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Rho (United States)

In research, Rho (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,451 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#7,658
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#1,590
of 7,310
Research works
317
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.6k
30.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.18×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Rho (United States)

What is Rho (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 #5,451 of 17,446 6.9%151

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

In all years, 48% of research at Rho (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (32%), Engineering (22%), Computer Science (17%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 151 fractional works · 47.8% of its workEngineering: 68 fractional works · 21.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 20 fractional works · 6.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 53 fractional works · 16.9% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSoftware: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 111 fractional works · 35.0% of its workMedicine: 102 fractional works · 32.1% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 4.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHematology: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 31 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRho (UnitedStates)317fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences10%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6821.5%
    2. Computer Science5316.9%
    3. Environmental Science123.7%
    4. Mathematics62.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy62.0%
    6. Materials Science30.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    8. Chemistry10.3%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine10232.1%
    2. Health Professions82.5%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting92.8%
    2. Social Sciences82.6%
    3. Decision Sciences82.4%
    4. Psychology41.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology103.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology82.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.9%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
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: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.47× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.34× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.35×0 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.19×0 works
  3. Medicine3.34×12 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.47×0 works
  5. Mathematics1.16×0 works
  6. Environmental Science1.02×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.90×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.78×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.63×0 works
  10. Nursing0.52×0 works
  11. Psychology0.41×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.30×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.23×0 works
  15. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  19. Engineering0.09×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rho (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Herman Mitchell, Agustin Calatroni and Lynette Keyes-Elstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rho (United States).

  1. 1 Herman Mitchell United States · #55,525 worldwide 13k citations · 127 works
  2. 2 Agustin Calatroni United States · #118,627 worldwide 9.4k citations · 183 works
  3. 3 Lynette Keyes-Elstein United States · #163,694 worldwide 3k citations · 37 works
  4. 4 David N. Iklé United States · #212,463 worldwide 10k citations · 135 works
  5. 5 Cynthia M. Visness United States · #233,352 worldwide 7.2k citations · 165 works
  6. 6 Michelle L. Sever United States · #301,409 worldwide 5.7k citations · 71 works
  7. 7 Nancy A. Yovetich United States · #442,504 worldwide 2.1k citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Ashley Pinckney United States · #492,424 worldwide 2.1k citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Karen L. Kesler United States · #506,021 worldwide 3.2k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Petra K. LeBeau United States · #625,942 worldwide 1.5k citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Rho (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Rho (United States) is "Randomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy" (George Du Toit, Graham Roberts, Peter H. Sayre et al., 2015), with 2,246 citations. Next come "Genetic variation in IL28B and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus" (2,165) and "Crizotinib in ROS1-Rearranged Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer" (2,013).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Randomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy George Du Toit, Graham Roberts, Peter H. Sayre et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 23 Feb 2015 2,246
2 Genetic variation in IL28B and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus David L. Thomas, Chloe L. Thio, Maureen P. Martin et al. · Nature Open access 16 Sep 2009 2,165
3 Crizotinib in ROS1-Rearranged Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Alice Tsang Shaw et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Sep 2014 2,013
4 Activity and safety of crizotinib in patients with ALK-positive non-small-cell lung cancer: updated results from a phase 1 study D. Ross Camidge et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 3 Sep 2012 1,287
5 Physical Performance Measures in the Clinical Setting Stephanie A. Studenski, Subashan Perera, Dennis Wallace et al. · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 20 Feb 2003 1,239
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rho (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Asthma, Treatment, Complex Adaptive Systems, Immunology, Allergic Diseases, Eosinophils and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 3.3×70 topics
  2. Inflammation18▲ 2.5×35 topics
  3. Asthma18▲ 44×2 topics
  4. Treatment17▲ 4.1×22 topics
  5. Machine Learning13▲ 1.91×18 topics
  6. Genetics12▲ 4.9×7 topics
  7. Quality of Life11▲ 2.6×19 topics
  8. Complex Adaptive Systems11▲ 86×2 topics
  9. Allergic Diseases11▲ 42×1 topic
  10. Eosinophils11▲ 42×1 topic
  11. Immunology11▲ 28×2 topics
  12. Model-Based Systems Engineering10▲ 377×1 topic
  13. Value-Driven Design10▲ 377×1 topic
  14. Risk Assessment8▲ 4.5×7 topics
  15. Diagnosis8▲ 2.5×18 topics
  16. Requirements Engineering8▲ 37×2 topics
  17. Allergen-specific Immunotherapy7▲ 56×1 topic
  18. Pollen Allergy7▲ 56×1 topic
  19. Management7▲ 2.8×11 topics
  20. Fault Tolerance6▲ 10×4 topics
  21. Code Clone Detection6▲ 40×1 topic
  22. Distributed Systems6▲ 7.4×4 topics
  23. Refactoring6▲ 40×1 topic
  24. Prevalence6▲ 4.4×7 topics
  25. Agile Software Development5▲ 55×1 topic
  26. Empirical Studies5▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Children5▲ 6.3×4 topics
  28. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 6.7×5 topics
  29. Fault Localization5▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Anaphylaxis5▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Food Allergy5▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Nanoelectronics5▲ 9.5×2 topics
  33. Pulmonary Hypertension5▲ 8.7×3 topics
  34. CMOS Technology4▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Genetic Regulation4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  36. Sensitivity Analysis4▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Anomaly Detection4▲ 8.1×3 topics
  38. Immune Dysregulation4▲ 16×2 topics
  39. System Maturity4▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Technology Readiness Levels4▲ 60×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Asthma and respiratory diseases, Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments and Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research.

Asthma and respiratory d…1Asthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksCholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases: 1 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…1Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 1 fractional worksFood Allergy and Anaphyl…1Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research: 1 fractional worksAllergic Rhinitis and Sensitization: 0 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Diseases: 0 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic…0Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 0 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional worksEmbedded Systems Design Techniques: 0 fractional worksGothic Literature and Media Analysis: 0 fractional works
PhysiologyPharmacologyImmunology and AllergyDermatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  2. 2 Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases Pharmacology 1 works
  3. 3 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 1 works
  4. 4 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research Immunology and Allergy 1 works
  5. 5 Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Immunology and Allergy 0 works
  6. 6 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 0 works
  7. 7 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  8. 8 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  9. 9 Embedded Systems Design Techniques Hardware and Architecture 0 works
  10. 10 Gothic Literature and Media Analysis Cultural Studies 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 available28.1%not open71.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% 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 Rho (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000078% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Rho (United States)0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

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