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Thermal Wave Imaging (United States)

In research, Thermal Wave Imaging (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,943 of 21,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#7,150 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#18,023
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,916
of 8,685
Research works
245
▼ 62% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

What is Thermal Wave Imaging (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #9,943 of 21,541 14.2%234
EngineeringField #7,150 of 11,412 13.2%182

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Thermal Wave Imaging (United States) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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.

Engineering: 5.63× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksPsychologyworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Thermal Wave Imaging (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Allan Rosencwaig, Jon Opsal and Steven M. Shepard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Thermal Wave Imaging (United States).

  1. 1 Allan Rosencwaig United States · #76,246 worldwide 262 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Jon Opsal United States · #281,137 worldwide 113 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Steven M. Shepard United States · #391,098 worldwide 101 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Thermal Wave Imaging (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Thermal Wave Imaging (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Non-Destructive Testing, Defect Detection, Infrared Thermography, Thermal Imaging, Composite Materials, Building Diagnostics, Pulsed Thermography and Solar Cells.

▲ 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. Non-Destructive Testing39▲ 136×2 topics
  2. Defect Detection36▲ 139×2 topics
  3. Infrared Thermography32▲ 302×2 topics
  4. Thermal Imaging32▲ 302×2 topics
  5. Composite Materials32▲ 58×3 topics
  6. Building Diagnostics32▲ 610×1 topic
  7. Pulsed Thermography32▲ 610×1 topic
  8. Solar Cells24▲ 31×5 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties16▲ 6.9×13 topics
  10. Failure Analysis16▲ 47×3 topics
  11. Integrated Circuits15▲ 26×2 topics
  12. Laser Voltage Probing14▲ 110×1 topic
  13. Microstructure14▲ 11×9 topics
  14. Photon Emission Microscopy14▲ 110×1 topic
  15. Nanostructures13▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Photovoltaics11▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Efficiency10▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Passivation10▲ 99×1 topic
  19. Silicon10▲ 54×1 topic
  20. Nanofabrication9▲ 42×2 topics
  21. Spectroscopy9▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Material Characterization8▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Welding8▲ 57×3 topics
  24. Laser Welding8▲ 75×2 topics
  25. Process Optimization8▲ 51×2 topics
  26. Residual Stress8▲ 73×2 topics
  27. Heat Transfer8▲ 6.2×1 topic
  28. Numerical Simulation8▲ 9.5×1 topic
  29. Photonic Crystals7▲ 20×3 topics
  30. Damage Detection7▲ 40×2 topics
  31. Detection7▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Micromachining7▲ 57×2 topics
  33. Sparse Representation7▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Guided Lamb Waves7▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring7▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Antireflective Coatings7▲ 98×1 topic
  37. Femtosecond Laser7▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Thin-Film Materials7▲ 98×1 topic
  39. Transparent Materials7▲ 92×1 topic
  40. Infrared7▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Thermal Wave Imaging (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses, Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis, Mechatronics Education and Applications and Offshore Engineering and Technologies.

  1. 1 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Mechatronics Education and Applications Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  8. 8 Mechanical Failure Analysis and Simulation Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 High Temperature Alloys and Creep Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Fatigue and fracture mechanics Mechanics of Materials 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 available12.9%not open87.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Thermal Wave Imaging (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% 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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