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Research in Seascale

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Seascale, United Kingdom. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Nuclear Laboratory.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
20.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1959-2026
68 years on the record
Seascale

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 Seascale?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Nuclear LaboratoryResearch facility 1,246 #16,426

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 Seascale work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research in Seascale is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Materials Science (22%), Chemistry (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 135 fractional works · 88.3% of its workEngineering: 53 fractional works · 34.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 34 fractional works · 22.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 18.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 8.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 6.1% of its workRadiation: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSeascale153fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences6%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5334.4%
    2. Materials Science3422.5%
    3. Chemistry138.4%
    4. Environmental Science106.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy96.1%
    6. Computer Science74.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences53.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering21.6%
    9. Energy21.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine74.6%
    2. Health Professions21.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences31.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    4. Social Sciences10.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    6. Psychology00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    2. Neuroscience10.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Seascale strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Seascale is most concentrated in Materials Chemistry (9.6× the world share in Materials Chemistry).

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 26.6 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 25 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.82× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.46× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.33× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.36× its world share, 31 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.78× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science6.36×31 works
  2. Chemistry5.46×12 works
  3. Chemical Engineering4.82×2 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.78×9 works
  5. Engineering2.33×50 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.96×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.77×2 works
  8. Energy1.24×2 works
  9. Environmental Science1.22×9 works
  10. Computer Science0.58×6 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.40×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.35×1 works
  14. Medicine0.24×6 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.15×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.03×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  23. Psychology0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Seascale?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Actinides, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Adsorption, Oxidation Resistance, High Temperature Behavior, Density Functional Theory, Accident Tolerant Fuels and Fuel Cladding.

▲ 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. Actinides15▲ 197×2 topics
  2. Hydrogen Embrittlement14▲ 113×3 topics
  3. Adsorption12▲ 38×3 topics
  4. Oxidation Resistance12▲ 74×3 topics
  5. Density Functional Theory11▲ 70×2 topics
  6. High Temperature Behavior11▲ 131×2 topics
  7. Accident Tolerant Fuels11▲ 207×1 topic
  8. Fuel Cladding11▲ 207×1 topic
  9. Extraction11▲ 55×3 topics
  10. Bioremediation10▲ 55×3 topics
  11. Lanthanides10▲ 157×1 topic
  12. Uranium10▲ 204×1 topic
  13. Molten Salt7▲ 142×1 topic
  14. Nuclear Reactor7▲ 142×1 topic
  15. Oxidation Behavior7▲ 74×2 topics
  16. Raman Spectroscopy7▲ 23×5 topics
  17. Microstructural Characterization6▲ 186×1 topic
  18. Nuclear Graphite6▲ 186×1 topic
  19. Thermal Properties6▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Mechanical Properties6▲ 3.7×12 topics
  21. Ceramics5▲ 24×3 topics
  22. Nuclear Waste Disposal5▲ 185×1 topic
  23. Pyrochlore5▲ 185×1 topic
  24. Environmental Impacts4▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Nuclear Fuel4▲ 172×1 topic
  26. Radiation Protection4▲ 172×1 topic
  27. Radionuclides4▲ 60×2 topics
  28. Metal Recovery3▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Rare Earth Elements3▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Tomography3▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Grain Boundary Engineering3▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Passive Films3▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Soil Contamination3▲ 71×3 topics
  34. Stainless Steels3▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Circular Economy3▲ 6.9×2 topics
  36. Fukushima Daiichi3▲ 105×1 topic
  37. Neutron Imaging3▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Non-Destructive Testing3▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Small-Angle Scattering3▲ 34×1 topic
  40. nuclear accident3▲ 105×1 topic

What research is done in Seascale?

Nuclear Materials and Pr…10Nuclear Materials and Properties: 10 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 10 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 6 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 6 fractional worksNuclear materials and radiation effects: 4 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…4Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 4 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 3 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 3 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 2 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 2 fractional works
Materials ChemistryInorganic ChemistryAerospace EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality3 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 10 works
  2. 2 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 10 works
  3. 3 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 6 works
  5. 5 Nuclear materials and radiation effects Materials Chemistry 4 works
  6. 6 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  7. 7 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 3 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 3 works
  9. 9 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 counting10%20%30%Seascale10.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.1% in 2012.

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