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Tethers Unlimited (United States)

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Research works
64
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
789
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
11%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Tethers Unlimited (United States)

Not ranked overall: Tethers Unlimited (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 Tethers Unlimited (United States) work in?

In all years, 88% of research at Tethers Unlimited (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Physics and Astronomy (37%), Arts and Humanities (4%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 56 fractional works · 87.7% of its workEngineering: 31 fractional works · 48.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 24 fractional works · 36.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 24 fractional works · 36.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 23 fractional works · 36.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTethers Unlimited(United States)64fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences8%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3148.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy2436.5%
    3. Computer Science11.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    5. Chemistry00.4%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities23.7%
    2. Social Sciences12.2%
    3. Psychology11.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine12.3%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.68× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.65× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 8.74× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy8.74×1 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.65×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.68×0 works
  4. Engineering1.94×1 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.68×0 works
  6. Computer Science1.25×0 works
  7. Medicine0.66×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.59×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tethers Unlimited (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jeffrey Slostad and Robert P. Hoyt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tethers Unlimited (United States).

  1. 1 Jeffrey Slostad United States · #4,072,812 worldwide 185 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Robert P. Hoyt United States · #5,400,603 worldwide 893 citations · 93 works
All ranked researchers at Tethers Unlimited (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Tethers Unlimited (United States) is "Terminator Tether: A Spacecraft Deorbit Device" (Robert L. Forward, Robert P. Hoyt, Chauncey W. Uphoff, 2000), with 112 citations. Next come "SpiderFab: An Architecture for Self-Fabricating Space Systems" (85) and "Cislunar Tether Transport System" (67).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Terminator Tether: A Spacecraft Deorbit Device Robert L. Forward, Robert P. Hoyt, Chauncey W. Uphoff · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets Mar 2000 112
2 SpiderFab: An Architecture for Self-Fabricating Space Systems Robert P. Hoyt · AIAA SPACE 2013 Conference and Exposition Conference paper 10 Sep 2013 85
3 Cislunar Tether Transport System Robert P. Hoyt, Chauncey W. Uphoff · Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets Mar 2000 67
4 Wholesale debris removal from LEO E. Levin, Jerome Pearson, Joseph A. Carroll · Acta Astronautica 23 Dec 2011 42
5 The Terminator Tether - Autonomous deorbit of LEO spacecraft for space debris mitigation Robert P. Hoyt, Robert L. Forward · 38th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit Conference paper 10 Jan 2000 40
All 69 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tethers Unlimited (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Orbit Determination, On-Orbit Servicing, Space Debris, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Mars, Martian Surface and CubeSat.

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

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Orbit Determination14▲ 518×2 topics
  2. On-Orbit Servicing14▲ 1110×1 topic
  3. Space Debris14▲ 1110×1 topic
  4. Solar System Abundances12▲ 225×1 topic
  5. Terrestrial Planets12▲ 225×1 topic
  6. Mars9▲ 291×1 topic
  7. Martian Surface9▲ 291×1 topic
  8. CubeSat6▲ 359×1 topic
  9. small satellite6▲ 359×1 topic
  10. Spacecraft Formation Flying3▲ 282×1 topic
  11. Trajectory Optimization3▲ 136×1 topic
  12. Form-Finding2▲ 73×1 topic
  13. Tensegrity2▲ 73×1 topic
  14. 3D Printing1▲ 11×2 topics
  15. Additive Manufacturing1▲ 10×2 topics
  16. Sustainability1◆ 1.14×2 topics
  17. Applications1▲ 7.7×1 topic
  18. Materials1▲ 9.7×1 topic
  19. Argumentation1▲ 39×1 topic
  20. Discourse Analysis1▲ 6.7×1 topic
  21. Sociolinguistics1▲ 8.6×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Space Satellite Systems and Control, Spacecraft Design and Technology, Distributed systems and fault tolerance and Astro and Planetary Science.

Space Satellite Systems …1Space Satellite Systems and Control: 1 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Te…0Spacecraft Design and Technology: 0 fractional worksDistributed systems and …0Distributed systems and fault tolerance: 0 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 0 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 0 fractional worksSensory Analysis and Sta…0Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods: 0 fractional worksTea Polyphenols and Effects: 0 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 0 fractional worksFermentation and Sensory Analysis: 0 fractional worksFood Quality and Safety Studies: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsAstronomy and AstrophysicsFood Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Space Satellite Systems and Control Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Distributed systems and fault tolerance Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Sensory Analysis and Statistical Methods Food Science 0 works
  7. 7 Tea Polyphenols and Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  9. 9 Fermentation and Sensory Analysis Food Science 0 works
  10. 10 Food Quality and Safety Studies Food Science 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 available11.3%not open88.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower 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 Tethers Unlimited (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000045% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Tethers Unlimited (United States)0.000032% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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