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Tau Science (United States)

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Research works
4
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
35
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
14%
world 40%
Tau Science (United States)

Not ranked overall: Tau Science (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 Tau Science (United States) work in?

In all years, 94% of research at Tau Science (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (57%), Energy (26%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 94.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 57.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 25.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 5.7% of its workALL ITS WORKTau Science(United States)4fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences94%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 2 domains and 5 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering257.1%
    2. Energy125.7%
    3. Computer Science08.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy02.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology05.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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

The most cited paper from Tau Science (United States) is "Apparent bandgap shift in the internal quantum efficiency for solar cells with back reflectors" (Myles A. Steiner, Emmett E. Perl, John F. Geisz et al., 2017), with 22 citations. Next come "Economic impacts and approaches to address hot-spot defects in photovoltaic devices" (13) and "Electroluminescence Excitation Spectroscopy: A Novel Approach to Non-Contact Quantum Efficiency Measurements" (8).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Apparent bandgap shift in the internal quantum efficiency for solar cells with back reflectors Myles A. Steiner, Emmett E. Perl, John F. Geisz et al. · Journal of Applied Physics Open access 28 Apr 2017 22
2 Economic impacts and approaches to address hot-spot defects in photovoltaic devices John E. Hudson, Leonid A. Vasilyev, Jan Schmidt et al. Conference paper Jun 2010 13
3 Electroluminescence Excitation Spectroscopy: A Novel Approach to Non-Contact Quantum Efficiency Measurements Kristopher Olan Davis, Greg S. Horner, Joshua B. Gallon et al. · 2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC) Conference paper Jun 2017 8
4 Flash quantum efficiency measurements for multi-junction solar cells Greg S. Horner, Leonid A. Vasilyev, Jan Schmidt et al. Conference paper Jun 2011 7
5 Evaluating Impact on Electroluminescence Image Quality and Quantitative Analysis using Different Camera Technologies Dylan J. Colvin, Eric John Schneller, Greg S. Horner et al. Conference paper 20 Jun 2021 6
All 7 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume: Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques, Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies, solar cell performance optimization and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis.

Photovoltaic System Opti…1Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques: 1 fractional worksSilicon and Solar Cell Technologies: 1 fractional workssolar cell performance optimization: 0 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and …0Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 0 fractional worksCCD and CMOS Imaging Sen…0CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors: 0 fractional worksThin-Film Transistor Tec…0Thin-Film Transistor Technologies: 0 fractional worksSolar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems: 0 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 0 fractional worksChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films: 0 fractional worksSolar Radiation and Photovoltaics: 0 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentElectrical and Electronic EngineeringArtificial Intelligence

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

  1. 1 Photovoltaic System Optimization Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  2. 2 Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 solar cell performance optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Thin-Film Transistor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  8. 8 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics Artificial Intelligence 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 available14.3%not open85.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

20152020

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