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Waters (United States)

In research, Waters (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,652 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Spectroscopy and Chemistry — Spectroscopy is 67.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,188
of 28,054 · #5,239 all time
Rank in United States
#1,366
of 4,192
Research works
2k
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
78k
38.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Waters (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 #7,652 of 12,888 16.4%127 #4201

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Waters (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).

What does Waters (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Spectroscopy takes 67.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SpectroscopySubfield · 33.9 works67×
  2. ChemistryField · 42.8 works12×
← 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: 1.31× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.91× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.19× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.07× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 11.93× its world share, 43 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.81× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.45× its world share, 39 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Steven A. Cohen, Kevin Giles and Petr Jandík lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Waters (United States).

  1. 1 Steven A. Cohen United States · #248,453 worldwide 117 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Kevin Giles United States · #299,238 worldwide 70 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Petr Jandík United States · #323,179 worldwide 202 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Robert S. Plumb United States · #395,724 worldwide 52 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Ray B. Bryant United States · #540,115 worldwide 146 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Michael E. Swartz United States · #621,768 worldwide 82 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Ying Yu United States · #658,671 worldwide 135 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Uwe D. Neue United States · #718,839 worldwide 39 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 P. G. Manning United States · #825,213 worldwide 73 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Martin Gilár United States · #972,485 worldwide 46 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Waters (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Waters (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Liquid Chromatography, Chiral Separation, Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Climate Change, Monoclonal Antibodies, Therapeutic Antibodies and 3D Printing.

▲ 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. Climate Change25▲ 4.0×52 topics
  2. Liquid Chromatography24▲ 162×2 topics
  3. Chiral Separation22▲ 213×1 topic
  4. Gas Chromatography22▲ 213×1 topic
  5. Mass Spectrometry18▲ 52×5 topics
  6. Monoclonal Antibodies14▲ 70×3 topics
  7. Therapeutic Antibodies14▲ 89×2 topics
  8. 3D Printing13▲ 24×3 topics
  9. Biomedical Research12▲ 113×1 topic
  10. Lab-on-a-Chip12▲ 44×2 topics
  11. Point-of-Care Diagnostics12▲ 64×2 topics
  12. Poly(dimethylsiloxane)12▲ 214×1 topic
  13. Biopharmaceuticals12▲ 104×2 topics
  14. Immunogenicity12▲ 124×2 topics
  15. Protein Aggregation12▲ 100×1 topic
  16. Recombinant Proteins12▲ 167×1 topic
  17. Proteomics12▲ 83×2 topics
  18. Ambient Conditions8▲ 50×2 topics
  19. Electrospray8▲ 112×1 topic
  20. Imaging8▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Ionization8▲ 112×1 topic
  22. Biomarkers7▲ 4.7×9 topics
  23. Sediment Transport7▲ 19×5 topics
  24. Remote Sensing7▲ 2.4×12 topics
  25. Water Quality6▲ 6.7×10 topics
  26. Data Analysis6▲ 9.4×3 topics
  27. Hydrological Modeling6▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Genomics6▲ 8.3×5 topics
  29. Water Resources6▲ 10×6 topics
  30. Precision Medicine6▲ 5.1×3 topics
  31. Human Metabolome Database5▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Metabolomics5▲ 38×1 topic
  33. Bioactive Compounds4▲ 7.6×4 topics
  34. Glycosylation4▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Counter-Current Chromatography4▲ 202×1 topic
  36. Natural Product Isolation4▲ 202×1 topic
  37. Sea-Level Rise4▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Wastewater Treatment4▲ 6.9×8 topics
  39. Eutrophication4▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Tandem Mass Spectrometry3▲ 28×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications, Protein purification and stability and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications.

Analytical Chemistry and…22Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 22 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications: 12 fractional worksProtein purification and stability: 12 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 8 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 5 fractional worksChromatography in Natura…4Chromatography in Natural Products: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 3 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 2 fractional works
SpectroscopyBiomedical EngineeringMolecular BiologyAnalytical Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 22 works
  2. 2 Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications Biomedical Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 12 works
  4. 4 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 8 works
  5. 5 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 5 works
  6. 6 Chromatography in Natural Products Analytical Chemistry 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 3 works
  8. 8 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 3 works
  9. 9 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 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 available27.5%not open72.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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