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Spire Corporation (United States)

In research, Spire Corporation (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,300 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#5,263 of 11,412 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#2,762 of 4,248 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,868
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,396
of 8,685
Research works
420
▲ 265% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.9k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
8%
world 28%

What is Spire Corporation (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 #6,300 of 21,541 19.2%374
EngineeringField #5,263 of 11,412 19.9%229
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #2,762 of 4,248 18.9%150

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Spire Corporation (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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.07× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.44× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 3.53× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Spire Corporation (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, F. Namavar, S. M. Vernon and S. P. Tobin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Spire Corporation (United States).

  1. 1 F. Namavar United States · #462,401 worldwide 155 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 S. M. Vernon United States · #639,564 worldwide 105 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 S. P. Tobin United States · #708,108 worldwide 87 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Kurt J. Linden United States · #859,311 worldwide 33 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 S.N. Bunker United States · #882,146 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 H. B. Serreze United States · #886,812 worldwide 43 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 P. Sioshansi United States · #946,373 worldwide 52 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Spire Corporation (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Spire Corporation (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Cells, Photovoltaics, Semiconductor, Efficiency, Silicon, Heterojunction, Passivation and Nanoelectronics.

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

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
  1. Solar Cells73▲ 56×6 topics
  2. Photovoltaics62▲ 60×4 topics
  3. Semiconductor41▲ 30×5 topics
  4. Efficiency41▲ 38×5 topics
  5. Silicon31▲ 98×2 topics
  6. Heterojunction30▲ 178×1 topic
  7. Passivation30▲ 178×1 topic
  8. Nanoelectronics28▲ 43×2 topics
  9. Nanowires27▲ 27×4 topics
  10. Semiconductor Devices25▲ 45×2 topics
  11. Atomic Layer Deposition25▲ 45×1 topic
  12. High-k Dielectrics25▲ 45×1 topic
  13. Band Parameters25▲ 48×2 topics
  14. High Efficiency25▲ 172×1 topic
  15. Multijunction Solar Cells25▲ 327×1 topic
  16. Quantum Dots21▲ 32×2 topics
  17. Epitaxial Growth21▲ 63×2 topics
  18. Electrical Properties21▲ 30×3 topics
  19. Nanoparticles21▲ 3.7×11 topics
  20. Dielectric Properties20▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Bioimaging19▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts19▲ 87×1 topic
  23. Schottky Barrier19▲ 87×1 topic
  24. Excitons19▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Single-Photon Source19▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Optical Properties17▲ 35×2 topics
  27. Biosensors17▲ 7.0×9 topics
  28. Drug Delivery17▲ 8.3×2 topics
  29. Luminescent17▲ 124×1 topic
  30. Porous Silicon17▲ 124×1 topic
  31. Nanocomposites16▲ 4.9×10 topics
  32. Mechanical Properties16▲ 4.0×10 topics
  33. Nanostructures15▲ 7.6×7 topics
  34. Integrated Circuits15▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Thin Films14▲ 13×5 topics
  36. Nanocrystals13▲ 13×3 topics
  37. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy13▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Solar Cell Efficiency12▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Energy Conversion12▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Flexible Electronics11▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Spire Corporation (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies, Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…1Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksMarine and Offshore Engineering Studies: 1 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 1 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 1 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 0 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and…0Offshore Engineering and Technologies: 0 fractional worksProbabilistic and Robust Engineering Design: 0 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 0 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksCivil and Structural Engineering Research: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOcean EngineeringMechanical EngineeringGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies Ocean Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  8. 8 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 0 works
  10. 10 Civil and Structural Engineering Research Civil and Structural 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 available7.9%not open92.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Spire Corporation (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 265% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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