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Specialty Materials (United States)

In research, Specialty Materials (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,249 of 21,541 worldwide), Medicine (#13,412 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#16,354 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,431
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,507
of 8,685
Research works
635
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
20.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Specialty Materials (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 #8,249 of 21,541 10.3%346
MedicineField #13,412 of 17,978 15.7%150
Health SciencesDomain #16,354 of 20,462 14.8%170
EngineeringField #9,886 of 11,412 9.9%168

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Specialty Materials (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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.28× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.03× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Specialty Materials (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, David J. Moore lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Specialty Materials (United States).

  1. 1 David J. Moore United States · #394,554 worldwide 125 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Specialty Materials (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Specialty Materials (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Wastewater Treatment, Public Health, Ethnicity, Grain Refinement, Ethical Considerations and Anammox Bacteria.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties3▲ 6.0×13 topics
  2. Microstructure2▲ 9.7×9 topics
  3. Public Health2▲ 3.1×9 topics
  4. Epidemiology2◆ 0.98×10 topics
  5. Environmental Impact2▲ 2.3×9 topics
  6. Wastewater Treatment1▲ 13×2 topics
  7. Ethnicity1▲ 7.4×3 topics
  8. Sustainability1◆ 1.09×8 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications1▲ 2.1×5 topics
  10. Ethical Considerations1▲ 7.5×5 topics
  11. Grain Refinement1▲ 22×3 topics
  12. Human Rights1▲ 2.4×4 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.35×5 topics
  14. Qualitative Research1▲ 2.6×4 topics
  15. Anammox Bacteria1▲ 65×1 topic
  16. Health Effects1▲ 3.5×5 topics
  17. Nanoparticles1▲ 1.73×5 topics
  18. Nitrogen-Cycling Network1▲ 65×1 topic
  19. Precision Medicine1▲ 4.6×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease and Human Health and Disease.

Wastewater Treatment and…1Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 1 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and…1Migration, Refugees, and Integration: 1 fractional worksNutrition, Genetics, and Disease: 1 fractional worksHuman Health and Disease1Human Health and Disease: 1 fractional worksMicrostructure and Mecha…1Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 1 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 0 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing M…0Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 0 fractional worksCalibration and Measurement Techniques: 0 fractional worksMicrostructure and mechanical properties: 0 fractional works
PollutionSociology and Political ScienceGeneticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 1 works
  2. 2 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Human Health and Disease Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 0 works
  7. 7 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 0 works
  8. 8 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Microstructure and mechanical properties Materials Chemistry 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 available21.7%not open78.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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