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RTX (United States)

In research, RTX (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,835 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,266 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering — Aerospace Engineering is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,651
of 28,054 · #1,010 all time
Rank in United States
#1,152
of 4,192
Research works
7.6k
▼ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
135k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
11%
world 28%

What is RTX (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,835 of 12,888 12.5%243 #714
EngineeringField #4,266 of 6,636 10.6%136 #348

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where RTX (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does RTX (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 25.4 works7.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.72× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.32× its world share, 53 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.08× its world share, 136 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.48× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.84× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, W. C. Brown, Fred Daum and R.A. Pucel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is RTX (United States).

  1. 1 W. C. Brown United States · #35,821 worldwide 478 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Fred Daum United States · #69,022 worldwide 448 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 R.A. Pucel United States · #89,795 worldwide 327 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Jim Huang United States · #130,500 worldwide 306 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Ernst Schlömann United States · #153,531 worldwide 174 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 David K. Barton United States · #171,242 worldwide 136 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Ram Ramanathan United States · #196,193 worldwide 157 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Colm A. Ryan United States · #205,458 worldwide 239 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 William Dunlap United States · #240,928 worldwide 103 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 W. E. Hoke United States · #272,130 worldwide 197 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at RTX (United States)

Which keywords describe research at RTX (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Photon Counting, Microwave Photonics, Radiation Detection, Thermal Management and Product Development.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Learning20▲ 2.1×34 topics
  2. Deep Learning16▲ 1.55×28 topics
  3. Neural Networks12▲ 2.7×16 topics
  4. Supply Chain Management7▲ 2.6×9 topics
  5. Risk Assessment7▲ 3.5×7 topics
  6. Biosensors6▲ 3.9×7 topics
  7. Artificial Neural Networks6▲ 4.1×7 topics
  8. Thermal Management6▲ 5.7×6 topics
  9. Photon Counting6▲ 27×3 topics
  10. Heat Transfer5▲ 3.6×13 topics
  11. Detection5▲ 5.8×4 topics
  12. Microwave Photonics5▲ 19×2 topics
  13. Radiation Detection5▲ 38×2 topics
  14. Detector Performance5▲ 49×2 topics
  15. Product Development5▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Sparse Representation5▲ 8.0×3 topics
  17. Fault Diagnosis4▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Nonlinear Optics4▲ 14×4 topics
  19. Infrared Detectors4▲ 116×1 topic
  20. Integrated Circuits4▲ 9.3×3 topics
  21. Laser Ranging4▲ 60×1 topic
  22. Nanowires4▲ 10×3 topics
  23. Semiconductor Materials4▲ 116×1 topic
  24. Time-of-Flight4▲ 37×1 topic
  25. Band Parameters4▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Infrared4▲ 44×1 topic
  27. Small Target4▲ 44×1 topic
  28. Fiber Lasers4▲ 14×2 topics
  29. System Maturity4▲ 64×1 topic
  30. Technology Readiness Levels4▲ 64×1 topic
  31. Microresonators4▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Sensitivity Analysis4▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Complex Adaptive Systems4▲ 45×2 topics
  34. Genetic Algorithms4▲ 8.9×3 topics
  35. Photovoltaics4▲ 7.9×2 topics
  36. Optical Frequency Combs4▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Ultrafast Lasers4▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Hidden Markov Models4▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Particle Swarm Optimization4▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Semiconductor Lasers4▲ 18×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials, Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies, Infrared Target Detection Methodologies and Technology Assessment and Management.

Advanced Semiconductor D…4Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing…4Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 4 fractional worksInfrared Target Detection Methodologies: 4 fractional worksTechnology Assessment an…4Technology Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Tec…4Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 4 fractional worksSystems Engineering Methodologies and Applications: 3 fractional worksEngineering and Test Systems: 3 fractional worksCalibration and Measurem…3Calibration and Measurement Techniques: 3 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 3 fractional worksAntenna Design and Optimization: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringInstrumentationAerospace EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 4 works
  3. 3 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Technology Assessment and Management Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  5. 5 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  6. 6 Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Engineering and Test Systems Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Antenna Design and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 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 available10.7%not open89.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.2%domestic only94.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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