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Transportation Safety Institute

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Research works
81
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
19.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Transportation Safety Institute

Not ranked overall: Transportation Safety Institute 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 Transportation Safety Institute work in?

In all years, 77% of research at Transportation Safety Institute is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Environmental Science (11%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 77.2% of its workEngineering: 35 fractional works · 43.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 9.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 9.7% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKTransportationSafety Institute81fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences15%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3543.7%
    2. Environmental Science910.9%
    3. Computer Science89.7%
    4. Chemistry44.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy22.7%
    7. Materials Science11.8%
    8. Mathematics00.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    1. Social Sciences56.6%
    2. Decision Sciences34.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    4. Psychology11.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.3%
    1. Medicine33.6%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
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: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.88× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 3.18× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 13.00× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.48× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 13.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences13.00×1 works
  2. Health Professions3.18×1 works
  3. Social Sciences2.48×2 works
  4. Engineering1.88×2 works
  5. Psychology0.92×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.88×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.73×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.54×0 works
  9. Medicine0.29×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Transportation Safety Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Daniel R. Troolin, Stanley L. Kaufman and Tyson E. Strand lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Transportation Safety Institute.

  1. 1 Daniel R. Troolin United States · #811,910 worldwide 704 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Stanley L. Kaufman United States · #855,656 worldwide 2k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Tyson E. Strand United States · #1,404,169 worldwide 438 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Fahimeh Zarrin United States · #2,027,657 worldwide 716 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Rajan K. Menon United States · #3,187,224 worldwide 171 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Wing T. Lai United States · #3,737,424 worldwide 404 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Transportation Safety Institute

What are the most cited papers from Transportation Safety Institute?

The most cited paper from Transportation Safety Institute is "Charge‐reduced nano electrospray ionization combined with differential mobility analysis of peptides, proteins, glycoproteins, noncovalent protein complexes and viruses" (Gerold Bacher, Wladyslaw Witold Szymanski, Stanley L. Kaufman et al., 2001), with 224 citations. Next come "Macromolecule Analysis Based on Electrophoretic Mobility in Air: Globular Proteins" (220) and "Gasoline Fuel Injector Spray Measurement and Characterization - A New SAE J2715 Recommended Practice" (174).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Charge‐reduced nano electrospray ionization combined with differential mobility analysis of peptides, proteins, glycoproteins, noncovalent protein complexes and viruses Gerold Bacher, Wladyslaw Witold Szymanski, Stanley L. Kaufman et al. · Journal of Mass Spectrometry Sep 2001 224
2 Macromolecule Analysis Based on Electrophoretic Mobility in Air: Globular Proteins Stanley L. Kaufman, Jeffrey W. Skogen, Frank D. Dorman et al. · Analytical Chemistry Jun 1996 220
3 Gasoline Fuel Injector Spray Measurement and Characterization - A New SAE J2715 Recommended Practice David L. S. Hung, David L. Harrington, Anand H. Gandhi et al. · SAE international journal of fuels and lubricants 14 Apr 2008 174
4 A New Electrical Mobility Particle Sizer Spectrometer for Engine Exhaust Particle Measurements Timothy Johnson, Robert Caldow, Arndt Pöcher et al. · SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series Conference paper 8 Mar 2004 174
5 Intercomparison Study of the Size-Dependent Counting Efficiency of 26 Condensation Particle Counters A. Wiedensohlet, Douglas A. Orsini, David S. Covert et al. · Aerosol Science and Technology Open access 1997 169
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Transportation Safety Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Large-Eddy Simulation, Heat Transfer, Vortex Dynamics, Machine Learning, Multiphase Flow, Particulate Matter, Turbulent Flow and Nanoparticle Encapsulation.

▲ 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. Large-Eddy Simulation6▲ 33×5 topics
  2. Machine Learning6▲ 3.4×10 topics
  3. Heat Transfer5▲ 12×5 topics
  4. Vortex Dynamics4▲ 32×3 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications4▲ 4.7×4 topics
  6. Multiphase Flow4▲ 48×3 topics
  7. Particulate Matter4▲ 42×2 topics
  8. Turbulent Flow4▲ 34×4 topics
  9. Neural Networks3▲ 4.0×6 topics
  10. Nanoparticle Encapsulation3▲ 79×2 topics
  11. Drug Delivery3▲ 8.2×2 topics
  12. Particle Image Velocimetry3▲ 41×1 topic
  13. Turbulent Flows3▲ 30×1 topic
  14. Two-Phase Flow3▲ 43×2 topics
  15. CFD Simulation3▲ 32×3 topics
  16. Electrohydrodynamic Jet Printing3▲ 115×1 topic
  17. Electrospraying3▲ 115×1 topic
  18. Environmental Monitoring3▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Air Quality3▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Imaging2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  21. STEM Education2▲ 10×3 topics
  22. Clustering2▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Forecasting2▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Particles2▲ 95×1 topic
  25. Turbulence2▲ 19×1 topic
  26. Air Quality Monitoring2▲ 74×1 topic
  27. Digital Learning2▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Low-Cost Sensors2▲ 74×1 topic
  29. Vibration-based Damage Identification2▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Wireless Sensors2▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Flow Control2▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Character Development2▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Electrostatic Precipitators2▲ 98×1 topic
  35. Filtration Technologies2▲ 98×1 topic
  36. Learning Outcomes2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  37. Mobile Learning2▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Wastewater2▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Air Pollution2▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 10.0×1 topic

Which research topics does Transportation Safety Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Traffic control and management, Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems, Arabic Language Education Studies and Education and Character Development.

Traffic control and mana…0Traffic control and management: 0 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Con…0Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 0 fractional worksArabic Language Educatio…0Arabic Language Education Studies: 0 fractional worksEducation and Character …0Education and Character Development: 0 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 0 fractional worksSafety Systems Engineering in Autonomy: 0 fractional worksSTEM Education0STEM Education: 0 fractional worksScientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation: 0 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Statistical Pro…0Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring: 0 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringEducationStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty1 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Arabic Language Education Studies Education 0 works
  4. 4 Education and Character Development Education 0 works
  5. 5 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  6. 6 Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  7. 7 STEM Education Education 0 works
  8. 8 Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  9. 9 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 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 available26.8%not open73.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Transportation Safety Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Transportation Safety Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000047% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Transportation Safety Institute0.0000068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Transportation Safety Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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