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Tennessee Department of Transportation

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World rank, all time
#39,876
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,307
of 8,685
Research works
127
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
30.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
11%
world 28%

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.

Computer Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.30× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.78× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Tennessee Department of Transportation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Recycled Materials, Image Processing, Crack Detection, Pavement, Asphalt, Bitumen Modification and Liquefaction.

▲ 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. Deep Learning14▲ 5.2×6 topics
  2. Recycled Materials10▲ 114×2 topics
  3. Image Processing10▲ 24×2 topics
  4. Crack Detection9▲ 190×1 topic
  5. Pavement9▲ 190×1 topic
  6. Asphalt9▲ 286×1 topic
  7. Bitumen Modification9▲ 286×1 topic
  8. Liquefaction8▲ 84×2 topics
  9. Tunnel8▲ 84×2 topics
  10. Service Quality6▲ 29×2 topics
  11. Travel Behavior6▲ 63×2 topics
  12. Pipeline6▲ 49×2 topics
  13. Analysis6▲ 40×1 topic
  14. Seismic6▲ 84×1 topic
  15. Intelligent Transportation Systems5▲ 47×2 topics
  16. Traffic Flow5▲ 68×2 topics
  17. User Satisfaction5▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Congestion Pricing5▲ 81×1 topic
  19. Public Transport5▲ 73×2 topics
  20. Route Choice5▲ 81×1 topic
  21. Urban Mobility5▲ 73×2 topics
  22. Driver Behavior5▲ 62×2 topics
  23. Dynamic Interaction5▲ 57×2 topics
  24. Injury Severity4▲ 50×2 topics
  25. Road Safety4▲ 108×1 topic
  26. Traffic Accidents4▲ 95×1 topic
  27. Urban Traffic4▲ 52×2 topics
  28. Time Series Analysis4▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Risk Assessment4▲ 4.6×5 topics
  30. Short-Term Forecasting4▲ 40×1 topic
  31. Spatio-Temporal Data4▲ 81×1 topic
  32. Footbridges3▲ 63×1 topic
  33. Transportation3▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Vibration Serviceability3▲ 63×1 topic
  35. Health Impact Assessment3▲ 42×2 topics
  36. Physical Activity3▲ 6.7×2 topics
  37. Active Travel3▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Built Environment3▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Finite Element Analysis3▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Finite Element Simulation3▲ 63×2 topics

Which research topics does Tennessee Department of Transportation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research.

Asphalt Pavement Perform…2Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 2 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…2Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksNames, Identity, and Discrimination Research: 1 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 1 fractional worksTransportation Safety an…1Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis: 1 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety: 1 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 1 fractional worksUnderground infrastructure and sustainability: 1 fractional worksSoil and Unsaturated Flow: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringSociology and Political ScienceTransportationSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality1 others

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

  1. 1 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 1 works
  6. 6 Transportation Safety and Impact Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  8. 8 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 1 works
  9. 9 Underground infrastructure and sustainability Building and Construction 1 works
  10. 10 Soil and Unsaturated Flow 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 available10.8%not open89.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tennessee Department of Transportation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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