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Argonne National Laboratory

In research, Argonne National Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#133 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#143 of 6,636 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#70 of 2,318 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Structural Biology, Radiation and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes — Structural Biology is 38.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#268
of 28,054 · #44 all time
Rank in United States
#59
of 4,192
Research works
49k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8M
36.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Argonne National Laboratory known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #133 of 12,888 19.3%3,682 #24
EngineeringField #143 of 6,636 20.2%1,354 #70
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #70 of 2,318 22.3%577 #39
Physics and AstronomyField #79 of 1,646 24.3%596 #18
Materials ScienceField #169 of 2,468 15.5%574 #17
Computer ScienceField #356 of 4,667 25.9%347 #141
Materials ChemistrySubfield #155 of 1,556 16.1%400 #13
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #551 of 3,579 19.5%97 #226
Life SciencesDomain #1,341 of 7,800 21.0%135 #489
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #259 of 1,351 18.1%165 #57

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#24 #133
  2. Engineering#70 #143
  3. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#39 #70
  4. Physics and Astronomy#18 #79
  5. Materials Science#17 #169
  6. Computer Science#141 #356
  7. Materials Chemistry#13 #155
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#226 #551
  9. Life Sciences#489 #1,341
  10. Mechanical Engineering#57 #259
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Argonne National Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Structural Biology takes 38.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Structural BiologySubfield · 24.9 works39×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 100.8 works18×
  3. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 45.4 works15×
  4. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 72.8 works11×
  5. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 129.5 works10×
  6. GeophysicsSubfield · 124.5 works8.9×
  7. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 37.0 works8.2×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 97 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.75× its world share, 95 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.28× its world share, 144 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 348 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.60× its world share, 227 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.93× its world share, 108 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.25× its world share, 1,354 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 219 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.10× its world share, 574 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.67× its world share, 596 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 64 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 62 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Argonne National Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Ian Foster, L. E. Price and Ali Erdemir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Argonne National Laboratory.

  1. 1 Ian Foster United States · #952 worldwide 4.9k citations · 347 works
  2. 2 L. E. Price United States · #2,386 worldwide 3.2k citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Ali Erdemir United States · #2,894 worldwide 2k citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Rick Stevens United States · #4,151 worldwide 1.7k citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Jianhui Wang United States · #4,842 worldwide 2.5k citations · 164 works
  6. 6 Nenad M. Marković United States · #5,771 worldwide 2.5k citations · 72 works
  7. 7 T. M. Liss United States · #6,565 worldwide 3.1k citations · 161 works
  8. 8 David G. Streets United States · #8,976 worldwide 1.5k citations · 105 works
  9. 9 M. Timko United States · #11,045 worldwide 1.3k citations · 64 works
  10. 10 D. Malon United States · #11,209 worldwide 2.4k citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Argonne National Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Argonne National Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cathode Materials, Lithium-ion Batteries, Energy Storage, Rechargeable Batteries, Tomography, Battery Technology, 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 2022–2025 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 Materials283▲ 18×3 topics
  2. Lithium-ion Batteries270▲ 16×4 topics
  3. Energy Storage230▲ 8.8×12 topics
  4. Rechargeable Batteries177▲ 16×2 topics
  5. Tomography166▲ 23×5 topics
  6. Battery Technology162▲ 14×3 topics
  7. Battery Materials143▲ 21×1 topic
  8. Nanostructured Anodes143▲ 21×1 topic
  9. Ionic Conductivity112▲ 20×2 topics
  10. Nanoparticles112▲ 2.2×34 topics
  11. Electric Vehicles110▲ 9.2×4 topics
  12. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries106▲ 18×2 topics
  13. Nanostructured Cathodes106▲ 22×1 topic
  14. Solid-State Electrolytes106▲ 22×1 topic
  15. Superconductivity105▲ 15×9 topics
  16. Catalysis103▲ 3.9×25 topics
  17. Thermal Management101▲ 7.5×7 topics
  18. Battery Management Systems81▲ 13×1 topic
  19. Thermal Runaway81▲ 13×1 topic
  20. Electronic Structure80▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Electron Acceleration79▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Molecular Dynamics69▲ 10×6 topics
  23. Nanoscale Imaging69▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Seismic Noise68▲ 35×1 topic
  25. Surface Wave68▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Metal Recovery66▲ 8.2×3 topics
  27. Workflow Management66▲ 24×2 topics
  28. High-Performance Computing66▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Parallel Computing65▲ 14×4 topics
  30. X-ray Imaging64▲ 46×2 topics
  31. Solar Wind64▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Chemical Kinetics61▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Distributed Systems61▲ 9.1×6 topics
  34. Density Functional Theory60▲ 14×6 topics
  35. Methane Oxidation58▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Ionosphere58▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Magnetosphere58▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Anaerobic57▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Gas Hydrates57▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Sustainable Technology56▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Argonne National Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advanced Battery Technologies Research and Seismic Waves and Analysis.

Advancements in Battery …143Advancements in Battery Materials: 143 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 106 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…81Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 81 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis68Seismic Waves and Analysis: 68 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 58 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 57 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray Imaging T…49Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 49 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 46 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 40 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 40 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringGeophysicsAstronomy and Astrophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 143 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 106 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 81 works
  4. 4 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 68 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 58 works
  6. 6 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 57 works
  7. 7 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 49 works
  8. 8 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 46 works
  9. 9 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 40 works
  10. 10 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 40 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Argonne National Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.