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Prism Computational Sciences (United States)

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Research works
49
▲ 201% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
27.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Prism Computational Sciences (United States)

Not ranked overall: Prism Computational Sciences (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 Prism Computational Sciences (United States) work in?

In all years, 99% of research at Prism Computational Sciences (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 0% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (59%), Engineering (35%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (3%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 99.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 29 fractional works · 58.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 10 fractional works · 20.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 17.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 12.4% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 34.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 18.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 9.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPrismComputational…49fractional works, all years
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences99%Health Sciences0%

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 3 domains and 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy2958.7%
    2. Engineering1734.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.7%
    4. Chemistry11.6%
    5. Materials Science00.8%
    6. Computer Science00.7%
    1. Medicine00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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 Prism Computational Sciences (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, P. R. Woodruff, Joseph J. MacFarlane and I. Golovkin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Prism Computational Sciences (United States).

  1. 1 P. R. Woodruff United States · #1,331,595 worldwide 1.3k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Joseph J. MacFarlane United States · #1,387,859 worldwide 5.3k citations · 340 works
  3. 3 I. Golovkin United States · #2,375,512 worldwide 3.3k citations · 230 works
All ranked researchers at Prism Computational Sciences (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Prism Computational Sciences (United States)?

The most cited paper from Prism Computational Sciences (United States) is "A higher-than-predicted measurement of iron opacity at solar interior temperatures" (J. E. Bailey et al., 2014), with 442 citations. Next come "HELIOS-CR – A 1-D radiation-magnetohydrodynamics code with inline atomic kinetics modeling" (310) and "SPECT3D – A multi-dimensional collisional-radiative code for generating diagnostic signatures based on hydrodynamics and PIC simulation output" (218).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A higher-than-predicted measurement of iron opacity at solar interior temperatures J. E. Bailey et al. · Nature 23 Dec 2014 442
2 HELIOS-CR – A 1-D radiation-magnetohydrodynamics code with inline atomic kinetics modeling Joseph J. MacFarlane, I. Golovkin, P. R. Woodruff · Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer Jun 2005 310
3 SPECT3D – A multi-dimensional collisional-radiative code for generating diagnostic signatures based on hydrodynamics and PIC simulation output Joseph J. MacFarlane, I. Golovkin, P. Wang et al. · High Energy Density Physics 8 Feb 2007 218
4 ChandraHETGS Multiphase Spectroscopy of the Young Magnetic O Starθ1Orionis C Marc Gagné, M. E. Oksala, David H. Cohen et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 28 Jul 2005 205
5 Iron-Plasma Transmission Measurements at Temperatures Above 150 eV J. E. Bailey, G. A. Rochau, Carlos A. Iglesias et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 27 Dec 2007 157
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Prism Computational Sciences (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Spectroscopy, Remote Sensing, Material Analysis, Plasma, Electron Beams, Laser-Plasma Accelerators, DNA Strand Breaks and Low-Energy Electrons.

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

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Spectroscopy10▲ 61×2 topics
  2. Remote Sensing9▲ 17×2 topics
  3. Material Analysis9▲ 472×1 topic
  4. Plasma9▲ 453×1 topic
  5. Electron Beams9▲ 568×1 topic
  6. Laser-Plasma Accelerators9▲ 568×1 topic
  7. DNA Strand Breaks7▲ 231×1 topic
  8. Low-Energy Electrons7▲ 231×1 topic
  9. Tomography3▲ 23×3 topics
  10. Turbulence2▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Accretion Disks2▲ 56×2 topics
  12. Magnetic Fields2▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Photon Counting2▲ 59×3 topics
  14. Plasma Etching2▲ 94×1 topic
  15. Semiconductor Industry2▲ 94×1 topic
  16. X-Ray Spectroscopy2▲ 54×2 topics
  17. Time-of-Flight2▲ 57×2 topics
  18. Exoplanets2▲ 48×1 topic
  19. Stellar Astrophysics2▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Solar Wind2▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Laser Ranging1▲ 131×1 topic
  22. Single-Photon Detection1▲ 131×1 topic
  23. Crystal Structure Prediction1▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Mantle Dynamics1▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Molecular Clouds1▲ 54×1 topic
  26. Protoplanetary Disks1▲ 54×1 topic
  27. Star Formation1▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Electric Discharge1▲ 70×1 topic
  29. Laser Oscillation1▲ 70×1 topic
  30. Neutron Imaging1▲ 28×1 topic
  31. Small-Angle Scattering1▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Tokamak1▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Transport1▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Attosecond Physics1▲ 49×1 topic
  35. High-Harmonic Generation1▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Imaging1▲ 5.7×2 topics

Which research topics does Prism Computational Sciences (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications.

Laser-induced spectrosco…1Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma: 1 fractional worksAtomic and Molecular Phy…1Atomic and Molecular Physics: 1 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics…0High-pressure geophysics and materials: 0 fractional worksLaser-Matter Interactions and Applications: 0 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 0 fractional worksMagnetic confinement fusion research: 0 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 0 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 0 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsSpectroscopy2 others

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

  1. 1 Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  2. 2 Atomic and Molecular Physics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  3. 3 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  4. 4 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 0 works
  5. 5 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  7. 7 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  9. 9 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  10. 10 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available26.1%not open73.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Prism Computational Sciences (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 201% 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 Prism Computational Sciences (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000010% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Prism Computational Sciences (United States)0.0000073% in 2025200020102020

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

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