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Sensors (United States)

In research, Sensors (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,024 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,361 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 5.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,464
of 22,385 · #4,762 all time
Rank in United States
#1,891
of 3,332
Research works
1.9k
▼ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
32k
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Sensors (United States)

What is Sensors (United States) 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 #5,024 of 10,670 6.5%122 #2290
EngineeringField #4,361 of 5,901 6.5%64 #1471

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

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Sensors (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (45%), Physics and Astronomy (11%), Materials Science (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 143 fractional works · 85.4% of its workEngineering: 76 fractional works · 45.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 31 fractional works · 18.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 9.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 5.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 18 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 8.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 8.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSensors (UnitedStates)167fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences2%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7645.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1810.7%
    3. Materials Science159.2%
    4. Computer Science148.2%
    5. Environmental Science52.9%
    6. Chemistry52.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering31.7%
    9. Energy21.3%
    10. Mathematics10.9%
    1. Medicine138.0%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.1%
    2. Neuroscience31.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Social Sciences10.6%
    2. Psychology10.5%
    3. Decision Sciences00.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sensors (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 31.4 works5.3×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.98× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.81× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.03× its world share, 76 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.63× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.82× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 13 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering4.98×3 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy4.82×18 works
  3. Engineering3.03×76 works
  4. Materials Science2.63×15 works
  5. Chemistry1.81×5 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.79×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.45×4 works
  8. Energy1.39×2 works
  9. Neuroscience1.08×3 works
  10. Computer Science1.05×14 works
  11. Mathematics0.75×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.58×5 works
  13. Medicine0.42×13 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×4 works
  15. Veterinary0.37×0 works
  16. Psychology0.18×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.08×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.05×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Michael T. Carter, Jason G. Zeibel and Howard L. Mark lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sensors (United States).

  1. 1 Michael T. Carter United States · #828,842 worldwide 3.1k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Jason G. Zeibel United States · #847,952 worldwide 859 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Howard L. Mark United States · #1,662,794 worldwide 1.7k citations · 425 works
  4. 4 Eric C. Piquette United States · #1,802,760 worldwide 2k citations · 72 works
  5. 5 Marshall J. Cohen United States · #1,815,674 worldwide 2k citations · 97 works
  6. 6 M. G. Stapelbroek United States · #2,021,067 worldwide 2.2k citations · 82 works
  7. 7 David Peaslee United States · #2,121,441 worldwide 435 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 John H. Jerman United States · #2,500,900 worldwide 1.7k citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Jerry Workman United States · #2,693,534 worldwide 13 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Gregory H. Olsen United States · #2,717,168 worldwide 3.3k citations · 174 works
All ranked researchers at Sensors (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Sensors (United States) is "3D printing of high-strength aluminium alloys" (John H. Martin, Brennan D. Yahata, Jacob M. Hundley et al., 2017), with 2,967 citations. Next come "The Past, Present, and Future of Silicon Photonics" (2,017) and "Review Paper: Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure" (989).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 3D printing of high-strength aluminium alloys John H. Martin, Brennan D. Yahata, Jacob M. Hundley et al. · Nature Sep 2017 2,967
2 The Past, Present, and Future of Silicon Photonics Richard A. Soref · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics Nov 2006 2,017
3 Review Paper: Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure Peter C. Chang, Alison B. Flatau, S. C. Liu · Structural Health Monitoring Sep 2003 989
4 Molecular design of strong single-wall carbon nanotube/polyelectrolyte multilayer composites Arif A. Mamedov, Nicholas A. Kotov, Maurizio Prato et al. · Nature Materials 13 Oct 2002 969
5 Design of an RFID-Based Battery-Free Programmable Sensing Platform Alanson P. Sample, Daniel J. Yeager, Pauline S. Powledge et al. · IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 4 Aug 2008 900
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sensors (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Semiconductors, Nanocrystals, Nanomaterials, State Estimation and Radiation Detection.

▲ 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. Deep Learning12▲ 2.1×41 topics
  2. Biosensors8▲ 10×11 topics
  3. Neural Networks8▲ 3.0×14 topics
  4. Machine Learning7▲ 1.33×25 topics
  5. Nanomaterials6▲ 3.2×11 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications5▲ 2.6×16 topics
  7. Graphene4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency4▲ 2.8×8 topics
  9. Semiconductors4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  10. Nanocrystals4▲ 8.6×4 topics
  11. Nanostructures4▲ 5.4×9 topics
  12. Radiation Detection4▲ 48×2 topics
  13. Semiconductor4▲ 6.6×5 topics
  14. State Estimation4▲ 48×2 topics
  15. Field-Effect Transistors4▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Integrated Circuits3▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Wavelet Transform3▲ 8.6×4 topics
  18. Artificial Neural Networks3▲ 4.2×5 topics
  19. Signal Processing3▲ 14×5 topics
  20. Breath Analysis3▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Lab-on-a-Chip3▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Parameter Estimation3▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Crystal Growth3▲ 6.0×4 topics
  24. Sparse Representation3▲ 8.8×4 topics
  25. Electrochemistry3▲ 7.5×2 topics
  26. Detector Performance3▲ 50×2 topics
  27. Digital Signal Processing3▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Infrared Detectors3▲ 126×1 topic
  29. Nanowires3▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Semiconductor Materials3▲ 126×1 topic
  31. Sensors3▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Two-Dimensional Materials3▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Biosensor Applications2▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Empirical Mode Decomposition2▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Fault Diagnosis2▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Room Temperature2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  37. Fourier Coefficients2▲ 241×1 topic
  38. Frequency Estimation2▲ 241×1 topic
  39. Nonlinear Models2▲ 52×1 topic
  40. System Identification2▲ 38×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials, Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques, Advanced Electrical Measurement Techniques and Control Systems and Identification.

Advanced Semiconductor D…3Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials: 3 fractional worksMachine Fault Diagnosis …2Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Electrical Measurement Techniques: 2 fractional worksControl Systems and Iden…2Control Systems and Identification: 2 fractional worksGas Sensing Nanomaterial…2Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors: 2 fractional worksTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials: 2 fractional worksElectrochemical sensors and biosensors: 2 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…2Photonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Sensors: 2 fractional worksInfrared Target Detection Methodologies: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringPolymers and PlasticsBioengineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Advanced Electrical Measurement Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Control Systems and Identification Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials Polymers and Plastics 2 works
  7. 7 Electrochemical sensors and biosensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Analytical Chemistry and Sensors Bioengineering 2 works
  10. 10 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 2 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 available16.6%not open83.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% 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 Sensors (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00058% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Sensors (United States)0.00071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sensors (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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sensors (United States)8.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.2% in 1997.

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