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Symetrix (United States)

Research works
71
▲ 300% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
37.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%

Not ranked overall: Symetrix (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Symetrix (United States) work in?

In all years, 94% of research at Symetrix (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Materials Science (37%), Computer Science (5%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 67 fractional works · 93.8% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 44.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 25.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 13.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 26 fractional works · 37.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 30.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSymetrix (UnitedStates)71fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences5%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3244.3%
    2. Materials Science2637.1%
    3. Computer Science34.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy34.3%
    5. Environmental Science11.6%
    6. Chemistry11.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    8. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Social Sciences11.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting11.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    4. Psychology00.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine00.7%
    2. Nursing00.2%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Health Professions00.0%
    1. Neuroscience00.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.1%
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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 4.00× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.40× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 3.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry4.00×0 works
  2. Materials Science3.05×1 works
  3. Engineering2.40×2 works
  4. Computer Science2.31×1 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.17×0 works
  6. Psychology2.06×0 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.30×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.99×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.20×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×0 works
  12. Medicine0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Symetrix (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, L. D. McMillan, Carlos A. Paz de Araújo and Gary F. Derbenwick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Symetrix (United States).

  1. 1 L. D. McMillan United States · #1,597,183 worldwide 5k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Carlos A. Paz de Araújo United States · #1,958,183 worldwide 8.3k citations · 164 works
  3. 3 Gary F. Derbenwick United States · #2,023,928 worldwide 834 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Joe D. Cuchiaro United States · #2,574,886 worldwide 3.5k citations · 29 works
  5. 5 L. McMillan United States · #2,943,756 worldwide 319 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Vikram Chandrashekhar Joshi United States · #3,382,749 worldwide 1.9k citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Jolanta Celinska United States · #4,739,795 worldwide 243 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Symetrix (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Symetrix (United States) is "Fatigue-free ferroelectric capacitors with platinum electrodes" (C. A-Paz de Araujo, Joe D. Cuchiaro, L. D. McMillan et al., 1995), with 2,629 citations. Next come "Quantitative measurement of space-charge effects in lead zirconate-titanate memories" (517) and "Switching kinetics of lead zirconate titanate submicron thin-film memories" (456).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fatigue-free ferroelectric capacitors with platinum electrodes C. A-Paz de Araujo, Joe D. Cuchiaro, L. D. McMillan et al. · Nature Apr 1995 2,629
2 Quantitative measurement of space-charge effects in lead zirconate-titanate memories James Floyd Scott, Carlos A. Paz de Araújo, B. M. Melnick et al. · Journal of Applied Physics Jul 1991 517
3 Switching kinetics of lead zirconate titanate submicron thin-film memories James Floyd Scott, L. Kammerdiner, Michael D. Parris et al. · Journal of Applied Physics 15 Jul 1988 456
4 Fatigue and switching in ferroelectric memories: Theory and experiment H. M. Duiker, Paul D. Beale, James Floyd Scott et al. · Journal of Applied Physics Dec 1990 451
5 Ferroelectric memories Carlos A. Paz de Araújo, L. D. McMillan, B. M. Melnick et al. · Ferroelectrics Apr 1990 249
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Symetrix (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ferroelectric Materials, Lead-free Piezoceramics, Neuromorphic Computing, Thin Films, Acoustic Wave Biosensors, Thin Film Resonators, Ferroelectricity and Atomic Layer Deposition.

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

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Ferroelectric Materials15▲ 414×1 topic
  2. Lead-free Piezoceramics15▲ 414×1 topic
  3. Neuromorphic Computing9▲ 171×2 topics
  4. Thin Films8▲ 42×4 topics
  5. Acoustic Wave Biosensors8▲ 217×1 topic
  6. Thin Film Resonators8▲ 217×1 topic
  7. Ferroelectricity8▲ 93×3 topics
  8. Atomic Layer Deposition7▲ 72×1 topic
  9. High-k Dielectrics7▲ 72×1 topic
  10. Perovskite Oxides7▲ 122×2 topics
  11. Electronic Structure6▲ 37×3 topics
  12. Doping6▲ 84×2 topics
  13. Hafnium Oxide5▲ 406×1 topic
  14. Negative Capacitance5▲ 406×1 topic
  15. Neural Networks5▲ 6.9×5 topics
  16. Superconductivity5▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Oxide Interfaces5▲ 150×1 topic
  18. Two-Dimensional Electron Gases5▲ 150×1 topic
  19. Non-Volatile Memory4▲ 77×2 topics
  20. Memristor4▲ 90×1 topic
  21. Resistive Switching4▲ 90×1 topic
  22. Magnetoelectric2▲ 84×1 topic
  23. Multiferroic2▲ 84×1 topic
  24. Room Temperature2▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Dielectric2▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Microwave2▲ 52×1 topic
  27. Metal-Insulator Transition2▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Nanocomposites1▲ 2.4×3 topics
  29. Artificial Neural Networks1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  30. Electrical Properties1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  31. Business Strategy1▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Dielectric Properties1▲ 9.5×3 topics
  33. E-Waste1▲ 29×1 topic
  34. IT Alignment1▲ 91×1 topic
  35. Recycling1▲ 5.6×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence, AI-based Problem Solving and Planning, 2D Materials and Applications and Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds.

  1. 1 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 AI-based Problem Solving and Planning Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  3. 3 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds Inorganic Chemistry 0 works
  5. 5 Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Sound Studies and Aurality Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Failure Analysis and Simulation Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Autobiographical and Biographical Writing Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  9. 9 Construction Engineering and Safety Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic 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 available9.7%not open90.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.8%domestic only58.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 300% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Symetrix (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000046% in 2023.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Symetrix (United States)0.000028% in 20251990200020102020

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

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