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Wisconsin Department of Transportation

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Research works
110
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
827
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
11%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Wisconsin Department of Transportation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 4.26× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Wisconsin Department of Transportation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Defect Detection, Image Processing, Crack Detection, Pavement, Recycled Materials and Life Cycle Assessment.

▲ 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. Deep Learning14▲ 6.1×12 topics
  2. Convolutional Neural Networks10▲ 22×4 topics
  3. Defect Detection9▲ 79×2 topics
  4. Image Processing9▲ 25×2 topics
  5. Crack Detection9▲ 205×1 topic
  6. Pavement9▲ 205×1 topic
  7. Recycled Materials7▲ 88×2 topics
  8. Life Cycle Assessment6▲ 33×3 topics
  9. Rheology6▲ 27×2 topics
  10. Asphalt6▲ 233×1 topic
  11. Bitumen Modification6▲ 233×1 topic
  12. Liquefaction5▲ 62×2 topics
  13. Tunnel5▲ 62×2 topics
  14. Sustainability5▲ 2.6×9 topics
  15. Pipeline5▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Transportation5▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Analysis5▲ 40×1 topic
  18. Seismic5▲ 82×1 topic
  19. Risk Management5▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Environmental Impact4▲ 2.9×8 topics
  21. Active Travel4▲ 83×1 topic
  22. Built Environment4▲ 83×1 topic
  23. Infrastructure4▲ 31×3 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders4▲ 5.1×4 topics
  25. Construction3▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Intelligent Transportation Systems3▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Traffic Flow3▲ 49×2 topics
  28. Travel Behavior3▲ 41×2 topics
  29. Water Quality3▲ 7.3×5 topics
  30. RFID Technology3▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Service Quality3▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Facilities Management3▲ 57×2 topics
  33. Public Transport3▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Route Choice3▲ 57×1 topic
  35. BIM3▲ 68×1 topic
  36. Driver Behavior3▲ 45×2 topics
  37. Prefabrication3▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Sustainability Assessment3▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Spatial Planning3▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Urban Underground Space3▲ 248×1 topic

Which research topics does Wisconsin Department of Transportation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Logistics and Infrastructure Analysis.

Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 1 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering…1Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksLogistics and Infrastruc…0Logistics and Infrastructure Analysis: 0 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety: 0 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 0 fractional worksStructural Health Monito…0Structural Health Monitoring Techniques: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 0 fractional worksAutomotive and Human Injury Biomechanics: 0 fractional worksTraffic control and management: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringForestrySafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityAutomotive Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Logistics and Infrastructure Analysis Forestry 0 works
  5. 5 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  6. 6 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Traffic control and management Control and Systems 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.

openly available10.8%not open89.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wisconsin Department of Transportation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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