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Spectrum Research (United States)

In research, Spectrum Research (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,769 of 16,688 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,929 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,246 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,355
of 22,385 · #9,595 all time
Rank in United States
#2,021
of 3,332
Research works
609
▲ 124% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.4k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Spectrum Research (United States)

What is Spectrum 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,769 of 16,688 18.6%130
Physical SciencesDomain #8,929 of 17,446 6.6%304
EngineeringField #6,246 of 9,532 5.7%169
Social SciencesDomain #11,165 of 14,833 8.7%143

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

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Spectrum Research (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Engineering (18%), Computer Science (12%).

Physical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 38.7% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 18.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 11.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 27.7% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 9.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 31 fractional works · 25.2% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 19.9% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.5% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSpectrum Research(United States)122fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences28%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2218.1%
    2. Computer Science1411.8%
    3. Environmental Science32.3%
    4. Chemistry21.9%
    5. Materials Science21.8%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    8. Mathematics00.4%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Psychology129.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting86.3%
    3. Social Sciences75.4%
    4. Decision Sciences32.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities32.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.0%
    1. Medicine2419.9%
    2. Health Professions64.6%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Neuroscience43.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.05× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.17× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.52× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.21× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.04× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.94× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.54× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.10× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.10×12 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.54×3 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.17×1 works
  4. Neuroscience2.05×4 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.94×8 works
  6. Health Professions1.76×6 works
  7. Computer Science1.52×14 works
  8. Engineering1.21×22 works
  9. Chemistry1.19×2 works
  10. Medicine1.04×24 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.93×2 works
  12. Dentistry0.90×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.72×2 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.62×2 works
  16. Materials Science0.51×2 works
  17. Environmental Science0.47×3 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×3 works
  19. Social Sciences0.43×7 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×2 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.31×0 works
  23. Nursing0.28×0 works
  24. Energy0.14×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Daniel C. Norvell, Joseph R. Dettori and Andrea C. Skelly lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Spectrum Research (United States).

  1. 1 Daniel C. Norvell United States · #361,092 worldwide 7.1k citations · 182 works
  2. 2 Joseph R. Dettori United States · #362,512 worldwide 10k citations · 205 works
  3. 3 Andrea C. Skelly United States · #702,092 worldwide 7.4k citations · 201 works
  4. 4 Jeffrey T. Hermsmeyer United States · #1,202,354 worldwide 1.4k citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Annie Raich United States · #1,250,438 worldwide 812 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Erika Brodt United States · #1,380,296 worldwide 3.4k citations · 114 works
  7. 7 Erin E. Murphy United States · #1,950,381 worldwide 1.6k citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Jacob A. Sadavoy United States · #2,896,701 worldwide 36 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Robin E. Hashimoto United States · #2,997,513 worldwide 2.7k citations · 109 works
  10. 10 John J. Horgan United States · #3,083,914 worldwide 36 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Spectrum Research (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Spectrum Research (United States) is "Classification of Intrinsically Disordered Regions and Proteins" (Robin van der Lee, Marija Buljan, Benjamin Lang et al., 2014), with 2,336 citations. Next come "Systemic Pharmacologic Therapies for Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline" (873) and "Nonpharmacologic Therapies for Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline" (858).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Classification of Intrinsically Disordered Regions and Proteins Robin van der Lee, Marija Buljan, Benjamin Lang et al. · Chemical Reviews ReviewOpen access 29 Apr 2014 2,336
2 Systemic Pharmacologic Therapies for Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline Roger Chou, Richard A. Deyo, Janna L. Friedly et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Review 13 Feb 2017 873
3 Nonpharmacologic Therapies for Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review for an American College of Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline Roger Chou, Richard A. Deyo, Janna L. Friedly et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Review 13 Feb 2017 858
4 Evaluating Common Outcomes for Measuring Treatment Success for Chronic Low Back Pain Jens Robert Chapman, Daniel C. Norvell, Jeffrey T. Hermsmeyer et al. · Spine Oct 2011 561
5 Fixed-Effect vs Random-Effects Models for Meta-Analysis: 3 Points to Consider Joseph R. Dettori, Daniel C. Norvell, Jens Robert Chapman · Global Spine Journal Open access 20 Jun 2022 545
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Spectrum Research (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Psychiatric Disorders, Cancer Risk, Health Consequences, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Use, Impulsivity, Energy Efficiency and Global Burden of Disease.

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

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Psychiatric Disorders8▲ 47×3 topics
  2. Deep Learning6▲ 1.42×33 topics
  3. Machine Learning6▲ 1.49×26 topics
  4. Cancer Risk6▲ 21×3 topics
  5. Energy Efficiency5▲ 4.3×8 topics
  6. Health Consequences5▲ 14×2 topics
  7. Smoking Cessation5▲ 125×1 topic
  8. Tobacco Use5▲ 125×1 topic
  9. Public Health4▲ 2.3×17 topics
  10. Impulsivity4▲ 59×2 topics
  11. Big Data4▲ 3.2×5 topics
  12. Security4▲ 4.6×9 topics
  13. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 12×2 topics
  14. Behavioral Interventions3▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Internet of Things3▲ 3.2×8 topics
  16. Substance Use Disorders3▲ 35×2 topics
  17. Alcohol Dependence3▲ 60×1 topic
  18. Motivational Interviewing3▲ 60×1 topic
  19. Cloud Computing3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  20. IoT3▲ 5.7×4 topics
  21. Cybersecurity2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  22. Prevalence2▲ 4.7×8 topics
  23. Autism Spectrum Disorders2▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Neurobiological Correlates2▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Neurodevelopmental Disorders2▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Neuroimaging2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  27. Non-Communicable Diseases2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  28. Resource Allocation2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  29. Executive Functioning2▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Global Trade2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  31. Mobile Sensing2▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Privacy Protection2▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Corporate Political Activity2▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Emotion Recognition2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  35. Health In All Policies2▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Brain Connectivity2▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Psychopathology2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  38. Social Skills Interventions2▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Deep Brain Stimulation2▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder2▲ 78×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Big Data and Digital Economy and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology.

Smoking Behavior and Ces…5Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 5 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksBig Data and Digital Economy: 2 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 2 fractional worksObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network…1Advanced Optical Network Technologies: 1 fractional worksPersonality Disorders and Psychopathology: 1 fractional worksSoftware-Defined Networks and 5G: 1 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 1 fractional works
PhysiologyEpidemiologyInformation SystemsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 5 works
  2. 2 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Digital Economy Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  5. 5 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Personality Disorders and Psychopathology Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Software-Defined Networks and 5G Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  10. 10 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.7%domestic only77.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 124% 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 Spectrum Research (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Spectrum Research (United States)0.00057% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Spectrum Research (United States)12.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.7% in 2024.

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