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SDI Engineering (United States)

In research, SDI Engineering (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,747 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Engineering (Engineering is 3.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#27,490
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,743
of 7,310
Research works
187
▲ 456% vs 2018-21
Citations
591
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
SDI Engineering (United States)

What is SDI Engineering (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 #12,747 of 17,446 5.3%152

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

In 2022-now, 76% of research at SDI Engineering (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Computer Science (13%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 75.8% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 49.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 21.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 13.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFuel Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSDI Engineering(United States)82fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences15%

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. Engineering4049.2%
    2. Computer Science1113.1%
    3. Materials Science44.3%
    4. Environmental Science33.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.6%
    6. Energy11.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy11.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    9. Chemistry00.4%
    10. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Social Sciences56.3%
    2. Psychology22.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting22.5%
    4. Decision Sciences11.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    1. Medicine22.8%
    2. Health Professions11.7%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does SDI Engineering (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 3.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 40.3 works3.3×
← 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: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.69× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.28× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.28×40 works
  2. Chemical Engineering1.97×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.87×2 works
  4. Computer Science1.69×11 works
  5. Energy1.27×1 works
  6. Materials Science1.22×4 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.04×1 works
  8. Psychology0.90×2 works
  9. Environmental Science0.80×3 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.78×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.63×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.50×5 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.46×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.34×0 works
  17. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.30×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.28×0 works
  20. Medicine0.15×2 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×1 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at SDI Engineering (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Xiaodong Sun, Mingming Zhao and Dai Hong lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SDI Engineering (United States).

  1. 1 Xiaodong Sun United States · #1,997,698 worldwide 122 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Mingming Zhao United States · #2,662,757 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Dai Hong United States · #4,866,467 worldwide 6 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at SDI Engineering (United States)

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

The most cited paper from SDI Engineering (United States) is "Thermophysical and heat transfer properties of phase change material candidate for waste heat transportation system" (Akihide Kaizawa, Nobuhiro Maruoka, Atsushi Kawai et al., 2007), with 169 citations. Next come "Development of an Ultrahigh Speed Robot FALCON Using Parallel Wire Drive Systems." (43) and "Development and Application of Dynamic Soft-reduction Control Model to Slab Continuous Casting Process" (33).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Thermophysical and heat transfer properties of phase change material candidate for waste heat transportation system Akihide Kaizawa, Nobuhiro Maruoka, Atsushi Kawai et al. · Heat and Mass Transfer 14 Jul 2007 169
2 Development of an Ultrahigh Speed Robot FALCON Using Parallel Wire Drive Systems. Sadao Kawamura, Won Choe, Satoshi Tanaka et al. · Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan Open access 1997 43
3 Development and Application of Dynamic Soft-reduction Control Model to Slab Continuous Casting Process Han Zhi-wei, Dengfu Chen, Ke Feng et al. · ISIJ International Open access 2010 33
4 Effect of Sodium Sulfate on Preparation of Ferronickel from Nickel Laterite by Carbothermal Reduction Xueming Lv, Wei Lv, Mei Liu et al. · ISIJ International Open access 15 May 2018 29
5 Austenite grain growth behavior of a GCr15 bearing steel cast billet in the homogenization heat treatment process Zhiqiang Li, Zhi Wen, Fuyong Su et al. · Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources Jul 2016 29
All 67 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at SDI Engineering (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Metallurgy, Metallurgical Processes, Iron Oxides, Reduction Kinetics, Databases, Thermochemical and Machine Learning.

▲ 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 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. Energy Efficiency7▲ 9.4×10 topics
  2. Machine Learning7▲ 2.5×21 topics
  3. Sustainability6▲ 2.9×6 topics
  4. Deep Learning6▲ 1.94×25 topics
  5. Metallurgy5▲ 111×2 topics
  6. Metallurgical Processes5▲ 236×2 topics
  7. Iron Oxides5▲ 303×1 topic
  8. Reduction Kinetics5▲ 303×1 topic
  9. Databases4▲ 172×1 topic
  10. Thermochemical4▲ 172×1 topic
  11. Mechanical Properties4▲ 4.7×11 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 2.5×6 topics
  13. Microstructure3▲ 6.2×7 topics
  14. Metal Recovery2▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Heat Transfer2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  16. Microbial Communities2▲ 4.9×2 topics
  17. Oxidation Mechanism2▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Bioleaching2▲ 56×1 topic
  19. Ethics2▲ 3.5×2 topics
  20. Sintering2▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Sulfide Minerals2▲ 56×1 topic
  22. Surveillance2▲ 6.5×2 topics
  23. Comminution1▲ 52×1 topic
  24. Discrimination1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  25. Mineral Liberation Analysis1▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Transparency1▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Vibration Analysis1▲ 6.3×4 topics
  28. Algorithmic Bias1▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Fairness1▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Gasification1▲ 23×3 topics
  31. Cybersecurity1▲ 5.7×2 topics
  32. Spark Plasma Sintering1▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Grain Refinement1▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Microstructural Evolution1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  35. Workflow Management1▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Deep Neural Networks1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  37. Electrical Signals1▲ 102×1 topic
  38. Glutamate Receptor-Like Genes1▲ 102×1 topic
  39. Near-Death Experiences1▲ 132×1 topic
  40. Paranormal Beliefs1▲ 132×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Iron and Steelmaking Processes, Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics, Metal Extraction and Bioleaching and Mineral Processing and Grinding.

Iron and Steelmaking Pro…5Iron and Steelmaking Processes: 5 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes …4Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 4 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bioleaching: 2 fractional worksMineral Processing and G…1Mineral Processing and Grinding: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…1Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and…1Scientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksParanormal Experiences and Beliefs: 1 fractional worksPlant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced materials and composites: 1 fractional worksExplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringSafety ResearchInformation Systems and Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Iron and Steelmaking Processes Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  6. 6 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 1 works
  7. 7 Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs Social Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 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 available36.6%not open63.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.5%domestic only57.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 456% higher 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 SDI Engineering (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%SDI Engineering (United States)0.00059% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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