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STI Optronics (United States)

In research, STI Optronics (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#15,325 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,777
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#7,282
of 7,310
Research works
140
▼ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
STI Optronics (United States)

What is STI Optronics (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 #15,325 of 17,446 7.7%136

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

In all years, 98% of research at STI Optronics (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 1% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (54%), Physics and Astronomy (37%), Chemistry (2%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 136 fractional works · 97.8% of its workEngineering: 75 fractional works · 54.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 47 fractional works · 33.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 52 fractional works · 37.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 29 fractional works · 20.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 14 fractional works · 10.0% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStructural Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSTI Optronics(United States)140fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences98%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences0%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7554.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy5237.1%
    3. Chemistry32.0%
    4. Materials Science21.2%
    5. Computer Science11.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.8%
    8. Environmental Science10.7%
    1. Medicine10.9%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    2. Neuroscience00.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences00.2%
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: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 5.84× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.37× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 3.87× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 16.33× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and Astronomy1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 16.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy16.33×1 works
  2. Chemistry5.84×0 works
  3. Materials Science3.87×0 works
  4. Engineering2.37×1 works
  5. Computer Science0.44×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×0 works

Who are the top researchers at STI Optronics (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Steve C. Tidwell, C. E. Dilley and Richard D. Romea lead among researchers whose main affiliation is STI Optronics (United States).

  1. 1 Steve C. Tidwell United States · #1,811,842 worldwide 1.1k citations · 25 works
  2. 2 C. E. Dilley United States · #3,105,990 worldwide 343 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Richard D. Romea United States · #3,322,912 worldwide 678 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Ananda K. Cousins United States · #3,436,622 worldwide 598 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Terence E. DeHart United States · #3,900,546 worldwide 149 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Lawrence Campbell United States · #3,915,481 worldwide 198 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Kingston P. Robinson United States · #3,964,610 worldwide 1.1k citations · 104 works
  8. 8 William J. Thayer III United States · #4,953,102 worldwide 204 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Andrew J. W. Brown United States · #5,148,751 worldwide 106 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Steve C. Gottschalk United States · #5,373,762 worldwide 477 citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at STI Optronics (United States)

What are the most cited papers from STI Optronics (United States)?

The most cited paper from STI Optronics (United States) is "BoneJ: Free and extensible bone image analysis in ImageJ" (Michael Doube, Michał M. Kłosowski, Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras et al., 2010), with 2,094 citations. Next come "Temperature and thermal stress scaling in finite-length end-pumped laser rods" (287) and "Scaling CW diode-end-pumped Nd:YAG lasers to high average powers" (252).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 BoneJ: Free and extensible bone image analysis in ImageJ Michael Doube, Michał M. Kłosowski, Ignacio Arganda‐Carreras et al. · Bone Open access 4 Sep 2010 2,094
2 Temperature and thermal stress scaling in finite-length end-pumped laser rods Ananda K. Cousins · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Apr 1992 287
3 Scaling CW diode-end-pumped Nd:YAG lasers to high average powers Steve C. Tidwell, Jonathan F. Seamans, Mark S. Bowers et al. · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics Apr 1992 252
4 Efficient radially polarized laser beam generation with a double interferometer Steve C. Tidwell, Gerald H. Kim, W. D. Kimura · Applied Optics 20 Sep 1993 194
5 Laser Acceleration of Relativistic Electrons Using the Inverse Cherenkov Effect W. D. Kimura, G. H. Kim, Richard D. Romea et al. · Physical Review Letters 23 Jan 1995 189
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at STI Optronics (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Frequency Conversion, Nonlinear Optics, Electric Discharge, Laser Oscillation, Microresonators, Raman Lasers, Synchrotron Radiation and Electron Beams.

▲ 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. Frequency Conversion36▲ 261×3 topics
  2. Nonlinear Optics21▲ 86×4 topics
  3. Electric Discharge18▲ 364×1 topic
  4. Laser Oscillation18▲ 364×1 topic
  5. Microresonators15▲ 83×3 topics
  6. Raman Lasers14▲ 59×2 topics
  7. Synchrotron Radiation12▲ 123×2 topics
  8. Electron Beams12▲ 268×1 topic
  9. Laser-Plasma Accelerators12▲ 268×1 topic
  10. Optical Modulators12▲ 40×2 topics
  11. Electron Acceleration10▲ 78×2 topics
  12. Solid-State Lasers10▲ 245×1 topic
  13. Ytterbium10▲ 245×1 topic
  14. Free-Electron Lasers10▲ 254×1 topic
  15. X-Ray10▲ 254×1 topic
  16. Photonic Crystals8▲ 37×2 topics
  17. Lithium Niobate8▲ 168×1 topic
  18. Photonics8▲ 112×1 topic
  19. Fiber Lasers7▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Attosecond Physics6▲ 112×1 topic
  21. High-Harmonic Generation6▲ 112×1 topic
  22. Optical Frequency Combs6▲ 60×1 topic
  23. Ultrafast Lasers6▲ 60×1 topic
  24. Negative Ion Sources6▲ 91×1 topic
  25. Superconducting Cavities6▲ 91×1 topic
  26. Biosensors5▲ 6.1×3 topics
  27. Tomography5▲ 13×4 topics
  28. X-ray Imaging5▲ 70×2 topics
  29. Nanoscale Imaging5▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Phase Retrieval4▲ 145×1 topic
  31. Ptychography4▲ 145×1 topic
  32. Spectroscopy4▲ 9.7×5 topics
  33. Silicon Photonics4▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Microcavities4▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Nanophotonic Waveguides4▲ 19×1 topic
  36. High Power Terahertz Sources4▲ 89×1 topic
  37. Vacuum Electronics4▲ 89×1 topic
  38. Material Analysis3▲ 53×1 topic
  39. Plasma3▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Turbulence3▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does STI Optronics (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hydraulic flow and structures, Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers, Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena and Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research.

Hydraulic flow and struc…0Hydraulic flow and structures: 0 fractional worksParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 0 fractional worksCrystallography and Radiation Phenomena: 0 fractional worksGyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research: 0 fractional worksLaser-Matter Interaction…0Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications: 0 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 0 fractional worksOrbital Angular Momentum in Optics: 0 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interaction…0Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 0 fractional worksInorganic Chemistry and Materials: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringCondensed Matter PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic flow and structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena Condensed Matter Physics 0 works
  4. 4 Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  5. 5 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  6. 6 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  8. 8 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  9. 9 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Inorganic 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 available12.1%not open87.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has STI Optronics (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 72% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is STI Optronics (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000012% in 2022.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%STI Optronics (United States)0.000022% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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