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Sierra Nevada Corporation (United States)

In research, Sierra Nevada Corporation (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#15,417 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,983
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,150
of 8,685
Research works
198
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Sierra Nevada Corporation (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
Physical SciencesDomain #15,417 of 21,541 18.6%142

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sierra Nevada Corporation (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.36× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.91× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 25.27× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 25.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sierra Nevada Corporation (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Christopher G. Parkin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sierra Nevada Corporation (United States).

  1. 1 Christopher G. Parkin United States · #88,729 worldwide 208 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Sierra Nevada Corporation (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Sierra Nevada Corporation (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Vibration Analysis, Invasive Species, Fault Diagnosis, Thermal Analysis, Spintronics, Semantic Web and Linked Data.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change17▲ 3.2×33 topics
  2. Vibration Analysis9▲ 15×6 topics
  3. Machine Learning8▲ 1.98×14 topics
  4. Invasive Species8▲ 7.2×12 topics
  5. Fault Diagnosis6▲ 14×4 topics
  6. Remote Sensing6▲ 2.8×8 topics
  7. Thermal Analysis6▲ 20×4 topics
  8. Biodiversity6▲ 3.9×11 topics
  9. Risk Assessment6▲ 4.9×5 topics
  10. Semantic Web5▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Spintronics5▲ 13×3 topics
  12. CubeSat5▲ 109×1 topic
  13. Linked Data5▲ 36×2 topics
  14. small satellite5▲ 109×1 topic
  15. Conservation5▲ 5.4×8 topics
  16. Control Systems5▲ 9.6×6 topics
  17. Habitat Fragmentation5▲ 8.1×5 topics
  18. Simulation4▲ 6.6×3 topics
  19. Electron Spin4▲ 30×1 topic
  20. Laser Surface Texturing4▲ 61×1 topic
  21. Semiconductor Quantum Dots4▲ 30×1 topic
  22. Superconductors4▲ 93×1 topic
  23. Topological Insulators4▲ 35×1 topic
  24. Tribological Performance4▲ 34×1 topic
  25. Active Magnetic Bearings4▲ 65×1 topic
  26. Magnetic Levitation4▲ 65×1 topic
  27. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Nonlinear Dynamics4▲ 7.3×3 topics
  29. Aquaculture4▲ 7.0×3 topics
  30. Biogeography4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  31. Biomechanics4▲ 5.5×3 topics
  32. Freshwater Biodiversity3▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Data Integration3▲ 6.9×3 topics
  34. Detection3▲ 5.8×3 topics
  35. Fisheries Sustainability3▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Ontology3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  37. Rolling Contact Fatigue3▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Control3▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Adaptive3▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Flight Control3▲ 48×2 topics

Which research topics does Sierra Nevada Corporation (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Diabetes Management and Research, Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies and Topological Materials and Phenomena.

Spacecraft Design and Te…1Spacecraft Design and Technology: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …1Diabetes Management and Research: 1 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 0 fractional worksTopological Materials an…0Topological Materials and Phenomena: 0 fractional worksFermentation and Sensory…0Fermentation and Sensory Analysis: 0 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 0 fractional worksSpace Exploration and Technology: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…0Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 0 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 0 fractional worksBusiness Process Modeling and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismNephrologyAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5 others

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

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  3. 3 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 0 works
  4. 4 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  5. 5 Fermentation and Sensory Analysis Food Science 0 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Space Exploration and Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Business Process Modeling and Analysis Management Information Systems 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 available25.6%not open74.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sierra Nevada Corporation (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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