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Plasma Technology (United States)

In research, Plasma Technology (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,923 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#3,845 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#1,026 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Physics and Astronomy — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 40.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,012
of 28,054 · #4,315 all time
Rank in United States
#694
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
36k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

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

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,923 of 12,888 28.1%191 #2684
EngineeringField #3,845 of 6,636 21.3%77 #2726
Physics and AstronomyField #1,026 of 1,646 40.5%65 #1551

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,684 #2,923
  2. Engineering#2,726 #3,845
  3. Physics and Astronomy#1,551 #1,026
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Plasma Technology (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 40.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 28.1 works41×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 65.4 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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.28× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.63× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.33× its world share, 77 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.24× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 13.34× its world share, 65 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× 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, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, M. Greenwald, B. Lipschultz and J. L. Terry lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Plasma Technology (United States).

  1. 1 M. Greenwald United States · #66,299 worldwide 593 citations · 130 works
  2. 2 B. Lipschultz United States · #70,990 worldwide 689 citations · 131 works
  3. 3 J. L. Terry United States · #92,788 worldwide 359 citations · 102 works
  4. 4 S. Wolfe United States · #108,834 worldwide 235 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 J. Terry United States · #109,285 worldwide 305 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 C. L. Fiore United States · #183,629 worldwide 171 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 E. Marmar United States · #188,500 worldwide 129 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 J. Irby United States · #194,272 worldwide 131 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Y. Lin United States · #216,122 worldwide 206 citations · 60 works
  10. 10 B. LaBombard United States · #232,944 worldwide 592 citations · 173 works
All ranked researchers at Plasma Technology (United States)

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Turbulence, Diagnostics, Tokamak, Transport, Biomedical Applications, Critical Current Density, Solar Wind and Nb3Sn Conductor.

▲ 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 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. Turbulence19▲ 98×3 topics
  2. Diagnostics19▲ 102×2 topics
  3. Tokamak18▲ 392×1 topic
  4. Transport18▲ 264×1 topic
  5. Biomedical Applications15▲ 5.7×16 topics
  6. Critical Current Density11▲ 192×2 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties10▲ 4.7×15 topics
  8. Solar Wind10▲ 50×2 topics
  9. Nb3Sn Conductor9▲ 231×1 topic
  10. Superconducting Magnets9▲ 231×1 topic
  11. Electron Acceleration9▲ 61×2 topics
  12. Electron Beams8▲ 222×1 topic
  13. Laser-Plasma Accelerators8▲ 222×1 topic
  14. Cancer Therapy8▲ 6.5×6 topics
  15. Ionosphere8▲ 67×1 topic
  16. Magnetosphere8▲ 67×1 topic
  17. Electric Propulsion8▲ 98×2 topics
  18. Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas8▲ 183×1 topic
  19. Plasma Etching8▲ 160×1 topic
  20. Plasma Medicine8▲ 183×1 topic
  21. Semiconductor Industry8▲ 160×1 topic
  22. Molecular Dynamics Simulations7▲ 79×2 topics
  23. fusion materials7▲ 181×1 topic
  24. radiation damage7▲ 181×1 topic
  25. Nanocomposites7▲ 3.7×11 topics
  26. Tomography6▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Microstructure6▲ 4.8×10 topics
  28. Spectroscopy6▲ 15×8 topics
  29. Negative Ion Sources5▲ 135×1 topic
  30. Superconducting Cavities5▲ 135×1 topic
  31. Electronic Structure Calculations5▲ 36×2 topics
  32. Cuprate Superconductors5▲ 67×1 topic
  33. High-Temperature Superconductivity5▲ 67×1 topic
  34. Material Analysis4▲ 95×1 topic
  35. Plasma4▲ 92×1 topic
  36. Thin Films4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  37. Superconductivity4▲ 10×6 topics
  38. Raman Spectroscopy4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  39. Neutron Imaging3▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Small-Angle Scattering3▲ 29×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Magnetic confinement fusion research, Superconducting Materials and Applications, Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

Magnetic confinement fus…18Magnetic confinement fusion research: 18 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 9 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 8 fractional worksPlasma Applications and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksPlasma Diagnostics and Applications: 8 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…7Fusion materials and technologies: 7 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 5 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 5 fractional worksLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasma: 4 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsBiomedical EngineeringAstronomy and AstrophysicsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging5 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18 works
  2. 2 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  4. 4 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  5. 5 Plasma Applications and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  6. 6 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 7 works
  8. 8 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 5 works
  10. 10 Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma Mechanics of Materials 4 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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