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Argonne National Laboratory

In research, Argonne National Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#142 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#174 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#175 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Structural Biology, Radiation and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (Structural Biology is 40.3× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#395
of 22,385 · #306 all time
Rank in United States
#101
of 3,332
Research works
49k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8M
36.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%

What is Argonne National Laboratory 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 #142 of 10,670 12.3%3,682 #133
EngineeringField #174 of 5,901 12.3%1,354 #131
Computer ScienceField #175 of 4,417 14.1%347 #252
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #99 of 2,176 14.3%577 #131
Materials ChemistrySubfield #72 of 1,473 10.0%400 #41
Physics and AstronomyField #70 of 1,417 17.2%596 #66
Materials ScienceField #168 of 2,276 10.5%574 #43
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #67 of 728 12.8%92 #116
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #172 of 1,862 15.5%113 -
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #137 of 1,319 12.1%165 #120

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Argonne National Laboratory 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#133 #142
  2. Engineering#131 #174
  3. Computer Science#252 #175
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#131 #99
  5. Materials Chemistry#41 #72
  6. Physics and Astronomy#66 #70
  7. Materials Science#43 #168
  8. Computer Networks and Communications#116 #67
  9. Mechanical Engineering#120 #137
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Argonne National Laboratory work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Argonne National Laboratory is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Physics and Astronomy (15%), Materials Science (14%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,010 fractional works · 91.5% of its workEngineering: 1,474 fractional works · 33.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 618 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 183 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 148 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 135 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 118 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 98 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 47 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 650 fractional works · 14.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 180 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 145 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiation: 109 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 103 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 79 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 627 fractional works · 14.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 439 fractional works · 10.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 96 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 377 fractional works · 8.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 128 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 96 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 240 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 66 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 238 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeophysics: 127 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 48 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 48 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 156 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 58 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 121 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 104 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 107 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCatalysis: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 154 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 110 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 59 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStructural Biology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 135 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 67 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 84 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedicine: 71 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKArgonne NationalLaboratory4,383fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences3%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,47433.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy65014.8%
    3. Materials Science62714.3%
    4. Computer Science3778.6%
    5. Environmental Science2405.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2385.4%
    7. Chemistry1563.6%
    8. Energy1212.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering1072.4%
    10. Mathematics210.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1102.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences250.6%
    3. Neuroscience130.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
    1. Decision Sciences671.5%
    2. Social Sciences330.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting150.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance90.2%
    5. Psychology60.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities50.1%
    1. Medicine711.6%
    2. Health Professions90.2%
    3. Nursing30.1%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Argonne National Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Structural Biology takes 40.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Structural BiologySubfield · 28.1 works40×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 108.6 works18×
  3. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 50.0 works15×
  4. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 79.1 works11×
  5. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 145.2 works11×
  6. GeophysicsSubfield · 127.2 works8.3×
  7. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 39.4 works8.0×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 110 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.96× its world share, 107 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.27× its world share, 156 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 377 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.46× its world share, 238 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.01× its world share, 121 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.24× its world share, 1,474 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 240 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.10× its world share, 627 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.67× its world share, 650 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 67 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.96×107 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy6.67×650 works
  3. Materials Science4.10×627 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.46×238 works
  5. Energy3.01×121 works
  6. Chemistry2.27×156 works
  7. Engineering2.24×1,474 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.58×67 works
  9. Computer Science1.11×377 works
  10. Environmental Science1.10×240 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×110 works
  12. Mathematics0.40×20 works
  13. Neuroscience0.18×12 works
  14. Nursing0.15×3 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×26 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×15 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×9 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.08×4 works
  20. Medicine0.08×71 works
  21. Dentistry0.07×1 works
  22. Health Professions0.07×9 works
  23. Social Sciences0.06×33 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.04×5 works
  25. Psychology0.04×6 works

Who are the top researchers at Argonne National Laboratory?

Ranked on the quality score, Khalil Amine, Jun Biao Lu and Zonghai Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Argonne National Laboratory.

  1. 1 Khalil Amine United States · #73 worldwide 115k citations · 1,179 works
  2. 2 Jun Biao Lu United States · #210 worldwide 105k citations · 1,143 works
  3. 3 Zonghai Chen United States · #3,096 worldwide 26k citations · 307 works
  4. 4 Gui‐Liang Xu United States · #3,574 worldwide 18k citations · 213 works
  5. 5 Nenad M. Marković United States · #3,790 worldwide 69k citations · 401 works
  6. 6 G. Rakness United States · #4,371 worldwide 61k citations · 595 works
  7. 7 Vojislav R. Stamenković United States · #5,135 worldwide 54k citations · 283 works
  8. 8 Yifei Yuan United States · #6,002 worldwide 23k citations · 262 works
  9. 9 Tianpin Wu United States · #6,284 worldwide 25k citations · 235 works
  10. 10 James Alexander Clark United States · #6,696 worldwide 109k citations · 603 works
All ranked researchers at Argonne National Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from Argonne National Laboratory?

