Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
In research, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,686 of 10,670 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#928 of 1,417 worldwide) and Astronomy and Astrophysics (#284 of 400 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 68.0× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #9,854 of 22,385 · #5,144 all time
- Rank in United States
- #1,342 of 3,332
- Research works
- 1.5k ▲ 15% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 39k 25.4 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 9.2% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.91× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 43% world 40%
- International
- 29% world 18%
What is Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #6,686 of 10,670 | 9.4% | 172 | #2552 | |
| Physics and AstronomyField | #928 of 1,417 | 9.6% | 99 | #780 | |
| Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield | #284 of 400 | 9.7% | 88 | #254 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Physical Sciences#2,552 #6,686
- Physics and Astronomy#780 #928
- Astronomy and Astrophysics#254 #284
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence work in?
In 2022-now, 72% of research at Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (41%), Engineering (9%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences20471.7%
- Physics and Astronomy11640.7%
- Engineering269.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences207.2%
- Environmental Science134.7%
- Computer Science124.1%
- Chemistry82.7%
- Materials Science51.7%
- Mathematics20.7%
- Energy20.5%
- Chemical Engineering10.4%
- Health Sciences3010.4%
- Medicine207.0%
- Health Professions72.5%
- Dentistry10.5%
- Veterinary10.4%
- Nursing00.1%
- Social Sciences269.3%
- Life Sciences248.6%
What does Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 68.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 100.4 works68×
- Physics and AstronomyField · 115.6 works18×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 18.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physics and Astronomy18.30×116 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences4.60×20 works
- Veterinary2.59×1 works
- Chemistry1.69×8 works
- Chemical Engineering1.09×1 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.08×3 works
- Dentistry0.97×1 works
- Health Professions0.96×7 works
- Environmental Science0.94×13 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.79×11 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×10 works
- Energy0.60×2 works
- Engineering0.60×26 works
- Decision Sciences0.59×2 works
- Mathematics0.56×2 works
- Arts and Humanities0.56×5 works
- Computer Science0.53×12 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.52×5 works
- Psychology0.48×4 works
- Materials Science0.47×5 works
- Medicine0.36×20 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×2 works
- Social Sciences0.26×9 works
- Neuroscience0.19×1 works
- Nursing0.18×0 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works
- Physics and Astronomy 18.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 4.6×
- Veterinary 2.6×
- Chemistry 1.7×
- Chemical Engineering 1.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.1×
- Dentistry 1.0×
- Health Professions 1.0×
- Environmental Science 0.9×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.8×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.6×
- Energy 0.6×
- Engineering 0.6×
- Decision Sciences 0.6×
- Mathematics 0.6×
- Arts and Humanities 0.6×
- Computer Science 0.5×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.5×
- Psychology 0.5×
- Materials Science 0.5×
- Medicine 0.4×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.3×
- Social Sciences 0.3×
- Neuroscience 0.2×
- Nursing 0.2×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence?
Ranked on the quality score, Laurance R. Doyle, Thomas M. Esposito and Mark R. Showalter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
- 1
Laurance R. Doyle
United States · #767,465 worldwide 13k citations · 160 works
- 2
Thomas M. Esposito
United States · #823,402 worldwide 2k citations · 107 works
- 3
Mark R. Showalter
United States · #863,571 worldwide 8.7k citations · 427 works
- 4
L. Venuti
United States · #1,071,281 worldwide 1.4k citations · 127 works
- 5
Joseph E. Roser
United States · #1,112,539 worldwide 1.1k citations · 61 works
- 6
Jeffrey L. Coughlin
United States · #1,219,995 worldwide 4.2k citations · 142 works
- 7
Franck Marchis
United States · #1,268,928 worldwide 9.7k citations · 425 works
- 8
Jim Albers
United States · #1,299,059 worldwide 2.1k citations · 35 works
- 9
Timothy I. Michaels
United States · #1,383,839 worldwide 3.9k citations · 107 works
- 10
Tateki Goto
United States · #1,409,098 worldwide 528 citations · 15 works
Which keywords describe research at Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Mars, Martian Surface, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Magnetic Fields and Accretion Disks.
- Biopharmaceuticals
- Radio Astronomy
- Neutron Stars
- Solar Wind
- Paleoclimatology
- Glacial Cycles
- Engineering
- Fluid Dynamics
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Space Tourism
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Holocene
- Extraterrestrial Life
- Astrobiology
- Molecular Clouds
- Turbulence
- Magnetic Fields
- Exoplanets
- Martian Surface
- Terrestrial Planets
- Solar System Abundances
- Mars
- Climate Change
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Accretion Disks
- Star Formation
- Protoplanetary Disks
- Space Exploration
- SETI
- Sea Level
- Space Policy
- Spectrograph
- Thermal Management
- Materials Science
- Vibration Analysis
- Gravitational Waves
- Nucleosynthesis
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Supernovae
- Quality
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
- Solar System Abundances25▲ 185×1 topic
- Terrestrial Planets25▲ 185×1 topic
- Mars21▲ 224×1 topic
- Martian Surface21▲ 224×1 topic
- Climate Change14▲ 1.83×25 topics
- Exoplanets13▲ 112×1 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics13▲ 112×1 topic
- Magnetic Fields12▲ 64×3 topics
- Accretion Disks12▲ 84×2 topics
- Turbulence12▲ 45×4 topics
- Star Formation11▲ 70×2 topics
- Molecular Clouds11▲ 138×1 topic
- Protoplanetary Disks11▲ 138×1 topic
- Astrobiology10▲ 116×2 topics
- Space Exploration9▲ 75×2 topics
- Extraterrestrial Life9▲ 147×1 topic
- SETI9▲ 147×1 topic
- Holocene6▲ 20×3 topics
- Sea Level6▲ 22×2 topics
- Astronomical Instrumentation6▲ 61×1 topic
- Space Policy6▲ 138×1 topic
- Space Tourism6▲ 138×1 topic
- Spectrograph6▲ 61×1 topic
- Renewable Energy Integration5▲ 5.5×4 topics
- Thermal Management5▲ 5.5×3 topics
- Fluid Dynamics5▲ 12×2 topics
- Materials Science5▲ 43×2 topics
- Engineering5▲ 37×1 topic
- Vibration Analysis5▲ 6.3×1 topic
- Glacial Cycles5▲ 25×1 topic
- Gravitational Waves5▲ 29×2 topics
- Paleoclimatology5▲ 20×1 topic
- Nucleosynthesis4▲ 29×3 topics
- Solar Wind4▲ 15×2 topics
- Gamma-Ray Bursts4▲ 50×1 topic
- Neutron Stars4▲ 50×1 topic
- Supernovae4▲ 16×2 topics
- Radio Astronomy4▲ 57×2 topics
- Quality4▲ 28×1 topic
- Biopharmaceuticals3▲ 21×2 topics
Which research topics does Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 25 works
- 2 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 works
- 3 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
- 4 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
- 5 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
- 6 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 6 works
- 7 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
- 8 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 5 works
- 9 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 5 works
- 10 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00060% in 2024.
Fractional works of Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.6% in 2010.
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