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Wolfram Research (United States)

In research, Wolfram Research (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,650 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

wolfram.comROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#16,309
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,382
of 7,310
Research works
324
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.5k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Wolfram Research (United States)

What is Wolfram Research (United States) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,650 of 17,446 8.0%223

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wolfram Research (United States) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

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

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Wolfram Research (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Computer Science (12%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 62.0% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 33.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 24.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 11.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 20.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 9.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 10.7% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWolfram Research(United States)47fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences62%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences21%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1633.8%
    2. Computer Science611.9%
    3. Mathematics37.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy25.2%
    5. Environmental Science11.9%
    6. Chemistry01.0%
    7. Materials Science00.9%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting49.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities24.3%
    3. Social Sciences23.9%
    4. Psychology11.4%
    5. Decision Sciences11.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    1. Medicine510.7%
    2. Health Professions12.0%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
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: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.53× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.25× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 6.24× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.35× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.92× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics6.24×4 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.92×4 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.35×2 works
  4. Engineering2.25×16 works
  5. Computer Science1.53×6 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.47×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.25×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.74×1 works
  9. Chemistry0.62×0 works
  10. Medicine0.56×5 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×0 works
  12. Nursing0.48×0 works
  13. Psychology0.47×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.41×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.37×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.31×2 works
  19. Materials Science0.25×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, O. I. Marichev, Giulio Meleleo and Adam Strzeboński lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wolfram Research (United States).

  1. 1 O. I. Marichev United States · #1,011,489 worldwide 5.2k citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Giulio Meleleo United States · #2,126,141 worldwide 46 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Adam Strzeboński United States · #2,840,029 worldwide 721 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Cl. Winkler United States · #3,088,115 worldwide 33 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Tom Wickham-Jones United States · #3,094,055 worldwide 68 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Mark Sofroniou United States · #3,462,311 worldwide 246 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Todd Rowland United States · #4,514,404 worldwide 190 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Oleksandr Pavlyk United States · #4,544,614 worldwide 12k citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Daniel Lichtblau United States · #4,893,839 worldwide 361 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Wolfram Research (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Wolfram Research (United States) is "Foundations of Optimization" (D. Tabak, 1968), with 578 citations. Next come "Multi-parameter phenotypic profiling: using cellular effects to characterize small-molecule compounds" (285) and "Theory of optimal control and mathematical programming" (282).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Foundations of Optimization D. Tabak · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Jun 1968 578
2 Multi-parameter phenotypic profiling: using cellular effects to characterize small-molecule compounds Feng Yun Yan, Timothy John Mitchison, Andreas Bender et al. · Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Review Jul 2009 285
3 Theory of optimal control and mathematical programming Daniel Tabak · Journal of the Franklin Institute Jul 1970 282
4 Selective oral ROCK2 inhibitor down-regulates IL-21 and IL-17 secretion in human T cells via STAT3-dependent mechanism Alexandra Zanin‐Zhorov et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 10 Nov 2014 262
5 Review of the role of the central serotonergic neuronal system in blood pressure regulation. Donald M. Kuhn, William A. Wolf, Walter M. Lovenberg · Hypertension Open access May 1980 248
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Which keywords describe research at Wolfram Research (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: High-Temperature Electronics, Reliability, Wide Bandgap Semiconductors, Nanoelectronics, Atomic Layer Deposition, High-k Dielectrics, Power Electronics and Epidemiology.

▲ 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-now 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 32 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. High-Temperature Electronics4▲ 144×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology4▲ 2.1×10 topics
  3. Reliability4▲ 111×1 topic
  4. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors4▲ 202×1 topic
  5. Nanoelectronics2▲ 65×2 topics
  6. Atomic Layer Deposition2▲ 77×1 topic
  7. High-k Dielectrics2▲ 77×1 topic
  8. Power Electronics2▲ 14×3 topics
  9. Iterative Methods2▲ 112×2 topics
  10. Machine Learning2◆ 1.08×9 topics
  11. Nanowire Transistors2▲ 94×1 topic
  12. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors2▲ 94×1 topic
  13. Matrix Computations2▲ 135×1 topic
  14. Numerical Linear Algebra2▲ 135×1 topic
  15. EMI1▲ 162×1 topic
  16. Electromagnetic Compatibility1▲ 162×1 topic
  17. Genomics1▲ 10×3 topics
  18. Pathogenesis1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  19. Risk Management1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  20. Virus1▲ 29×2 topics
  21. H1N11▲ 85×1 topic
  22. Influenza1▲ 64×1 topic
  23. Community-Acquired Pneumonia1▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Disruption Mitigation1▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine1▲ 66×1 topic
  26. Supply Chain Resilience1▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Crowdfunding1▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Divan Poetry1▲ 84×1 topic
  29. Evolutionary Synthesis1▲ 126×1 topic
  30. Fintech1▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Mechanistic Explanation1▲ 126×1 topic
  32. Turkish Literature1▲ 84×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies, Semiconductor materials and devices, Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design and Matrix Theory and Algorithms.

Silicon Carbide Semicond…4Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 4 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 2 fractional worksAdvancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 2 fractional worksMatrix Theory and Algorithms: 2 fractional worksElectromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression: 1 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 1 fractional worksSupply Chain Resilience …1Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management: 1 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 1 fractional worksPhilosophy and History of Science: 1 fractional worksTurkish Literature and Culture: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringComputational Theory and MathematicsEpidemiologyStrategy and Management2 others

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

  1. 1 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Matrix Theory and Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  5. 5 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  8. 8 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Philosophy and History of Science History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  10. 10 Turkish Literature and Culture Literature and Literary Theory 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.8%domestic only80.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wolfram Research (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Wolfram Research (United States)0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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