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U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate

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Research works
41
▲ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
183
4.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
4%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Chemical Engineering: 4.48× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 4.87× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.51× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Large-Eddy Simulation, Heat Transfer, Turbulent Flows, Vortex Dynamics, Boundary Layer Transition, Particle Image Velocimetry, High-Order Schemes and Turbulence Modeling.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Large-Eddy Simulation5▲ 107×3 topics
  2. Heat Transfer4▲ 36×5 topics
  3. Turbulent Flows3▲ 122×2 topics
  4. Vortex Dynamics3▲ 107×2 topics
  5. Boundary Layer Transition3▲ 160×1 topic
  6. Particle Image Velocimetry3▲ 160×1 topic
  7. High-Order Schemes2▲ 161×1 topic
  8. Turbulence Modeling2▲ 255×1 topic
  9. Combustion Instabilities2▲ 108×2 topics
  10. Thermal Management2▲ 20×4 topics
  11. Chemical Kinetics1▲ 68×2 topics
  12. Flow Control1▲ 105×2 topics
  13. Turbulent Flow1▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Event-Triggered Control1▲ 80×2 topics
  15. Acoustic Sources1▲ 249×1 topic
  16. Aerodynamic Flow Control1▲ 406×1 topic
  17. Boltzmann Equation1▲ 221×1 topic
  18. Jet Noise1▲ 249×1 topic
  19. Kinetic Theory1▲ 101×1 topic
  20. Plasma Actuators1▲ 406×1 topic
  21. Premixed Combustion1▲ 114×1 topic
  22. Turbulent Flames1▲ 114×1 topic

Which research topics does U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics and Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows.

Fluid Dynamics and Turbu…3Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 3 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 2 fractional worksPlasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics: 1 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 1 fractional worksGas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 1 fractional worksCombustion and flame dyn…1Combustion and flame dynamics: 1 fractional worksDistributed Control Multi-Agent Systems: 1 fractional worksStability and Control of Uncertain Systems: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor Technologies Research: 0 fractional worksRocket and propulsion systems research: 0 fractional works
Computational MechanicsAerospace EngineeringApplied MathematicsComputer Networks and Communications2 others

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

  1. 1 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 3 works
  2. 2 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  3. 3 Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 1 works
  6. 6 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 1 works
  7. 7 Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  8. 8 Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Sensor Technologies Research Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 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 available3.9%not open96.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.0%domestic only95.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Aerospace Systems Directorate's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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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