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Pointwise (United States)

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Research works
36
▼ 71% vs 2018-21
Citations
329
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
8%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Pointwise (United States)

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

In all years, 94% of research at Pointwise (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (54%), Computer Science (30%), Environmental Science (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 93.9% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 54.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 12 fractional works · 32.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 30.0% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 8 fractional works · 21.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKPointwise (UnitedStates)36fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences94%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 2 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1954.3%
    2. Computer Science1130.0%
    3. Environmental Science25.0%
    4. Mathematics13.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Social Sciences13.7%
    2. Decision Sciences01.4%
    3. Psychology00.9%
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.

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

Ranked on the quality score, John R. Chawner and John P. Steinbrenner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pointwise (United States).

  1. 1 John R. Chawner United States · #3,419,246 worldwide 348 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 John P. Steinbrenner United States · #4,287,863 worldwide 361 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Pointwise (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Pointwise (United States) is "Stabilized Finite Elements in FUN3D" (William Kyle Anderson, James C. Newman, Steve L. Karman, 2017), with 67 citations. Next come "CFD Vision 2030 Road Map: Progress and Perspectives" (44) and "High-Order Mesh Curving Using WCN Mesh Optimization" (37).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Stabilized Finite Elements in FUN3D William Kyle Anderson, James C. Newman, Steve L. Karman · Journal of Aircraft Open access 6 Sep 2017 67
2 CFD Vision 2030 Road Map: Progress and Perspectives Andrew Cary, John R. Chawner, Earl P. Duque et al. · AIAA AVIATION 2021 FORUM Conference paper 28 Jul 2021 44
3 High-Order Mesh Curving Using WCN Mesh Optimization Steve L. Karman, Jon T. Erwin, Ryan S. Glasby et al. · 46th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference Conference paper 10 Jun 2016 37
4 Geometry, Mesh Generation, and the CFD 2030 Vision John R. Chawner, John Dannenhoffer, Nigel J. Taylor · 46th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference Conference paper 10 Jun 2016 32
5 Anisotropic Tetrahedral Meshing Based on Surface Deformation Techniques John P. Steinbrenner, J. Abelanet · 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit Conference paper 8 Jan 2007 31
All 51 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pointwise (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Fluid-Structure Interaction, Adaptive Mesh Refinement, High-Order Schemes, Delaunay Triangulations, Mesh Generation, Computer Graphics, Shock-Wave Interactions and Turbulence Modeling.

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

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Fluid-Structure Interaction6▲ 93×5 topics
  2. Adaptive Mesh Refinement5▲ 155×2 topics
  3. High-Order Schemes5▲ 155×2 topics
  4. Delaunay Triangulations5▲ 601×1 topic
  5. Mesh Generation5▲ 601×1 topic
  6. Computer Graphics3▲ 250×1 topic
  7. Shock-Wave Interactions3▲ 146×1 topic
  8. Turbulence Modeling3▲ 146×1 topic
  9. Visualization3▲ 139×1 topic
  10. Large-Eddy Simulation3▲ 33×3 topics
  11. Boundary Element Method2▲ 97×2 topics
  12. Structural Analysis2▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Discontinuous Galerkin Methods2▲ 169×1 topic
  14. Finite Element Methods2▲ 169×1 topic
  15. Finite Elements2▲ 147×1 topic
  16. NURBS2▲ 147×1 topic
  17. Aerodynamics2▲ 97×1 topic
  18. High-Speed Trains2▲ 94×1 topic
  19. Air Quality2▲ 26×5 topics
  20. Heat Transfer2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  21. Kinetic Theory2▲ 73×2 topics
  22. Turbulent Flow2▲ 35×3 topics
  23. CFD Simulation1▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Turbulent Flows1▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Urban Microclimate1▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Vortex Dynamics1▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Multiphase Flow1▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Numerical Simulation1▲ 9.8×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Practises and Engagement, Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Higher Education Governance and Development and Online and Blended Learning.

Higher Education Practis…0Higher Education Practises and Engagement: 0 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and …0Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Governa…0Higher Education Governance and Development: 0 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…0Online and Blended Learning: 0 fractional worksEducational Challenges a…0Educational Challenges and Innovations: 0 fractional worksGlobal Education Systems…0Global Education Systems and Policies: 0 fractional worksIntelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning: 0 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 0 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…0Online Learning and Analytics: 0 fractional works
EducationDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyPolitical Science and International RelationsInformation Systems2 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 0 works
  2. 2 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  4. 4 Online and Blended Learning Education 0 works
  5. 5 Educational Challenges and Innovations Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Global Education Systems and Policies Education 0 works
  7. 7 Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 0 works
  9. 9 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 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 available8.0%not open92.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Pointwise (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2022.

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

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