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Waters (United States)

In research, Waters (United States) stands highest in Life Sciences (#904 of 6,403 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,218 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Spectroscopy and Chemistry (Spectroscopy is 66.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,107
of 22,385 · #1,519 all time
Rank in United States
#494
of 3,332
Research works
2.5k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
89k
36.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Waters (United States)

What is Waters (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
Life SciencesDomain #904 of 6,403 19.2%76 #769
Physical SciencesDomain #4,218 of 10,670 13.8%167 #1807

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

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

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Waters (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Chemistry (18%), Environmental Science (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 196 fractional works · 55.0% of its workChemistry: 66 fractional works · 18.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 52 fractional works · 14.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 63 fractional works · 17.8% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 39 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 18 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 87 fractional works · 24.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 57 fractional works · 16.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 49 fractional works · 13.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 5.8% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 49 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMedicine: 43 fractional works · 12.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWaters (UnitedStates)356fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences7%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Chemistry6618.4%
    2. Environmental Science6317.8%
    3. Engineering3910.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences184.9%
    5. Materials Science41.2%
    6. Computer Science30.8%
    7. Chemical Engineering20.5%
    8. Energy10.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5716.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences215.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics41.1%
    4. Neuroscience30.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology20.7%
    1. Medicine4312.2%
    2. Nursing30.8%
    3. Health Professions20.7%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences123.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.2%
    3. Psychology30.9%
    4. Decision Sciences20.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Waters (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Spectroscopy takes 66.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SpectroscopySubfield · 52.0 works66×
  2. ChemistryField · 65.6 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: 1.22× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.00× its world share, 57 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.07× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.42× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 11.73× its world share, 66 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.14× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.57× its world share, 63 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 1.62× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 11.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry11.73×66 works
  2. Environmental Science3.57×63 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.14×18 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.07×4 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.00×57 works
  6. Nursing1.62×3 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.42×2 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.22×21 works
  9. Veterinary0.86×0 works
  10. Engineering0.73×39 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.70×2 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.66×2 works
  13. Medicine0.63×43 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.57×4 works
  15. Neuroscience0.45×3 works
  16. Energy0.42×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.34×4 works
  18. Psychology0.28×3 works
  19. Health Professions0.27×2 works
  20. Social Sciences0.27×12 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×2 works
  22. Computer Science0.10×3 works
  23. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.08×1 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  26. Mathematics0.02×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew N. Sharpley, Robert S. Plumb and Keith Richardson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Waters (United States).

  1. 1 Andrew N. Sharpley United States · #36,482 worldwide 46k citations · 438 works
  2. 2 Robert S. Plumb United States · #302,178 worldwide 13k citations · 213 works
  3. 3 Keith Richardson United States · #303,920 worldwide 4.3k citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Uwe Dieter Neue United States · #309,597 worldwide 5.2k citations · 101 works
  5. 5 Jennifer H. Granger United States · #317,090 worldwide 3.6k citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Scott J. Geromanos United States · #358,034 worldwide 9.4k citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Matthew A. Lauber United States · #452,689 worldwide 2.3k citations · 86 works
  8. 8 Martin Gilár United States · #498,530 worldwide 5.6k citations · 118 works
  9. 9 Petr Jandík United States · #517,704 worldwide 3k citations · 68 works
  10. 10 Shiblu Sarker United States · #592,636 worldwide 480 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Waters (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Waters (United States) is "NONPOINT POLLUTION OF SURFACE WATERS WITH PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN" (Stephen R. Carpenter, N. F. Caraco, David L. Correll et al., 1998), with 5,882 citations. Next come "On death and dying." (4,940) and "A cross-platform toolkit for mass spectrometry and proteomics" (4,457).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 NONPOINT POLLUTION OF SURFACE WATERS WITH PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN Stephen R. Carpenter, N. F. Caraco, David L. Correll et al. · Ecological Applications Aug 1998 5,882
2 On death and dying. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross · PubMed Jun 1975 4,940
3 A cross-platform toolkit for mass spectrometry and proteomics Matthew Chambers et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access Oct 2012 4,457
4 Rapid analysis of amino acids using pre-column derivatization Brian A. Bidlingmeyer, Steven A. Cohen, Thomas L. Tarvin · Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications Dec 1984 2,524
5 Feature-based molecular networking in the GNPS analysis environment Louis-Félix Nothias-Scaglia et al. · Nature Methods Open access 24 Aug 2020 1,666
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Waters (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mass Spectrometry, Liquid Chromatography, Chiral Separation, Gas Chromatography, Proteomics, Climate Change, Imaging and Ambient Conditions.

▲ 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. Mass Spectrometry42▲ 76×6 topics
  2. Climate Change35▲ 3.6×58 topics
  3. Liquid Chromatography30▲ 140×2 topics
  4. Chiral Separation26▲ 178×1 topic
  5. Gas Chromatography26▲ 178×1 topic
  6. Proteomics25▲ 112×2 topics
  7. Imaging18▲ 21×3 topics
  8. Ambient Conditions18▲ 66×2 topics
  9. Electrospray18▲ 163×1 topic
  10. Ionization18▲ 163×1 topic
  11. Biomarkers17▲ 6.7×12 topics
  12. Monoclonal Antibodies17▲ 52×3 topics
  13. Therapeutic Antibodies16▲ 65×2 topics
  14. Biopharmaceuticals14▲ 76×2 topics
  15. Immunogenicity14▲ 91×2 topics
  16. 3D Printing14▲ 17×4 topics
  17. Data Analysis14▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Stability14▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Protein Aggregation14▲ 71×1 topic
  20. Recombinant Proteins14▲ 120×1 topic
  21. Genomics13▲ 13×5 topics
  22. Precision Medicine13▲ 7.4×4 topics
  23. Lab-on-a-Chip13▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Point-of-Care Diagnostics13▲ 44×2 topics
  25. Biomedical Research13▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Poly(dimethylsiloxane)13▲ 150×1 topic
  27. Human Metabolome Database13▲ 62×1 topic
  28. Metabolomics13▲ 62×1 topic
  29. Remote Sensing12▲ 2.6×18 topics
  30. Sediment Transport11▲ 18×5 topics
  31. Water Quality9▲ 6.1×12 topics
  32. Hydrological Modeling9▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Health Effects8▲ 3.6×16 topics
  34. Water Resources8▲ 8.8×8 topics
  35. Tandem Mass Spectrometry7▲ 39×2 topics
  36. Protein Identification7▲ 105×1 topic
  37. Quantitative Analysis7▲ 8.8×1 topic
  38. Glycosylation6▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Sea-Level Rise6▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Wastewater Treatment6▲ 6.7×8 topics

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

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

Analytical Chemistry and…26Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 26 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 18 fractional worksProtein purification and stability: 14 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Capilla…13Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications: 13 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Sp…13Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 13 fractional worksAdvanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications: 7 fractional worksChromatography in Natural Products: 5 fractional worksHormonal Regulation and Hypertension: 4 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 4 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 4 fractional works
SpectroscopyMolecular BiologyBiomedical EngineeringAnalytical Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 26 works
  2. 2 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 18 works
  3. 3 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 14 works
  4. 4 Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications Biomedical Engineering 13 works
  5. 5 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 13 works
  6. 6 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 7 works
  7. 7 Chromatography in Natural Products Analytical Chemistry 5 works
  8. 8 Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 4 works
  10. 10 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 4 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 available28.6%not open71.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.3%domestic only70.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% 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 Waters (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Waters (United States)0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Waters (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%Waters (United States)16.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.8% in 2005.

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