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The McCrone Group (United States)

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World rank, all time
#32,194
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,775
of 7,310
Research works
132
▼ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
The McCrone Group (United States)

Which fields of science does The McCrone Group (United States) work in?

In all years, 63% of research at The McCrone Group (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Materials Science (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 84 fractional works · 63.4% of its workEngineering: 30 fractional works · 22.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 8.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 12.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 9 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 13.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStructural Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 9.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKThe McCrone Group(United States)132fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences14%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3022.8%
    2. Materials Science1612.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy128.7%
    4. Computer Science86.0%
    5. Chemistry64.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences53.9%
    7. Environmental Science53.6%
    8. Mathematics10.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities75.0%
    2. Social Sciences64.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    5. Psychology10.8%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology139.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine129.1%
    2. Health Professions11.0%
    3. Dentistry10.8%
    4. Nursing00.2%
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: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Environmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.60× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 6.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.77× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 24.83× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 24.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences24.83×0 works
  2. Health Professions6.07×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology5.30×0 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy3.60×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.77×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.50×0 works
  7. Psychology1.31×0 works
  8. Environmental Science1.07×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.95×0 works
  10. Medicine0.49×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The McCrone Group (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Nathan Crutchfield, Dee Woodhull and E. F. Schumacher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The McCrone Group (United States).

  1. 1 Nathan Crutchfield United States · #2,450,399 worldwide 100 citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Dee Woodhull United States · #3,236,473 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 E. F. Schumacher United States · #4,199,104 worldwide 26 citations · 14 works
All ranked researchers at The McCrone Group (United States)

What are the most cited papers from The McCrone Group (United States)?

The most cited paper from The McCrone Group (United States) is "Diagenesis of belowground biomass of Spartina alterniflora in salt‐marsh sediments" (Ronald Benner, Marilyn L. Fogel, E. Kent Sprague, 1991), with 247 citations. Next come "Solid-State Chemistry of Cromolyn Sodium (Disodium Cromoglycate)" (165) and "Colloid Formation During Waste Form Reaction: Implications for Nuclear Waste Disposal" (144).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diagenesis of belowground biomass of Spartina alterniflora in salt‐marsh sediments Ronald Benner, Marilyn L. Fogel, E. Kent Sprague · Limnology and Oceanography Open access Nov 1991 247
2 Solid-State Chemistry of Cromolyn Sodium (Disodium Cromoglycate) J.S.G. Cox, G. D. Woodard, Walter C. McCrone · Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Oct 1971 165
3 Colloid Formation During Waste Form Reaction: Implications for Nuclear Waste Disposal John K. Bates, J. P. Bradley, Anna S Teetsov et al. · Science May 1992 144
4 Improved isotopic SIMS measurements of uranium particles for nuclear safeguard purposes Y. Ranebo, P. M. L. Hedberg, Martin John Whitehouse et al. · Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 2009 141
5 Analysis of chondritic interplanetary dust thin-sections J. P. Bradley · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Apr 1988 118
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Which keywords describe research at The McCrone Group (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quantitative Analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Materials Science, Atom Probe Tomography, Three-Dimensional Analysis, Image Processing and Raman Spectroscopy.

▲ 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. Quantitative Analysis9▲ 40×2 topics
  2. Scanning Electron Microscopy9▲ 110×1 topic
  3. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy9▲ 48×1 topic
  4. Materials Science7▲ 65×2 topics
  5. Atom Probe Tomography7▲ 238×1 topic
  6. Three-Dimensional Analysis7▲ 238×1 topic
  7. Image Processing6▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Machine Learning6▲ 2.0×7 topics
  9. Raman Spectroscopy6▲ 18×4 topics
  10. Nanoparticles5▲ 2.9×6 topics
  11. Chemical Imaging5▲ 94×2 topics
  12. Deep Learning5▲ 1.73×8 topics
  13. Hyperspectral Imaging4▲ 9.9×4 topics
  14. Structure Determination4▲ 62×2 topics
  15. Mass Spectrometry4▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Nanotechnology4▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Fingermark Residue3▲ 407×1 topic
  18. Fluorescent Materials3▲ 49×1 topic
  19. Optimization3▲ 4.5×4 topics
  20. Cultural Heritage3▲ 5.3×3 topics
  21. Genomic Analysis3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  22. Tomography3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  23. Cryo-Electron Microscopy3▲ 113×1 topic
  24. Single-Particle Analysis3▲ 113×1 topic
  25. Ancient DNA3▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Archaeological Science3▲ 89×1 topic
  27. Population History3▲ 124×1 topic
  28. X-Ray Fluorescence3▲ 89×1 topic
  29. Nanoscale Patterning3▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Spectroscopy3▲ 6.0×2 topics
  31. Machine Vision2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  32. Solar System Abundances2▲ 19×1 topic
  33. Terrestrial Planets2▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Lanthanides2▲ 20×2 topics
  35. X-ray Absorption2▲ 41×1 topic
  36. X-ray Emission2▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Academic Libraries2▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Radiography2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Tectonics2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Mars2▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does The McCrone Group (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Risk and Portfolio Optimization, Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research, Patient Safety and Medication Errors and Forensic and Genetic Research.

Risk and Portfolio Optim…0Risk and Portfolio Optimization: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Bandit Algorith…0Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research: 0 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medication Errors: 0 fractional worksForensic and Genetic Res…0Forensic and Genetic Research: 0 fractional worksWorkplace Violence and B…0Workplace Violence and Bullying: 0 fractional worksStock Market Forecasting…0Stock Market Forecasting Methods: 0 fractional worksEthics in medical practice: 0 fractional worksX-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis: 0 fractional worksForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies: 0 fractional worksTurtle Biology and Conservation: 0 fractional works
Management Science and Operations ResearchEmergency Medical ServicesGeneticsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Risk and Portfolio Optimization Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  2. 2 Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  3. 3 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  4. 4 Forensic and Genetic Research Genetics 0 works
  5. 5 Workplace Violence and Bullying Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Stock Market Forecasting Methods Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  7. 7 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis Radiation 0 works
  9. 9 Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies Archeology 0 works
  10. 10 Turtle Biology and Conservation Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available34.7%not open65.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.4%domestic only95.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The McCrone Group (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 63% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is The McCrone Group (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000090% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%The McCrone Group (United States)0.000013% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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