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Sigma Labs (United States)

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Research works
7
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
88
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Sigma Labs (United States)

Not ranked overall: Sigma Labs (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Sigma Labs (United States) work in?

In all years, 91% of research at Sigma Labs (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (61%), Physics and Astronomy (10%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 90.7% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 60.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 12.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 11.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 8.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 5.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 8.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 4.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKSigma Labs(United States)7fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences3%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 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering460.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy110.5%
    3. Computer Science18.7%
    4. Materials Science04.9%
    5. Mathematics04.9%
    6. Environmental Science00.9%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance04.9%
    1. Medicine02.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.6%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 2.45× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 10.29× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy10.29×0 works
  2. Computer Science2.45×0 works
  3. Engineering2.12×0 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.78×0 works
  5. Environmental Science0.85×0 works
  6. Medicine0.71×0 works

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

The most cited paper from Sigma Labs (United States) is "Digitally twinned additive manufacturing: Detecting flaws in laser powder bed fusion by combining thermal simulations with in-situ meltpool sensor data" (Reza Yavari, Alex Riensche, Emine Tekerek et al., 2021), with 92 citations. Next come "Thermal modeling in metal additive manufacturing using graph theory – Application to laser powder bed fusion of a large volume impeller" (54) and "Towards rapid qualification of powder-bed laser additively manufactured parts" (50).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Digitally twinned additive manufacturing: Detecting flaws in laser powder bed fusion by combining thermal simulations with in-situ meltpool sensor data Reza Yavari, Alex Riensche, Emine Tekerek et al. · Materials & Design Open access 12 Oct 2021 92
2 Thermal modeling in metal additive manufacturing using graph theory – Application to laser powder bed fusion of a large volume impeller Reza Yavari, Richard J. Williams, Alex Riensche et al. · Additive manufacturing Open access 20 Mar 2021 54
3 Towards rapid qualification of powder-bed laser additively manufactured parts Alonso D. Peralta, M. P. Enright, Mustafa Megahed et al. · Integrating materials and manufacturing innovation Open access 5 May 2016 50
4 A deep learning framework for layer-wise porosity prediction in metal powder bed fusion using thermal signatures Yuwei Mao, Hui Zhi Lin, Christina Xuan Yu et al. · Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing Open access 14 Oct 2022 43
5 LPBF Right the First Time—the Right Mix Between Modeling and Experiments Mustafa Megahed, Hans-Wilfried Mindt, Jöerg Willems et al. · Integrating materials and manufacturing innovation 18 Apr 2019 25
All 17 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Decision-Making Techniques, Nuclear Physics and Applications, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications and Nuclear physics research studies.

Advanced Decision-Making…0Advanced Decision-Making Techniques: 0 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 0 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksNuclear physics research studies: 0 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 0 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing M…0Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 0 fractional worksPlant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics: 0 fractional worksSeed Germination and Phy…0Seed Germination and Physiology: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsRadiationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingNuclear and High Energy Physics6 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Decision-Making Techniques Information Systems 0 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 0 works
  3. 3 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  4. 4 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  5. 5 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Plant Taxonomy and Phylogenetics Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  10. 10 Seed Germination and Physiology Plant Science 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 available24.2%not open75.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower 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 Sigma Labs (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000076% in 2024.

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

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