Sotera Defense Solutions (United States)
In research, Sotera Defense Solutions (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,769 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics — Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 10.1× its share of world research.
- World rank, all time
- #15,391 of 42,892
- Rank in United States
- #3,359 of 8,685
- Research works
- 182 ▼ 89% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 3.8k 21.0 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 6.9% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 16% world 28%
What is Sotera Defense Solutions (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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #8,769 of 21,541 | 19.5% | 167 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sotera Defense Solutions (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).
What does Sotera Defense Solutions (United States) specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 66.5 works10×
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 22.9 works9.1×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
Which keywords describe research at Sotera Defense Solutions (United States)?
By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Photovoltaics, Fiber Lasers, Gas Sensing, Nonlinear Optics, Solar Cells, Frequency Conversion, Semiconductor and Biosensors.
- Electric Discharge
- Spectroscopy
- Solid-State Lasers
- Single-Photon Source
- Excitons
- Ultrafast Lasers
- Optical Frequency Combs
- Crystal Growth
- Supercontinuum Generation
- High-Power Laser
- Optical Fiber
- Integrated Circuits
- Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers
- Microwave Photonics
- Breath Analysis
- Raman Lasers
- Biosensors
- Frequency Conversion
- Nonlinear Optics
- Fiber Lasers
- Photovoltaics
- Gas Sensing
- Solar Cells
- Semiconductor
- Quantum Dots
- Nanocrystals
- Nanowires
- Spectroscopic Databases
- Band Parameters
- Microresonators
- Photonic Crystals
- Nanoelectronics
- Optical Modulators
- Semiconductor Lasers
- Optical Properties
- Bioimaging
- Optical Interconnects
- Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)
- Ytterbium
- Biological Detection
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
- Photovoltaics14▲ 32×4 topics
- Fiber Lasers14▲ 53×3 topics
- Gas Sensing14▲ 94×2 topics
- Nonlinear Optics14▲ 43×4 topics
- Solar Cells12▲ 21×6 topics
- Frequency Conversion12▲ 63×3 topics
- Semiconductor11▲ 19×7 topics
- Biosensors11▲ 11×8 topics
- Quantum Dots10▲ 36×2 topics
- Raman Lasers10▲ 32×2 topics
- Nanocrystals8▲ 19×5 topics
- Breath Analysis8▲ 31×2 topics
- Nanowires8▲ 18×4 topics
- Microwave Photonics7▲ 35×2 topics
- Spectroscopic Databases7▲ 71×1 topic
- Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers7▲ 71×1 topic
- Band Parameters7▲ 31×2 topics
- Integrated Circuits7▲ 16×3 topics
- Microresonators7▲ 30×2 topics
- Optical Fiber7▲ 28×3 topics
- Photonic Crystals6▲ 23×4 topics
- High-Power Laser6▲ 151×1 topic
- Nanoelectronics6▲ 23×2 topics
- Supercontinuum Generation6▲ 151×1 topic
- Optical Modulators6▲ 16×3 topics
- Crystal Growth6▲ 9.9×5 topics
- Semiconductor Lasers6▲ 34×2 topics
- Optical Frequency Combs6▲ 41×1 topic
- Optical Properties6▲ 28×3 topics
- Ultrafast Lasers6▲ 41×1 topic
- Bioimaging6▲ 13×4 topics
- Excitons6▲ 39×1 topic
- Optical Interconnects6▲ 38×1 topic
- Single-Photon Source6▲ 39×1 topic
- Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)6▲ 38×1 topic
- Solid-State Lasers5▲ 98×1 topic
- Ytterbium5▲ 98×1 topic
- Spectroscopy5▲ 8.7×4 topics
- Biological Detection5▲ 23×2 topics
- Electric Discharge5▲ 78×1 topic
Which research topics does Sotera Defense Solutions (United States) publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and sociocultural dynamics, Indigenous Studies in Latin America, Indigenous Health and Education and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Urban and sociocultural dynamics Urban Studies 0 works
- 2 Indigenous Studies in Latin America Cultural Studies 0 works
- 3 Indigenous Health and Education General Health Professions 0 works
- 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
- 5 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 0 works
- 6 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 0 works
- 7 Big Data and Digital Economy Information Systems 0 works
- 8 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
- 9 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
- 10 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Sotera Defense Solutions (United States)'s research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 89% lower than in 2013–2017.
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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