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Research Applications (United States)

In research, Research Applications (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,502 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,708
of 22,385 · #2,990 all time
Rank in United States
#767
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Research Applications (United States)

What is Research Applications (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,502 of 10,670 8.7%131 #1681

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Research Applications (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 Research Applications (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Research Applications (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (23%), Engineering (14%), Environmental Science (14%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 163 fractional works · 64.1% of its workComputer Science: 59 fractional works · 23.3% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 6.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 5.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 35 fractional works · 14.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 35 fractional works · 13.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 14 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 37 fractional works · 14.6% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 12.8% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 11.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 9.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKResearchApplications…254fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences64%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences11%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science5923.3%
    2. Engineering3514.0%
    3. Environmental Science3513.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences166.4%
    5. Materials Science62.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy31.3%
    7. Chemistry31.2%
    8. Energy21.0%
    9. Mathematics20.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Medicine3212.8%
    2. Health Professions31.3%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences124.8%
    2. Psychology62.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting41.7%
    4. Decision Sciences31.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology135.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.3%
    3. Neuroscience20.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
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: 0.69× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.99× its world share, 59 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.07× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.93× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.78× its world share, 35 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.07×16 works
  2. Computer Science2.99×59 works
  3. Environmental Science2.78×35 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.38×1 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.28×3 works
  6. Energy1.05×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×13 works
  8. Engineering0.93×35 works
  9. Nursing0.88×1 works
  10. Psychology0.79×6 works
  11. Chemistry0.75×3 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.69×8 works
  13. Mathematics0.68×2 works
  14. Medicine0.66×32 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.65×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.63×6 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.60×3 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×4 works
  19. Health Professions0.50×3 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×3 works
  21. Veterinary0.48×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.44×2 works
  23. Social Sciences0.38×12 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.09×0 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Research Applications (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Gary Z. Whitten, Philip M. Roth and Gaddamanugu L. Prasad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Applications (United States).

  1. 1 Gary Z. Whitten United States · #1,122,693 worldwide 3.4k citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Philip M. Roth United States · #1,892,277 worldwide 1.2k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Gaddamanugu L. Prasad United States · #2,127,992 worldwide 2.3k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 T. A. A. BROADBENT United States · #2,181,392 worldwide 437 citations · 81 works
  5. 5 Mei-Kao Liu United States · #2,191,712 worldwide 641 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 James P. Killus United States · #2,403,001 worldwide 1.7k citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Patrudu S. Makena United States · #2,699,639 worldwide 1.1k citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Thomas W. Tesche United States · #2,764,982 worldwide 701 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Brian M. Keyser United States · #2,781,492 worldwide 1.1k citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Robert D. Leverette United States · #3,303,447 worldwide 453 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Research Applications (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Research Applications (United States) is "The community Noah land surface model with multiparameterization options (Noah-MP): 1. Model description and evaluation with local-scale measurements" (Guo‐Yue Niu, Zong‐Liang Yang, Kenneth E. Mitchell et al., 2011), with 3,137 citations. Next come "E(3)-equivariant graph neural networks for data-efficient and accurate interatomic potentials" (1,873) and "Predicting global atmospheric ice nuclei distributions and their impacts on climate" (1,687).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The community Noah land surface model with multiparameterization options (Noah-MP): 1. Model description and evaluation with local-scale measurements Guo‐Yue Niu, Zong‐Liang Yang, Kenneth E. Mitchell et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Open access 24 Jun 2011 3,137
2 E(3)-equivariant graph neural networks for data-efficient and accurate interatomic potentials Simon Batzner, Albert Musaelian, Lixin Sun et al. · Nature Communications Open access 4 May 2022 1,873
3 Predicting global atmospheric ice nuclei distributions and their impacts on climate Paul J. DeMott, Anthony J. Prenni, Xiaohong Liu et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 7 Jun 2010 1,687
4 A decade of Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB)—a review Markus Hrachowitz et al. · Hydrological Sciences Journal Open access 16 May 2013 1,383
5 The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits Lex Borghans, Angela Lee Duckworth, James J. Heckman et al. · The Journal of Human Resources Open access 2008 1,060
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Research Applications (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Internet of Things, Cancer Risk, Environmental Monitoring and Air Quality.

▲ 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. Machine Learning35▲ 4.1×58 topics
  2. Deep Learning31▲ 3.6×57 topics
  3. Climate Change19▲ 2.8×36 topics
  4. Remote Sensing14▲ 4.4×22 topics
  5. Internet of Things11▲ 5.2×18 topics
  6. Healthcare10▲ 3.6×10 topics
  7. Cancer Risk9▲ 16×3 topics
  8. Security9▲ 5.3×13 topics
  9. Environmental Monitoring9▲ 9.2×8 topics
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks9▲ 4.7×12 topics
  11. Air Quality8▲ 18×3 topics
  12. Boundary Layer8▲ 26×2 topics
  13. Neural Networks8▲ 2.1×20 topics
  14. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Data Mining8▲ 4.4×11 topics
  16. Health Consequences8▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Smoking Cessation8▲ 100×1 topic
  18. Tobacco Use8▲ 100×1 topic
  19. Hydrological Cycle7▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Cloud Computing7▲ 10.0×10 topics
  21. IoT Security7▲ 8.8×3 topics
  22. Big Data7▲ 2.8×15 topics
  23. Probabilistic Forecasting7▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Wireless Sensor Networks7▲ 5.9×11 topics
  25. Global Warming7▲ 6.1×9 topics
  26. Data Assimilation6▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Convective Parameterization6▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Ensemble Kalman Filter6▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Hydrological Modeling6▲ 9.8×5 topics
  30. Mesoscale Modeling6▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Cybersecurity6▲ 9.1×4 topics
  32. Smart Cities6▲ 8.4×5 topics
  33. IoT5▲ 5.3×9 topics
  34. Satellite Observations5▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Anomaly Detection5▲ 6.5×3 topics
  36. Greenhouse Gas Emissions5▲ 6.6×2 topics
  37. Ocean Circulation4▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Web Technologies4▲ 57×2 topics
  39. Climate Modeling4▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Extreme Events4▲ 18×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment.

Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 8 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 6 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 4 fractional worksCarcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 4 fractional worksNicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study: 3 fractional worksCultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and…3Atmospheric aerosols and clouds: 3 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 3 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry an…3Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 3 fractional works
PhysiologyAtmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 8 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 6 works
  3. 3 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  4. 4 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 4 works
  5. 5 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  8. 8 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 3 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 3 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% 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 Research Applications (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0011% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Research Applications (United States)0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Research Applications (United States)9.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.6% in 2015.

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