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Research in Los Alamos

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Los Alamos, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Security (United States) and Los Alamos Medical Center.

Research institutions
12
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
62k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2M
34.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Los Alamos

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 Los Alamos?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Los Alamos National LaboratoryResearch facility 59,521 #665
2Los Alamos National Security (United States)Company 1,657 #5,907
3Los Alamos Medical CenterHospital / health system 1,373 #22,380
4New Mexico ConsortiumNonprofit 213 #9,113 all time
5Triad National Security (United States)Company 117 not ranked
6Los Alamos Technical Associates (United States)Company 70 not ranked
7Science Education Solutions (United States)Company 51 not ranked
8TechSource (United States)Company 45 not ranked
9Research Applications Corporation (United States)Company 18 not ranked
10Los Alamos Public SchoolsUniversity 18 not ranked
11UbiQD (United States)Company 13 not ranked
12Tibbar Plasma Technologies (United States)Company 8 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.

Los Alamos National Laboratory: 94.3%Los Alamos National Security (United States): 2.6%Los Alamos Medical Center: 2.2%New Mexico Consortium: 0.3%8 others listed: 0.5%94%largest
Los Alamos National Laboratory60k · 94.3%Los Alamos National Security (United States)1,657 · 2.6%Los Alamos Medical Center1,373 · 2.2%New Mexico Consortium213 · 0.3%8 others listed340 · 0.5%

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

Which fields of science does Los Alamos work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research in Los Alamos is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Physics and Astronomy (22%), Materials Science (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 5,458 fractional works · 88.2% of its workEngineering: 1,831 fractional works · 29.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 389 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 291 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 241 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 225 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 171 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 167 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 94 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 63 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,379 fractional works · 22.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 368 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 309 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 249 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRadiation: 240 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 124 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 76 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 702 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 525 fractional works · 8.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 67 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 454 fractional works · 7.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 203 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 70 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 46 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 353 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeophysics: 177 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 94 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 300 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 97 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 72 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 230 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 76 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 56 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 94 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 68 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 300 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 185 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 129 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 54 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 230 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedicine: 192 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 56 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 197 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 76 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 65 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLos Alamos6,186fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences88%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. Engineering1,83129.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1,37922.3%
    3. Materials Science70211.3%
    4. Computer Science4547.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences3535.7%
    6. Environmental Science3004.9%
    7. Chemistry2303.7%
    8. Mathematics941.5%
    9. Energy681.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering480.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1853.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences540.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology400.7%
    4. Neuroscience160.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.1%
    1. Medicine1923.1%
    2. Health Professions360.6%
    3. Nursing10.0%
    4. Veterinary10.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Decision Sciences761.2%
    2. Social Sciences651.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities190.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting150.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance120.2%
    6. Psychology100.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Los Alamos strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Los Alamos is most concentrated in Radiation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Condensed Matter Physics (29.4× the world share in Radiation).

  1. RadiationSubfield · 232.5 works29×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 349.3 works19×
  3. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 114.7 works12×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 1,286.7 works10×
  5. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 23.8 works9.5×
  6. GeophysicsSubfield · 162.3 works8.1×
  7. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 225.6 works7.5×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 44 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 165 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.17× its world share, 44 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.45× its world share, 222 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 412 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.59× its world share, 324 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.19× its world share, 63 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.01× its world share, 1,736 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.98× its world share, 280 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.27× its world share, 658 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.24× its world share, 84 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 10.05× its world share, 1,287 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 180 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 72 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy10.05×1,287 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.59×324 works
  3. Materials Science3.27×658 works
  4. Chemistry2.45×222 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.17×44 works
  6. Engineering2.01×1,736 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.30×72 works
  8. Mathematics1.24×84 works
  9. Energy1.19×63 works
  10. Environmental Science0.98×280 works
  11. Computer Science0.92×412 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×165 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×24 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×5 works
  15. Health Professions0.22×33 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×44 works
  17. Neuroscience0.16×15 works
  18. Medicine0.16×180 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.10×17 works
  20. Veterinary0.09×1 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×11 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×14 works
  23. Social Sciences0.08×56 works
  24. Psychology0.05×8 works
  25. Nursing0.02×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Los Alamos?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tomography, Data Analysis, Superconductivity, Small-Angle Scattering, Radiography, Neutron Activation Analysis, Neutron Imaging and Density Functional Theory.

▲ 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. Machine Learning258▲ 1.25×67 topics
  2. Tomography251▲ 23×5 topics
  3. Data Analysis165▲ 10×10 topics
  4. Superconductivity158▲ 15×9 topics
  5. Small-Angle Scattering152▲ 48×2 topics
  6. Radiography150▲ 70×2 topics
  7. Neutron Activation Analysis146▲ 73×1 topic
  8. Neutron Imaging146▲ 73×1 topic
  9. Nanoparticles140▲ 1.80×40 topics
  10. Remote Sensing136▲ 1.80×32 topics
  11. Density Functional Theory130▲ 20×5 topics
  12. Mechanical Properties126▲ 2.1×35 topics
  13. Molten Salt116▲ 60×1 topic
  14. Nuclear Reactor116▲ 60×1 topic
  15. Oxidation Resistance112▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Hydrogen Embrittlement105▲ 21×3 topics
  17. High Temperature Behavior102▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Crystal Growth102▲ 6.0×11 topics
  19. Molecular Dynamics Simulations100▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Accident Tolerant Fuels97▲ 45×1 topic
  21. Fuel Cladding97▲ 45×1 topic
  22. Solar Wind95▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Metal Nanoparticles92▲ 9.3×6 topics
  24. Thermal Decomposition87▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Entanglement83▲ 8.9×4 topics
  26. Molecular Dynamics82▲ 7.6×7 topics
  27. Electron Acceleration81▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Ionic Liquids80▲ 4.6×11 topics
  29. Quantum Information79▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Dark Matter76▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Actinides72▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Particle Physics71▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Plate Tectonics68▲ 7.2×3 topics
  34. Nucleosynthesis66▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Energetic Salts65▲ 43×1 topic
  36. ReaxFF65▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Radiation Detection65▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Electron Beams64▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Laser-Plasma Accelerators64▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Extraction64▲ 8.2×5 topics

What research is done in Los Alamos?

Nuclear Physics and Applications: 143 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 110 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Pr…92Nuclear Materials and Properties: 92 fractional worksEnergetic Materials and …63Energetic Materials and Combustion: 63 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 60 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 57 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…54Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 54 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 53 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 52 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…50Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 50 fractional works
RadiationAerospace EngineeringMaterials ChemistryMechanics of Materials4 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 143 works
  2. 2 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 110 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 92 works
  4. 4 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 63 works
  5. 5 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 60 works
  6. 6 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 57 works
  7. 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 54 works
  8. 8 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 53 works
  9. 9 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 52 works
  10. 10 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 50 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 counting20%40%Los Alamos18.1% 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 32.0% in 2013.

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