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VWR International (United States)

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Research works
13
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
127
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
VWR International (United States)

Not ranked overall: VWR International (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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

In all years, 57% of research at VWR International (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (31%), Social Sciences (10%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 57.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 30.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 13.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 7.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 22.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 9.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVWR International(United States)13fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences23%

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 4 domains and 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering430.8%
    2. Chemistry17.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences17.4%
    4. Materials Science15.5%
    5. Computer Science02.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy02.1%
    7. Environmental Science01.4%
    1. Social Sciences110.2%
    2. Psychology15.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities02.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting02.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology16.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.7%
    1. Medicine19.8%
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.

Computer Science: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.00× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceArts and Humanities: 6.79× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 6.43× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.79×0 works
  2. Psychology6.43×0 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.00×0 works
  4. Social Sciences1.55×0 works
  5. Engineering1.31×0 works
  6. Computer Science1.26×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.79×0 works

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

The most cited paper from VWR International (United States) is "Superconducting Gravimetry" (J. Hinderer, David Crossley, Richard John Warburton, 2015), with 88 citations. Next come "The Benefits of Using a Network of Superconducting Gravimeters to Monitor and Study Active Volcanoes" (42) and "Performance of three iGrav superconducting gravity meters before and after transport to remote monitoring sites" (23).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Superconducting Gravimetry J. Hinderer, David Crossley, Richard John Warburton · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 2015 88
2 The Benefits of Using a Network of Superconducting Gravimeters to Monitor and Study Active Volcanoes Daniele Carbone, Flavio Cannavò, Filippo Greco et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth Open access 16 Mar 2019 42
3 Performance of three iGrav superconducting gravity meters before and after transport to remote monitoring sites Florian Schäfer, Philippe Jousset, Andreas Güntner et al. · Geophysical Journal International Open access 27 Jul 2020 23
4 Intercomparing Superconducting Gravimeter Records in a Dense Meter-Scale Network at the J9 Gravimetric Observatory of Strasbourg, France Jacques Hinderer, Richard John Warburton, S. Rosat et al. · Pure and Applied Geophysics Open access 21 Apr 2022 12
5 Enhancement of the Liquefaction Rate in Small-Scale Helium Liquefiers Working Near and Above the Critical Point C. Rillo, Miguel Gabal, María Pilar Lozano et al. · Physical Review Applied Open access 8 May 2015 12
All 16 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: Medical History and Research, Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology, Emile Durkheim and Sociology and Smart Grid and Power Systems.

Medical History and Research: 0 fractional worksAcademic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology: 0 fractional worksEmile Durkheim and Socio…0Emile Durkheim and Sociology: 0 fractional worksSmart Grid and Power Sys…0Smart Grid and Power Systems: 0 fractional worksPower System Reliability…0Power System Reliability and Maintenance: 0 fractional worksComputational Physics an…0Computational Physics and Python Applications: 0 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 0 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 0 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 0 fractional works
HistoryGeneral PsychologySociology and Political ScienceElectrical and Electronic Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Medical History and Research History 0 works
  2. 2 Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology General Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Emile Durkheim and Sociology Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Smart Grid and Power Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Power System Reliability and Maintenance Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  6. 6 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 0 works
  8. 8 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 0 works
  9. 9 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 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 available43.8%not open56.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.4%domestic only54.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 VWR International (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000038% in 2022.

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

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