The most cited paper from Argonne National Laboratory is "Gaussian basis sets for use in correlated molecular calculations. I. The atoms boron through neon and hydrogen" (Thom H. Dunning, 1989), with 32,090 citations. Next come "Polymorphic transitions in single crystals: A new molecular dynamics method" (20,747) and "Electron affinities of the first-row atoms revisited. Systematic basis sets and wave functions" (15,720).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gaussian basis sets for use in correlated molecular calculations. I. The atoms boron through neon and hydrogen Thom H. Dunning · The Journal of Chemical Physics 15 Jan 1989 32,090
2 Polymorphic transitions in single crystals: A new molecular dynamics method Michele Parrinello, Ananda Fathur Rahman · Journal of Applied Physics Dec 1981 20,747
3 Electron affinities of the first-row atoms revisited. Systematic basis sets and wave functions Rick A. Kendall, Thom H. Dunning, Robert J. Harrison · The Journal of Chemical Physics May 1992 15,720
4 Planck 2018 results N. Aghanim et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access181 authors 3 Apr 2020 14,737
5 The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology Ramy Karam Aziz et al. · BMC Genomics Open access 8 Feb 2008 12,071
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Argonne National Laboratory?

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

▲ 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. Cathode Materials301▲ 18×3 topics
  2. Lithium-ion Batteries291▲ 16×4 topics
  3. Energy Storage248▲ 8.7×12 topics
  4. Rechargeable Batteries188▲ 16×2 topics
  5. Battery Technology175▲ 14×3 topics
  6. Tomography173▲ 22×5 topics
  7. Battery Materials152▲ 21×1 topic
  8. Nanostructured Anodes152▲ 21×1 topic
  9. Nanoparticles123▲ 2.2×35 topics
  10. Electric Vehicles121▲ 9.5×4 topics
  11. Ionic Conductivity120▲ 20×2 topics
  12. Catalysis115▲ 3.9×25 topics
  13. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries114▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Nanostructured Cathodes114▲ 21×1 topic
  15. Solid-State Electrolytes114▲ 21×1 topic
  16. Superconductivity112▲ 15×9 topics
  17. Thermal Management107▲ 7.5×7 topics
  18. Electronic Structure86▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Battery Management Systems85▲ 13×1 topic
  20. Thermal Runaway85▲ 13×1 topic
  21. Electron Acceleration81▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Molecular Dynamics79▲ 10×6 topics
  23. Metal Recovery76▲ 8.8×3 topics
  24. Nanoscale Imaging74▲ 20×2 topics
  25. X-ray Imaging72▲ 47×2 topics
  26. Electrocatalysis70▲ 5.6×5 topics
  27. Workflow Management70▲ 22×2 topics
  28. High-Performance Computing68▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Seismic Noise68▲ 33×1 topic
  30. Surface Wave68▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Parallel Computing68▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Chemical Kinetics67▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Distributed Systems65▲ 8.6×6 topics
  34. Density Functional Theory64▲ 14×6 topics
  35. Sustainable Technology64▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Solar Wind64▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Emissions61▲ 7.1×6 topics
  38. Rare Earth Elements61▲ 9.5×4 topics
  39. Methane Oxidation58▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Anaerobic58▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Argonne National Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advanced Battery Technologies Research and Seismic Waves and Analysis.

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 152 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 114 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 85 works
  4. 4 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 68 works
  5. 5 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 58 works
  6. 6 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 58 works
  7. 7 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 54 works
  8. 8 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 53 works
  9. 9 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 46 works
  10. 10 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 43 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 available32.0%not open68.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Argonne National Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Argonne National Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%Argonne National Laboratory0.018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Argonne National Laboratory 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%Argonne National Laboratory10.8% 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 19.5% in 2011.

Which institutions have research most like Argonne National Laboratory's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has the research profile closest to Argonne National Laboratory's, with both strong in Physics and Astronomy.

  1. 1 Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryUnited States · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Energy 0.95 Compare
  2. 2 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Chemical Engineering 0.92 Compare
  3. 3 Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Both strong in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Energy 0.92 Compare
  4. 4 Tianjin UniversityChina · Both strong in Chemical Engineering, Energy, Materials Science 0.91 Compare
  5. 5 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Both strong in Materials Science, Engineering, Energy 0.90 Compare

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What does Argonne National Laboratory research?

In research, Argonne National Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#142 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#174 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#175 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Structural Biology, Radiation and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (Structural Biology is 40.3× its share of world research).

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