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Sensor Concepts (United States)

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Research works
21
▲ 268% vs 2018-21
Citations
182
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Sensor Concepts (United States)

Not ranked overall: Sensor Concepts (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Sensor Concepts (United States) work in?

In all years, 85% of research at Sensor Concepts (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (35%), Environmental Science (22%), Physics and Astronomy (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 85.5% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 34.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 14.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 22.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 18.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 9.9% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSensor Concepts(United States)21fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering734.8%
    2. Environmental Science522.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy29.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences28.1%
    5. Computer Science14.7%
    6. Materials Science13.5%
    7. Energy01.8%
    8. Chemistry00.5%
    1. Medicine27.0%
    1. Psychology13.9%
    2. Decision Sciences01.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Sensor Concepts (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jack A. McKay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sensor Concepts (United States).

  1. 1 Jack A. McKay United States · #3,057,431 worldwide 383 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Sensor Concepts (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Sensor Concepts (United States) is "Assessment of a multibeam Fizeau wedge interferometer for Doppler wind lidar" (Jack A. McKay, 2002), with 98 citations. Next come "Single and tandem Fabry–Perot etalons as solar background filters for lidar" (22) and "Solar CIV vacuum-ultraviolet Fabry-Perot interferometers" (15).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Assessment of a multibeam Fizeau wedge interferometer for Doppler wind lidar Jack A. McKay · Applied Optics 20 Mar 2002 98
2 Single and tandem Fabry–Perot etalons as solar background filters for lidar Jack A. McKay · Applied Optics 20 Sep 1999 22
3 Solar CIV vacuum-ultraviolet Fabry-Perot interferometers G. Allen Gary, Edward A. West, David A. Rees et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access 4 Oct 2006 15
4 Daytime lidar measurements of the stratosphere and mesosphere at the alomar observatory David A. Rees, Ulf von Zahn, Götz von Cossart et al. · Advances in Space Research 2000 14
5 Fabry–Perot etalon aperture requirements for direct detection Doppler wind lidar from Earth orbit Jack A. McKay · Applied Optics 20 Sep 1999 10
All 25 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sensor Concepts (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Satellite Observations, Remote Sensing, Climate, Aerosols, Hydrological Cycle, On-Orbit Performance, Radiometric Calibration and Carbon Dioxide.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 17 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Satellite Observations4▲ 145×2 topics
  2. Remote Sensing4▲ 15×7 topics
  3. Climate2▲ 151×2 topics
  4. Aerosols2▲ 174×1 topic
  5. Hydrological Cycle2▲ 100×1 topic
  6. On-Orbit Performance2▲ 313×1 topic
  7. Radiometric Calibration2▲ 313×1 topic
  8. Carbon Dioxide1▲ 50×2 topics
  9. Emissions1▲ 32×1 topic
  10. Methane1▲ 108×1 topic
  11. Sensor Fusion1▲ 72×2 topics
  12. Ozone Depletion1▲ 86×1 topic
  13. Stratospheric Water Vapor1▲ 86×1 topic
  14. Inertial Navigation Systems1▲ 169×1 topic
  15. Kalman Filtering1▲ 169×1 topic
  16. Laser Eye Injuries1▲ 240×1 topic
  17. Retinal Damage1▲ 240×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes, Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts.

Surface Chemistry and Ca…0Surface Chemistry and Catalysis: 0 fractional worksSupramolecular Chemistry…0Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes: 0 fractional worksNanomaterials and Printing Technologies: 0 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …0Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 0 fractional worksHeusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties: 0 fractional worksSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials: 0 fractional worksChalcogenide Semiconduct…0Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 0 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringOrganic ChemistryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment3 others

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

  1. 1 Surface Chemistry and Catalysis Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes Organic Chemistry 0 works
  3. 3 Nanomaterials and Printing Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  6. 6 Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 0 works
  7. 7 Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials Biomaterials 0 works
  8. 8 Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices Materials Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 0 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 268% 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 Sensor Concepts (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000060% in 2024.

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

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