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Pulse Biosciences (United States)

In research, Pulse Biosciences (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,557 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,330
of 22,385 · #10,035 all time
Rank in United States
#3,152
of 3,332
Research works
289
▲ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
16.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Pulse Biosciences (United States)

What is Pulse Biosciences (United States) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,557 of 17,446 12.1%166

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pulse Biosciences (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 fields of science does Pulse Biosciences (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Pulse Biosciences (United States) is in Life Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (26%), Medicine (25%), Engineering (10%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 36 fractional works · 41.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 26.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 26.4% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 10.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 26.2% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 25.3% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPulse Biosciences(United States)86fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences42%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences6%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2326.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology67.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences56.0%
    4. Neuroscience21.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering910.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy66.7%
    3. Computer Science44.5%
    4. Chemistry11.5%
    5. Materials Science11.4%
    6. Environmental Science10.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.3%
    10. Energy00.3%
    1. Medicine2225.3%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences22.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    3. Decision Sciences11.0%
    4. Psychology00.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.93× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.11× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.03× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.11×6 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.93×23 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy3.03×6 works
  4. Medicine1.31×22 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.27×5 works
  6. Neuroscience1.18×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.02×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.97×1 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.83×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.77×1 works
  11. Engineering0.68×9 works
  12. Computer Science0.58×4 works
  13. Materials Science0.39×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.31×1 works
  15. Energy0.30×0 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.25×0 works
  18. Nursing0.24×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.20×2 works
  21. Environmental Science0.18×1 works
  22. Psychology0.15×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pulse Biosciences (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, ALAN D. KING, Carl Eichenberger and William A. Knape lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pulse Biosciences (United States).

  1. 1 ALAN D. KING United States · #1,171,294 worldwide 1.5k citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Carl Eichenberger United States · #1,708,984 worldwide 557 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 William A. Knape United States · #2,011,160 worldwide 514 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Darrin R. Uecker United States · #2,263,413 worldwide 598 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Ian D. Smith United States · #2,313,613 worldwide 1.3k citations · 82 works
  6. 6 John R. Bayless United States · #2,660,328 worldwide 100 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 V. Carboni United States · #2,963,349 worldwide 301 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 J. Fockler United States · #3,266,794 worldwide 465 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 P. W. Spence United States · #4,371,500 worldwide 466 citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Joseph P. Lidestri United States · #4,398,461 worldwide 34 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Pulse Biosciences (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Pulse Biosciences (United States) is "AmberTools" (David Andrew Case et al., 2023), with 2,136 citations. Next come "Extended tight‐binding quantum chemistry methods" (1,682) and "Measurement and laser control of attosecond charge migration in ionized iodoacetylene" (631).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 AmberTools David Andrew Case et al. · Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling Open access 8 Oct 2023 2,136
2 Extended tight‐binding quantum chemistry methods Christoph Bannwarth, Eike Caldeweyher, Sebastian Ehlert et al. · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science Open access 9 Aug 2020 1,682
3 Measurement and laser control of attosecond charge migration in ionized iodoacetylene Peter M. Kraus, Benoît Mignolet, Denitsa Baykusheva et al. · Science Open access 23 Oct 2015 631
4 Discovering chemistry with an ab initio nanoreactor Lee‐Ping Wang, A.V. Titov, Robert T. McGibbon et al. · Nature Chemistry Open access 31 Oct 2014 469
5 TeraChem : A graphical processing unit ‐accelerated electronic structure package for large‐scale ab initio molecular dynamics Stefan Seritan, Christoph Bannwarth, B. Scott Fales et al. · Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science Open access 26 Jul 2020 326
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pulse Biosciences (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tumor Microenvironment, Inflammation, Neuroprotection, Therapeutic Targets, Immunotherapy, Adenosine Receptors, Purinergic Signalling and Gene Therapy.

▲ 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. Tumor Microenvironment10▲ 24×5 topics
  2. Inflammation8▲ 4.7×11 topics
  3. Neuroprotection6▲ 21×5 topics
  4. Therapeutic Targets5▲ 42×3 topics
  5. Immunotherapy5▲ 7.8×7 topics
  6. Adenosine Receptors5▲ 340×1 topic
  7. Purinergic Signalling5▲ 340×1 topic
  8. Gene Therapy4▲ 25×5 topics
  9. Cancer Therapy4▲ 8.1×11 topics
  10. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 26×3 topics
  11. Cancer3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  12. Gene Expression3▲ 5.3×7 topics
  13. Tumor Targeting3▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Immune Checkpoint Blockade2▲ 26×1 topic
  15. PD-1 and PD-L12▲ 26×1 topic
  16. Tumor Regression2▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Ultrasound2▲ 25×2 topics
  18. CD472▲ 132×1 topic
  19. Macrophages2▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Microbial Inactivation2▲ 72×2 topics
  21. apoptotic cells2▲ 132×1 topic
  22. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Electroporation2▲ 126×1 topic
  24. Irreversible Electroporation2▲ 126×1 topic
  25. Drought Tolerance2▲ 16×5 topics
  26. Immunity2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  27. NK Cell Recognition2▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Natural Killer Cells2▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Tumor Hypoxia2▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Wound Healing2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  31. Angiogenesis2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  32. Electrical Stimulation2▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Infection2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  34. Arginine Deprivation2▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Bacterial Therapy2▲ 44×1 topic
  36. Cancer Progression2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  37. Glycosylation2▲ 16×2 topics
  38. HIF-12▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Photodynamic Therapy2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  40. Warburg Effect2▲ 28×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation and Microbial Inactivation Methods.

Adenosine and Purinergic…5Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling: 5 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksPhagocytosis and Immune …2Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation: 2 fractional worksMicrobial Inactivation M…2Microbial Inactivation Methods: 2 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 2 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksCancer Research and Trea…2Cancer Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 1 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 1 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 1 fractional works
PhysiologyOncologyImmunologyBiotechnology4 others

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

  1. 1 Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling Physiology 5 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation Immunology 2 works
  4. 4 Microbial Inactivation Methods Biotechnology 2 works
  5. 5 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 2 works
  6. 6 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer Research and Treatments Biotechnology 2 works
  8. 8 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 1 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 available35.4%not open64.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% higher 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 Pulse Biosciences (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00042% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Pulse Biosciences (United States)0.00042% in 20251990200020102020

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