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Applied Materials (United Kingdom)

In research, Applied Materials (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,007 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry (Materials Chemistry is 6.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,980
of 22,385 · #4,818 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#361
of 862
Research works
421
▲ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
24.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
76%
world 18%
Applied Materials (United Kingdom)

What is Applied Materials (United Kingdom) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,007 of 10,670 9.7%130 #1701

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Applied Materials (United Kingdom) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Applied Materials (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Applied Materials (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Materials Science (18%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 163 fractional works · 92.4% of its workEngineering: 75 fractional works · 42.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 7.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 31 fractional works · 17.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 12.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 6.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 6.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCatalysis: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKApplied Materials(United Kingdom)176fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences1%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7542.3%
    2. Materials Science3117.8%
    3. Environmental Science116.3%
    4. Chemistry116.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy105.8%
    6. Computer Science95.0%
    7. Chemical Engineering84.6%
    8. Energy52.6%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.3%
    10. Mathematics10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.0%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine21.0%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Decision Sciences20.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    3. Social Sciences00.1%
    4. Psychology00.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Applied Materials (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 21.2 works6.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 13.12× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.02× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.85× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.82× its world share, 75 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.09× its world share, 31 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.62× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 13.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering13.12×8 works
  2. Materials Science5.09×31 works
  3. Chemistry4.02×11 works
  4. Energy2.85×5 works
  5. Engineering2.82×75 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy2.62×10 works
  7. Environmental Science1.28×11 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.96×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.65×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.65×9 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×5 works
  13. Neuroscience0.35×1 works
  14. Nursing0.28×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.26×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×2 works
  18. Veterinary0.11×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.10×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works
  21. Medicine0.05×2 works
  22. Psychology0.02×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Applied Materials (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Adrian J. Murrell, Chris Burgess and P.H.T. Banks lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Applied Materials (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Adrian J. Murrell United Kingdom · #3,319,209 worldwide 490 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Chris Burgess United Kingdom · #4,262,390 worldwide 44 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 P.H.T. Banks United Kingdom · #4,373,875 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Paul Filip United Kingdom · #4,808,164 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Applied Materials (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Applied Materials (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Applied Materials (United Kingdom) is "The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome" (Kerstin Howe et al., 2013), with 5,261 citations. Next come "ENDF/B-VIII.0: The 8 th Major Release of the Nuclear Reaction Data Library with CIELO-project Cross Sections, New Standards and Thermal Scattering Data" (2,345) and "Three-dimensional printing of transparent fused silica glass" (873).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome Kerstin Howe et al. · Nature Open access177 authors 16 Apr 2013 5,261
2 ENDF/B-VIII.0: The 8 th Major Release of the Nuclear Reaction Data Library with CIELO-project Cross Sections, New Standards and Thermal Scattering Data David A. Brown et al. · Nuclear Data Sheets Open access Feb 2018 2,345
3 Three-dimensional printing of transparent fused silica glass Frederik Kotz, Karl Arnold, Werner Bauer et al. · Nature Apr 2017 873
4 Tuning Transition Metal Oxide–Sulfur Interactions for Long Life Lithium Sulfur Batteries: The “Goldilocks” Principle Xiao Min Liang, Chun Yuen Kwok, Fernanda Lodi‐Marzano et al. · Advanced Energy Materials 18 Dec 2015 752
5 Design and Applications of Photoresponsive Hydrogels Lei Li, Johannes M. Scheiger, Pavel A. Levkin · Advanced Materials Open access 8 Mar 2019 737
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Which keywords describe research at Applied Materials (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Energy Storage, Cathode Materials, Lithium-ion Batteries, Nanoparticles, Rechargeable Batteries, Battery Technology and Battery Materials.

▲ 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 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. Catalysis13▲ 11×21 topics
  2. Energy Storage12▲ 10×9 topics
  3. Cathode Materials11▲ 17×3 topics
  4. Lithium-ion Batteries10▲ 13×3 topics
  5. Nanoparticles10▲ 4.3×17 topics
  6. Rechargeable Batteries7▲ 15×2 topics
  7. Nanomaterials7▲ 3.8×16 topics
  8. Battery Technology6▲ 13×2 topics
  9. Battery Materials6▲ 21×1 topic
  10. Nanostructured Anodes6▲ 21×1 topic
  11. Renewable Energy6▲ 2.4×15 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications6▲ 2.6×19 topics
  13. Mechanical Properties6▲ 3.2×20 topics
  14. Heat Transfer5▲ 5.4×13 topics
  15. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries5▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Catalytic4▲ 21×5 topics
  17. Ionic Conductivity4▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Heterogeneous Catalysis4▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Nanostructured Cathodes4▲ 20×1 topic
  20. Solid-State Electrolytes4▲ 20×1 topic
  21. Graphene4▲ 3.4×9 topics
  22. Oxidation4▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Hydrogenation4▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Ionic Liquids4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  25. Thermal Management4▲ 6.4×4 topics
  26. Microstructure4▲ 3.9×11 topics
  27. Carbon Dioxide4▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Selective Oxidation4▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Ceria3▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Gold3▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Renewable Fuels3▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Oxidation Resistance3▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Crystal Growth3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  34. Chemical Synthesis3▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Superconductivity3▲ 9.1×8 topics
  36. CO2 Capture3▲ 9.8×4 topics
  37. Membrane Technology3▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Biomass3▲ 13×5 topics
  39. Microfluidics3▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Heterogeneous Catalysts2▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Applied Materials (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science and Advanced Battery Technologies Research.

Advancements in Battery …6Advancements in Battery Materials: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 4 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 2 fractional worksCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions: 2 fractional worksCatalysts for Methane Reforming: 2 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 2 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 2 fractional worksInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation: 2 fractional worksMembrane Separation Technologies: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMaterials ChemistryAutomotive EngineeringCatalysis3 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 3 works
  4. 4 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions Catalysis 2 works
  6. 6 Catalysts for Methane Reforming Catalysis 2 works
  7. 7 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 2 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 available59.7%not open40.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors75.8%domestic only24.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Applied Materials (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% higher than in 2018-2021.

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Applied Materials (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Applied Materials (United Kingdom)0.00100% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Applied Materials (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Applied Materials (United Kingdom)8.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.6% in 2019.

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