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Wyle (United States)

In research, Wyle (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,385 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#3,550 of 11,412 worldwide) and Medicine (#11,340 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,707
of 28,054 · #7,184 all time
Rank in United States
#3,874
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▼ 54% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Wyle (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 #4,385 of 21,541 13.8%1,006
EngineeringField #3,550 of 11,412 13.8%625
MedicineField #11,340 of 17,978 8.7%541
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #1,115 of 1,730 19.8%276
Health SciencesDomain #13,676 of 20,462 8.4%615
PhysiologySubfield #1,146 of 1,604 7.0%282
Life SciencesDomain #11,639 of 14,347 9.9%170
Social SciencesDomain #16,153 of 16,945 8.6%134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wyle (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.09× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.31× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wyle (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert Potter, N. Stebbing and Alan J. Lewis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wyle (United States).

  1. 1 Robert Potter United States · #241,290 worldwide 72 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 N. Stebbing United States · #253,239 worldwide 111 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Alan J. Lewis United States · #309,681 worldwide 77 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Louis C. Sutherland United States · #436,533 worldwide 70 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Eric Kerstman United States · #489,998 worldwide 22 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 James T. Webb United States · #531,769 worldwide 82 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 David S. Martin United States · #584,142 worldwide 86 citations · 65 works
  8. 8 Ashot E. Sargsyan United States · #593,878 worldwide 54 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 John R. Schultz United States · #621,107 worldwide 36 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Steven P. Chappell United States · #694,347 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Wyle (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Wyle (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Parameter Estimation, Flight Control, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Wind Estimation, Large-Eddy Simulation, Risk Assessment, High-Order Schemes and Turbulence Modeling.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Parameter Estimation2▲ 32×3 topics
  2. Education2▲ 2.2×5 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 1.76×10 topics
  4. Flight Control2▲ 125×2 topics
  5. Risk Assessment2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  6. Climate Change2▲ 1.18×9 topics
  7. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles2▲ 18×1 topic
  8. Wind Estimation2▲ 227×1 topic
  9. Large-Eddy Simulation2▲ 16×3 topics
  10. High-Order Schemes2▲ 44×1 topic
  11. Turbulence Modeling2▲ 69×1 topic
  12. Ethics2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  13. Collision Avoidance1▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Cultural Studies1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  15. Migration1▲ 6.6×3 topics
  16. Aerodynamics1▲ 31×1 topic
  17. Air Traffic Management1▲ 114×1 topic
  18. Capacity Building1▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Conflict Resolution1▲ 56×1 topic
  20. Gender Studies1▲ 14×2 topics
  21. Heat Transfer1▲ 4.2×2 topics
  22. High-Speed Trains1▲ 32×1 topic
  23. State Estimation1▲ 47×2 topics
  24. Aging1▲ 3.5×4 topics
  25. Big Data1▲ 2.1×3 topics
  26. Religion1▲ 4.0×3 topics
  27. Genomics1▲ 5.9×2 topics
  28. History1▲ 2.5×3 topics
  29. Simulation1▲ 7.2×4 topics
  30. Turbulent Flows1▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Vortex Dynamics1▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Bioinformatics1▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Environmental Participation1▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Gender1▲ 3.0×2 topics
  35. Nonlinear Estimation1▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Particle Filters1▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Professional Practices1▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Public Action1▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Territorial Governance1▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Training1▲ 7.5×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Aerospace and Aviation Technology, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics, Air Traffic Management and Optimization and Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research.

Aerospace and Aviation T…2Aerospace and Aviation Technology: 2 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dyna…2Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 2 fractional worksAir Traffic Management a…1Air Traffic Management and Optimization: 1 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid D…1Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 1 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 1 fractional worksTarget Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks: 1 fractional worksEducation, sociology, an…1Education, sociology, and vocational training: 1 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 1 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksSpaceflight effects on b…1Spaceflight effects on biology: 1 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsArtificial IntelligenceSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Aerospace and Aviation Technology Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  3. 3 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 1 works
  6. 6 Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  7. 7 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 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 available32.9%not open67.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 54% 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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