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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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll 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.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,552 #6,686
  2. Physics and Astronomy#780 #928
  3. Astronomy and Astrophysics#254 #284
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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.

Physical Sciences: 204 fractional works · 71.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 116 fractional works · 40.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 100 fractional works · 35.3% of its workInstrumentation: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 9.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 20 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 30 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 8.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSearch forExtraterrestrial…284fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences9%

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
    1. Physics and Astronomy11640.7%
    2. Engineering269.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences207.2%
    4. Environmental Science134.7%
    5. Computer Science124.1%
    6. Chemistry82.7%
    7. Materials Science51.7%
    8. Mathematics20.7%
    9. Energy20.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    1. Medicine207.0%
    2. Health Professions72.5%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Veterinary10.4%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences93.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting51.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities51.6%
    4. Psychology41.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    6. Decision Sciences20.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences113.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology103.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 100.4 works68×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 115.6 works18×
← 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: 0.79× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.69× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.60× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 18.30× its world share, 116 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.59× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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
  1. Physics and Astronomy18.30×116 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.60×20 works
  3. Veterinary2.59×1 works
  4. Chemistry1.69×8 works
  5. Chemical Engineering1.09×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.08×3 works
  7. Dentistry0.97×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.96×7 works
  9. Environmental Science0.94×13 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.79×11 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×10 works
  12. Energy0.60×2 works
  13. Engineering0.60×26 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.59×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.56×2 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.56×5 works
  17. Computer Science0.53×12 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×5 works
  19. Psychology0.48×4 works
  20. Materials Science0.47×5 works
  21. Medicine0.36×20 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×2 works
  23. Social Sciences0.26×9 works
  24. Neuroscience0.19×1 works
  25. Nursing0.18×0 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.06×0 works

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. 1 Laurance R. Doyle United States · #767,465 worldwide 13k citations · 160 works
  2. 2 Thomas M. Esposito United States · #823,402 worldwide 2k citations · 107 works
  3. 3 Mark R. Showalter United States · #863,571 worldwide 8.7k citations · 427 works
  4. 4 L. Venuti United States · #1,071,281 worldwide 1.4k citations · 127 works
  5. 5 Joseph E. Roser United States · #1,112,539 worldwide 1.1k citations · 61 works
  6. 6 Jeffrey L. Coughlin United States · #1,219,995 worldwide 4.2k citations · 142 works
  7. 7 Franck Marchis United States · #1,268,928 worldwide 9.7k citations · 425 works
  8. 8 Jim Albers United States · #1,299,059 worldwide 2.1k citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Timothy I. Michaels United States · #1,383,839 worldwide 3.9k citations · 107 works
  10. 10 Tateki Goto United States · #1,409,098 worldwide 528 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

What are the most cited papers from Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence?

The most cited paper from Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is "Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results" (William J. Borucki et al., 2010), with 4,121 citations. Next come "The HITRAN2020 molecular spectroscopic database" (2,488) and "THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III" (2,476).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results William J. Borucki et al. · Science 7 Jan 2010 4,121
2 The HITRAN2020 molecular spectroscopic database Iouli E. Gordon et al. · Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer Open access 27 Sep 2021 2,488
3 THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III Shadab Alam et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access304 authors 27 Jul 2015 2,476
4 SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS Daniel J. Eisenstein et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access244 authors 9 Aug 2011 2,231
5 The K2 Mission: Characterization and Early Results Steve B. Howell, Charlie Sobeck, Michael Haas et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Open access Apr 2014 1,691
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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.

▲ 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. Solar System Abundances25▲ 185×1 topic
  2. Terrestrial Planets25▲ 185×1 topic
  3. Mars21▲ 224×1 topic
  4. Martian Surface21▲ 224×1 topic
  5. Climate Change14▲ 1.83×25 topics
  6. Exoplanets13▲ 112×1 topic
  7. Stellar Astrophysics13▲ 112×1 topic
  8. Magnetic Fields12▲ 64×3 topics
  9. Accretion Disks12▲ 84×2 topics
  10. Turbulence12▲ 45×4 topics
  11. Star Formation11▲ 70×2 topics
  12. Molecular Clouds11▲ 138×1 topic
  13. Protoplanetary Disks11▲ 138×1 topic
  14. Astrobiology10▲ 116×2 topics
  15. Space Exploration9▲ 75×2 topics
  16. Extraterrestrial Life9▲ 147×1 topic
  17. SETI9▲ 147×1 topic
  18. Holocene6▲ 20×3 topics
  19. Sea Level6▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Astronomical Instrumentation6▲ 61×1 topic
  21. Space Policy6▲ 138×1 topic
  22. Space Tourism6▲ 138×1 topic
  23. Spectrograph6▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Renewable Energy Integration5▲ 5.5×4 topics
  25. Thermal Management5▲ 5.5×3 topics
  26. Fluid Dynamics5▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Materials Science5▲ 43×2 topics
  28. Engineering5▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Vibration Analysis5▲ 6.3×1 topic
  30. Glacial Cycles5▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Gravitational Waves5▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Paleoclimatology5▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Nucleosynthesis4▲ 29×3 topics
  34. Solar Wind4▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Gamma-Ray Bursts4▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Neutron Stars4▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Supernovae4▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Radio Astronomy4▲ 57×2 topics
  39. Quality4▲ 28×1 topic
  40. 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.

  1. 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 25 works
  2. 2 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 works
  3. 3 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
  4. 4 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  5. 5 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  6. 6 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 6 works
  7. 7 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  8. 8 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 5 works
  9. 9 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 5 works
  10. 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.

openly available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.9%domestic only71.1%

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.

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 Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00060% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

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.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence9.7% in 2025200020102020

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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