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Western Research Company, Inc.

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World rank, all time
#32,900
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,011
of 8,685
Research works
181
▼ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
4k
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What does Western Research Company, Inc. specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 39.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 35.8 works39×
  2. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 27.7 works3.4×
← 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.

Who are the top researchers at Western Research Company, Inc.?

Ranked on the composite score, E. R. Craine and Brian L. Craine lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Research Company, Inc..

  1. 1 E. R. Craine United States · #1,417,657 worldwide 9 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Brian L. Craine United States · #1,556,948 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Western Research Company, Inc.

Which keywords describe research at Western Research Company, Inc.?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydraulic Fracturing, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, CO2 Sequestration, Rheological Properties, Vibration Analysis, Nanoparticles and Drilling Fluids.

▲ 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. Hydraulic Fracturing16▲ 74×2 topics
  2. Fracture Propagation16▲ 142×1 topic
  3. Shale Gas Reservoirs16▲ 142×1 topic
  4. Nanoparticles15▲ 6.4×5 topics
  5. CO2 Sequestration15▲ 58×4 topics
  6. Rheological Properties14▲ 50×2 topics
  7. Vibration Analysis14▲ 25×2 topics
  8. Drilling Fluids14▲ 146×1 topic
  9. Well Integrity14▲ 146×1 topic
  10. Optimization12▲ 12×4 topics
  11. Data Assimilation12▲ 36×2 topics
  12. Ensemble Kalman Filter12▲ 57×2 topics
  13. Uncertainty Quantification11▲ 64×1 topic
  14. Well Placement11▲ 113×1 topic
  15. Environmental Impact9▲ 3.7×10 topics
  16. Machine Learning9▲ 2.2×6 topics
  17. Biological Control8▲ 24×4 topics
  18. Artificial Lift Systems6▲ 120×1 topic
  19. Fault Diagnosis6▲ 16×1 topic
  20. Catalytic Reactions6▲ 57×4 topics
  21. Heterocycles6▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis6▲ 39×3 topics
  23. Insecticide Resistance5▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Pest Management5▲ 31×4 topics
  25. Bacillus thuringiensis5▲ 73×1 topic
  26. RNA Interference5▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles5▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Jasmonate Signaling5▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Gene Expression5▲ 4.3×5 topics
  30. Synthesis5▲ 4.3×7 topics
  31. Medicinal Chemistry4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  32. Chemoselective4▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Carcinogenicity4▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Multicomponent Reactions4▲ 39×2 topics
  35. Organic Synthesis4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  36. Elemental Sulfur4▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Biopesticides3▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Cancer Incidence3▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Biological Activity3▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Cervical Cancer3▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Western Research Company, Inc. publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation, Transport Systems and Technology and Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring.

Geophysics and Gravity M…0Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 0 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Perform…0Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 0 fractional worksTransport Systems and Te…0Transport Systems and Technology: 0 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…0Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 0 fractional works
OceanographyCivil and Structural EngineeringMechanical Engineering

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

  1. 1 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 0 works
  2. 2 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Transport Systems and Technology Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 0 works
  6. 6 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 0 works
  9. 9 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 0 works
  10. 10 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 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 available15.7%not open84.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Western Research Company, Inc.'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% 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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