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Spectral Sciences (United States)

In research, Spectral Sciences (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,510 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,431
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,647
of 7,310
Research works
302
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.6k
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Spectral Sciences (United States)

What is Spectral Sciences (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 #14,510 of 17,446 7.3%278

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

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Spectral Sciences (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Environmental Science (15%), Medicine (14%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 78.8% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 33.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 14.2% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 13.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSpectral Sciences(United States)32fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences1%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1133.8%
    2. Environmental Science514.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy411.1%
    4. Computer Science27.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences27.4%
    6. Chemistry13.6%
    7. Materials Science00.6%
    1. Medicine413.5%
    2. Health Professions00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Social Sciences00.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    3. Decision Sciences00.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 2.30× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.71× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.26× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.93× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 5.00× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.00×4 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.71×2 works
  3. Environmental Science2.93×5 works
  4. Chemistry2.30×1 works
  5. Engineering2.26×11 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.50×0 works
  7. Computer Science1.00×2 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×2 works
  9. Medicine0.70×4 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.52×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.27×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.22×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.16×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.05×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Spectral Sciences (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, James H. Chetwynd, Prabhat K. Acharya and Alexander Berk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Spectral Sciences (United States).

  1. 1 James H. Chetwynd United States · #1,268,606 worldwide 5.4k citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Prabhat K. Acharya United States · #1,346,480 worldwide 4.2k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Alexander Berk United States · #1,383,400 worldwide 7k citations · 121 works
  4. 4 Michael W. Matthew United States · #1,555,906 worldwide 2.6k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Steven M. Adler‐Golden United States · #1,839,016 worldwide 3.1k citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Jason Quenneville United States · #1,857,229 worldwide 2.8k citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Timothy Perkins United States · #2,082,846 worldwide 997 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Steve M. Adler-Golden United States · #2,245,236 worldwide 2.7k citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Ethan Brewer United States · #2,786,151 worldwide 179 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Raphael Panfili United States · #3,154,884 worldwide 648 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Spectral Sciences (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Spectral Sciences (United States)?

The most cited paper from Spectral Sciences (United States) is "HITEMP, the high-temperature molecular spectroscopic database" (Laurence S. Rothman, Iouli E. Gordon, R. J. Barber et al., 2010), with 2,301 citations. Next come "MODTRAN Cloud and Multiple Scattering Upgrades with Application to AVIRIS" (738) and "Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment" (528).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 HITEMP, the high-temperature molecular spectroscopic database Laurence S. Rothman, Iouli E. Gordon, R. J. Barber et al. · Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 8 May 2010 2,301
2 MODTRAN Cloud and Multiple Scattering Upgrades with Application to AVIRIS Alexander Berk, Lawrence S. Bernstein, Gail P. Anderson et al. · Remote Sensing of Environment Sep 1998 738
3 Lawson Criterion for Ignition Exceeded in an Inertial Fusion Experiment H. Abu-Shawareb et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,325 authors 8 Aug 2022 528
4 MODTRAN4 radiative transfer modeling for atmospheric correction Alexander Berk, Gail P. Anderson, Lawrence S. Bernstein et al. · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 20 Oct 1999 451
5 Achievement of Target Gain Larger than Unity in an Inertial Fusion Experiment H. Abu-Shawareb et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,355 authors 5 Feb 2024 423
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Which keywords describe research at Spectral Sciences (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Sparse Representation, Deep Learning, Hyperspectral, Detection, Support Vector Machines, Infrared and Small Target.

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

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Remote Sensing7▲ 19×15 topics
  2. Deep Learning4▲ 3.2×8 topics
  3. Sparse Representation3▲ 44×2 topics
  4. Hyperspectral2▲ 82×2 topics
  5. Detection2▲ 23×2 topics
  6. Support Vector Machines2▲ 20×2 topics
  7. Infrared2▲ 202×1 topic
  8. Machine Learning2▲ 1.85×6 topics
  9. Small Target2▲ 202×1 topic
  10. On-Orbit Performance2▲ 493×1 topic
  11. Radiometric Calibration2▲ 493×1 topic
  12. Climate2▲ 51×2 topics
  13. Data Assimilation2▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Image Analysis2▲ 53×2 topics
  15. Change Detection2▲ 70×1 topic
  16. Classification2▲ 11×1 topic
  17. Regenerative Medicine2▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Drug Resistance1▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Satellite Observations1▲ 44×3 topics
  20. Convective Parameterization1▲ 74×1 topic
  21. Convolutional Neural Networks1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  22. Ensemble Kalman Filter1▲ 41×1 topic
  23. Cancer Stem Cells1▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Climate Change1▲ 1.41×3 topics
  25. Decellularization1▲ 111×1 topic
  26. Extracellular Matrix1▲ 20×1 topic
  27. Tumor Metastasis1▲ 66×1 topic
  28. Urban Heat Island1▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Green Roofs1▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Hyperspectral Imaging1▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Land Surface Temperature1▲ 68×1 topic
  32. Air Quality1▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Wavelet Transform1▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Spectral Sciences (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Infrared Target Detection Methodologies, Calibration and Measurement Techniques, Remote-Sensing Image Classification and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations.

Infrared Target Detectio…2Infrared Target Detection Methodologies: 2 fractional worksCalibration and Measurem…2Calibration and Measurement Techniques: 2 fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Cla…2Remote-Sensing Image Classification: 2 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…1Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 1 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metastasis: 1 fractional worksTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: 1 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitiga…1Urban Heat Island Mitigation: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 1 fractional worksOptical Polarization and Ellipsometry: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMedia TechnologyAtmospheric ScienceOncology5 others

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

  1. 1 Infrared Target Detection Methodologies Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Calibration and Measurement Techniques Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Remote-Sensing Image Classification Media Technology 2 works
  4. 4 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 1 works
  5. 5 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 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 available15.1%not open84.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Spectral Sciences (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower 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 Spectral Sciences (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Spectral Sciences (United States)0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

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