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Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

In research, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation stands highest in Physical Sciences (#951 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#729 of 5,901 worldwide) and Materials Science (#346 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiation and Inorganic Chemistry (Radiation is 23.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,855
of 22,385 · #1,090 all time
Rank in Australia
#51
of 270
Research works
5.4k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
149k
27.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

What is Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation 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 #951 of 10,670 13.1%634 #684
EngineeringField #729 of 5,901 17.7%190 #567
Materials ScienceField #346 of 2,276 11.8%173 #296
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #484 of 2,176 20.5%77 #486
Life SciencesDomain #1,617 of 6,403 9.7%76 #1241
Materials ChemistrySubfield #410 of 1,473 12.2%108 #310
ChemistryField #591 of 1,299 10.1%61 #541
Physics and AstronomyField #687 of 1,417 9.1%62 #683

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation 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#684 #951
  2. Engineering#567 #729
  3. Materials Science#296 #346
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#486 #484
  5. Life Sciences#1,241 #1,617
  6. Materials Chemistry#310 #410
  7. Chemistry#541 #591
  8. Physics and Astronomy#683 #687
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 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Materials Science (22%), Physics and Astronomy (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 702 fractional works · 82.6% of its workEngineering: 210 fractional works · 24.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 83 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 45 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 189 fractional works · 22.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 118 fractional works · 13.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 31 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomaterials: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 68 fractional works · 8.1% of its workRadiation: 28 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 68 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 64 fractional works · 7.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 53 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 26 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 25 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCatalysis: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 82 fractional works · 9.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 44 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 24 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 47 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAustralianNuclear Science…850fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences2%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering21024.7%
    2. Materials Science18922.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy688.1%
    4. Environmental Science688.0%
    5. Chemistry647.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences536.3%
    7. Energy263.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering172.0%
    9. Computer Science60.7%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology445.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences242.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology40.5%
    5. Neuroscience40.5%
    1. Medicine354.1%
    2. Health Professions70.8%
    3. Nursing40.5%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences111.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities30.4%
    3. Decision Sciences20.2%
    4. Psychology10.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiation takes 23.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RadiationSubfield · 27.7 works24×
  2. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 28.1 works13×
← 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: 0.59× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.18× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.60× its world share, 17 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.79× its world share, 64 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.00× its world share, 53 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.30× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.65× its world share, 210 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.62× its world share, 68 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.38× its world share, 189 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.62× its world share, 68 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science6.38×189 works
  2. Chemical Engineering5.60×17 works
  3. Chemistry4.79×64 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.00×53 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy3.62×68 works
  6. Energy3.30×26 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.18×6 works
  8. Engineering1.65×210 works
  9. Environmental Science1.62×68 works
  10. Nursing1.04×4 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×44 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×24 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×4 works
  14. Dentistry0.30×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.30×7 works
  16. Neuroscience0.29×4 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.26×2 works
  18. Medicine0.21×35 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.14×3 works
  20. Veterinary0.10×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.10×11 works
  22. Computer Science0.09×6 works
  23. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  24. Psychology0.05×1 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation?

Ranked on the quality score, B. Day, Vanessa Kate Peterson and Ryan J. Middleton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.

  1. 1 B. Day Australia · #59,746 worldwide 27k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Vanessa Kate Peterson Australia · #87,371 worldwide 13k citations · 397 works
  3. 3 Ryan J. Middleton Australia · #338,652 worldwide 2k citations · 33 works
  4. 4 R. Hutchings Australia · #343,177 worldwide 3.3k citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Maxim Avdeev Australia · #379,193 worldwide 21k citations · 993 works
  6. 6 Geraldine Jacobsen Australia · #397,223 worldwide 6.9k citations · 246 works
  7. 7 Paul L. Brown Australia · #431,703 worldwide 4.7k citations · 267 works
  8. 8 Tracey L. Hanley Australia · #433,811 worldwide 5.2k citations · 96 works
  9. 9 Quan Hua Australia · #441,864 worldwide 15k citations · 334 works
  10. 10 B. A. Hunter Australia · #441,952 worldwide 2.9k citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

What are the most cited papers from Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation?

