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Rigaku (United States)

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Research works
65
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
509
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Rigaku (United States)

Not ranked overall: Rigaku (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 Rigaku (United States) work in?

In all years, 84% of research at Rigaku (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (25%), Chemistry (18%), Physics and Astronomy (17%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 54 fractional works · 83.7% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 25.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 5 fractional works · 7.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 17.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 17.4% of its workRadiation: 9 fractional works · 13.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 15.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRigaku (UnitedStates)65fractional works, all years
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences0%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science1625.2%
    2. Chemistry1217.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1117.4%
    4. Engineering1015.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.1%
    6. Computer Science22.6%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.9%
    8. Energy00.8%
    9. Environmental Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology68.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Medicine34.8%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences00.3%
    2. Social Sciences00.2%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 8.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 15.99× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 3.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 7.69× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.80× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 16.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry15.99×2 works
  2. Chemical Engineering8.03×0 works
  3. Materials Science7.69×3 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy4.80×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.26×0 works
  6. Energy3.05×0 works
  7. Computer Science1.30×1 works
  8. Engineering1.11×2 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×0 works
  10. Medicine0.09×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Licai Jiang, Angela R. Criswell and Boris Verman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rigaku (United States).

  1. 1 Licai Jiang United States · #4,090,725 worldwide 115 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Angela R. Criswell United States · #4,485,831 worldwide 339 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Boris Verman United States · #4,743,907 worldwide 27 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Eric W. Reinheimer United States · #5,174,118 worldwide 2k citations · 540 works
All ranked researchers at Rigaku (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Rigaku (United States) is "Chemistry and Structure of the Passive Film on Mild Steel in CO2 Corrosion Environments" (Jiabin Han, DAVID A. T. YOUNG, Hendrik O. Colijn et al., 2009), with 99 citations. Next come "Highly Active Ruthenium CNC Pincer Photocatalysts for Visible-Light-Driven Carbon Dioxide Reduction" (86) and "Structural Basis for Cyclic-Nucleotide Selectivity and cGMP-Selective Activation of PKG I" (76).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chemistry and Structure of the Passive Film on Mild Steel in CO2 Corrosion Environments Jiabin Han, DAVID A. T. YOUNG, Hendrik O. Colijn et al. · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 28 May 2009 99
2 Highly Active Ruthenium CNC Pincer Photocatalysts for Visible-Light-Driven Carbon Dioxide Reduction Sanjit Kumar Das, Roberta R. Rodrigues, Robert W. Lamb et al. · Inorganic Chemistry 7 Jun 2019 86
3 Structural Basis for Cyclic-Nucleotide Selectivity and cGMP-Selective Activation of PKG I Gilbert Y. Huang, Jeong Joo Kim, Albert S. Reger et al. · Structure Open access 14 Nov 2013 76
4 Macromolecular cryocrystallography?methods for cooling and mounting protein crystals at cryogenic temperatures James W. Pflugrath · Methods 27 Aug 2004 69
5 Cupriphication of gold to sensitize d 10 –d 10 metal–metal bonds and near-unity phosphorescence quantum yields Rossana Galassi, Mukunda M. Ghimire, Brooke M. Otten et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 14 Jun 2017 68
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rigaku (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tomography, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Spectroscopy, Quantitative Analysis, Phase Retrieval and X-ray Imaging.

▲ 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. Tomography5▲ 30×2 topics
  2. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy5▲ 56×2 topics
  3. Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths5▲ 130×1 topic
  4. Scanning Electron Microscopy5▲ 118×1 topic
  5. Nanoparticles4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  6. Spectroscopy4▲ 20×4 topics
  7. Quantitative Analysis4▲ 36×2 topics
  8. Phase Retrieval4▲ 255×1 topic
  9. X-ray Imaging4▲ 116×1 topic
  10. Catalysis4▲ 6.7×12 topics
  11. X-ray Absorption4▲ 146×1 topic
  12. X-ray Emission4▲ 176×1 topic
  13. Crystal Structure3▲ 20×4 topics
  14. Small-Angle Scattering3▲ 39×2 topics
  15. Crystal Engineering3▲ 39×3 topics
  16. Data Analysis3▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Crystallography3▲ 161×1 topic
  18. Machine Learning3▲ 2.0×8 topics
  19. Nanofabrication3▲ 49×3 topics
  20. Powder Diffraction3▲ 161×1 topic
  21. Green Chemistry3▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Chemistry Education2▲ 129×1 topic
  23. Laboratory Techniques2▲ 129×1 topic
  24. Crystal Growth2▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Electron Beam Lithography2▲ 167×1 topic
  26. Resolution Limits2▲ 167×1 topic
  27. Environmental Observations2▲ 707×1 topic
  28. Hydroinformatics2▲ 707×1 topic
  29. Self-Assembly2▲ 7.6×8 topics
  30. Macromolecular Crystallography2▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Structure Solution2▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Drug Delivery2▲ 5.0×4 topics
  33. Hydrogenation2▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Neutron Activation Analysis2▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Neutron Imaging2▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Anticancer Agents1▲ 8.3×4 topics
  37. Machine Vision1▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Lanthanide Complexes1▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Quantum Computing1▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Single-Molecule Magnets1▲ 36×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Computational Physics and Python Applications, Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques, Advancements in Photolithography Techniques and Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis.

Computational Physics and Python Applications: 1 fractional worksElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques: 1 fractional worksAdvancements in Photolithography Techniques: 1 fractional worksOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis: 0 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 0 fractional worksMagnetism in coordination complexes: 0 fractional worksX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography: 0 fractional worksCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis: 0 fractional worksX-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis: 0 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceSurfaces, Coatings and FilmsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringOrganic Chemistry6 others

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

  1. 1 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  2. 2 Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Photolithography Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis Organic Chemistry 0 works
  5. 5 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 0 works
  6. 6 Magnetism in coordination complexes Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 0 works
  7. 7 X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography Materials Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis Process Chemistry and Technology 0 works
  9. 9 X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis Radiation 0 works
  10. 10 CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% 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 Rigaku (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000054% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Rigaku (United States)0.000079% in 20251990200020102020

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

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