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U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate

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Research works
40
▲ 81% vs 2013–17
Citations
483
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 4.26× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.24× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.55× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and Astronomy1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Photonic Crystals, Polymer Composites, Thermal Decomposition, Multi-Agent Systems, Energetic Salts, ReaxFF and Ballistic Impact.

▲ 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 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. Mechanical Properties3▲ 6.9×10 topics
  2. Photonic Crystals2▲ 32×4 topics
  3. Neural Networks2▲ 4.4×9 topics
  4. Polymer Composites2▲ 25×3 topics
  5. Thermal Decomposition2▲ 63×2 topics
  6. Energetic Salts2▲ 142×1 topic
  7. Multi-Agent Systems2▲ 19×3 topics
  8. ReaxFF2▲ 142×1 topic
  9. Ballistic Impact1▲ 49×2 topics
  10. Dynamic Deformation1▲ 109×1 topic
  11. High Strain Rate1▲ 109×1 topic
  12. Sensor Networks1▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Deep Learning1▲ 1.58×8 topics
  14. Large-Eddy Simulation1▲ 14×3 topics
  15. Mobile Robots1▲ 37×2 topics
  16. Nanocomposites1▲ 4.2×5 topics
  17. Biosensors1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  18. Nonlinear Systems1▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Additive Manufacturing1▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Machine Learning1▲ 1.27×9 topics
  21. Event-Triggered Control1▲ 41×2 topics
  22. Metamaterials1▲ 21×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Photonic Crystals and Applications, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Photonic and Optical Devices and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization.

Photonic Crystals and Applications: 1 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 0 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 0 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 0 fractional worksInnovations in Concrete and Construction Materials: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 0 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dyna…0Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 0 fractional worksControl Systems and Identification: 0 fractional worksReinforcement Learning in Robotics: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems Optimization: 0 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsComputational MechanicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Photonic Crystals and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  2. 2 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 0 works
  3. 3 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials Building and Construction 0 works
  6. 6 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 0 works
  8. 8 Control Systems and Identification Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Reinforcement Learning in Robotics Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems 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 available12.9%not open87.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.2%domestic only94.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 81% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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.