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U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate

Research works
47
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
666
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

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

Computer Science: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 6.74× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.40× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.79× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 8.96× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanowires, Semiconductors, Photodetectors, Nanostructures, Semiconductor, Biosensors, Optical Modulators and Crystal Growth.

▲ 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. Nanowires5▲ 48×3 topics
  2. Semiconductors5▲ 40×4 topics
  3. Photodetectors5▲ 101×2 topics
  4. Nanostructures4▲ 19×6 topics
  5. Semiconductor4▲ 24×5 topics
  6. Deep Learning4▲ 3.7×15 topics
  7. Biosensors3▲ 13×6 topics
  8. Optical Modulators3▲ 31×3 topics
  9. Crystal Growth3▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Integrated Circuits3▲ 27×2 topics
  11. Band Parameters3▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Doping3▲ 61×2 topics
  13. Photonic Crystals3▲ 37×5 topics
  14. Spintronics3▲ 27×2 topics
  15. Transparent Conductors3▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Ferromagnetism3▲ 78×1 topic
  17. Power Devices3▲ 78×2 topics
  18. Zinc Oxide3▲ 81×1 topic
  19. Raman Lasers2▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Field-Effect Transistors2▲ 25×3 topics
  21. Signal Processing2▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Thin Films2▲ 17×3 topics
  23. AlGaN/GaN HEMTs2▲ 95×1 topic
  24. Epitaxial Growth2▲ 54×2 topics
  25. GaN2▲ 83×2 topics
  26. Gallium Oxide2▲ 150×1 topic
  27. III-Nitrides2▲ 95×1 topic
  28. Light-Emitting Diodes2▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Microcavities2▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Silicon Photonics2▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Solid-State Lighting2▲ 45×2 topics
  32. Ultrawide Bandgap2▲ 150×1 topic
  33. Nanophotonic Waveguides2▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 24×4 topics
  35. Whispering Gallery Mode2▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Microresonators2▲ 30×3 topics
  37. MIMO Radar2▲ 114×2 topics
  38. Solar Cells2▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Fiber Lasers1▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Frequency Conversion1▲ 29×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials, Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design, Ga2O3 and related materials and ZnO doping and properties.

  1. 1 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 1 works
  2. 2 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Ga2O3 and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 works
  4. 4 ZnO doping and properties Materials Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  6. 6 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 0 works
  10. 10 Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices 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 available32.6%not open67.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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.

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