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Research in Oak Ridge

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Oak Ridge, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

Research institutions
9
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
62k
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
2M
33.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Oak Ridge

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 Oak Ridge?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Oak Ridge National LaboratoryResearch facility 58,868 #427
2Oak Ridge Associated UniversitiesUniversity 2,570 #3,886
3Atom SciencesCompany 61 not ranked
4RidgeviewNonprofit 54 not ranked
5UT-BattelleNonprofit 52 not ranked
6Ordela (United States)Company 49 not ranked
7Information International Associates (United States)Company 45 not ranked
8Cryomagnetics (United States)Company 25 not ranked
9Assured Bio (United States)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.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: 95.4%Oak Ridge Associated Universities: 4.2%Atom Sciences: 0.1%Ridgeview: 0.1%5 others listed: 0.3%95%largest
Oak Ridge National Laboratory59k · 95.4%Oak Ridge Associated Universities2,570 · 4.2%Atom Sciences61 · 0.1%Ridgeview54 · 0.1%5 others listed174 · 0.3%

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

Which fields of science does Oak Ridge work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research in Oak Ridge is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (35%), Materials Science (16%), Physics and Astronomy (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 6,709 fractional works · 86.2% of its workEngineering: 2,688 fractional works · 34.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 690 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 578 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 315 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 257 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 155 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 139 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 125 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 113 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 82 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1,268 fractional works · 16.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 886 fractional works · 11.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 145 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMetals and Alloys: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 864 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 220 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiation: 213 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 164 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 133 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 98 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 627 fractional works · 8.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 234 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 128 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 514 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 120 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 67 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 246 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 101 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 242 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeophysics: 82 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 120 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 101 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 107 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCatalysis: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 495 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 284 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 166 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStructural Biology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 152 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 297 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMedicine: 239 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 281 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 105 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 101 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOak Ridge7,782fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

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. Engineering2,68834.5%
    2. Materials Science1,26816.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy86411.1%
    4. Computer Science6278.1%
    5. Environmental Science5146.6%
    6. Chemistry2463.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences2423.1%
    8. Energy1201.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering1071.4%
    10. Mathematics360.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2843.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1522.0%
    3. Neuroscience260.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology230.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.1%
    1. Medicine2393.1%
    2. Health Professions440.6%
    3. Veterinary60.1%
    4. Nursing50.1%
    5. Dentistry30.0%
    1. Decision Sciences1051.3%
    2. Social Sciences1011.3%
    3. Psychology260.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting220.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance190.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities80.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Oak Ridge strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Oak Ridge is most concentrated in Radiation, Structural Biology and Condensed Matter Physics (20.9× the world share in Radiation).

  1. RadiationSubfield · 204.0 works21×
  2. Structural BiologySubfield · 23.4 works21×
  3. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 123.3 works11×
  4. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 27.2 works8.8×
  5. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 54.9 works6.9×
  6. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 149.1 works6.7×
  7. Ceramics and CompositesSubfield · 33.0 works6.6×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 132 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 245 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.88× its world share, 96 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.99× its world share, 222 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 570 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 229 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.68× its world share, 110 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.33× its world share, 2,487 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 461 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.68× its world share, 1,162 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 33 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.06× its world share, 801 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 207 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 97 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 90 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.06×801 works
  2. Materials Science4.68×1,162 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.88×96 works
  4. Engineering2.33×2,487 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.05×229 works
  6. Chemistry1.99×222 works
  7. Energy1.68×110 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.42×97 works
  9. Environmental Science1.31×461 works
  10. Computer Science1.03×570 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×245 works
  12. Veterinary0.56×5 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×132 works
  14. Mathematics0.39×33 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×8 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×20 works
  17. Health Professions0.21×39 works
  18. Neuroscience0.20×23 works
  19. Medicine0.15×207 works
  20. Nursing0.13×4 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×18 works
  22. Psychology0.11×24 works
  23. Social Sciences0.10×90 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×19 works
  25. Dentistry0.07×3 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.03×7 works

Which keywords describe research in Oak Ridge?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Oxidation Resistance, Tomography, Superconductivity, Data Analysis, Hydrogen Embrittlement 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. Mechanical Properties333▲ 4.4×36 topics
  2. Machine Learning331▲ 1.28×74 topics
  3. Climate Change286▲ 1.35×87 topics
  4. Microstructure245▲ 6.1×19 topics
  5. Nanoparticles202▲ 2.1×42 topics
  6. Oxidation Resistance196▲ 24×3 topics
  7. Tomography186▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Energy Storage184▲ 3.6×13 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency181▲ 2.5×35 topics
  10. Superconductivity181▲ 13×9 topics
  11. Data Analysis173▲ 8.5×8 topics
  12. Hydrogen Embrittlement172▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Lithium-ion Batteries171▲ 5.3×4 topics
  14. Cathode Materials171▲ 5.7×3 topics
  15. Density Functional Theory170▲ 21×6 topics
  16. High Temperature Behavior163▲ 38×2 topics
  17. Small-Angle Scattering162▲ 41×2 topics
  18. Molten Salt158▲ 65×1 topic
  19. Nuclear Reactor158▲ 65×1 topic
  20. Additive Manufacturing156▲ 6.5×8 topics
  21. Radiography155▲ 57×2 topics
  22. Accident Tolerant Fuels153▲ 57×1 topic
  23. Fuel Cladding153▲ 57×1 topic
  24. Neutron Activation Analysis152▲ 60×1 topic
  25. Neutron Imaging152▲ 60×1 topic
  26. Catalysis151▲ 2.9×27 topics
  27. Electronic Structure134▲ 9.7×8 topics
  28. Raman Spectroscopy123▲ 8.3×6 topics
  29. Molecular Dynamics117▲ 8.6×6 topics
  30. Thermal Management117▲ 4.6×7 topics
  31. Polymer Composites116▲ 5.6×7 topics
  32. Materials108▲ 6.0×6 topics
  33. Oxidation Behavior101▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Molecular Dynamics Simulations92▲ 28×2 topics
  35. High-Performance Computing91▲ 14×3 topics
  36. fusion materials90▲ 62×1 topic
  37. radiation damage90▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Ceramics89▲ 7.8×4 topics
  39. Workflow Management86▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Parallel Computing86▲ 9.4×4 topics

What research is done in Oak Ridge?

Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 150 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 146 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Pr…145Nuclear Materials and Properties: 145 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…82Fusion materials and technologies: 82 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 73 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 71 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…63Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 63 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 63 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 62 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 61 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringRadiationMaterials ChemistryElectrical and Electronic Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 150 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 146 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 145 works
  4. 4 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 82 works
  5. 5 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 73 works
  6. 6 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 71 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 63 works
  8. 8 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 63 works
  9. 9 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 62 works
  10. 10 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 61 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%Oak Ridge16.8% 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 36.1% in 2016.

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