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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
- Physical Sciences#133 #142
- Engineering#131 #174
- Computer Science#252 #175
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering#131 #99
- Materials Chemistry#41 #72
- Physics and Astronomy#66 #70
- Materials Science#43 #168
- Computer Networks and Communications#116 #67
- Mechanical Engineering#120 #137
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.
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
- Physical Sciences4,01091.5%
- Engineering1,47433.6%
- Physics and Astronomy65014.8%
- Materials Science62714.3%
- Computer Science3778.6%
- Environmental Science2405.5%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2385.4%
- Chemistry1563.6%
- Energy1212.8%
- Chemical Engineering1072.4%
- Mathematics210.5%
- Life Sciences1543.5%
- Social Sciences1353.1%
- Decision Sciences671.5%
- Social Sciences330.8%
- Business, Management and Accounting150.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance90.2%
- Psychology60.1%
- Arts and Humanities50.1%
- Health Sciences841.9%
- Medicine711.6%
- Health Professions90.2%
- Nursing30.1%
- Dentistry10.0%
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.
- Structural BiologySubfield · 28.1 works40×
- RadiationSubfield · 108.6 works18×
- Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 50.0 works15×
- Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 79.1 works11×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 145.2 works11×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 127.2 works8.3×
- Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 39.4 works8.0×
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.
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
- Chemical Engineering6.96×107 works
- Physics and Astronomy6.67×650 works
- Materials Science4.10×627 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences3.46×238 works
- Energy3.01×121 works
- Chemistry2.27×156 works
- Engineering2.24×1,474 works
- Decision Sciences1.58×67 works
- Computer Science1.11×377 works
- Environmental Science1.10×240 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×110 works
- Mathematics0.40×20 works
- Neuroscience0.18×12 works
- Nursing0.15×3 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×2 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×26 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.11×15 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×9 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.08×4 works
- Medicine0.08×71 works
- Dentistry0.07×1 works
- Health Professions0.07×9 works
- Social Sciences0.06×33 works
- Arts and Humanities0.04×5 works
- Psychology0.04×6 works
- Chemical Engineering 7.0×
- Physics and Astronomy 6.7×
- Materials Science 4.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 3.5×
- Energy 3.0×
- Chemistry 2.3×
- Engineering 2.2×
- Decision Sciences 1.6×
- Computer Science 1.1×
- Environmental Science 1.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Neuroscience 0.2×
- Nursing 0.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.1×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Dentistry 0.1×
- Health Professions 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.0×
- Psychology 0.0×
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
Khalil Amine
United States · #73 worldwide 115k citations · 1,179 works
- 2
Jun Biao Lu
United States · #210 worldwide 105k citations · 1,143 works
- 3
Zonghai Chen
United States · #3,096 worldwide 26k citations · 307 works
- 4
Gui‐Liang Xu
United States · #3,574 worldwide 18k citations · 213 works
- 5
Nenad M. Marković
United States · #3,790 worldwide 69k citations · 401 works
- 6
G. Rakness
United States · #4,371 worldwide 61k citations · 595 works
- 7
Vojislav R. Stamenković
United States · #5,135 worldwide 54k citations · 283 works
- 8
Yifei Yuan
United States · #6,002 worldwide 23k citations · 262 works
- 9
Tianpin Wu
United States · #6,284 worldwide 25k citations · 235 works
- 10
James Alexander Clark
United States · #6,696 worldwide 109k citations · 603 works
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.
- Anaerobic
- Rare Earth Elements
- Solar Wind
- Density Functional Theory
- Chemical Kinetics
- Surface Wave
- High-Performance Computing
- Electrocatalysis
- Nanoscale Imaging
- Molecular Dynamics
- Thermal Runaway
- Electronic Structure
- Superconductivity
- Nanostructured Cathodes
- Catalysis
- Electric Vehicles
- Nanostructured Anodes
- Tomography
- Rechargeable Batteries
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Cathode Materials
- Energy Storage
- Battery Technology
- Battery Materials
- Nanoparticles
- Ionic Conductivity
- Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
- Solid-State Electrolytes
- Thermal Management
- Battery Management Systems
- Electron Acceleration
- Metal Recovery
- X-ray Imaging
- Workflow Management
- Seismic Noise
- Parallel Computing
- Distributed Systems
- Sustainable Technology
- Emissions
- Methane Oxidation
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
- Cathode Materials301▲ 18×3 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries291▲ 16×4 topics
- Energy Storage248▲ 8.7×12 topics
- Rechargeable Batteries188▲ 16×2 topics
- Battery Technology175▲ 14×3 topics
- Tomography173▲ 22×5 topics
- Battery Materials152▲ 21×1 topic
- Nanostructured Anodes152▲ 21×1 topic
- Nanoparticles123▲ 2.2×35 topics
- Electric Vehicles121▲ 9.5×4 topics
- Ionic Conductivity120▲ 20×2 topics
- Catalysis115▲ 3.9×25 topics
- Lithium-Sulfur Batteries114▲ 18×2 topics
- Nanostructured Cathodes114▲ 21×1 topic
- Solid-State Electrolytes114▲ 21×1 topic
- Superconductivity112▲ 15×9 topics
- Thermal Management107▲ 7.5×7 topics
- Electronic Structure86▲ 11×8 topics
- Battery Management Systems85▲ 13×1 topic
- Thermal Runaway85▲ 13×1 topic
- Electron Acceleration81▲ 28×2 topics
- Molecular Dynamics79▲ 10×6 topics
- Metal Recovery76▲ 8.8×3 topics
- Nanoscale Imaging74▲ 20×2 topics
- X-ray Imaging72▲ 47×2 topics
- Electrocatalysis70▲ 5.6×5 topics
- Workflow Management70▲ 22×2 topics
- High-Performance Computing68▲ 19×3 topics
- Seismic Noise68▲ 33×1 topic
- Surface Wave68▲ 33×1 topic
- Parallel Computing68▲ 13×4 topics
- Chemical Kinetics67▲ 17×3 topics
- Distributed Systems65▲ 8.6×6 topics
- Density Functional Theory64▲ 14×6 topics
- Sustainable Technology64▲ 13×2 topics
- Solar Wind64▲ 16×2 topics
- Emissions61▲ 7.1×6 topics
- Rare Earth Elements61▲ 9.5×4 topics
- Methane Oxidation58▲ 17×2 topics
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 152 works
- 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 114 works
- 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 85 works
- 4 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 68 works
- 5 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 58 works
- 6 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 58 works
- 7 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 54 works
- 8 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 53 works
- 9 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 46 works
- 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
United States · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Energy 0.95 Compare
- 2
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
Germany · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Chemical Engineering 0.92 Compare
- 3
Dalian University of Technology
China · Both strong in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Energy 0.92 Compare
- 4
Tianjin University
China · Both strong in Chemical Engineering, Energy, Materials Science 0.91 Compare
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Harbin Institute of Technology
China · Both strong in Materials Science, Engineering, Energy 0.90 Compare
Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.
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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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