors G. Federici, Charles H. Skinner, J.N. Brooks et al. · Nuclear Fusion Open access Dec 2001 1,377
2 Plasma technology – a novel solution for CO 2 conversion? Ramses Snoeckx, Annemie Bogaerts · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2017 1,267
3 Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions T. C. Hender et al. · Nuclear Fusion Open access Jun 2007 1,176
4 Chapter 4: Power and particle control Alberto Loarte et al. · Nuclear Fusion Open access Jun 2007 1,085
5 Vacuum Electronic High Power Terahertz Sources John H. Booske, Richard Dobbs, Colin D. Joye et al. · IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology 25 Aug 2011 1,079
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Plasma Technology (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnostics, Turbulence, Tokamak, Transport, Biomedical Applications, Solar Wind, Critical Current Density and Molecular Dynamics Simulations.

▲ 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-now 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. Diagnostics25▲ 117×2 topics
  2. Turbulence25▲ 101×3 topics
  3. Tokamak24▲ 418×1 topic
  4. Transport24▲ 281×1 topic
  5. Biomedical Applications18▲ 5.7×18 topics
  6. Mechanical Properties12▲ 4.5×17 topics
  7. Solar Wind12▲ 48×2 topics
  8. Critical Current Density12▲ 174×2 topics
  9. Molecular Dynamics Simulations12▲ 98×2 topics
  10. fusion materials11▲ 224×1 topic
  11. radiation damage11▲ 224×1 topic
  12. Cancer Therapy11▲ 6.9×6 topics
  13. Electron Beams11▲ 226×1 topic
  14. Laser-Plasma Accelerators11▲ 226×1 topic
  15. Electron Acceleration10▲ 58×2 topics
  16. Electric Propulsion10▲ 104×2 topics
  17. Plasma Etching10▲ 178×1 topic
  18. Semiconductor Industry10▲ 178×1 topic
  19. Nb3Sn Conductor10▲ 210×1 topic
  20. Superconducting Magnets10▲ 210×1 topic
  21. Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas10▲ 186×1 topic
  22. Plasma Medicine10▲ 186×1 topic
  23. Ionosphere9▲ 62×1 topic
  24. Magnetosphere9▲ 62×1 topic
  25. Nanocomposites9▲ 4.0×12 topics
  26. Negative Ion Sources8▲ 156×1 topic
  27. Superconducting Cavities8▲ 156×1 topic
  28. Tomography6▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Microstructure6▲ 4.2×11 topics
  30. Spectroscopy6▲ 13×8 topics
  31. Electronic Structure Calculations6▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Cuprate Superconductors6▲ 60×1 topic
  33. High-Temperature Superconductivity6▲ 60×1 topic
  34. Thin Films5▲ 9.8×4 topics
  35. Molten Salt5▲ 57×1 topic
  36. Nuclear Reactor5▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Material Analysis5▲ 87×1 topic
  38. Plasma5▲ 83×1 topic
  39. Superconductivity5▲ 9.8×7 topics
  40. Raman Spectroscopy4▲ 7.7×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Magnetic confinement fusion research, Fusion materials and technologies, Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics and Plasma Diagnostics and Applications.

Magnetic confinement fus…24Magnetic confinement fusion research: 24 fractional worksFusion materials and technologies: 11 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 11 fractional worksPlasma Diagnostics and Applications: 10 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 10 fractional worksPlasma Applications and Diagnostics: 10 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…9Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 9 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 8 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 6 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 5 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsMaterials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 24 works
  2. 2 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 11 works
  3. 3 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 11 works
  4. 4 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Plasma Applications and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
  7. 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  8. 8 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 6 works
  10. 10 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 5 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.3%domestic only69.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Plasma Technology (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Plasma Technology (United States)0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Plasma Technology (United States)13.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.2% in 2022.

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