White Sands Test Facility
- World rank, all time
- #17,534 of 42,892
- Rank in ??
- #249 of 1,041
- Research works
- 121 ▼ 46% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 451 3.7 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 0.0% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 31% world 28%
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 White Sands Test Facility?
Ranked on the composite score, David Hirsch, Harold D. Beeson and Jess Waller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is White Sands Test Facility.
- 1 David Hirsch ?? · #802,924 worldwide 90 citations · 16 works
- 2 Harold D. Beeson ?? · #1,414,852 worldwide 19 citations · 32 works
- 3 Jess Waller ?? · #1,570,339 worldwide 11 citations · 21 works
Which keywords describe research at White Sands Test Facility?
By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Engineering, Materials Science, Combustion, Flammability, Oxygen Compatibility, Detonation Propulsion and Pulse Detonation Engines.
- Material Characterization
- Dynamic Deformation
- Detection
- Martian Surface
- Finite Element Analysis
- Ballistic Impact
- Smoke Control
- Fault Tree Analysis
- Space Suit
- Simulation
- CubeSat
- Thermal Analysis
- Cryogenic Storage
- Energetic Salts
- Ionic Liquids
- Hybrid Rocket Propulsion
- Pulse Detonation Engines
- Oxygen Compatibility
- Combustion
- Engineering
- Risk Assessment
- Materials Science
- Flammability
- Detonation Propulsion
- Thermal Decomposition
- Regression Rate Behavior
- Metal Nanoparticles
- ReaxFF
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
- Biomechanics
- small satellite
- Extravehicular Activity
- Bayesian Networks
- Nanoparticles
- Tunnel Fires
- Nanocomposites
- Mars
- Microstructural Evolution
- Thermal Properties
- High Strain Rate
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
- Risk Assessment18▲ 25×4 topics
- Engineering12▲ 103×2 topics
- Materials Science12▲ 125×2 topics
- Combustion12▲ 147×2 topics
- Flammability12▲ 1689×1 topic
- Oxygen Compatibility12▲ 1689×1 topic
- Detonation Propulsion12▲ 326×1 topic
- Pulse Detonation Engines12▲ 326×1 topic
- Thermal Decomposition9▲ 113×2 topics
- Hybrid Rocket Propulsion7▲ 216×1 topic
- Regression Rate Behavior7▲ 216×1 topic
- Ionic Liquids7▲ 17×2 topics
- Metal Nanoparticles7▲ 38×2 topics
- Energetic Salts7▲ 209×1 topic
- ReaxFF7▲ 209×1 topic
- Cryogenic Storage5▲ 115×1 topic
- Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)5▲ 115×1 topic
- Thermal Analysis4▲ 25×3 topics
- Biomechanics4▲ 11×3 topics
- CubeSat4▲ 142×1 topic
- small satellite4▲ 142×1 topic
- Simulation4▲ 11×2 topics
- Extravehicular Activity4▲ 216×1 topic
- Space Suit4▲ 216×1 topic
- Bayesian Networks4▲ 38×1 topic
- Fault Tree Analysis4▲ 69×1 topic
- Nanoparticles4▲ 2.4×8 topics
- Smoke Control3▲ 122×1 topic
- Tunnel Fires3▲ 122×1 topic
- Ballistic Impact3▲ 36×2 topics
- Nanocomposites3▲ 3.3×6 topics
- Finite Element Analysis3▲ 10×7 topics
- Mars3▲ 45×1 topic
- Martian Surface3▲ 45×1 topic
- Microstructural Evolution3▲ 13×3 topics
- Detection2▲ 6.5×3 topics
- Thermal Properties2▲ 13×4 topics
- Dynamic Deformation2▲ 57×1 topic
- High Strain Rate2▲ 57×1 topic
- Material Characterization2▲ 21×2 topics
Which research topics does White Sands Test Facility publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior, Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods, Combustion and Detonation Processes and Engineering and Material Science Research.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior Materials Chemistry 0 works
- 2 Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
- 3 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 0 works
- 4 Engineering and Material Science Research General Materials Science 0 works
- 5 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 0 works
- 6 Elasticity and Material Modeling Biomedical Engineering 0 works
- 7 Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
- 8 Rocket and propulsion systems research Aerospace Engineering 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has White Sands Test Facility's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 46% lower than in 2013–2017.
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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