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Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory

In research, Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,397 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,204
of 22,385 · #12,342 all time
Rank in Brazil
#574
of 684
Research works
1k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
23.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory

What is Brazilian Synchrotron Light 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 #7,397 of 10,670 7.5%88 #4672

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brazilian Synchrotron Light 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 fields of science does Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Materials Science (21%), Physics and Astronomy (16%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 97 fractional works · 78.9% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 23.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 26 fractional works · 21.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 14.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 15.6% of its workRadiation: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStructural Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 7.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBrazilianSynchrotron Ligh…123fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences9%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2823.1%
    2. Materials Science2621.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1915.6%
    4. Environmental Science54.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences54.2%
    6. Chemistry54.1%
    7. Energy32.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering32.1%
    9. Computer Science21.9%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology76.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Medicine97.3%
    2. Dentistry10.5%
    3. Health Professions10.5%
    4. Nursing10.4%
    1. Psychology10.7%
    2. Social Sciences10.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.99× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.59× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.70× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.34× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.54× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.11× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.03× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy7.03×19 works
  2. Materials Science6.11×26 works
  3. Chemical Engineering5.99×3 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.70×5 works
  5. Chemistry2.59×5 works
  6. Energy2.34×3 works
  7. Engineering1.54×28 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.14×8 works
  9. Dentistry0.94×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.86×5 works
  11. Nursing0.85×0 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.70×4 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.49×1 works
  15. Medicine0.38×9 works
  16. Neuroscience0.25×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.24×2 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.22×0 works
  19. Psychology0.22×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.19×0 works
  21. Health Professions0.17×1 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  24. Social Sciences0.05×1 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory?

Ranked on the quality score, D. Ugarte, Túlio C. R. Rocha and Helio Cesar Nogueira Tolentino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory.

  1. 1 D. Ugarte Brazil · #358,760 worldwide 15k citations · 174 works
  2. 2 Túlio C. R. Rocha Brazil · #699,917 worldwide 2.8k citations · 85 works
  3. 3 Helio Cesar Nogueira Tolentino Brazil · #1,651,739 worldwide 4.5k citations · 216 works
  4. 4 Raul O. Freitas Brazil · #1,682,366 worldwide 1.5k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Adriana Alves Brazil · #1,867,460 worldwide 1.2k citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Santiago J. A. Figueroa Brazil · #2,046,707 worldwide 1.9k citations · 93 works
  7. 7 Daniela C. de Oliveira Brazil · #2,242,613 worldwide 1.3k citations · 50 works
  8. 8 C. A. Escanhoela Brazil · #2,256,037 worldwide 581 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Nathaly Lopes Archilha Brazil · #2,279,248 worldwide 990 citations · 134 works
  10. 10 Itamar T. Neckel Brazil · #2,437,863 worldwide 468 citations · 57 works
All ranked researchers at Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory?

The most cited paper from Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory is "A Carbon Nanotube Field-Emission Electron Source" (Walt A. de Heer, A. Châtelain, D. Ugarte, 1995), with 3,208 citations. Next come "Electrostatic Deflections and Electromechanical Resonances of Carbon Nanotubes" (1,935) and "Aligned Carbon Nanotube Films: Production and Optical and Electronic Properties" (741).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Carbon Nanotube Field-Emission Electron Source Walt A. de Heer, A. Châtelain, D. Ugarte · Science 17 Nov 1995 3,208
2 Electrostatic Deflections and Electromechanical Resonances of Carbon Nanotubes P. Poncharal, Zhong Lin Wang, D. Ugarte et al. · Science 5 Mar 1999 1,935
3 Aligned Carbon Nanotube Films: Production and Optical and Electronic Properties Walt A. de Heer, Wolfgang S. Bacsa, A. Châtelain et al. · Science Open access 12 May 1995 741
4 Bovine β-lactoglobulin at 1.8 Å resolution — still an enigmatic lipocalin Sharon Brownlow, João Henrique Morais-Cabral, R. A. Cooper et al. · Structure Open access Apr 1997 692
5 Synthesis of hcp-Co Nanodisks Víctor Puntes, Daniela Zanchet, Can K. Erdonmez et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society Open access Oct 2002 671
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoparticles, X-ray Imaging, Tomography, Nanoscale Imaging, Catalysis, Phase Retrieval, Ptychography and Superconductivity.

▲ 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. Nanoparticles8▲ 5.3×26 topics
  2. X-ray Imaging7▲ 163×2 topics
  3. Tomography6▲ 27×4 topics
  4. Catalysis5▲ 6.4×16 topics
  5. Nanoscale Imaging5▲ 50×2 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications5▲ 3.2×23 topics
  7. Phase Retrieval4▲ 229×1 topic
  8. Ptychography4▲ 229×1 topic
  9. Superconductivity4▲ 20×9 topics
  10. Electronic Structure4▲ 19×8 topics
  11. Nanomaterials4▲ 2.9×11 topics
  12. Graphene4▲ 4.3×8 topics
  13. Nanocomposites3▲ 3.3×15 topics
  14. Photon Counting3▲ 38×2 topics
  15. Crystal Growth3▲ 9.0×7 topics
  16. Synchrotron Radiation3▲ 48×2 topics
  17. Two-Dimensional Materials3▲ 10×4 topics
  18. Imaging3▲ 9.4×5 topics
  19. Nanostructures3▲ 5.6×14 topics
  20. Detector Performance3▲ 71×2 topics
  21. Particle Detectors3▲ 110×1 topic
  22. Semiconductor3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  23. Semiconductors3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  24. Silicon Detectors3▲ 110×1 topic
  25. Structure Determination3▲ 70×2 topics
  26. Efficiency2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  27. Crystal Structure2▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Nanocrystals2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  29. Solar Cell Efficiency2▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Electron Acceleration2▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Quantitative2▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Reconstruction2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  33. Spectroscopy2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  34. Free-Electron Lasers2▲ 130×1 topic
  35. High Resolution2▲ 176×1 topic
  36. Luminescent Materials2▲ 23×2 topics
  37. PET/CT2▲ 29×1 topic
  38. X-Ray2▲ 130×1 topic
  39. X-ray Absorption2▲ 85×2 topics
  40. tumor2▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques, Particle Detector Development and Performance, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications and X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis.

Advanced X-ray Imaging T…4Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 4 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 3 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksX-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis: 2 fractional worksParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 2 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 2 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…2Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 2 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 2 fractional worksLuminescence Properties of Advanced Materials: 2 fractional worksX-ray Diffraction in Cry…1X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography: 1 fractional works
RadiationNuclear and High Energy PhysicsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingElectrical and Electronic Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 4 works
  2. 2 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  3. 3 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis Radiation 2 works
  5. 5 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials Materials Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography Materials Chemistry 1 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 available46.0%not open54.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.5%domestic only69.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory0.00048% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Brazilian Synchrotron Light 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory7.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.6% in 2005.

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