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Spectra Research (United States)

In research, Spectra Research (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,579 of 17,446 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,549 of 3,725 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,272 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,625
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,807
of 7,310
Research works
741
▲ 179% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.7k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.21×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Spectra Research (United States)

What is Spectra Research (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 #6,579 of 17,446 9.0%651
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,549 of 3,725 10.8%247
EngineeringField #4,272 of 9,532 8.9%372
Physics and AstronomyField #1,752 of 2,917 11.9%142

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

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Spectra Research (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Medicine (20%), Chemistry (15%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 60.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 25.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 15.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 22.7% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 20.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSpectra Research(United States)33fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences6%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering825.4%
    2. Chemistry515.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy26.0%
    4. Materials Science14.3%
    5. Environmental Science13.5%
    6. Computer Science13.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.8%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine720.2%
    2. Health Professions12.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology39.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
    1. Social Sciences12.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.0%
    3. Decision Sciences01.0%
    4. Psychology00.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
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: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.74× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 2.40× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 9.80× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.69× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.68× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry9.80×5 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.68×2 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.40×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.74×3 works
  5. Engineering1.69×8 works
  6. Materials Science1.22×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.15×1 works
  8. Medicine1.05×7 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.04×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.96×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.70×1 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.70×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.39×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×1 works
  15. Psychology0.22×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.17×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×0 works
  18. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Spectra Research (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, DAVID F. WELCH, Dean R. Guyer and Robert G. Waarts lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Spectra Research (United States).

  1. 1 DAVID F. WELCH United States · #2,053,447 worldwide 15k citations · 563 works
  2. 2 Dean R. Guyer United States · #2,250,192 worldwide 941 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Robert G. Waarts United States · #2,274,604 worldwide 2.3k citations · 98 works
  4. 4 Hanna J. Hoffman United States · #2,694,466 worldwide 1.5k citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Jack Slater United States · #3,004,573 worldwide 1.1k citations · 74 works
  6. 6 John G. Endriz United States · #3,016,189 worldwide 996 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 D. Mehuys United States · #3,039,973 worldwide 2.8k citations · 157 works
  8. 8 Ken W. Kangas United States · #3,043,609 worldwide 1.3k citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Pamela A. Martoglio United States · #3,446,078 worldwide 321 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Stanley R. Byron United States · #3,491,593 worldwide 1.1k citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at Spectra Research (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Spectra Research (United States) is "ENDF/B-VIII.0: The 8 th Major Release of the Nuclear Reaction Data Library with CIELO-project Cross Sections, New Standards and Thermal Scattering Data" (David A. Brown et al., 2018), with 2,345 citations. Next come "Lead Extraction in the Contemporary Setting: The LExICon Study" (584) and "Generating radially polarized beams interferometrically" (480).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ENDF/B-VIII.0: The 8 th Major Release of the Nuclear Reaction Data Library with CIELO-project Cross Sections, New Standards and Thermal Scattering Data David A. Brown et al. · Nuclear Data Sheets Open access Feb 2018 2,345
2 Lead Extraction in the Contemporary Setting: The LExICon Study Oussama M. Wazni, Laurence Mark Epstein, Roger G. Carrillo et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Feb 2010 584
3 Generating radially polarized beams interferometrically Steve C. Tidwell, Dennis H. Ford, W. D. Kimura · Applied Optics 20 May 1990 480
4 High speed quantum-well lasers and carrier transport effects Radhakrishnan Nagarajan, Masayuki Ishikawa, T. Fukushima et al. · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 1992 474
5 Pacemaker lead extraction with the laser sheath: results of the pacing lead extraction with the excimer sheath (PLEXES) trial11No financial support was received for performing the procedures or collecting the data, or for data analysis. BRUCE L. WILKOFF, CHARLES L. BYRD, Charles J. Love et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access May 1999 439
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Which keywords describe research at Spectra Research (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Raman Spectroscopy, Cancer Detection, Biomedical Imaging, Infrared Spectroscopy, Multivariate Calibration, Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry and Breath Analysis.

▲ 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 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Raman Spectroscopy2▲ 32×4 topics
  2. Machine Learning2▲ 1.52×7 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 1.22×9 topics
  4. Cancer Detection2▲ 69×2 topics
  5. Biomedical Imaging1▲ 76×1 topic
  6. Infrared Spectroscopy1▲ 130×1 topic
  7. Multivariate Calibration1▲ 67×1 topic
  8. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy1▲ 49×1 topic
  9. Mass Spectrometry1▲ 22×3 topics
  10. Breath Analysis1▲ 30×2 topics
  11. Molecular Crystals1▲ 155×1 topic
  12. Noncovalent Interactions1▲ 155×1 topic
  13. Vibration Analysis1▲ 11×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses, Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research, Crystallography and molecular interactions and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications.

Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 1 fractional worksSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research: 1 fractional worksCrystallography and mole…1Crystallography and molecular interactions: 1 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techni…1Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksEnergetic Materials and Combustion: 1 fractional worksMachine Fault Diagnosis Techniques: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Literary …1Historical and Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 0 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Sensor Technologies: 0 fractional works
Analytical ChemistryBiophysicsPhysical and Theoretical ChemistrySpectroscopy5 others

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

  1. 1 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 1 works
  2. 2 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 1 works
  3. 3 Crystallography and molecular interactions Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1 works
  4. 4 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 1 works
  5. 5 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  6. 6 Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 1 works
  8. 8 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies Biomedical Engineering 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 available15.2%not open84.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 179% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Spectra Research (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000090% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Spectra Research (United States)0.000065% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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