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Asbestos Institute

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Research works
66
▼ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
557
8.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Asbestos Institute

Not ranked overall: Asbestos Institute is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Asbestos Institute work in?

In all years, 49% of research at Asbestos Institute is in Health Sciences, 41% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (49%), Engineering (19%), Materials Science (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 33 fractional works · 49.1% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 48.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 42.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 41.3% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 8.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAsbestosInstitute66fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3248.8%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
    1. Engineering1318.9%
    2. Materials Science812.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences34.9%
    4. Environmental Science34.2%
    5. Computer Science00.6%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Energy00.3%
    1. Social Sciences23.6%
    2. Decision Sciences11.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.0%
    5. Psychology00.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Engineering: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 2.18× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.18×2 works
  2. Social Sciences1.87×1 works
  3. Engineering1.62×1 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.17×0 works
  5. Psychology1.11×0 works
  6. Environmental Science0.68×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Asbestos Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, W. J. Smither and A. A. Hodgson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Asbestos Institute.

  1. 1 W. J. Smither United States · #2,388,326 worldwide 268 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 A. A. Hodgson United States · #4,055,620 worldwide 115 citations · 13 works
All ranked researchers at Asbestos Institute

What are the most cited papers from Asbestos Institute?

The most cited paper from Asbestos Institute is "Chrysotile Asbestos in Urban Air" (Anthony L. Rickards, D. V. Badami, 1971), with 56 citations. Next come "ELECTRON‐MICROSCOPE STUDIES OF ASBESTOSIS IN MAN AND ANIMALS" (55) and "Charge-transfer in ferromagnesian silicates: The polarized electronic spectra of trioctahedral micas" (48).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chrysotile Asbestos in Urban Air Anthony L. Rickards, D. V. Badami · Nature Nov 1971 56
2 ELECTRON‐MICROSCOPE STUDIES OF ASBESTOSIS IN MAN AND ANIMALS J. Michael Davis · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Dec 1965 55
3 Charge-transfer in ferromagnesian silicates: The polarized electronic spectra of trioctahedral micas D. W. Robbins, Roger G. J. Strens · Mineralogical Magazine Mar 1972 48
4 Asbestos in A sia Su Lyn Leong, Rizka Zainudin, Laurie Kazan‐Allen et al. · Respirology Open access 29 Mar 2015 44
5 The thermal decomposition of crocidolite from Koegas, South Africa A. A. Hodgson, Alan G. Freeman, H. F. W. Taylor · Mineralogical Magazine and Journal of the Mineralogical Society Mar 1965 33
All 77 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Asbestos Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: BAP1 mutations, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, Heat Transfer, Clay Nanotubes, Halloysite, Occupational Asthma, Work-Related Exposure and Thermodynamic Modeling.

▲ 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. BAP1 mutations27▲ 1783×1 topic
  2. Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma27▲ 1783×1 topic
  3. Environmental Impact3▲ 3.0×6 topics
  4. Heat Transfer2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  5. Energy Efficiency2▲ 4.2×4 topics
  6. Tissue Engineering2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  7. Clay Nanotubes2▲ 108×1 topic
  8. Halloysite2▲ 108×1 topic
  9. Machine Learning2▲ 1.36×3 topics
  10. Occupational Asthma2▲ 177×1 topic
  11. Thermodynamic Modeling2▲ 16×2 topics
  12. Work-Related Exposure2▲ 177×1 topic
  13. CO2 Sequestration2▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Convective Heat Transfer2▲ 37×1 topic
  15. Microchannel2▲ 49×1 topic
  16. Catalysis1▲ 2.4×3 topics
  17. Cementitious Materials1▲ 38×1 topic
  18. Geopolymer1▲ 24×1 topic
  19. Health Effects1▲ 3.2×3 topics
  20. Thermal Properties1▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Tool Wear1▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Geochronology1▲ 19×1 topic
  23. Zircon1▲ 19×1 topic
  24. Air Pollution1▲ 15×1 topic
  25. Particulate Matter1▲ 15×1 topic
  26. Building Failures1▲ 308×1 topic
  27. Ceria1▲ 13×1 topic
  28. End-of-Life1▲ 18×1 topic
  29. Fabric Comfort1▲ 37×1 topic
  30. High-Throughput1▲ 55×1 topic
  31. Materials Informatics1▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Moisture Management1▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Organizational Management1▲ 22×1 topic
  34. Oxidation1▲ 7.1×1 topic
  35. Palliative Care1▲ 9.2×1 topic
  36. Research Methods1▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Social Network Analysis1▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Structural Engineering1▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Subduction1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. WebQuests1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Asbestos Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Occupational and environmental lung diseases, Education and Digital Technologies, Mining and Gasification Technologies and Industrial Engineering and Technologies.

Occupational and environ…1Occupational and environmental lung diseases: 1 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…1Education and Digital Technologies: 1 fractional worksMining and Gasification Technologies: 0 fractional worksIndustrial Engineering and Technologies: 0 fractional worksWomen's cancer prevention and management: 0 fractional worksGeotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering: 0 fractional worksMineral Processing and Grinding: 0 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksScience Education and Perceptions: 0 fractional worksOccupational exposure and asthma: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSociology and Political ScienceMechanical EngineeringPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Mining and Gasification Technologies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Industrial Engineering and Technologies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Women's cancer prevention and management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  6. 6 Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  7. 7 Mineral Processing and Grinding Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  9. 9 Science Education and Perceptions Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Occupational exposure and asthma Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 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 available28.1%not open71.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Asbestos Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% lower 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 Asbestos Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000011% in 2023.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Asbestos Institute0.0000085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Asbestos Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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