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Walt Disney (United States)

In research, Walt Disney (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,827 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,602
of 28,054 · #3,062 all time
Rank in United States
#1,725
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▼ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
27.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Walt Disney (United States) 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 #6,827 of 12,888 13.1%71 #1978

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 1.07× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 3.15× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.17× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.83× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 17.42× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.82× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.64× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 17.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Iain Matthews, Patrick Lucey and Alanson P. Sample lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Walt Disney (United States).

  1. 1 Iain Matthews United States · #18,287 worldwide 2.3k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Patrick Lucey United States · #36,413 worldwide 1.1k citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Alanson P. Sample United States · #47,613 worldwide 433 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Ivan Poupyrev United States · #96,011 worldwide 374 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Wojciech Jarosz United States · #181,030 worldwide 96 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Peter Carr United States · #302,874 worldwide 157 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Alexander Sorkine‐Hornung United States · #317,898 worldwide 311 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Anne Savage United States · #374,440 worldwide 80 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Ali Israr United States · #510,151 worldwide 139 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Christopher Schroers United States · #521,028 worldwide 84 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Walt Disney (United States)

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Deep Learning25▲ 4.8×39 topics
  2. Stereotypes11▲ 75×2 topics
  3. Gender Roles9▲ 52×2 topics
  4. Content Analysis9▲ 46×2 topics
  5. Social Identity9▲ 62×2 topics
  6. Advertising8▲ 137×1 topic
  7. Media Representation8▲ 150×1 topic
  8. Neural Networks8▲ 3.7×17 topics
  9. 3D Reconstruction7▲ 48×2 topics
  10. Point Clouds7▲ 48×2 topics
  11. Healthcare6▲ 3.4×6 topics
  12. Simulation6▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Computer Graphics5▲ 136×1 topic
  14. Visualization5▲ 63×1 topic
  15. Population Dynamics5▲ 14×6 topics
  16. Conservation5▲ 7.4×10 topics
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks5▲ 4.4×7 topics
  18. Cultural Studies4▲ 7.8×7 topics
  19. Identity4▲ 3.8×6 topics
  20. Convolutional Networks4▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Mesh Segmentation4▲ 92×1 topic
  22. Shape Representation4▲ 92×1 topic
  23. Unsupervised Learning4▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Cultural Heritage4▲ 4.7×4 topics
  25. Animal Welfare3▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Generative Adversarial Networks3▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Emotional State3▲ 61×1 topic
  28. Market Dynamics3▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Stress Indicators3▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Adaptive Evolution3▲ 33×2 topics
  31. Box Office3▲ 68×1 topic
  32. Film Industry3▲ 68×1 topic
  33. Genetic Variation3▲ 8.5×2 topics
  34. Narrative3▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Terrestrial Laser Scanning3▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Genetic Structure3▲ 25×3 topics
  37. Natural Selection3▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Phenotypic Plasticity3▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Photogrammetry3▲ 28×1 topic
  40. UAV3▲ 28×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 Cultural Heritage: 3 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 2 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 2 fractional worksDigital Games and Media2Digital Games and Media: 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 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 2 works
  10. 10 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% lower than in 2013–2017.

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