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Tethers Unlimited (United States)

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Research works
64
▼ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
789
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
11%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Tethers Unlimited (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Robert Hoyt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tethers Unlimited (United States).

  1. 1 Robert Hoyt United States · #602,678 worldwide 48 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Tethers Unlimited (United States)

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 2022–2025: Space Satellite Systems and Control, Distributed systems and fault tolerance, Astro and Planetary Science and Spacecraft Design and Technology.

Space Satellite Systems …1Space Satellite Systems and Control: 1 fractional worksDistributed systems and …0Distributed systems and fault tolerance: 0 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…0Astro and Planetary Science: 0 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Technology: 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 worksGeological Studies and Exploration: 0 fractional worksClimate change and permafrost: 0 fractional worksCryospheric studies and observations: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsAstronomy and AstrophysicsFood Science3 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 Distributed systems and fault tolerance Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  3. 3 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  4. 4 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 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 Geological Studies and Exploration Geology 0 works
  9. 9 Climate change and permafrost Atmospheric Science 0 works
  10. 10 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% 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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