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United States Department of the Army

In research, United States Department of the Army stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,219 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#4,922 of 6,636 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,072 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering — Aerospace Engineering is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,324
of 28,054 · #2,182 all time
Rank in United States
#2,169
of 4,192
Research works
8.1k
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
153k
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
13%
world 28%

What is United States Department of the Army known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #9,219 of 12,888 7.6%233 #1524
EngineeringField #4,922 of 6,636 7.6%144 #927
Health SciencesDomain #10,072 of 11,982 8.4%69 #3591
Social SciencesDomain #10,282 of 10,521 4.7%75 #4637

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United States Department of the Army 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,524 #9,219
  2. Engineering#927 #4,922
  3. Health Sciences#3,591 #10,072
  4. Social Sciences#4,637 #10,282
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does United States Department of the Army specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 35.4 works7.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.75× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.43× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.43× its world share, 144 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.33× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at United States Department of the Army?

Ranked on the composite score, J.R. Vig, H. Jacobs and R. J. Weiss lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United States Department of the Army.

  1. 1 J.R. Vig United States · #23,619 worldwide 357 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 H. Jacobs United States · #42,938 worldwide 305 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 R. J. Weiss United States · #91,496 worldwide 290 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Edward H. Poindexter United States · #109,449 worldwide 217 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Michael Binder United States · #109,663 worldwide 332 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 F. Schwering United States · #141,768 worldwide 158 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 G. J. Iafrate United States · #141,870 worldwide 316 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 A. Ballato United States · #181,839 worldwide 279 citations · 71 works
  9. 9 G. Goubau United States · #212,458 worldwide 346 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 T. Lukaszek United States · #232,102 worldwide 139 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at United States Department of the Army

Which keywords describe research at United States Department of the Army?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Flight Control, Control Systems, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Parameter Estimation, Machine Learning, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Dynamic Soaring.

▲ 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 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. Machine Learning17▲ 1.34×40 topics
  2. Epidemiology16◆ 1.04×64 topics
  3. Deep Learning16◆ 1.15×42 topics
  4. Flight Control9▲ 84×2 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties8▲ 2.2×24 topics
  6. Public Health8▲ 1.46×26 topics
  7. Control Systems8▲ 11×5 topics
  8. Risk Assessment8▲ 3.1×14 topics
  9. Autonomous Vehicles8▲ 9.4×4 topics
  10. Electric Vehicles8▲ 6.7×4 topics
  11. Parameter Estimation7▲ 14×2 topics
  12. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles7▲ 8.9×2 topics
  13. Dynamic Soaring6▲ 113×1 topic
  14. Wind Estimation6▲ 113×1 topic
  15. Thermal Management6▲ 4.5×7 topics
  16. Complex Adaptive Systems6▲ 49×2 topics
  17. Large-Eddy Simulation5▲ 7.0×5 topics
  18. Model Predictive Control5▲ 5.2×5 topics
  19. Smart Grid5▲ 3.4×3 topics
  20. Vibration Control5▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Collision Avoidance5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  22. Adaptive Mesh Refinement4▲ 19×2 topics
  23. High-Order Schemes4▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Radial Basis Functions4▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Shock-Wave Interactions4▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Turbulence Modeling4▲ 28×1 topic
  27. Emissions4▲ 5.0×3 topics
  28. Product Development4▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Air Quality4▲ 5.4×4 topics
  30. Turbulent Flow4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  31. Hardware-in-the-Loop4▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Real-Time Simulation4▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Model-Based Systems Engineering4▲ 127×1 topic
  34. Value-Driven Design4▲ 127×1 topic
  35. System Maturity4▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Technology Readiness Levels4▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Genetic Algorithms3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  38. Vehicle Dynamics3▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Counterinsurgency3▲ 79×2 topics
  40. Smart Structures3▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does United States Department of the Army publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aerospace and Aviation Technology, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Real-time simulation and control systems and Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications.

Aerospace and Aviation T…6Aerospace and Aviation Technology: 6 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dyna…4Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 4 fractional worksReal-time simulation and…4Real-time simulation and control systems: 4 fractional worksSystems Engineering Meth…4Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications: 4 fractional worksTechnology Assessment and Management: 4 fractional worksAeroelasticity and Vibration Control: 3 fractional worksMilitary History and Str…3Military History and Strategy: 3 fractional worksAerospace Engineering and Control Systems: 3 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 3 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…2Disaster Response and Management: 2 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsControl and Systems EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality3 others

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

  1. 1 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 4 works
  3. 3 Real-time simulation and control systems Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Technology Assessment and Management Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  6. 6 Aeroelasticity and Vibration Control Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Military History and Strategy Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  8. 8 Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 3 works
  10. 10 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 2 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 available12.7%not open87.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.5%domestic only92.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has United States Department of the Army's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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