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Science Factory

In research, Science Factory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,499 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#8,478 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,020
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,898
of 7,310
Research works
483
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.77×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Science Factory

What is Science Factory 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 #8,499 of 17,446 7.4%321
EngineeringField #8,478 of 9,532 7.0%206

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Science Factory 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 Science Factory work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Science Factory is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Computer Science (13%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 59.0% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 32.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 12.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 21.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKScience Factory67fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences59%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences21%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2232.4%
    2. Computer Science812.7%
    3. Environmental Science34.5%
    4. Materials Science34.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.5%
    7. Energy11.0%
    8. Chemistry00.8%
    1. Social Sciences57.7%
    2. Psychology35.2%
    3. Decision Sciences23.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting23.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    1. Medicine46.8%
    2. Health Professions23.0%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.64× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.16× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.51× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.71× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.51×2 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.48×1 works
  3. Engineering2.16×22 works
  4. Psychology1.71×4 works
  5. Computer Science1.64×8 works
  6. Materials Science1.27×3 works
  7. Health Professions1.14×2 works
  8. Energy1.05×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.02×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.94×3 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.92×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.91×3 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.79×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.61×5 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.47×0 works
  19. Nursing0.47×0 works
  20. Medicine0.35×4 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.20×0 works
  22. Neuroscience0.14×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Science Factory?

The most cited paper from Science Factory is "A Relationship between Nuclear Black Hole Mass and Galaxy Velocity Dispersion" (Karl Gebhardt, Ralf Bender, Gary Bower et al., 2000), with 3,695 citations. Next come "A Relationship Between Nuclear Black Hole Mass And Galaxy Velocity Dispersion" (2,155) and "Recent progress in the assembly of nanodevices and van der Waals heterostructures by deterministic placement of 2D materials" (627).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Relationship between Nuclear Black Hole Mass and Galaxy Velocity Dispersion Karl Gebhardt, Ralf Bender, Gary Bower et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 10 Aug 2000 3,695
2 A Relationship Between Nuclear Black Hole Mass And Galaxy Velocity Dispersion Gebhardt, K, Bender, R, Bower, G et al. 2000 2,155
3 Recent progress in the assembly of nanodevices and van der Waals heterostructures by deterministic placement of 2D materials Riccardo Frisenda, Efrén Navarro-Moratalla, Patricia Gant et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 7 Nov 2017 627
4 Black Hole Mass Estimates from Reverberation Mapping and from Spatially Resolved Kinematics Karl Gebhardt, John Kormendy, Luis C. Ho et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access Nov 2000 468
5 Axisymmetric Dynamical Models of the Central Regions of Galaxies Karl Gebhardt, Douglas Richstone, Scott Tremaine et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 17 Jan 2003 395
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Science Factory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Supply Chain Management, Deep Learning, Damage Detection, Sustainability, Neural Networks, Environmental Monitoring and Construction Safety.

▲ 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-now 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 37 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 37 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning5▲ 2.1×20 topics
  2. Deep Learning4▲ 1.75×26 topics
  3. Sustainability3▲ 1.87×12 topics
  4. Neural Networks2▲ 2.4×10 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  6. Sustainable Development2▲ 1.99×10 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties2▲ 2.7×11 topics
  8. Big Data2▲ 2.7×6 topics
  9. Damage Detection2▲ 36×2 topics
  10. Environmental Monitoring2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  11. Internet of Things2▲ 2.7×6 topics
  12. Microstructure1▲ 4.0×8 topics
  13. Social Justice1▲ 3.2×6 topics
  14. Water Quality1▲ 4.8×3 topics
  15. Construction Safety1▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Environmental Impact1◆ 1.03×2 topics
  17. Globalization1◆ 0.91×5 topics
  18. Mental Health1▲ 1.28×6 topics
  19. Bioinformatics1▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Carbon Nanotubes1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  21. Energy Efficiency1▲ 1.81×7 topics
  22. Fault Diagnosis1▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Inflammation1▼ 0.76×10 topics
  24. Knowledge Management1▲ 2.9×3 topics
  25. Computer Vision Syndrome1▲ 59×1 topic
  26. Digital Transformation1▲ 2.8×2 topics
  27. Digital Twin1▲ 11×1 topic
  28. Education1◆ 0.87×4 topics
  29. Freshwater Salinization1▲ 56×1 topic
  30. IoT1▲ 4.0×3 topics
  31. Musculoskeletal Symptoms1▲ 59×1 topic
  32. Occupational Safety1▲ 16×1 topic
  33. Risk Management1▲ 3.2×4 topics
  34. Road Salt1▲ 56×1 topic
  35. Safety Culture1▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Smart Manufacturing1▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Workflow Management1▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Science Factory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital Transformation in Industry, Smart Materials for Construction, Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders and Occupational Health and Safety Research.

Digital Transformation i…1Digital Transformation in Industry: 1 fractional worksSmart Materials for Cons…1Smart Materials for Construction: 1 fractional worksErgonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders: 1 fractional worksOccupational Health and …1Occupational Health and Safety Research: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and…1Scientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksComputational Physics and Python Applications: 1 fractional worksEngineering and Test Systems: 1 fractional worksMathematics, Computing, …1Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing: 1 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 1 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 1 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringPollutionSocial PsychologyRadiological and Ultrasound Technology5 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Smart Materials for Construction Pollution 1 works
  3. 3 Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders Social Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 1 works
  6. 6 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  7. 7 Engineering and Test Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  9. 9 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 1 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 available33.7%not open66.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.9%domestic only69.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Science Factory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Science Factory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Science Factory0.00040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Science Factory over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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