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Research in Didcot

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Didcot, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Diamond Light Source and The Faraday Institution.

Research institutions
11
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
404k
26.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Didcot

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Didcot?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Diamond Light SourceResearch facility 2,402 #1,493
2Canberra (United Kingdom)Company 1,172 #1,746 all time
3The Faraday InstitutionNonprofit 374 #7,892
4Element Six (United Kingdom)Company 278 #6,268 all time
5Oxford Lasers (United Kingdom)Company 191 #31,429 all time
6Applied Microengineering Limited (United Kingdom)Company 51 not ranked
7Karus Therapeutics (United Kingdom)Company 41 not ranked
8Teratech Components (United Kingdom)Company 24 not ranked
9Oxsensis (United Kingdom)Company 14 not ranked
10Lombard Medical (United Kingdom)Company 13 not ranked
11Oxford MicroMedical (United Kingdom)Company 3 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Diamond Light Source: 52.6%Canberra (United Kingdom): 25.7%The Faraday Institution: 8.2%Element Six (United Kingdom): 6.1%7 others listed: 7.4%53%largest
Diamond Light Source2,402 · 52.6%Canberra (United Kingdom)1,172 · 25.7%The Faraday Institution374 · 8.2%Element Six (United Kingdom)278 · 6.1%7 others listed337 · 7.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Didcot work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research in Didcot is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (28%), Materials Science (19%), Physics and Astronomy (19%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,614 fractional works · 84.3% of its workEngineering: 534 fractional works · 27.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 255 fractional works · 13.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 63 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 59 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 52 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 35 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 28 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 360 fractional works · 18.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 224 fractional works · 11.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 82 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 355 fractional works · 18.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 95 fractional works · 5.0% of its workRadiation: 89 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 68 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 60 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 131 fractional works · 6.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 46 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 36 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 59 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 55 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeophysics: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 51 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCatalysis: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 163 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 124 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 72 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStructural Biology: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 75 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMedicine: 67 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 62 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDidcot1,914fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences3%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering53427.9%
    2. Materials Science36018.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy35518.6%
    4. Chemistry1316.8%
    5. Computer Science593.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences552.9%
    7. Environmental Science512.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering321.7%
    9. Energy301.6%
    10. Mathematics70.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1246.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences201.0%
    3. Neuroscience80.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology70.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.3%
    1. Medicine673.5%
    2. Health Professions30.2%
    3. Nursing20.1%
    4. Dentistry20.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences261.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting110.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities100.5%
    4. Decision Sciences90.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.2%
    6. Psychology20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Didcot strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Didcot is most concentrated in Radiation, Condensed Matter Physics and Inorganic Chemistry (34.8× the world share in Radiation).

  1. RadiationSubfield · 82.1 works35×
  2. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 61.5 works22×
  3. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 42.0 works9.8×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 53.0 works9.8×
  5. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 74.9 works9.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 106 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.66× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.36× its world share, 117 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 52 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 50 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.62× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.87× its world share, 481 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 44 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.48× its world share, 328 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 8.34× its world share, 318 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy8.34×318 works
  2. Materials Science5.48×328 works
  3. Chemical Engineering4.66×28 works
  4. Chemistry4.36×117 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.87×50 works
  6. Engineering1.87×481 works
  7. Energy1.62×26 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×106 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×4 works
  10. Environmental Science0.52×44 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.50×8 works
  12. Computer Science0.39×52 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×7 works
  14. Mathematics0.36×7 works
  15. Dentistry0.25×2 works
  16. Neuroscience0.24×7 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×18 works
  18. Nursing0.21×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.19×9 works
  20. Medicine0.18×60 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×10 works
  22. Veterinary0.15×0 works
  23. Social Sciences0.10×21 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×3 works
  25. Health Professions0.07×3 works
  26. Psychology0.03×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Didcot?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lithium-ion Batteries, Cathode Materials, Energy Storage, Superconductivity, Rechargeable Batteries, Tomography, Battery Technology and Battery Materials.

▲ 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 city'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. Lithium-ion Batteries137▲ 17×4 topics
  2. Cathode Materials137▲ 18×3 topics
  3. Energy Storage98▲ 7.9×8 topics
  4. Superconductivity96▲ 29×9 topics
  5. Rechargeable Batteries85▲ 17×2 topics
  6. Tomography82▲ 24×5 topics
  7. Nanoparticles81▲ 3.4×39 topics
  8. Catalysis78▲ 6.1×28 topics
  9. Battery Technology77▲ 14×2 topics
  10. Battery Materials76▲ 24×1 topic
  11. Nanostructured Anodes76▲ 24×1 topic
  12. Ionic Conductivity60▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Electronic Structure56▲ 16×8 topics
  14. Thermal Management53▲ 8.5×7 topics
  15. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries52▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Nanostructured Cathodes52▲ 22×1 topic
  17. Solid-State Electrolytes52▲ 22×1 topic
  18. Electric Vehicles50▲ 9.0×3 topics
  19. X-ray Imaging49▲ 74×2 topics
  20. Battery Management Systems48▲ 17×1 topic
  21. Thermal Runaway48▲ 17×1 topic
  22. Crystal Growth45▲ 8.6×12 topics
  23. Small-Angle Scattering43▲ 44×2 topics
  24. Nanostructures43▲ 5.5×17 topics
  25. Molecular Dynamics42▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Nanoscale Imaging40▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Spin Dynamics40▲ 51×2 topics
  28. Structure Determination38▲ 68×2 topics
  29. Crystal Structure37▲ 14×7 topics
  30. Metal-Organic Frameworks37▲ 4.6×6 topics
  31. Phase Retrieval34▲ 118×1 topic
  32. Ptychography34▲ 118×1 topic
  33. Spectroscopy32▲ 10×11 topics
  34. Topological Order32▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Room Temperature32▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Frustrated Magnets31▲ 64×1 topic
  37. Quantum Spin Liquids31▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Ferroelectricity31▲ 17×4 topics
  39. Thin Films28▲ 7.7×10 topics
  40. Radiography27▲ 41×2 topics

What research is done in Didcot?

Advancements in Battery …68Advancements in Battery Materials: 68 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 46 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…43Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 43 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray Imaging T…32Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 32 fractional worksAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics: 30 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 25 fractional worksMagnetic and transport p…22Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials: 22 fractional worksAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 20 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 18 fractional worksX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography: 15 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringRadiationCondensed Matter Physics4 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 68 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 46 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 43 works
  4. 4 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 32 works
  5. 5 Advanced Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter Physics 30 works
  6. 6 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 25 works
  7. 7 Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 22 works
  8. 8 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications Structural Biology 20 works
  9. 9 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 18 works
  10. 10 X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography Materials Chemistry 15 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Didcot17.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.8% in 2013.

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