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Q-Peak (United States)

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Research works
110
▼ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
10.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
6%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Q-Peak (United States)

Not ranked overall: Q-Peak (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 Q-Peak (United States) work in?

In all years, 93% of research at Q-Peak (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (55%), Physics and Astronomy (32%), Computer Science (3%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 103 fractional works · 93.5% of its workEngineering: 61 fractional works · 55.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 50 fractional works · 45.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 35 fractional works · 31.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 33 fractional works · 30.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKQ-Peak (UnitedStates)110fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences3%

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 4 domains and 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6155.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy3531.6%
    3. Computer Science32.6%
    4. Materials Science32.3%
    5. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    7. Chemistry10.6%
    1. Social Sciences11.2%
    2. Psychology10.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    1. Medicine21.9%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    2. Neuroscience00.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
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.

Neuroscience: 4.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 4.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.25× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.42× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringArts and Humanities: 3.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.25×0 works
  2. Computer Science4.19×1 works
  3. Neuroscience4.11×0 works
  4. Arts and Humanities3.08×0 works
  5. Engineering2.42×1 works
  6. Social Sciences0.70×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Q-Peak (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter F. Moulton, Glen A. Rines and Kevin F. Wall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Q-Peak (United States).

  1. 1 Peter F. Moulton United States · #1,822,399 worldwide 4.7k citations · 194 works
  2. 2 Glen A. Rines United States · #1,953,390 worldwide 640 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Kevin F. Wall United States · #3,422,787 worldwide 1.5k citations · 73 works
  4. 4 Alex Dergachev United States · #3,482,687 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Martin A. Jaspan United States · #3,620,882 worldwide 275 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Yelena Isyanova United States · #4,605,172 worldwide 197 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Dicky Lee United States · #4,664,421 worldwide 180 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Bhabana Pati United States · #4,739,603 worldwide 110 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Q-Peak (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Q-Peak (United States)?

The most cited paper from Q-Peak (United States) is "Tm-Doped Fiber Lasers: Fundamentals and Power Scaling" (Peter F. Moulton, Glen A. Rines, Evgueni V. Slobodtchikov et al., 2009), with 359 citations. Next come "3.4-μm ZGP RISTRA nanosecond optical parametric oscillator pumped by a 2.05-μm Ho:YLF MOPA system" (149) and "The performance and reliability of 0.4 micron MOSFET's with gate oxynitrides grown by rapid thermal processing using mixtures of N/sub 2/O and O/sub 2/" (63).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tm-Doped Fiber Lasers: Fundamentals and Power Scaling Peter F. Moulton, Glen A. Rines, Evgueni V. Slobodtchikov et al. · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 2009 359
2 3.4-μm ZGP RISTRA nanosecond optical parametric oscillator pumped by a 2.05-μm Ho:YLF MOPA system Alex Dergachev, Darrell J. Armstrong, Arlee Smith et al. · Optics Express Open access 2007 149
3 The performance and reliability of 0.4 micron MOSFET's with gate oxynitrides grown by rapid thermal processing using mixtures of N/sub 2/O and O/sub 2/ Y Okada, Philip J. Tobin, Peter Rushbrook et al. · IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices 1994 63
4 Continuously tunable cw lasing near 2.75 μm in diode-pumped Er 3+ : SrF 2 and Er 3+ : CaF 2 crystals Tasoltan T. Basiev, Yu.V. Orlovskii, Marina V. Polyachenkova et al. · Quantum Electronics 31 Jul 2006 57
5 Review of Multipass Slab Laser Systems Alex Dergachev, John H. Flint, Yelena Isyanova et al. · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 2007 56
All 56 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Q-Peak (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Frequency Conversion, Nonlinear Optics, Raman Lasers, Crystal Growth, Microresonators, Solid-State Lasers, Ytterbium and Fiber Lasers.

▲ 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 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. Frequency Conversion47▲ 427×3 topics
  2. Nonlinear Optics35▲ 183×4 topics
  3. Raman Lasers26▲ 141×2 topics
  4. Crystal Growth26▲ 70×3 topics
  5. Microresonators25▲ 180×3 topics
  6. Solid-State Lasers25▲ 744×1 topic
  7. Ytterbium25▲ 744×1 topic
  8. Fiber Lasers19▲ 119×3 topics
  9. Microwave Photonics14▲ 111×2 topics
  10. Optical Frequency Combs14▲ 169×1 topic
  11. Ultrafast Lasers14▲ 169×1 topic
  12. Optical Modulators12▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Electric Discharge11▲ 287×1 topic
  14. Laser Oscillation11▲ 287×1 topic
  15. Lithium Niobate11▲ 288×1 topic
  16. Photonics11▲ 192×1 topic
  17. Attosecond Physics7▲ 145×1 topic
  18. High-Harmonic Generation7▲ 145×1 topic
  19. Gas Sensing4▲ 45×2 topics
  20. High-Power Laser4▲ 145×1 topic
  21. Supercontinuum Generation4▲ 145×1 topic
  22. Optical Interconnects3▲ 31×1 topic
  23. Semiconductor Lasers3▲ 25×1 topic
  24. Biosensors2▲ 3.5×2 topics
  25. Optical Fiber2▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Fiber Optic Sensors2▲ 31×1 topic
  27. Holographic Displays2▲ 90×1 topic
  28. Sensor Technology2▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Stereoscopic Displays2▲ 90×1 topic
  30. Femtosecond Laser2▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Laser Eye Injuries2▲ 78×1 topic
  32. Micromachining2▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Retinal Damage2▲ 78×1 topic
  34. Transparent Materials2▲ 49×1 topic
  35. Silicon Photonics2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  36. Microcavities1▲ 8.4×1 topic
  37. Nanophotonic Waveguides1▲ 9.4×1 topic
  38. Optical Properties1▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Photon Counting1▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Wave Energy1▲ 83×1 topic

Which research topics does Q-Peak (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Wave and Wind Energy Systems, Twentieth Century Scientific Developments, History of Computing Technologies and Coastal and Marine Dynamics.

Wave and Wind Energy Sys…1Wave and Wind Energy Systems: 1 fractional worksTwentieth Century Scientific Developments: 0 fractional worksHistory of Computing Technologies: 0 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynamics: 0 fractional worksInternational Science an…0International Science and Diplomacy: 0 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 0 fractional worksSecurity and Verification in Computing: 0 fractional worksContext-Aware Activity Recognition Systems: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 0 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringHistory and Philosophy of ScienceComputer Science ApplicationsEarth-Surface Processes4 others

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

  1. 1 Wave and Wind Energy Systems Ocean Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Twentieth Century Scientific Developments History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  3. 3 History of Computing Technologies Computer Science Applications 0 works
  4. 4 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  5. 5 International Science and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  6. 6 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 0 works
  7. 7 Security and Verification in Computing Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 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 available6.2%not open93.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Q-Peak (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% lower 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 Q-Peak (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000024% in 2021.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Q-Peak (United States)0.000052% in 20251990200020102020

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

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