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U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate

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Research works
117
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.2k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy 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.

Chemistry: 1.90× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.80× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 15.42× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 15.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: High Power Terahertz Sources, Vacuum Electronics, Nonlinear Optics, Pulsed Power, Fiber Lasers, Gas Sensing, Surface Modification and Frequency Conversion.

▲ 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. High Power Terahertz Sources10▲ 292×1 topic
  2. Vacuum Electronics10▲ 292×1 topic
  3. Nonlinear Optics9▲ 44×4 topics
  4. Pulsed Power8▲ 271×2 topics
  5. Fiber Lasers8▲ 45×3 topics
  6. Gas Sensing7▲ 73×2 topics
  7. Surface Modification7▲ 35×3 topics
  8. Frequency Conversion6▲ 56×3 topics
  9. Electron Beam6▲ 540×1 topic
  10. High Current6▲ 540×1 topic
  11. Negative Ion Sources5▲ 98×1 topic
  12. Superconducting Cavities5▲ 98×1 topic
  13. Microresonators5▲ 31×3 topics
  14. Optical Fiber4▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Electric Discharge4▲ 89×1 topic
  16. High-Power Laser4▲ 138×1 topic
  17. Laser Oscillation4▲ 89×1 topic
  18. Optical Frequency Combs4▲ 42×1 topic
  19. Supercontinuum Generation4▲ 138×1 topic
  20. Ultrafast Lasers4▲ 42×1 topic
  21. Raman Lasers3▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Spectroscopic Databases3▲ 47×1 topic
  23. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers3▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Artificial Neural Networks3▲ 5.8×2 topics
  25. Turbulence3▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Microwave Filters3▲ 32×1 topic
  27. Substrate Integrated Waveguide3▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Maxwell's Equations2▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Spectroscopy2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  30. Crystal Growth2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  31. Electric Propulsion2▲ 36×2 topics
  32. Plasma Etching2▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Semiconductor Industry2▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Tokamak2▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Transport2▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Electron Beams2▲ 61×1 topic
  37. Laser-Plasma Accelerators2▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Solid-State Lasers2▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Ytterbium2▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Electromagnetics2▲ 59×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research, Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods, Optical measurement and interference techniques and Digital Holography and Microscopy.

Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research: 1 fractional worksElectromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods: 0 fractional worksOptical measurement and interference techniques: 0 fractional worksDigital Holography and Microscopy: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 0 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Laser Applications: 0 fractional worksQuantum and electron tra…0Quantum and electron transport phenomena: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Tec…0Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 0 fractional worksMaterial Selection and P…0Material Selection and Properties: 0 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wave…0Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 0 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionInstrumentation2 others

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

  1. 1 Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  2. 2 Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Optical measurement and interference techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  4. 4 Digital Holography and Microscopy Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 0 works
  6. 6 Spectroscopy and Laser Applications Spectroscopy 0 works
  7. 7 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  8. 8 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  9. 9 Material Selection and Properties Materials Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.