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Thermacore (United States)

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Research works
110
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
5%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Thermacore (United States)

Not ranked overall: Thermacore (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 Thermacore (United States) work in?

In all years, 99% of research at Thermacore (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 0% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (83%), Materials Science (6%), Physics and Astronomy (2%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 110 fractional works · 99.5% of its workEngineering: 92 fractional works · 83.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 47 fractional works · 43.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 22 fractional works · 20.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 7.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKThermacore(United States)110fractional works, all years
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences99%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences0%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering9283.3%
    2. Materials Science76.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy32.5%
    4. Computer Science22.3%
    5. Energy11.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.2%
    7. Chemistry11.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.8%
    9. Environmental Science10.8%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    2. Social Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Thermacore (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 24.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 47.5 works24×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 22.1 works18×
  3. EngineeringField · 92.0 works5.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Who are the top researchers at Thermacore (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Mark T. North, John H. Rosenfeld and G. Yale Eastman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Thermacore (United States).

  1. 1 Mark T. North United States · #1,158,471 worldwide 1.5k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 John H. Rosenfeld United States · #3,808,621 worldwide 326 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 G. Yale Eastman United States · #4,004,895 worldwide 143 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Nelson J. Gernert United States · #5,205,125 worldwide 144 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Donald M. Ernst United States · #5,359,510 worldwide 62 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Thermacore (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Thermacore (United States) is "Characterization of evaporation and boiling from sintered powder wicks fed by capillary action" (Justin A. Weibel, Suresh V. Garimella, Mark T. North, 2010), with 317 citations. Next come "High heat flux heat pipe mechanism for cooling of electronics" (112) and "Enhanced heat transfer of heat sink channels with micro pin fin roughened walls" (104).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Characterization of evaporation and boiling from sintered powder wicks fed by capillary action Justin A. Weibel, Suresh V. Garimella, Mark T. North · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 12 Jun 2010 317
2 High heat flux heat pipe mechanism for cooling of electronics Zhijun Zuo, Mark T. North, Kevin L. Wert · IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies Jun 2001 112
3 Enhanced heat transfer of heat sink channels with micro pin fin roughened walls Taiho Yeom, Terrence W. Simon, Tao Zhang et al. · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Open access 24 Sep 2015 104
4 Experimental investigation of a flat plate heat pipe performance using IR thermal imaging camera Rabah Boukhanouf, ASSED NAKED HADDAD, Mark T. North et al. · Applied Thermal Engineering 13 Jun 2006 100
5 The prestressability problem of tensegrity structures: some analytical solutions Cornel Sultan, M. Corless, Robert E. Skelton · International Journal of Solids and Structures Jul 2001 97
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Thermacore (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Heat Exchangers, Thermal Management, Two-Phase Flow, Boiling Heat Transfer, Microchannels, Fluid Flow and Pressure Drop.

▲ 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. Heat Transfer48▲ 86×13 topics
  2. Heat Exchangers36▲ 451×2 topics
  3. Thermal Management21▲ 65×6 topics
  4. Two-Phase Flow20▲ 198×2 topics
  5. Boiling Heat Transfer20▲ 666×1 topic
  6. Microchannels20▲ 666×1 topic
  7. Fluid Flow19▲ 286×2 topics
  8. Pressure Drop19▲ 217×2 topics
  9. Numerical Simulation18▲ 50×4 topics
  10. Convective Heat Transfer17▲ 255×2 topics
  11. Experimental Study17▲ 212×1 topic
  12. Microchannel17▲ 326×1 topic
  13. Cryogenic Storage10▲ 253×1 topic
  14. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)10▲ 253×1 topic
  15. Thermodynamic Analysis5▲ 87×3 topics
  16. Experimental Investigation5▲ 54×2 topics
  17. Thermal Conductivity5▲ 30×6 topics
  18. Large-Eddy Simulation4▲ 17×5 topics
  19. Thermal Analysis4▲ 24×4 topics
  20. Performance Optimization4▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Optimization4▲ 6.1×3 topics
  22. CFD Modeling3▲ 76×2 topics
  23. Friction Factor3▲ 89×1 topic
  24. Solar Air Heater3▲ 89×1 topic
  25. Stirling Engines3▲ 239×1 topic
  26. Thermoacoustic3▲ 239×1 topic
  27. Fluid Mechanics3▲ 28×2 topics
  28. CubeSat3▲ 110×1 topic
  29. Separation Control3▲ 86×2 topics
  30. small satellite3▲ 110×1 topic
  31. Turbulent Flows3▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Aerodynamic Flow Control3▲ 181×1 topic
  33. Plasma Actuators3▲ 181×1 topic
  34. Particle Image Velocimetry3▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Vortex Dynamics3▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Porous Media2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Safety Assessment2▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Metal Foams2▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Packed Beds2▲ 140×1 topic
  40. Reliability Evaluation2▲ 35×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Schizophrenia research and treatment, Healthcare Policy and Management and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Schizophrenia research a…0Schizophrenia research and treatment: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…0Healthcare Policy and Management: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…0Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthEconomics and Econometrics

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

  1. 1 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 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 available4.8%not open95.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.7%domestic only95.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower than in 2018-2021.

1990200020102020
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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 Thermacore (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000056% in 2019.

0.00050%0.0010%Thermacore (United States)0.0000037% in 202319801990200020102020

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

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