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Research Support Instruments (United States)

In research, Research Support Instruments (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,237 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,589
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,670
of 7,310
Research works
159
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Research Support Instruments (United States)

What is Research Support Instruments (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 #12,237 of 17,446 4.7%139

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

In all years, 87% of research at Research Support Instruments (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (43%), Physics and Astronomy (25%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 139 fractional works · 87.4% of its workEngineering: 69 fractional works · 43.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 25 fractional works · 15.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 10.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 39 fractional works · 24.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17 fractional works · 10.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 fractional works · 7.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKResearch SupportInstruments…159fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences4%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6943.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy3924.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences85.2%
    4. Environmental Science63.7%
    5. Computer Science63.7%
    6. Chemistry42.7%
    7. Materials Science42.6%
    8. Mathematics21.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Medicine74.6%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences32.0%
    2. Psychology21.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.60× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.47× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.54× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 9.49× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.49×2 works
  2. Veterinary4.38×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.60×1 works
  4. Materials Science2.54×1 works
  5. Engineering2.47×4 works
  6. Chemistry1.21×0 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.68×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.57×0 works
  10. Medicine0.37×1 works
  11. Psychology0.29×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.21×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, John F. Kline, James Norbert Caron and Jemma F. Kline lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Support Instruments (United States).

  1. 1 John F. Kline United States · #4,965,285 worldwide 100 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 James Norbert Caron United States · #5,614,758 worldwide 327 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Jemma F. Kline United States · #5,879,358 worldwide 215 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 John E. Brandenburg United States · #6,770,397 worldwide 143 citations · 75 works
  5. 5 Sergei P. Nikitin United States · #6,812,162 worldwide 566 citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Research Support Instruments (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Research Support Instruments (United States) is "The Clementine Mission to the Moon: Scientific Overview" (Stewart Nozette et al., 1994), with 451 citations. Next come "Performance of direct-drive cryogenic targets on OMEGA" (102) and "Short-pulse range-gated optical imaging in turbid water" (95).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Clementine Mission to the Moon: Scientific Overview Stewart Nozette et al. · Science 16 Dec 1994 451
2 Performance of direct-drive cryogenic targets on OMEGA Valeri N. Goncharov et al. · Physics of Plasmas 21 Apr 2008 102
3 Short-pulse range-gated optical imaging in turbid water Edgar A. McLean, H. R. Burris, Michael P. Strand · Applied Optics 20 Jul 1995 95
4 Pulsed power for a rep-rate, electron beam pumped KrF laser J. D. Sethian, Matthew C. Myers, Ian D. Smith et al. · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 2000 75
5 Novel ultra nanoindentation method with extremely low thermal drift: Principle and experimental results Jiří Nohava, Nicholas X. Randall, N. Conté · Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources 24 Feb 2009 68
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Research Support Instruments (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Nonlinear Optics, Electron Beams, Laser-Plasma Accelerators, Remote Sensing, Spectroscopy, Frequency Conversion and Electric Discharge.

▲ 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. Biomedical Applications9▲ 5.4×9 topics
  2. Remote Sensing8▲ 4.6×12 topics
  3. Nonlinear Optics8▲ 28×3 topics
  4. Electron Beams6▲ 130×1 topic
  5. Laser-Plasma Accelerators6▲ 130×1 topic
  6. Spectroscopy6▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Frequency Conversion6▲ 38×2 topics
  8. Electric Discharge6▲ 100×1 topic
  9. Laser Oscillation6▲ 100×1 topic
  10. On-Orbit Performance6▲ 155×1 topic
  11. Radiometric Calibration6▲ 155×1 topic
  12. Molecular Dynamics5▲ 13×2 topics
  13. Attosecond Physics5▲ 72×1 topic
  14. High-Harmonic Generation5▲ 72×1 topic
  15. Material Analysis4▲ 71×1 topic
  16. Plasma4▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Space Exploration4▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Ozone Depletion4▲ 45×1 topic
  19. Stratospheric Water Vapor4▲ 45×1 topic
  20. Cancer Detection4▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Tomography4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  22. Non-Destructive Testing4▲ 21×2 topics
  23. Plasma Etching4▲ 53×1 topic
  24. Semiconductor Industry4▲ 53×1 topic
  25. Solar System Abundances4▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Terrestrial Planets4▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Mars3▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Martian Surface3▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Free-Space Optical Communication3▲ 108×1 topic
  30. Visible Light Communication3▲ 108×1 topic
  31. Fiber Lasers3▲ 13×2 topics
  32. In Vivo Imaging3▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Gas Sensing3▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Machine Vision3▲ 8.6×3 topics
  35. Satellite Observations3▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Sparse Representation3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  37. Microwave Photonics2▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Guided Lamb Waves2▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Molecular Imaging2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring2▲ 31×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Digital Holography and Microscopy, Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis.

Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques: 1 fractional worksDigital Holography and Microscopy: 1 fractional worksElectron and X-Ray Spect…1Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques: 1 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and …1Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 1 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray Imaging T…1Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 1 fractional worksImage Processing Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksPhotoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging: 0 fractional worksOptical measurement and interference techniques: 0 fractional worksAdvancements in Photolithography Techniques: 0 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 0 fractional works
BiophysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSurfaces, Coatings and FilmsElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques Biophysics 1 works
  2. 2 Digital Holography and Microscopy Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  3. 3 Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1 works
  4. 4 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 1 works
  6. 6 Image Processing Techniques and Applications Media Technology 0 works
  7. 7 Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Optical measurement and interference techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  9. 9 Advancements in Photolithography Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available15.7%not open84.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Support Instruments (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000036% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Research Support Instruments (United States)0.000032% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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