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Wavefront Research (United States)

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Research works
98
▲ 56% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Wavefront Research (United States)

Not ranked overall: Wavefront Research (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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

In all years, 69% of research at Wavefront Research (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Computer Science (14%), Physics and Astronomy (13%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 68 fractional works · 69.2% of its workEngineering: 31 fractional works · 32.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 14.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 13.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 10.7% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 12.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 10.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWavefrontResearch (United…98fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences11%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3132.0%
    2. Computer Science1414.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1313.4%
    4. Materials Science22.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.3%
    6. Environmental Science21.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering11.4%
    8. Chemistry11.0%
    9. Mathematics00.5%
    1. Medicine1212.5%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    1. Social Sciences65.8%
    2. Psychology44.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    4. Decision Sciences00.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Neuroscience33.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.07× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.73× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.02× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience4.07×1 works
  2. Environmental Science2.02×1 works
  3. Engineering1.73×3 works
  4. Chemistry1.42×0 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.35×0 works
  6. Medicine1.24×2 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.24×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.21×1 works
  9. Computer Science0.89×1 works
  10. Materials Science0.85×0 works
  11. Psychology0.76×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.71×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.40×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.25×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wavefront Research (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, James P. Roller and Daniel R. Neal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wavefront Research (United States).

  1. 1 James P. Roller United States · #3,162,178 worldwide 209 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Daniel R. Neal United States · #6,506,756 worldwide 796 citations · 96 works
All ranked researchers at Wavefront Research (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Wavefront Research (United States) is "Exact evaluation of Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces at arbitrary parameter values" (Jos Stam, 1998), with 507 citations. Next come "Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor precision and accuracy" (185) and "Quad/Triangle Subdivision" (113).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Exact evaluation of Catmull-Clark subdivision surfaces at arbitrary parameter values Jos Stam Conference paperOpen access 1998 507
2 Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor precision and accuracy Daniel R. Neal, James Copland, David A. Neal · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE Conference paper Nov 2002 185
3 Quad/Triangle Subdivision Jos Stam, Charles Loop · Computer Graphics Forum Mar 2003 113
4 A kinematic model of the human spine and torso Gary D. Monheit, Norman I. Badler · IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications Open access Mar 1991 106
5 A Simple Fluid Solver Based on the FFT Jos Starn · Journal of Graphics Tools 2001 89
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Which keywords describe research at Wavefront Research (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Imaging, Laser, Semiconductor, Camera Calibration and Structured Light.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Remote Sensing7▲ 6.7×8 topics
  2. Adaptive Optics6▲ 308×1 topic
  3. Wavefront Sensing6▲ 308×1 topic
  4. Imaging5▲ 14×2 topics
  5. Laser4▲ 180×1 topic
  6. Semiconductor4▲ 14×1 topic
  7. Camera Calibration4▲ 106×1 topic
  8. Structured Light4▲ 68×1 topic
  9. Visualization4▲ 65×2 topics
  10. Optical Modulators4▲ 17×2 topics
  11. Biosensors3▲ 5.9×4 topics
  12. Simulation3▲ 10×2 topics
  13. Gender Differences3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  14. Photonic Crystals3▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Computer Graphics3▲ 92×1 topic
  16. Rendering3▲ 92×1 topic
  17. Virtual Reality3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  18. Student Engagement3▲ 11×2 topics
  19. Raman Lasers2▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Laser Eye Injuries2▲ 125×1 topic
  21. Retinal Damage2▲ 125×1 topic
  22. Achievement Motivation2▲ 102×1 topic
  23. Compound Eyes2▲ 170×1 topic
  24. Freeform Optics2▲ 170×1 topic
  25. Intraocular Pressure2▲ 23×2 topics
  26. STEM Education2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  27. Self-Efficacy2▲ 12×1 topic
  28. 3D Reconstruction2▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Corneal Biomechanics2▲ 59×1 topic
  30. Keratoconus2▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Microcavities2▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Myopia2▲ 35×1 topic
  33. Point Clouds2▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Silicon Photonics2▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Visual Impairment2▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Colloidal Crystals2▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Optical Sensors2▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Frequency Conversion2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Neural Processing2▲ 17×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management, Optical Coherence Tomography Applications and Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques.

Conservation, Biodiversi…0Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 0 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detec…0Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 0 fractional worksOptical Coherence Tomography Applications: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Numerical Analysis Techniques: 0 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 0 fractional works3D Shape Modeling and Analysis: 0 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 0 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabil…0Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional worksOcular and Laser Science Research: 0 fractional worksComputational Geometry and Mesh Generation: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeOncologyBiomedical EngineeringComputational Mechanics5 others

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

  1. 1 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  2. 2 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 0 works
  3. 3 Optical Coherence Tomography Applications Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques Computational Mechanics 0 works
  5. 5 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  6. 6 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis Computational Mechanics 0 works
  7. 7 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  8. 8 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  9. 9 Ocular and Laser Science Research Ophthalmology 0 works
  10. 10 Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 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 available18.3%not open81.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% higher 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 Wavefront Research (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000023% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Wavefront Research (United States)0.000037% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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