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World Technology Evaluation Center

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Research works
2
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
86
36.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
World Technology Evaluation Center

Not ranked overall: World Technology Evaluation Center is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does World Technology Evaluation Center work in?

In all years, 67% of research at World Technology Evaluation Center is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Decision Sciences (29%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (29%), Engineering (25%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 66.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 29.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 29.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 33.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 25.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 8.3% of its workALL ITS WORKWorld TechnologyEvaluation Center2fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences33%Social Sciences67%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 2 domains and 5 fields, with their numbers
    1. Decision Sciences129.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance129.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting08.3%
    1. Engineering125.0%
    2. Materials Science08.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Who are the top researchers at World Technology Evaluation Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert D. Shelton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is World Technology Evaluation Center.

  1. 1 Robert D. Shelton United States · #2,269,272 worldwide 572 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at World Technology Evaluation Center

What are the most cited papers from World Technology Evaluation Center?

The most cited paper from World Technology Evaluation Center is "Nanoparticle Manufacturing – Heterogeneity through Processes to Products" (Samuel M. Stavis, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Michael P. Stopa et al., 2018), with 116 citations. Next come "Publish or patent: Bibliometric evidence for empirical trade‐offs in national funding strategies" (46) and "Scientometric laws connecting publication counts to national research funding" (27).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nanoparticle Manufacturing – Heterogeneity through Processes to Products Samuel M. Stavis, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Michael P. Stopa et al. · ACS Applied Nano Materials 16 Aug 2018 116
2 Publish or patent: Bibliometric evidence for empirical trade‐offs in national funding strategies Robert D. Shelton, Loet Leydesdorff · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 18 Nov 2011 46
3 Scientometric laws connecting publication counts to national research funding Robert D. Shelton · Scientometrics 22 Feb 2020 27
4 Highlights of the Workshop on Rapid Prototyping in Japan and Europe Michael J. DeHaemer. · Materials Technology 1996 0
All 4 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does World Technology Evaluation Center publish most on?

By volume: Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis, Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting, Manufacturing Process and Optimization and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies.

Complex Systems and Time…0Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis: 0 fractional worksInnovation Diffusion and…0Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting: 0 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…0Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…0Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 0 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 0 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Productivity: 0 fractional worksUniversity-Industry-Gove…0University-Industry-Government Innovation Models: 0 fractional worksInnovation Policy and R&D: 0 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 0 fractional worksGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsManagement Science and Operations ResearchIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  2. 2 Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  3. 3 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  6. 6 Economic Growth and Productivity Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 University-Industry-Government Innovation Models Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
  8. 8 Innovation Policy and R&D Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 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 available17.6%not open82.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.3%domestic only64.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has World Technology Evaluation Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

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