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The Scatter Works (United States)

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Research works
73
▼ 77% vs 2013–17
Citations
498
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
11%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: The Scatter Works (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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.81× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.31× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 10.16× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.34× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Scatter Works (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, John C. Stover lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Scatter Works (United States).

  1. 1 John C. Stover United States · #234,861 worldwide 76 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at The Scatter Works (United States)

Which keywords describe research at The Scatter Works (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Vision, Image Processing, Roughness Measurement, Surface Characterization, Electromagnetic Scattering, Integral Equation Methods, Spectroscopy and Photonic Crystals.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Vision6▲ 119×2 topics
  2. Image Processing5▲ 53×2 topics
  3. Roughness Measurement4▲ 1201×1 topic
  4. Surface Characterization4▲ 989×1 topic
  5. Electromagnetic Scattering2▲ 676×1 topic
  6. Integral Equation Methods2▲ 676×1 topic
  7. Spectroscopy2▲ 48×2 topics
  8. Photonic Crystals1▲ 53×2 topics
  9. Visualization1▲ 114×2 topics
  10. Remote Sensing1▲ 4.8×3 topics
  11. Color Constancy1▲ 414×1 topic
  12. Colorimetry1▲ 414×1 topic
  13. Computer Graphics1▲ 184×1 topic
  14. Fabric Defect Detection1▲ 62×1 topic
  15. Imaging Spectroscopy1▲ 465×1 topic
  16. Polarimetry1▲ 465×1 topic
  17. Rendering1▲ 184×1 topic
  18. Texture Analysis1▲ 21×1 topic
  19. Training Pathways1▲ 180×1 topic
  20. Vocational Education1▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does The Scatter Works (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements, Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis, Education Systems and Policy and Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques.

Surface Roughness and Op…4Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements: 4 fractional worksElectromagnetic Scatteri…2Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis: 2 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…1Education Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 1 fractional worksColor Science and Applications: 1 fractional worksOptical Polarization and Ellipsometry: 1 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 1 fractional worksOptical Coatings and Gratings: 1 fractional worksOptical and Acousto-Optic Technologies: 1 fractional worksPhotorefractive and Nonlinear Optics: 0 fractional works
Computational MechanicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsEducationComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design3 others

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

  1. 1 Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements Computational Mechanics 4 works
  2. 2 Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  3. 3 Education Systems and Policy Education 1 works
  4. 4 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 1 works
  5. 5 Color Science and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  6. 6 Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Optical Coatings and Gratings Surfaces, Coatings and Films 1 works
  9. 9 Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  10. 10 Photorefractive and Nonlinear Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 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 available10.6%not open89.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Scatter Works (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 77% 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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