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West Virginia Department of Transportation

In research, West Virginia Department of Transportation stands highest in Engineering (#9,281 of 11,412 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#19,465 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#36,970
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,803
of 8,685
Research works
217
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is West Virginia Department of Transportation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
EngineeringField #9,281 of 11,412 18.3%136
Physical SciencesDomain #19,465 of 21,541 17.7%159

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Virginia Department of Transportation 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.02× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.22× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.82× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at West Virginia Department of Transportation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Driver Behavior, Injury Severity, Traffic Accidents, Autonomous Vehicles, Deep Learning, Intelligent Transportation Systems, Traffic Flow and Automation.

▲ 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. Driver Behavior6▲ 194×2 topics
  2. Deep Learning4▲ 3.5×6 topics
  3. Injury Severity4▲ 124×1 topic
  4. Traffic Accidents4▲ 222×1 topic
  5. Autonomous Vehicles4▲ 47×4 topics
  6. Intelligent Transportation Systems2▲ 45×3 topics
  7. Traffic Flow2▲ 55×2 topics
  8. Automation2▲ 75×1 topic
  9. Trust2▲ 18×1 topic
  10. Image Processing2▲ 11×2 topics
  11. Recycled Materials2▲ 44×2 topics
  12. Crack Detection2▲ 63×1 topic
  13. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 17×3 topics
  14. Mechanical Properties2▲ 4.7×3 topics
  15. Pavement2▲ 63×1 topic
  16. Risk Perception2▲ 16×3 topics
  17. Rheology2▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Asphalt1▲ 114×1 topic
  19. Bitumen Modification1▲ 114×1 topic
  20. Collision Avoidance1▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Neural Networks1▲ 2.4×3 topics
  22. Fuel Consumption1▲ 49×2 topics
  23. User Satisfaction1▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Bayesian Networks1▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Driver Assistance Systems1▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Eco-Driving1▲ 62×1 topic
  27. Fault Tree Analysis1▲ 69×1 topic
  28. Trajectory Prediction1▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Travel Behavior1▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Urban Traffic1▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Vehicle Emissions1▲ 62×1 topic
  32. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control1▲ 73×1 topic
  33. Finite Element Model1▲ 137×2 topics
  34. Microscopic Simulation1▲ 73×1 topic
  35. Public Transport1▲ 50×1 topic
  36. Service Quality1▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Biomechanics1▲ 9.2×1 topic
  38. Brain Injury1▲ 101×1 topic
  39. Short-Term Forecasting1▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Spatio-Temporal Data1▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does West Virginia Department of Transportation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring and Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation.

Traffic and Road Safety4Traffic and Road Safety: 4 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 2 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 2 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 1 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 1 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 1 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Techn…1Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 1 fractional worksTraffic control and mana…1Traffic control and management: 1 fractional worksTransportation Planning …1Transportation Planning and Optimization: 1 fractional worksAutomotive and Human Inj…1Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics: 1 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySocial PsychologyCivil and Structural EngineeringStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty4 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  2. 2 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  6. 6 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 1 works
  10. 10 Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available15.6%not open84.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Virginia Department of Transportation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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