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Rapita Systems (United Kingdom)

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Research works
22
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
444
20.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
66%
world 18%
Rapita Systems (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: Rapita Systems (United Kingdom) 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 Rapita Systems (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 96% of research at Rapita Systems (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (71%), Engineering (24%), Medicine (2%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 95.9% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 70.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 8 fractional works · 38.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 11.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 23.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 10.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKRapita Systems(United Kingdom)22fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences1%

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 8 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science1570.5%
    2. Engineering523.9%
    3. Environmental Science01.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine01.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    2. Decision Sciences00.5%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 3.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.73× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDecision Sciences: 4.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.14×0 works
  2. Engineering3.73×2 works
  3. Computer Science3.09×1 works
  4. Environmental Science2.15×0 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.85×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rapita Systems (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Ian Broster lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rapita Systems (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Ian Broster United Kingdom · #800,808 worldwide 735 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Rapita Systems (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Rapita Systems (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Rapita Systems (United Kingdom) is "The worst-case execution-time problem—overview of methods and survey of tools" (Reinhard Wilhelm, Jakob Engblom, Andreas Ermedahl et al., 2008), with 1,871 citations. Next come "Measurement-Based Probabilistic Timing Analysis for Multi-path Programs" (240) and "Hardware support for WCET analysis of hard real-time multicore systems" (233).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The worst-case execution-time problem—overview of methods and survey of tools Reinhard Wilhelm, Jakob Engblom, Andreas Ermedahl et al. · ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems Apr 2008 1,871
2 Measurement-Based Probabilistic Timing Analysis for Multi-path Programs Liliana Cucu‐Grosjean, Luca Santinelli, Michael J. Houston et al. Conference paperOpen access Jul 2012 240
3 Hardware support for WCET analysis of hard real-time multicore systems Marco Paolieri, Eduardo Quiñones, Francisco Javier Cazorla et al. Conference paperOpen access 20 Jun 2009 233
4 Merasa: Multicore Execution of Hard Real-Time Applications Supporting Analyzability Theo Ungerer, Francisco Javier Cazorla, Pascal Sainrat et al. · IEEE Micro Sep 2010 154
5 WCET analysis methods: Pitfalls and challenges on their trustworthiness Jaume Abella, Carles Hernández, Eduardo Quiñones et al. Conference paper Jun 2015 116
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rapita Systems (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Embedded Systems, Resource Allocation, Hard Real-Time Systems, Scheduling Algorithms, FPGA, High-Level Synthesis, Reconfigurable Computing and Fault Tolerance.

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

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Embedded Systems7▲ 359×2 topics
  2. Resource Allocation5▲ 90×3 topics
  3. Hard Real-Time Systems4▲ 914×1 topic
  4. Scheduling Algorithms4▲ 389×1 topic
  5. FPGA3▲ 172×2 topics
  6. High-Level Synthesis3▲ 295×1 topic
  7. Reconfigurable Computing3▲ 264×1 topic
  8. Deep Learning2▲ 3.8×4 topics
  9. Fault Tolerance2▲ 42×3 topics
  10. Neural Networks2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  11. CMOS Technology2▲ 60×2 topics
  12. Backpropagation Learning1▲ 68×1 topic
  13. Parallel Computing1▲ 34×1 topic
  14. Performance Optimization1▲ 60×1 topic
  15. Self-Organizing Maps1▲ 68×1 topic
  16. Radiation Effects1▲ 119×1 topic
  17. Soft Errors1▲ 262×1 topic

Which research topics does Rapita Systems (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radiation Effects in Electronics, Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy, Advanced Control Systems Optimization and Neural Networks and Applications.

Radiation Effects in Ele…0Radiation Effects in Electronics: 0 fractional worksSafety Systems Engineeri…0Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems…0Advanced Control Systems Optimization: 0 fractional worksNeural Networks and Appl…0Neural Networks and Applications: 0 fractional worksControl Systems and Iden…0Control Systems and Identification: 0 fractional worksReal-Time Systems Schedu…0Real-Time Systems Scheduling: 0 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 0 fractional worksEngineering and Test Systems: 0 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityControl and Systems EngineeringArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Radiation Effects in Electronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  3. 3 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  5. 5 Control Systems and Identification Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Real-Time Systems Scheduling Hardware and Architecture 0 works
  7. 7 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  8. 8 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Engineering and Test Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 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 available47.0%not open53.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors65.8%domestic only34.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rapita Systems (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% 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 Rapita Systems (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000024% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Rapita Systems (United Kingdom)0.000019% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Rapita Systems (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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