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Research in Upton

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Upton, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Brookhaven National Laboratory and RIKEN BNL Research Center.

Research institutions
2
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
32k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.7%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Upton?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Brookhaven National LaboratoryResearch facility 31,095 #434
2RIKEN BNL Research CenterResearch facility 1,348 #14,301

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

What is Upton strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Upton is most concentrated in Structural Biology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Radiation (61.5× the world share in Structural Biology).

  1. Structural BiologySubfield · 20.1 works61×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 325.5 works50×
  3. RadiationSubfield · 68.1 works24×
  4. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 57.9 works18×
  5. Physics and AstronomyField · 614.1 works13×
  6. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 22.8 works11×
  7. CatalysisSubfield · 31.4 works10×
  8. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 110.8 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.

Which keywords describe research in Upton?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lattice QCD, Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Cathode Materials, Renormalization Group and Hydrodynamics.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Lattice QCD130▲ 106×2 topics
  2. Dark Matter102▲ 43×3 topics
  3. Particle Physics100▲ 65×2 topics
  4. Higgs Boson86▲ 81×1 topic
  5. High-Energy Collider86▲ 81×1 topic
  6. Cathode Materials75▲ 9.3×3 topics
  7. Catalysis75▲ 5.5×23 topics
  8. Renormalization Group72▲ 64×2 topics
  9. Energy Storage70▲ 5.2×11 topics
  10. Hydrodynamics66▲ 53×3 topics
  11. Heavy-Ion Collisions66▲ 127×1 topic
  12. Quark-Gluon Plasma66▲ 127×1 topic
  13. Nanoparticles64▲ 2.5×33 topics
  14. QCD64▲ 91×1 topic
  15. charmonium64▲ 91×1 topic
  16. Electronic Structure60▲ 16×8 topics
  17. Superconductivity60▲ 17×9 topics
  18. X-ray Imaging55▲ 77×2 topics
  19. Lithium-ion Batteries55▲ 6.3×3 topics
  20. Synchrotron Radiation49▲ 51×3 topics
  21. Rechargeable Batteries48▲ 8.7×2 topics
  22. Crystal Growth46▲ 7.9×12 topics
  23. Electron Acceleration45▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Photon Counting44▲ 31×3 topics
  25. Free-Electron Lasers44▲ 185×1 topic
  26. X-Ray44▲ 185×1 topic
  27. Tomography42▲ 11×5 topics
  28. CMOS Technology41▲ 25×5 topics
  29. Electrocatalysis40▲ 6.9×5 topics
  30. Detector Performance40▲ 60×2 topics
  31. Negative Ion Sources36▲ 96×1 topic
  32. Superconducting Cavities36▲ 96×1 topic
  33. Battery Technology36▲ 6.1×3 topics
  34. Battery Materials35▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Nanostructured Anodes35▲ 10×1 topic
  36. Carbon Dioxide34▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Catalysts34▲ 8.4×3 topics
  38. Molecular Dynamics32▲ 9.6×6 topics
  39. Particle Detectors31▲ 76×1 topic
  40. Silicon Detectors31▲ 76×1 topic

What research is done in Upton?

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 86 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 66 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…64Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 64 fractional worksParticle Accelerators an…44Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 44 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 36 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 35 fractional worksParticle Detector Develo…31Particle Detector Development and Performance: 31 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 30 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 27 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 24 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace EngineeringMaterials Chemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 86 works
  2. 2 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 66 works
  3. 3 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 64 works
  4. 4 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 44 works
  5. 5 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 36 works
  6. 6 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 35 works
  7. 7 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 31 works
  8. 8 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 30 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 27 works
  10. 10 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 24 works

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