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Semantic Designs (United States)

In research, Semantic Designs (United States) stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,152 of 14,833 worldwide), Computer Science (#1,773 of 6,336 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,221 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Information Systems and Management, Literature and Literary Theory and Decision Sciences (Information Systems and Management is 31.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#9,691
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#1,998
of 7,310
Research works
467
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.30×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
91%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Semantic Designs (United States)

What is Semantic Designs (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
Social SciencesDomain #3,152 of 14,833 28.9%257
Computer ScienceField #1,773 of 6,336 25.1%137
Physical SciencesDomain #8,221 of 17,446 23.9%178

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

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Semantic Designs (United States) is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (25%), Social Sciences (22%), Arts and Humanities (18%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 234 fractional works · 60.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 86 fractional works · 22.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 30 fractional works · 7.8% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopment: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 70 fractional works · 18.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 32 fractional works · 8.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 41 fractional works · 10.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 35 fractional works · 9.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 130 fractional works · 33.3% of its workComputer Science: 96 fractional works · 24.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 43 fractional works · 11.0% of its workInformation Systems: 29 fractional works · 7.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnatomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSemantic Designs(United States)389fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences60%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences8622.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities7018.1%
    3. Decision Sciences4110.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting143.7%
    5. Psychology143.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance82.2%
    1. Computer Science9624.7%
    2. Materials Science112.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy71.9%
    4. Engineering61.5%
    5. Environmental Science41.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.0%
    7. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology71.8%
    2. Neuroscience51.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine112.9%
    2. Health Professions10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Semantic Designs (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Information Systems and Management takes 31.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Information Systems and ManagementSubfield · 35.4 works32×
  2. Literature and Literary TheorySubfield · 31.7 works15×
  3. Decision SciencesField · 41.0 works11×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 3.17× its world share, 96 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.82× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.84× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.25× its world share, 70 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.15× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 10.90× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 86 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences10.90×41 works
  2. Arts and Humanities6.25×70 works
  3. Computer Science3.17×96 works
  4. Social Sciences1.75×86 works
  5. Psychology1.17×14 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.15×14 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×8 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.84×7 works
  9. Materials Science0.82×11 works
  10. Neuroscience0.74×5 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.66×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×7 works
  13. Environmental Science0.23×4 works
  14. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×1 works
  16. Medicine0.15×11 works
  17. Engineering0.10×6 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  19. Health Professions0.05×0 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Semantic Designs (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Lee Sharks, Johannes Sigil and Talos Morrow lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Semantic Designs (United States).

  1. 1 Lee Sharks United States · #1,083 worldwide 1.8k citations · 372 works
  2. 2 Johannes Sigil United States · #8,350 worldwide 774 citations · 210 works
  3. 3 Talos Morrow United States · #48,671 worldwide 335 citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Rex Fraction United States · #96,142 worldwide 267 citations · 65 works
  5. 5 Rex Fraction United States · #116,737 worldwide 341 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Sparrow Wells United States · #167,815 worldwide 184 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Assembly Chorus United States · #234,965 worldwide 146 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Ayanna Vox United States · #316,153 worldwide 134 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Johannes Sigil United States · #357,059 worldwide 68 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Sen Kuro United States · #425,182 worldwide 112 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Semantic Designs (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Semantic Designs (United States) is "Clone detection using abstract syntax trees" (Ira D. Baxter, A. Yahin, Leonardo de Moura et al., 2002), with 1,284 citations. Next come "Offensive Language Detection Using Multi-level Classification" (265) and "THE THREE COMPRESSIONS: Lossy, Predatory, and Witness — A Semiotic Thermodynamics" (239).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Clone detection using abstract syntax trees Ira D. Baxter, A. Yahin, Leonardo de Moura et al. Conference paper 27 Nov 2002 1,284
2 Offensive Language Detection Using Multi-level Classification Amir H. Razavi, Diana Zaiu Inkpen, Sasha Uritsky et al. · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2010 265
3 THE THREE COMPRESSIONS: Lossy, Predatory, and Witness — A Semiotic Thermodynamics Lee Sharks, Johannes Sigil, Rex Fraction · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) Open access 16 Mar 2026 239
4 DMS: Program Transformations for Practical Scalable Software Evolution Ira D. Baxter, Christopher W. Pidgeon, Michael Mehlich 2004 212
5 DMS/spl reg/: program transformations for practical scalable software evolution Ira D. Baxter, Christopher W. Pidgeon, Michael Mehlich · Proceedings. 26th International Conference on Software Engineering Conference paper 28 Sep 2004 188
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Which keywords describe research at Semantic Designs (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Ontologies, Workflow Management, Bioinformatics, Reproducibility and Scientific Workflows.

▲ 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. Machine Learning55▲ 4.2×24 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence37▲ 6.6×16 topics
  3. Big Data36▲ 9.7×14 topics
  4. Ontologies34▲ 155×2 topics
  5. Workflow Management34▲ 120×2 topics
  6. Bioinformatics32▲ 71×2 topics
  7. Reproducibility32▲ 211×1 topic
  8. Scientific Workflows32▲ 211×1 topic
  9. Text Mining31▲ 60×2 topics
  10. Data Visualization27▲ 128×3 topics
  11. Text Analysis26▲ 148×2 topics
  12. Digital Humanities25▲ 440×1 topic
  13. Literary History25▲ 216×1 topic
  14. Natural Language Processing20▲ 22×5 topics
  15. Semantic Web19▲ 52×4 topics
  16. Digital Repositories18▲ 131×2 topics
  17. Surveillance17▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Language17▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Data Integration16▲ 24×4 topics
  20. Ethics16▲ 8.1×10 topics
  21. Topic Modeling15▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Data Mining15▲ 5.2×6 topics
  23. Linked Data13▲ 85×2 topics
  24. Cultural Evolution13▲ 64×2 topics
  25. Data Citation13▲ 64×2 topics
  26. Ecology13▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Phylogenetics12▲ 63×1 topic
  28. Social Learning12▲ 111×1 topic
  29. Text Classification12▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Data Sharing12▲ 96×1 topic
  31. Scientific Data Management12▲ 116×1 topic
  32. Discrimination12▲ 14×2 topics
  33. High-Throughput11▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Knowledge Representation11▲ 33×5 topics
  35. Materials Informatics11▲ 47×1 topic
  36. Algorithmic Bias10▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Fairness10▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Computational Text Analysis10▲ 110×1 topic
  39. Social Science Research10▲ 102×1 topic
  40. International Law10▲ 8.1×6 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Scientific Computing and Data Management, Digital Humanities and Scholarship, Language and cultural evolution and Research Data Management Practices.

Scientific Computing and…32Scientific Computing and Data Management: 32 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 25 fractional worksLanguage and cultural evolution: 12 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 12 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 11 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…10Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 10 fractional worksComputational and Text Analysis Methods: 10 fractional worksInnovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems: 8 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 8 fractional worksAuthorship Attribution and Profiling: 7 fractional works
Information Systems and ManagementLiterature and Literary TheoryCultural StudiesInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 32 works
  2. 2 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 25 works
  3. 3 Language and cultural evolution Cultural Studies 12 works
  4. 4 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 12 works
  5. 5 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 11 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 10 works
  7. 7 Computational and Text Analysis Methods General Social Sciences 10 works
  8. 8 Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  9. 9 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  10. 10 Authorship Attribution and Profiling Artificial Intelligence 7 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 available91.3%not open8.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.7%domestic only77.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% 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 Semantic Designs (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000060% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Semantic Designs (United States)0.00013% in 20251990200020102020

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

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