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Trimble (United States)

In research, Trimble (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,873 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,095
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,018
of 7,310
Research works
146
▼ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.3k
50.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.37×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Trimble (United States)

What is Trimble (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 #6,873 of 17,446 21.5%123

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Trimble (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Trimble (United States) work in?

In all years, 85% of research at Trimble (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Physics and Astronomy (17%), Computer Science (15%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 123 fractional works · 84.5% of its workEngineering: 61 fractional works · 41.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 26 fractional works · 18.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 15 fractional works · 10.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 25 fractional works · 17.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 9.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 10 fractional works · 6.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 23 fractional works · 15.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTrimble (UnitedStates)146fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences8%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6141.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy2517.4%
    3. Computer Science2315.4%
    4. Materials Science64.2%
    5. Environmental Science42.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.7%
    7. Chemistry21.1%
    8. Mathematics10.6%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences42.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting32.0%
    3. Psychology31.8%
    4. Decision Sciences11.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Medicine64.1%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
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.

Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.53× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.56× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.52× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 3.46× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× 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, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.52×1 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.56×1 works
  3. Psychology3.46×1 works
  4. Computer Science2.53×2 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.18×1 works
  6. Mathematics1.49×0 works
  7. Engineering0.97×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.94×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.91×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.75×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.56×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.52×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.43×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.38×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.30×0 works
  16. Medicine0.21×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Nathan F. Gardner, James C. Reynolds and PETER V. W. LOOMIS lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Trimble (United States).

  1. 1 Nathan F. Gardner United States · #1,122,835 worldwide 4.4k citations · 72 works
  2. 2 James C. Reynolds United States · #2,361,167 worldwide 199 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 PETER V. W. LOOMIS United States · #3,419,723 worldwide 115 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Rudolph M. Kalafus United States · #4,611,177 worldwide 305 citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Javad Ashjaee United States · #5,937,585 worldwide 198 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Trimble (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Trimble (United States) is "Auger recombination in InGaN measured by photoluminescence" (Yinchu Shen, Gerd O. Mueller, Satoshi W. Watanabe et al., 2007), with 1,114 citations. Next come "III-nitride photonic-crystal light-emitting diodes with high extraction efficiency" (737) and "Large-scale manufacture of peptide therapeutics by chemical synthesis" (603).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Auger recombination in InGaN measured by photoluminescence Yinchu Shen, Gerd O. Mueller, Satoshi W. Watanabe et al. · Applied Physics Letters Oct 2007 1,114
2 III-nitride photonic-crystal light-emitting diodes with high extraction efficiency Jonathan J. Wierer, Aurélien David, Mischa M. Megens · Nature Photonics 22 Feb 2009 737
3 Large-scale manufacture of peptide therapeutics by chemical synthesis Brian L. Bray · Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Review 19 Jun 2003 603
4 Highly efficient all‐nitride phosphor‐converted white light emitting diode Regina Mueller‐Mach, Gerd O. Mueller, Michael R. Krames et al. · physica status solidi (a) Jun 2005 589
5 Blue-emitting InGaN–GaN double-heterostructure light-emitting diodes reaching maximum quantum efficiency above 200A∕cm2 Nathan F. Gardner, Gerd Müller, Yinchu Shen et al. · Applied Physics Letters 10 Dec 2007 442
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Which keywords describe research at Trimble (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanowires, Band Parameters, Semiconductor, GaN, Semiconductors, Solid-State Lighting, Light-Emitting Diodes and AlGaN/GaN HEMTs.

▲ 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. Nanowires19▲ 55×3 topics
  2. Band Parameters18▲ 101×2 topics
  3. Semiconductor11▲ 24×4 topics
  4. GaN11▲ 147×2 topics
  5. Semiconductors11▲ 29×3 topics
  6. Solid-State Lighting10▲ 74×2 topics
  7. Light-Emitting Diodes10▲ 55×2 topics
  8. AlGaN/GaN HEMTs10▲ 156×1 topic
  9. III-Nitrides10▲ 156×1 topic
  10. Photovoltaics9▲ 25×4 topics
  11. GNSS9▲ 268×1 topic
  12. Global Navigation Satellite Systems9▲ 236×1 topic
  13. Quantum Dots8▲ 37×2 topics
  14. Excitons8▲ 71×1 topic
  15. Single-Photon Source8▲ 71×1 topic
  16. Quantum Information6▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Nanoelectronics5▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Entanglement4▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Atomic Layer Deposition4▲ 23×1 topic
  20. High-k Dielectrics4▲ 23×1 topic
  21. Integrated Circuits4▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Thin Films4▲ 9.4×4 topics
  23. Optical Interconnects4▲ 31×1 topic
  24. Semiconductor Lasers4▲ 25×1 topic
  25. Quantum Algorithms3▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Quantum Computation3▲ 71×1 topic
  27. Resource Allocation3▲ 9.6×5 topics
  28. Artificial Neural Networks3▲ 5.1×2 topics
  29. Photodetectors3▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Sensor Fusion3▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Bell Inequality3▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Decoherence3▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Epitaxial Growth3▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Wireless Sensor Networks3▲ 4.9×4 topics
  35. Wireless Communications3▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Microwave Filters2▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Substrate Integrated Waveguide2▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Power Devices2▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Gallium Oxide2▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Ultrawide Bandgap2▲ 55×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Semantic Web and Ontologies, GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, Collaboration in agile enterprises and Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices.

Semantic Web and Ontolog…1Semantic Web and Ontologies: 1 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 1 fractional worksCollaboration in agile e…0Collaboration in agile enterprises: 0 fractional worksSemiconductor Quantum St…0Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices: 0 fractional worksService-Oriented Architecture and Web Services: 0 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…0Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 0 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 0 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma0Child Abuse and Trauma: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceCondensed Matter PhysicsManagement of Technology and InnovationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4 others

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

  1. 1 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  2. 2 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 1 works
  3. 3 Collaboration in agile enterprises Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  5. 5 Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 0 works
  7. 7 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 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 available15.0%not open85.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.2%domestic only79.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% 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 Trimble (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000030% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Trimble (United States)0.000040% in 20251990200020102020

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

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