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X-wave Innovations (United States)

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Research works
40
▼ 80% vs 2018-21
Citations
287
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
X-wave Innovations (United States)

Not ranked overall: X-wave Innovations (United States) 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 X-wave Innovations (United States) work in?

In all years, 46% of research at X-wave Innovations (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (31%), Arts and Humanities (25%), Medicine (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 46.5% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 31.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 37.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 25.5% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKX-waveInnovations…40fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences37%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. 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 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1231.2%
    2. Environmental Science25.1%
    3. Computer Science24.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy12.6%
    5. Materials Science12.0%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.8%
    7. Chemistry00.4%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities1025.5%
    2. Social Sciences37.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting12.5%
    4. Decision Sciences11.7%
    5. Psychology00.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine37.9%
    2. Health Professions00.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.71× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.97× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyArts and Humanities: 4.94× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 11.81× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences11.81×1 works
  2. Environmental Science4.97×1 works
  3. Arts and Humanities4.94×1 works
  4. Engineering1.71×2 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.20×0 works
  6. Mathematics0.97×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.73×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.68×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.64×0 works
  10. Psychology0.47×0 works

What are the most cited papers from X-wave Innovations (United States)?

The most cited paper from X-wave Innovations (United States) is "Seed treatment with iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) nanoparticles increases the production of spinach" (Gaurav K. Srivastava, Chinmaya Kumar Das, Anubhav Das et al., 2014), with 156 citations. Next come "Evaluating grain size in polycrystals with rough surfaces by corrected ultrasonic attenuation" (35) and "Fired Cartridge Case Identification Using Optical Images and the Congruent Matching Cells (CMC) Method" (29).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Seed treatment with iron pyrite (FeS 2 ) nanoparticles increases the production of spinach Gaurav K. Srivastava, Chinmaya Kumar Das, Anubhav Das et al. · RSC Advances 2014 156
2 Evaluating grain size in polycrystals with rough surfaces by corrected ultrasonic attenuation Xiongbing Li, Xiaoqin Han, Andrea P. Argüelles et al. · Ultrasonics 28 Feb 2017 35
3 Fired Cartridge Case Identification Using Optical Images and the Congruent Matching Cells (CMC) Method Mingsi Tong, John Song, Wei Chu et al. · Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Open access Nov 2014 29
4 Modulation of mitochondrial respiration underpins neuronal differentiation enhanced by lutein Kui Xie, Sherry Ngo, Jing Rong et al. · Neural Regeneration Research Open access 21 Nov 2018 23
5 Using the gini coefficient to measure the chemical diversity of small‐molecule libraries Iwona E. Weidlich, Igor V Filippov · Journal of Computational Chemistry 29 Jun 2016 21
All 44 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at X-wave Innovations (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Non-Destructive Testing, Wave Propagation, Guided Lamb Waves, Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring, Literature, Scientific History, Technological Development and Defect Detection.

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

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Non-Destructive Testing4▲ 80×3 topics
  2. Wave Propagation2▲ 48×2 topics
  3. Guided Lamb Waves2▲ 114×1 topic
  4. Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring2▲ 114×1 topic
  5. Literature2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  6. Scientific History2▲ 95×1 topic
  7. Technological Development2▲ 95×1 topic
  8. Archaeology2▲ 26×3 topics
  9. Defect Detection2▲ 39×2 topics
  10. Artistic Exchange2▲ 248×1 topic
  11. Cultural Transfer2▲ 248×1 topic
  12. Globalization2▲ 2.1×5 topics
  13. Sustainability2▲ 2.1×5 topics
  14. Machine Learning1▲ 1.68×4 topics
  15. Neoplatonism1▲ 187×2 topics
  16. Bronze Age1▲ 66×2 topics
  17. Italian Renaissance1▲ 318×1 topic
  18. Renaissance Florence1▲ 318×1 topic
  19. Composite Materials1▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Deep Learning1▲ 1.32×4 topics
  21. European Company Law1▲ 112×1 topic
  22. Iberian Peninsula1▲ 71×1 topic
  23. Infrared Thermography1▲ 57×1 topic
  24. Neolithic1▲ 278×1 topic
  25. Regulatory Competition1▲ 112×1 topic
  26. Thermal Imaging1▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does X-wave Innovations (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: American Environmental and Regional History, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology and Construction Project Management and Performance.

American Environmental and Regional History: 0 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 0 fractional worksInvertebrate Taxonomy an…0Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology: 0 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 0 fractional worksInternet of Things and AI: 0 fractional worksEcocriticism and Environmental Literature: 0 fractional worksGeodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sen…0Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 0 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 0 fractional worksResearch studies in Vietnam: 0 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawCivil and Structural EngineeringEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsManagement Science and Operations Research5 others

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

  1. 1 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  2. 2 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  4. 4 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  5. 5 Internet of Things and AI Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  7. 7 Geodetic Measurements and Engineering Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  10. 10 Research studies in Vietnam Ecology 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 available56.7%not open43.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.5%domestic only76.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has X-wave Innovations (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 80% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is X-wave Innovations (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000022% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%X-wave Innovations (United States)0.0000066% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of X-wave Innovations (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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