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Seagate (United States)

In research, Seagate (United States) stands highest in Engineering (#6,538 of 9,532 worldwide), Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (#786 of 997 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#3,144 of 3,725 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,842
of 22,385 · #27,329 all time
Rank in United States
#3,087
of 3,332
Research works
2k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
35k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Seagate (United States)

What is Seagate (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
EngineeringField #6,538 of 9,532 7.7%822
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield #786 of 997 10.5%189
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #3,144 of 3,725 9.6%250
Physics and AstronomyField #2,488 of 2,917 8.4%480
Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield #1,282 of 1,474 5.2%175
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #1,404 of 1,567 8.6%373
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #2,280 of 2,525 5.9%138
Physical SciencesDomain #15,773 of 17,446 8.5%1,888
Materials ScienceField #3,493 of 3,771 9.5%321
Computer ScienceField #6,001 of 6,336 11.4%219

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

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Seagate (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (33%), Computer Science (17%), Physics and Astronomy (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 90 fractional works · 73.8% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 32.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 6.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 17.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSeagate (UnitedStates)122fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences16%

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. Engineering4032.6%
    2. Computer Science2117.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy107.8%
    4. Environmental Science86.8%
    5. Materials Science86.5%
    6. Chemical Engineering11.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    8. Chemistry10.6%
    9. Energy00.3%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences75.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting43.1%
    3. Decision Sciences32.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities22.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.9%
    6. Psychology10.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Medicine43.3%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
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: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.99× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.21× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.17× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.36× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.87× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.52× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.83× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.52×10 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.99×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.83×3 works
  4. Computer Science2.21×21 works
  5. Engineering2.17×40 works
  6. Materials Science1.87×8 works
  7. Environmental Science1.36×8 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.96×4 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.90×2 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.68×2 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.57×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×4 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×3 works
  14. Social Sciences0.43×7 works
  15. Health Professions0.40×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.38×1 works
  18. Energy0.36×0 works
  19. Psychology0.30×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.21×0 works
  21. Medicine0.17×4 works
  22. Mathematics0.04×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, R. J. M. van de Veerdonk, O. N. Mryasov and Timothy J. Klemmer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Seagate (United States).

  1. 1 R. J. M. van de Veerdonk United States · #781,584 worldwide 1.7k citations · 61 works
  2. 2 O. N. Mryasov United States · #844,331 worldwide 6.3k citations · 174 works
  3. 3 Timothy J. Klemmer United States · #2,242,652 worldwide 3.1k citations · 110 works
  4. 4 Jing Gui United States · #2,718,292 worldwide 1.6k citations · 53 works
  5. 5 XiaoMin Yang United States · #2,733,531 worldwide 2.6k citations · 70 works
  6. 6 Erik Riedel United States · #2,927,223 worldwide 3.7k citations · 75 works
  7. 7 Shuaigang Xiao United States · #3,244,059 worldwide 1.2k citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Xiaomin Yang United States · #3,854,969 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Bin Lü United States · #3,908,767 worldwide 2.4k citations · 121 works
  10. 10 Jan-Ulrich Thiele United States · #4,098,151 worldwide 5.7k citations · 98 works
All ranked researchers at Seagate (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Seagate (United States) is "Electrical control of antiferromagnetic domains in multiferroic BiFeO3 films at room temperature" (Tianqi Zhao, A. Schöll, F. Zavaliche et al., 2006), with 1,299 citations. Next come "Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording" (1,080) and "Heat-assisted magnetic recording by a near-field transducer with efficient optical energy transfer" (875).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Electrical control of antiferromagnetic domains in multiferroic BiFeO3 films at room temperature Tianqi Zhao, A. Schöll, F. Zavaliche et al. · Nature Materials 3 Sep 2006 1,299
2 Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Mark H. KRYDER, Edward C. Gage, Terry W. McDaniel et al. · Proceedings of the IEEE Nov 2008 1,080
3 Heat-assisted magnetic recording by a near-field transducer with efficient optical energy transfer William A. Challener, Chubing Peng, Amit V. Itagi et al. · Nature Photonics 22 Mar 2009 875
4 Atomic scale structure of sputtered metal multilayers Xiaowang Zhou, Haydn N. G. Wadley, ROBERT ALAN JOHNSON et al. · Acta Materialia Nov 2001 795
5 Targeting polyamine metabolism and function in cancer and other hyperproliferative diseases Robert A. Casero, Laurence J. Marton · Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Review 27 Apr 2007 757
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Seagate (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoparticles, Spintronics, Room Temperature, Magnetic Tunnel Junctions, Skyrmions, Security, Large-Eddy Simulation and Biomimetic.

▲ 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. Nanoparticles7▲ 4.7×9 topics
  2. Machine Learning6▲ 1.38×14 topics
  3. Deep Learning5▲ 1.18×20 topics
  4. Spintronics5▲ 31×2 topics
  5. Room Temperature5▲ 25×2 topics
  6. Magnetic Tunnel Junctions5▲ 139×1 topic
  7. Skyrmions5▲ 139×1 topic
  8. Security4▲ 4.9×9 topics
  9. Big Data4▲ 3.2×9 topics
  10. Large-Eddy Simulation3▲ 14×4 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency3▲ 2.7×10 topics
  12. Biomimetic3▲ 36×2 topics
  13. Surface Roughness3▲ 17×2 topics
  14. Friction3▲ 38×2 topics
  15. Structural Optimization3▲ 66×2 topics
  16. Adhesion3▲ 93×1 topic
  17. Gecko3▲ 93×1 topic
  18. Air Quality2▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Turbulent Flow2▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Cloud Computing2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  21. CFD Simulation2▲ 15×1 topic
  22. Information Systems2▲ 10×2 topics
  23. Machine Vision2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  24. Online Shopping2▲ 9.5×1 topic
  25. Platform Competition2▲ 63×1 topic
  26. Technology Acceptance Model2▲ 11×1 topic
  27. Two-Sided Markets2▲ 63×1 topic
  28. Urban Microclimate2▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Distributed Systems2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  30. Monte Carlo Simulation2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  31. Structural Analysis2▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Text Mining2▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Resource Management2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  34. Diagrid Structures2▲ 214×1 topic
  35. Feedback Control2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  36. Microfluidics2▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Tall Buildings2▲ 214×1 topic
  38. Critical Phenomena2▲ 65×1 topic
  39. Lab-on-a-Chip2▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Phase Transitions2▲ 22×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Magnetic properties of thin films, Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions, Wind and Air Flow Studies and Technology Adoption and User Behaviour.

Magnetic properties of t…5Magnetic properties of thin films: 5 fractional worksAdhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions: 3 fractional worksWind and Air Flow Studies: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 2 fractional worksSeismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings: 2 fractional worksDigital Humanities and S…2Digital Humanities and Scholarship: 2 fractional worksTheoretical and Computat…2Theoretical and Computational Physics: 2 fractional worksDigital Games and Media2Digital Games and Media: 2 fractional worksIndustrial Vision System…1Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 1 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsMechanics of MaterialsEnvironmental EngineeringInformation Systems and Management6 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic properties of thin films Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
  2. 2 Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions Mechanics of Materials 3 works
  3. 3 Wind and Air Flow Studies Environmental Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  5. 5 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 2 works
  6. 6 Seismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  8. 8 Theoretical and Computational Physics Condensed Matter Physics 2 works
  9. 9 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available12.1%not open87.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Seagate (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Seagate (United States)0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2023Seagate (United States)4.3% in 2023200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.0% in 2009.

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