MATERIALS SCIENCE and ENGINEERING NCES CIP Code 40.1001

MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING NCES CIP Code 40.1001

Academic DISCIPLINE FastFacts Analytics from Academic Analytics

In the last four years, of Collaborative research the hundreds of journal (co-authorship of journal articles) Since Academic Analytics uses the 2.5% titles in which scholars of among faculty in Materials Science of all articles Materials Science and Engineering individual researcher as the unit of and Engineering accounts for 17.9% published publish, Applied Physics Letters 17.9% in the of all co-authored Materials Science is the journal title where record, we can look across all faculty discipline and Engineering publications. scholars publish the most. in a discipline to view their current rank and the years since their most • In all, 98.5% of the Materials advanced degree. Materials Science and Engineering Science and Engineering journal scholars conduct extensive articles captured in the FULL ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT 150 collaborative research with faculty Academic Analytics database Disciplines 98.5% professor professor professor in over 150 separate disciplines. (2014-2017 inclusive) were co-published by multiple authors.

31.2 19.1 9.9 YEARS YEARS YEARS Collaborations with other disciplines most often involves researchers in Chemistry where they account for 8.9% of all co-authored journal publications. The next frequent collaborative ﬁ eld,

Physics, accounts for 8.7% of all co-authored journal articles in Materials Science and Engineering. Average academic ages Do you know who are the top potential collaborators in these ﬁ elds that best complement your (years since their most advanced degree) of Materials Science and Engineering research and where they are located? who best complement your research, and where they are faculty nationally located? Percent of faculty ranks within the national discipline

Data from the The top source of federal funding for Academic Analytics 61.1% 18.7% 20.1% database indicate that Materials Science and Engineering 61.9% is the National Science Foundation with 61.9% of captured funding for the past ﬁ ve years. The Department How does the distribution of faculty 56.9% of Energy is second with 12.8% of in your department compare to the captured funding for the same time national averages, and what are the of MATERIALS SCIENCE period. AND ENGINEERING implications for planning? faculty currently 12.8% receive federal funding. Research Insight from Academic Analytics can help answer that.

According to the data captured in the

There are Academic Analytics database, 60.2% of

Materials Science and Engineering faculty 1,811 have received a national honorifi c award. individuals in the Academic Analytics database who are The American Physical Society provides the affi liated with Materials Science and Engineering departments. most honorifi c awards for the discipline. Of

Of the faculty population for whom we can infer gender the faculty population for whom we have

been able to identify gender, the distribution

81.2% 18.8% of awards granted by the American Physical

Society is 84.5% of awards going to male FEMALE MALE scholars and 15.5% going to female scholars.