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Theiss Research

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World rank, all time
#19,805
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,109
of 7,310
Research works
128
▼ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
27.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Theiss Research

Which fields of science does Theiss Research work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Theiss Research is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (28%), Physics and Astronomy (22%), Materials Science (20%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 37 fractional works · 83.3% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 28.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 21.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 11.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 20.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 14.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKTheiss Research44fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1228.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy921.5%
    3. Materials Science920.0%
    4. Computer Science23.9%
    5. Environmental Science12.8%
    6. Chemistry12.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering11.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.7%
    9. Energy00.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    1. Social Sciences11.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    4. Decision Sciences00.8%
    5. Psychology00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine12.0%
    2. Health Professions00.6%
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: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 5.17× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.88× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.73× its world share, 9 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 9.69× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.69×9 works
  2. Materials Science5.73×9 works
  3. Chemical Engineering5.17×1 works
  4. Engineering1.88×12 works
  5. Chemistry1.57×1 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.20×2 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.11×1 works
  8. Energy0.93×0 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.79×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.56×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.51×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.26×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.23×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.21×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.15×1 works
  19. Medicine0.10×1 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  21. Psychology0.05×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Theiss Research?

The most cited paper from Theiss Research is "Recent advances and applications of deep learning methods in materials science" (Kamal Kumar Choudhary, Brian DeCost, Chi Chen et al., 2022), with 1,183 citations. Next come "Atomistic Line Graph Neural Network for improved materials property predictions" (773) and "Ocean overturning since the Late Cretaceous: Inferences from a new benthic foraminiferal isotope compilation" (672).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recent advances and applications of deep learning methods in materials science Kamal Kumar Choudhary, Brian DeCost, Chi Chen et al. · npj Computational Materials Open access 5 Apr 2022 1,183
2 Atomistic Line Graph Neural Network for improved materials property predictions Kamal Kumar Choudhary, Brian DeCost · npj Computational Materials Open access 15 Nov 2021 773
3 Ocean overturning since the Late Cretaceous: Inferences from a new benthic foraminiferal isotope compilation Benjamin S. Cramer, J. R. Toggweiler, James D. Wright et al. · Paleoceanography Open access Dec 2009 672
4 The joint automated repository for various integrated simulations (JARVIS) for data-driven materials design Kamal Choudhary et al. · npj Computational Materials Open access 12 Nov 2020 533
5 On-the-fly closed-loop materials discovery via Bayesian active learning A. Gilad Kusne, Heshan Yu, Changming Wu et al. · Nature Communications Open access 24 Nov 2020 497
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Which keywords describe research at Theiss Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molecular Dynamics, Biosensors, Two-Dimensional Materials, Electronic Structure, Optical Modulators, Integrated Circuits, Nanoparticles and High-Throughput.

▲ 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-now 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Molecular Dynamics3▲ 37×4 topics
  2. Biosensors3▲ 12×7 topics
  3. Machine Learning2▲ 1.64×4 topics
  4. Nanoparticles2▲ 4.0×10 topics
  5. Two-Dimensional Materials2▲ 21×3 topics
  6. Electronic Structure2▲ 25×7 topics
  7. Optical Modulators2▲ 31×3 topics
  8. Integrated Circuits2▲ 28×3 topics
  9. High-Throughput2▲ 63×1 topic
  10. Materials Informatics2▲ 63×1 topic
  11. Mechanical Properties2▲ 3.6×10 topics
  12. Silicon Photonics2▲ 35×2 topics
  13. Sustainability2▲ 1.42×6 topics
  14. Microcavities1▲ 30×1 topic
  15. Nanophotonic Waveguides1▲ 35×1 topic
  16. Graphene1▲ 4.4×4 topics
  17. Nanocomposites1▲ 3.7×6 topics
  18. Climate Change1◆ 1.05×8 topics
  19. Crystal Structure1▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Biodiversity1▲ 3.2×3 topics
  21. Hydrogen Bonding1▲ 29×4 topics
  22. Nonlinear Optics1▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Photonic Crystals1▲ 20×4 topics
  24. Spintronics1▲ 20×4 topics
  25. Optoelectronic Devices1▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Structure Determination1▲ 80×2 topics
  27. Superconductivity1▲ 14×9 topics

Which research topics does Theiss Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Machine Learning in Materials Science, Photonic and Optical Devices, 2D Materials and Applications and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.

Machine Learning in Materials Science: 2 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 1 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 1 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…1Agricultural Economics and Policy: 1 fractional worksGraphene research and applications: 1 fractional worksExperimental and Theoretical Physics Studies: 1 fractional worksPhysics of Superconducti…1Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 1 fractional works
Materials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences2 others

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

  1. 1 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 2 works
  2. 2 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 1 works
  4. 4 X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography Materials Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  7. 7 Agricultural Economics and Policy General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  8. 8 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  10. 10 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 1 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 available67.9%not open32.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Theiss Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% 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 Theiss Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Theiss Research0.00017% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Theiss Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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