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Vixar (United States)

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Research works
18
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
196
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
6%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Vixar (United States)

Not ranked overall: Vixar (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Vixar (United States) work in?

In all years, 89% of research at Vixar (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (67%), Physics and Astronomy (15%), Neuroscience (6%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 88.9% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 66.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 63.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 14.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 10.3% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKVixar (UnitedStates)18fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 3 domains and 6 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1266.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy314.9%
    3. Environmental Science15.5%
    4. Chemical Engineering01.8%
    1. Neuroscience16.5%
    1. Medicine14.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Who are the top researchers at Vixar (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, William K. Hogan and Klein L. Johnson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vixar (United States).

  1. 1 William K. Hogan United States · #3,331,844 worldwide 134 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Klein L. Johnson United States · #4,962,092 worldwide 387 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Vixar (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Vixar (United States)?

The most cited paper from Vixar (United States) is "The role of VCSELs in 3D sensing and LiDAR" (Matthew M. Dummer, Klein L. Johnson, Sara Rothwell et al., 2021), with 57 citations. Next come "Advances in Red VCSEL Technology" (52) and "VCSEL technology for medical diagnostics and therapeutics" (24).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The role of VCSELs in 3D sensing and LiDAR Matthew M. Dummer, Klein L. Johnson, Sara Rothwell et al. Conference paper 4 Mar 2021 57
2 Advances in Red VCSEL Technology Klein L. Johnson, Mary K. Hibbs-Brenner, William K. Hogan et al. · Advances in Optical Technologies Open access 15 Feb 2012 52
3 VCSEL technology for medical diagnostics and therapeutics Mary K. Hibbs-Brenner, Klein L. Johnson, Mark Bendett · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper 12 Feb 2009 24
4 Push-Pull Modulation of a Composite-Resonator Vertical-Cavity Laser Chen Chen, Klein L. Johnson, Mary K. Hibbs-Brenner et al. · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics 17 Feb 2010 20
5 Beam Properties of Visible Proton-Implanted Photonic Crystal VCSELs A. Kasten, Dominic Francis Siriani, Mary K. Hibbs-Brenner et al. · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 26 Apr 2011 15
All 25 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Vixar (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Photonic and Optical Devices, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures and Optical Network Technologies.

Semiconductor Lasers and…1Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…1Photonic and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksMolecular Junctions and …0Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures: 0 fractional worksOptical Network Technolo…0Optical Network Technologies: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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

  1. 1 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic 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 available5.8%not open94.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vixar (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.

201020152020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Vixar (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2022.

0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Vixar (United States)0.000019% in 202320102020

Fractional works of Vixar (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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