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Walt Disney (United States)

In research, Walt Disney (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,085 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,589
of 22,385 · #3,284 all time
Rank in United States
#1,466
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
27.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Walt Disney (United States)

What is Walt Disney (United States) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #7,085 of 10,670 3.4%71 #2080

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Walt Disney (United States) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

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

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Walt Disney (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (25%), Engineering (12%), Social Sciences (11%).

Physical Sciences: 74 fractional works · 47.5% of its workComputer Science: 38 fractional works · 24.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 17 fractional works · 11.1% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 11.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 28.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 11.3% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 14.8% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 8.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 9.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWalt Disney(United States)156fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences28%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science3824.6%
    2. Engineering1911.9%
    3. Environmental Science85.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences53.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.4%
    6. Materials Science10.8%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1811.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities85.2%
    3. Psychology74.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting42.5%
    6. Decision Sciences42.4%
    1. Medicine138.2%
    2. Health Professions63.9%
    3. Veterinary42.4%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences85.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 3.16× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 17.69× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.81× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.52× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 17.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary17.69×4 works
  2. Computer Science3.16×38 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.52×4 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.17×5 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.81×8 works
  6. Health Professions1.50×6 works
  7. Psychology1.41×7 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.22×4 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.06×8 works
  10. Environmental Science1.06×8 works
  11. Social Sciences0.89×18 works
  12. Engineering0.79×19 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.79×4 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.65×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×4 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.46×1 works
  18. Nursing0.44×0 works
  19. Medicine0.43×13 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.23×1 works
  22. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Walt Disney (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Ivan Poupyrev, Andrew P. Selle and Derek Bradley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Walt Disney (United States).

  1. 1 Ivan Poupyrev United States · #101,303 worldwide 13k citations · 121 works
  2. 2 Andrew P. Selle United States · #130,554 worldwide 4.3k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Derek Bradley United States · #131,572 worldwide 5.5k citations · 101 works
  4. 4 Alexander Sorkine‐Hornung United States · #195,578 worldwide 5.7k citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Rasmus Tamstorf United States · #242,533 worldwide 1.9k citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Peter Carr United States · #313,685 worldwide 4.6k citations · 71 works
  7. 7 Peter‐Pike Sloan United States · #330,291 worldwide 4k citations · 76 works
  8. 8 Fabrice Rousselle United States · #334,189 worldwide 1.6k citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Wojciech Jarosz United States · #403,113 worldwide 4.2k citations · 166 works
  10. 10 Alexey Stomakhin United States · #634,750 worldwide 1.8k citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Walt Disney (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Walt Disney (United States) is "The Extended Cohn-Kanade Dataset (CK+): A complete dataset for action unit and emotion-specified expression" (Patrick J. Lucey, Jeffrey F. Cohn, Takeo Kanade et al., 2010), with 4,216 citations. Next come "Saliency filters: Contrast based filtering for salient region detection" (2,144) and "A Benchmark Dataset and Evaluation Methodology for Video Object Segmentation" (2,101).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Extended Cohn-Kanade Dataset (CK+): A complete dataset for action unit and emotion-specified expression Patrick J. Lucey, Jeffrey F. Cohn, Takeo Kanade et al. Conference paper Jun 2010 4,216
2 Saliency filters: Contrast based filtering for salient region detection Federico Perazzi, Philipp Krähenbühl, Yael Pritch et al. Conference paper Jun 2012 2,144
3 A Benchmark Dataset and Evaluation Methodology for Video Object Segmentation Federico Perazzi, Jordi Pont-Tuset, Brian McWilliams et al. Conference paper Jun 2016 2,101
4 Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity Adrian F. Ward, Kristen E. Duke, Ayelet Gneezy et al. · Journal of the Association for Consumer Research Open access Apr 2017 785
5 TeslaTouch Olivier Bau, Ivan Poupyrev, Ali Israr et al. Conference paper 3 Oct 2010 651
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Walt Disney (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Stereotypes, Gender Roles, Content Analysis, Social Identity, Advertising, Media Representation and 3D Reconstruction.

▲ 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-now 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. Deep Learning25▲ 4.7×40 topics
  2. Stereotypes11▲ 74×2 topics
  3. Gender Roles9▲ 50×2 topics
  4. Neural Networks9▲ 3.6×18 topics
  5. Content Analysis9▲ 44×2 topics
  6. Social Identity9▲ 60×2 topics
  7. Advertising8▲ 137×1 topic
  8. Media Representation8▲ 148×1 topic
  9. 3D Reconstruction7▲ 47×2 topics
  10. Point Clouds7▲ 47×2 topics
  11. Healthcare6▲ 3.2×6 topics
  12. Simulation6▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Computer Graphics5▲ 132×1 topic
  14. Population Dynamics5▲ 13×6 topics
  15. Visualization5▲ 60×1 topic
  16. Conservation5▲ 7.7×11 topics
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks5▲ 4.3×7 topics
  18. Cultural Studies4▲ 7.7×7 topics
  19. Identity4▲ 3.7×6 topics
  20. Convolutional Networks4▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Mesh Segmentation4▲ 85×1 topic
  22. Shape Representation4▲ 85×1 topic
  23. Unsupervised Learning4▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Cultural Heritage4▲ 4.6×4 topics
  25. Animal Welfare4▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Generative Adversarial Networks3▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Emotional State3▲ 62×1 topic
  28. Stress Indicators3▲ 62×1 topic
  29. Adaptive Evolution3▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Genetic Variation3▲ 8.3×2 topics
  31. Market Dynamics3▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Box Office3▲ 68×1 topic
  33. Evolutionary Dynamics3▲ 45×2 topics
  34. Film Industry3▲ 68×1 topic
  35. Narrative3▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Natural Selection3▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Phenotypic Plasticity3▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Terrestrial Laser Scanning3▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Genetic Structure3▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Photogrammetry3▲ 28×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Media, Gender, and Advertising, Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques, 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis and Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies.

Media, Gender, and Adver…8Media, Gender, and Advertising: 8 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 5 fractional works3D Shape Modeling and Analysis: 4 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 3 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 3 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Reproduction: 3 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultura…33D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 3 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 2 fractional worksDigital Games and Media2Digital Games and Media: 2 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 2 fractional works
Gender StudiesComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignComputational MechanicsSmall Animals6 others

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

  1. 1 Media, Gender, and Advertising Gender Studies 8 works
  2. 2 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 5 works
  3. 3 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis Computational Mechanics 4 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 3 works
  5. 5 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  6. 6 Animal Behavior and Reproduction Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 3 works
  7. 7 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 3 works
  8. 8 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 2 works
  9. 9 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  10. 10 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 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 available21.5%not open78.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.7%domestic only76.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% 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 Walt Disney (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00060% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Walt Disney (United States)0.00060% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Walt Disney (United States)3.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.8% in 2012.

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