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SciAps (United States)

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Research works
6
▲ 303% vs 2018-21
Citations
145
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
SciAps (United States)

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

In all years, 72% of research at SciAps (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (33%), Chemistry (28%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 71.7% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 33.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 30.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 27.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 27.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 18.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 12.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 12.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 6.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSciAps (UnitedStates)6fractional works, all years
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences72%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 3 domains and 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering233.4%
    2. Chemistry227.9%
    3. Environmental Science06.0%
    4. Computer Science04.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology112.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology06.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities110.2%
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: 4.63× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 12.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 15.73× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringArts and Humanities: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksArts and Humanities1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 15.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry15.73×1 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology12.27×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.63×1 works
  4. Engineering2.22×1 works
  5. Arts and Humanities0.86×0 works
  6. Computer Science0.32×0 works

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

The most cited paper from SciAps (United States) is "Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy—An Emerging Analytical Tool for Mineral Exploration" (Russell S. Harmon, C J M Lawley, J. Fred Watts et al., 2019), with 133 citations. Next come "Application of Handheld Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to Geochemical Analysis" (75) and "Geochemical Fingerprinting by Handheld Laser‐Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy" (59).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy—An Emerging Analytical Tool for Mineral Exploration Russell S. Harmon, C J M Lawley, J. Fred Watts et al. · Minerals Open access 20 Nov 2019 133
2 Application of Handheld Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) to Geochemical Analysis Brendan Connors, Andrew M. Somers, David R. Day · Applied Spectroscopy May 2016 75
3 Geochemical Fingerprinting by Handheld Laser‐Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Russell S. Harmon, Richard R. Hark, Kenneth D. Morton et al. · Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research 15 May 2017 59
4 Handheld LIBS for Li Exploration: An Example from the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt, USA Michael A. Wise, Russell S. Harmon, Adam Curry et al. · Minerals Open access 9 Jan 2022 48
5 Rapid geochemical imaging of rocks and minerals with handheld laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) C J M Lawley, Andrew M. Somers, BRUCE A. KJARSGAARD · Journal of Geochemical Exploration 10 Nov 2020 47
All 9 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: Analytical chemistry methods development, Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery and RNA modifications and cancer.

Analytical chemistry met…1Analytical chemistry methods development: 1 fractional worksLaser-induced spectrosco…1Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma: 1 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gen…0RNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 0 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…0RNA modifications and cancer: 0 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 0 fractional worksIon-surface interactions and analysis: 0 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 0 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 0 fractional works
Analytical ChemistryMechanics of MaterialsMolecular BiologyImmunology3 others

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

  1. 1 Analytical chemistry methods development Analytical Chemistry 1 works
  2. 2 Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  3. 3 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 0 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 0 works
  6. 6 Ion-surface interactions and analysis Computational Mechanics 0 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 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 available18.9%not open81.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.7%domestic only82.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 303% higher than in 2018-2021.

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