The most cited paper from Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation is "SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python" (Pauli Virtanen et al., 2020), with 40,161 citations. Next come "Hydrocarbon Separations in a Metal-Organic Framework with Open Iron(II) Coordination Sites" (1,941) and "SHCal13 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–50,000 Years cal BP" (1,867).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python Pauli Virtanen et al. · Nature Methods Open access112 authors 3 Feb 2020 40,161
2 Hydrocarbon Separations in a Metal-Organic Framework with Open Iron(II) Coordination Sites Eric D. Bloch, Wendy Lee Queen, Rajamani Krishna et al. · Science Open access 29 Mar 2012 1,941
3 SHCal13 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–50,000 Years cal BP Alan G. Hogg, Quan Hua, Paul G. Blackwell et al. · Radiocarbon Open access 2013 1,867
4 SHCal20 Southern Hemisphere Calibration, 0–55,000 Years cal BP Alan G. Hogg, Timothy Heaton, Quan Hua et al. · Radiocarbon Open access Aug 2020 1,530
5 Biomimetic mineralization of metal-organic frameworks as protective coatings for biomacromolecules Kang Liang, Raffaele Riccò, Cara M. Doherty et al. · Nature Communications Open access 4 Jun 2015 1,506
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Which keywords describe research at Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation?

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

▲ 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 Materials47▲ 14×3 topics
  2. Nanoparticles44▲ 4.1×34 topics
  3. Energy Storage38▲ 7.0×8 topics
  4. Catalysis38▲ 6.7×23 topics
  5. Nanomaterials36▲ 4.0×17 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications35▲ 3.5×34 topics
  7. Lithium-ion Batteries33▲ 9.3×3 topics
  8. Climate Change32▲ 1.40×44 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties32▲ 3.8×27 topics
  10. Rechargeable Batteries29▲ 13×2 topics
  11. Superconductivity29▲ 20×9 topics
  12. Microstructure26▲ 5.9×16 topics
  13. Nanocomposites24▲ 3.6×19 topics
  14. Adsorption24▲ 13×7 topics
  15. Actinides23▲ 54×2 topics
  16. Metal-Organic Frameworks22▲ 6.2×6 topics
  17. Drug Delivery21▲ 4.6×14 topics
  18. Battery Materials21▲ 15×1 topic
  19. Nanostructured Anodes21▲ 15×1 topic
  20. Ionic Conductivity21▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Tomography20▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Graphene20▲ 3.5×9 topics
  23. Water Splitting19▲ 6.1×4 topics
  24. Crystal Growth18▲ 7.8×11 topics
  25. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries18▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Nanostructured Cathodes18▲ 17×1 topic
  27. Solid-State Electrolytes18▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Materials18▲ 9.0×6 topics
  29. Electrocatalysis17▲ 6.9×5 topics
  30. Self-Assembly16▲ 5.8×12 topics
  31. Ionic Liquids16▲ 6.5×9 topics
  32. Catalysts16▲ 9.1×3 topics
  33. Crystal Structure16▲ 14×7 topics
  34. Ceramics16▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Electronic Structure15▲ 9.9×8 topics
  36. Extraction14▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Bioremediation13▲ 13×6 topics
  38. Small-Angle Scattering13▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Fuel Cells13▲ 9.5×2 topics
  40. Coordination Chemistry12▲ 23×3 topics

Which research topics does Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Radioactive element chemistry and processing and Nuclear materials and radiation effects.

Advancements in Battery Materials: 21 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 18 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 12 fractional worksNuclear materials and radiation effects: 11 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 11 fractional worksAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics: 9 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…9Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 9 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 9 fractional worksX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography: 8 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Pr…8Nuclear Materials and Properties: 8 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringInorganic ChemistryMaterials ChemistryAtmospheric Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 21 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 18 works
  3. 3 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 12 works
  4. 4 Nuclear materials and radiation effects Materials Chemistry 11 works
  5. 5 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 11 works
  6. 6 Advanced Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter Physics 9 works
  7. 7 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 9 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 9 works
  9. 9 X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography Materials Chemistry 8 works
  10. 10 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 8 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.4%domestic only60.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% 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 Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0032% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation0.0033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation 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%Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation14.3% 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 15.6% in 1994.

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