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ALS Centrum Nederland

In research, ALS Centrum Nederland stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,063 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry and Materials Science — Materials Chemistry is 9.5× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#13,784
of 42,892
Rank in Netherlands
#169
of 464
Research works
145
fractional, all time
Citations
3.4k
23.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
7%
world 28%

What is ALS Centrum Nederland known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #8,063 of 21,541 21.0%138

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where ALS Centrum Nederland sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does ALS Centrum Nederland specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 29.1 works9.5×
  2. Materials ScienceField · 41.0 works7.4×
← less than its size predictsmore →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

    Which keywords describe research at ALS Centrum Nederland?

    By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Adsorption, Actinides, Tomography, Extraction, Neutron Imaging, Small-Angle Scattering, Bioremediation and Coordination Chemistry.

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

    Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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. Adsorption16▲ 47×4 topics
    2. Actinides16▲ 140×2 topics
    3. Tomography14▲ 36×2 topics
    4. Extraction13▲ 50×3 topics
    5. Neutron Imaging13▲ 111×1 topic
    6. Small-Angle Scattering13▲ 69×1 topic
    7. Bioremediation13▲ 56×2 topics
    8. Coordination Chemistry12▲ 76×2 topics
    9. Sorption12▲ 120×2 topics
    10. High Temperature Behavior12▲ 88×2 topics
    11. Lanthanides12▲ 104×1 topic
    12. Uranium12▲ 149×1 topic
    13. Density Functional Theory12▲ 31×3 topics
    14. Oxidation Resistance11▲ 53×2 topics
    15. Accident Tolerant Fuels11▲ 152×1 topic
    16. Fuel Cladding11▲ 152×1 topic
    17. Superconductivity6▲ 15×4 topics
    18. Molten Salt6▲ 95×1 topic
    19. Nuclear Reactor6▲ 95×1 topic
    20. Electronic Structure6▲ 19×4 topics
    21. Raman Spectroscopy6▲ 16×5 topics
    22. Polymers5▲ 38×2 topics
    23. Spin Dynamics5▲ 40×2 topics
    24. Crystal Growth5▲ 9.5×5 topics
    25. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 8.1×2 topics
    26. Crystal Structure4▲ 11×4 topics
    27. Magnetocaloric Materials4▲ 52×1 topic
    28. Nuclear Waste Disposal4▲ 118×1 topic
    29. Perovskites4▲ 52×1 topic
    30. Pyrochlore4▲ 118×1 topic
    31. Spintronics4▲ 12×3 topics
    32. Safety Assessment4▲ 29×2 topics
    33. Ionic Liquids3▲ 6.9×3 topics
    34. Magnetic Nanoparticles3▲ 22×2 topics
    35. Nuclear Graphite3▲ 72×1 topic
    36. Oxidation Behavior3▲ 36×1 topic
    37. Thermodynamic Properties3▲ 23×4 topics
    38. Cesium Removal3▲ 62×1 topic
    39. Ion Exchange3▲ 62×1 topic
    40. Frustrated Magnets3▲ 42×1 topic

    Which research topics does ALS Centrum Nederland publish most on?

    By volume: Nuclear Physics and Applications, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Nuclear Materials and Properties and Nuclear reactor physics and engineering.

    1. 1 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 13 works
    2. 2 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 12 works
    3. 3 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 11 works
    4. 4 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 6 works
    5. 5 Nuclear materials and radiation effects Materials Chemistry 4 works
    6. 6 Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 4 works
    7. 7 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 3 works
    8. 8 Chemical Synthesis and Characterization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
    9. 9 Advanced Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter Physics 3 works
    10. 10 Thermal and Kinetic Analysis Materials Chemistry 3 works

    How open and international is its research?

    Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

    openly available7.4%not open92.6%

    World: 28% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors4.3%domestic only95.7%

    World: 19% is written across borders.

    How has ALS Centrum Nederland's research output changed?

    1995200020052010
    grewheldshrank

    The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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