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Research in Lemont

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Lemont, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Argonne National Laboratory.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
49k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8M
36.7 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
Lemont

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 Lemont?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Argonne National LaboratoryResearch facility 48,864 #395

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.

Which fields of science does Lemont work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research in Lemont is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Physics and Astronomy (15%), Materials Science (14%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,010 fractional works · 91.5% of its workEngineering: 1,474 fractional works · 33.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 618 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 183 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 148 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 135 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 118 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 98 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 650 fractional works · 14.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 180 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 145 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiation: 109 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 103 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 79 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 627 fractional works · 14.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 439 fractional works · 10.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 96 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 377 fractional works · 8.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 128 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 96 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 240 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 66 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 238 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeophysics: 127 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 48 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 48 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 156 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 58 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 121 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 104 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 107 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCatalysis: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 154 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 110 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 59 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStructural Biology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 135 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 67 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 84 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedicine: 71 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLemont4,383fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences2%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,47433.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy65014.8%
    3. Materials Science62714.3%
    4. Computer Science3778.6%
    5. Environmental Science2405.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2385.4%
    7. Chemistry1563.6%
    8. Energy1212.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering1072.4%
    10. Mathematics210.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1102.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences250.6%
    3. Neuroscience130.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    1. Decision Sciences671.5%
    2. Social Sciences330.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting150.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance90.2%
    5. Psychology60.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities50.1%
    1. Medicine711.6%
    2. Health Professions90.2%
    3. Nursing30.1%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lemont strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lemont is most concentrated in Structural Biology, Radiation and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (38.9× the world share in Structural Biology).

  1. Structural BiologySubfield · 24.9 works39×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 100.8 works18×
  3. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 45.4 works15×
  4. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 72.8 works11×
  5. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 129.5 works10×
  6. GeophysicsSubfield · 124.5 works8.9×
  7. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 37.0 works8.2×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 97 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.75× its world share, 95 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.28× its world share, 144 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 348 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.60× its world share, 227 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.93× its world share, 108 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.25× its world share, 1,354 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 219 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.10× its world share, 574 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.67× its world share, 596 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 64 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 62 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.75×95 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy6.67×596 works
  3. Materials Science4.10×574 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.60×227 works
  5. Energy2.93×108 works
  6. Chemistry2.28×144 works
  7. Engineering2.25×1,354 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.61×62 works
  9. Computer Science1.11×348 works
  10. Environmental Science1.10×219 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×97 works
  12. Mathematics0.37×18 works
  13. Neuroscience0.18×12 works
  14. Nursing0.14×3 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×22 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×2 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×14 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×8 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×3 works
  20. Medicine0.08×64 works
  21. Dentistry0.07×1 works
  22. Health Professions0.07×7 works
  23. Social Sciences0.06×30 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.04×5 works
  25. Psychology0.04×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Lemont?

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

▲ 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. Cathode Materials301▲ 18×3 topics
  2. Lithium-ion Batteries291▲ 16×4 topics
  3. Energy Storage248▲ 8.7×12 topics
  4. Rechargeable Batteries188▲ 16×2 topics
  5. Battery Technology175▲ 14×3 topics
  6. Tomography173▲ 22×5 topics
  7. Battery Materials152▲ 21×1 topic
  8. Nanostructured Anodes152▲ 21×1 topic
  9. Nanoparticles123▲ 2.2×35 topics
  10. Electric Vehicles121▲ 9.5×4 topics
  11. Ionic Conductivity120▲ 20×2 topics
  12. Catalysis115▲ 3.9×25 topics
  13. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries114▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Nanostructured Cathodes114▲ 21×1 topic
  15. Solid-State Electrolytes114▲ 21×1 topic
  16. Superconductivity112▲ 15×9 topics
  17. Thermal Management107▲ 7.5×7 topics
  18. Electronic Structure86▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Battery Management Systems85▲ 13×1 topic
  20. Thermal Runaway85▲ 13×1 topic
  21. Electron Acceleration81▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Molecular Dynamics79▲ 10×6 topics
  23. Metal Recovery76▲ 8.8×3 topics
  24. Nanoscale Imaging74▲ 20×2 topics
  25. X-ray Imaging72▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Electrocatalysis70▲ 5.6×5 topics
  27. Workflow Management70▲ 22×2 topics
  28. High-Performance Computing68▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Seismic Noise68▲ 33×1 topic
  30. Surface Wave68▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Parallel Computing68▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Chemical Kinetics67▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Distributed Systems65▲ 8.6×6 topics
  34. Density Functional Theory64▲ 14×6 topics
  35. Sustainable Technology64▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Solar Wind64▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Emissions61▲ 7.1×6 topics
  38. Rare Earth Elements61▲ 9.5×4 topics
  39. Methane Oxidation58▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Anaerobic58▲ 20×1 topic

What research is done in Lemont?

Advancements in Battery …143Advancements in Battery Materials: 143 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 106 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…81Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 81 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis68Seismic Waves and Analysis: 68 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 58 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 57 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray Imaging T…49Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 49 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 46 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 40 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 40 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringGeophysicsAstronomy and Astrophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 143 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 106 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 81 works
  4. 4 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 68 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 58 works
  6. 6 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 57 works
  7. 7 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 49 works
  8. 8 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 46 works
  9. 9 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 40 works
  10. 10 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 40 works

Research output over time

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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 counting20%40%Lemont16.9% 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 34.8% in 2014.

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