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Breakthrough Institute

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Research works
75
▲ 155% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
43.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Breakthrough Institute

Not ranked overall: Breakthrough 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 Breakthrough Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Breakthrough Institute is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (18%), Engineering (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 53.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 18.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 17.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 9.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 15.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBreakthroughInstitute30fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences20%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science518.1%
    2. Engineering517.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy39.7%
    4. Energy13.3%
    5. Computer Science12.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.7%
    7. Materials Science00.7%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences28.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities13.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting13.1%
    5. Decision Sciences01.1%
    6. Psychology00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences311.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine28.0%
    2. Health Professions12.9%
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: 2.43× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.64× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.63× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.36× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy4.36×3 works
  2. Energy3.64×1 works
  3. Environmental Science3.63×5 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.43×4 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.95×1 works
  6. Engineering1.19×5 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.16×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.15×0 works
  9. Health Professions1.09×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.07×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.97×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.64×2 works
  14. Medicine0.41×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.29×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.20×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.16×0 works
  19. Psychology0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Breakthrough Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Seaver Wang, Harry D. Saunders and Jessica R. Lovering lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Breakthrough Institute.

  1. 1 Seaver Wang United States · #928,222 worldwide 753 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Harry D. Saunders United States · #932,216 worldwide 2.7k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Jessica R. Lovering United States · #1,777,995 worldwide 655 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Ted Nordhaus United States · #1,819,216 worldwide 1.6k citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Michael Shellenberger United States · #2,098,122 worldwide 1.3k citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Adam Stein United States · #2,946,040 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Alexander B. Smith United States · #3,418,972 worldwide 218 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Breakthrough Institute

What are the most cited papers from Breakthrough Institute?

The most cited paper from Breakthrough Institute is "An Assessment of Earth's Climate Sensitivity Using Multiple Lines of Evidence" (Steven C. Sherwood et al., 2020), with 1,326 citations. Next come "Emissions – the ‘business as usual’ story is misleading" (1,259) and "Methanol Steam Reforming for Hydrogen Production" (1,193).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An Assessment of Earth's Climate Sensitivity Using Multiple Lines of Evidence Steven C. Sherwood et al. · Reviews of Geophysics Open access 22 Jul 2020 1,326
2 Emissions – the ‘business as usual’ story is misleading Zeke Hausfather, Glen P. Peters · Nature Open access 29 Jan 2020 1,259
3 Methanol Steam Reforming for Hydrogen Production Daniel R. Palo, Robert A. Dagle, Jamie D. Holladay · Chemical Reviews Review 11 Sep 2007 1,193
4 Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070 Jeffrey Rissman et al. · Applied Energy Open access 29 Mar 2020 1,043
5 The Berkeley Earth Land/Ocean Temperature Record Robert A. Rohde, Zeke Hausfather · Earth system science data Open access 17 Dec 2020 532
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Breakthrough Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Climate Change, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Household Behavior, Consumer Attitudes and Health Effects.

▲ 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Impact5▲ 9.2×7 topics
  2. Climate Change4▲ 5.2×14 topics
  3. Sustainability4▲ 5.1×12 topics
  4. Renewable Energy3▲ 7.2×11 topics
  5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 27×5 topics
  6. Household Behavior2▲ 60×2 topics
  7. Innovation2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  8. Consumer Attitudes2▲ 126×2 topics
  9. Health Effects2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  10. Consumer Behavior1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  11. Energy Transition1▲ 29×3 topics
  12. Food Systems1▲ 88×1 topic
  13. Food Waste1▲ 109×1 topic
  14. Supply Chain1▲ 19×1 topic
  15. Sustainable Diets1▲ 88×1 topic
  16. Astrobiology1▲ 117×1 topic
  17. Biodiversity1▲ 4.9×2 topics
  18. Extraterrestrial Life1▲ 171×1 topic
  19. Lithium-ion Batteries1▲ 8.5×3 topics
  20. Nuclear Fuel1▲ 237×1 topic
  21. Radiation Protection1▲ 237×1 topic
  22. Global Governance1▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Breakthrough Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life and Nuclear and radioactivity studies.

Food Waste Reduction and…1Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability: 1 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainabili…1Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 1 fractional worksSpace Science and Extrat…1Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 1 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…1Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 1 fractional worksBiotechnology and Related Fields: 1 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agriculture: 1 fractional worksInternational Environmen…1International Environmental Law and Policies: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Sustainability in Business: 1 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 1 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…1Planetary Science and Exploration: 1 fractional works
Food ScienceEcologyAstronomy and AstrophysicsSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality4 others

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

  1. 1 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 1 works
  2. 2 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 1 works
  3. 3 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  5. 5 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 International Environmental Law and Policies Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  8. 8 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 1 works
  9. 9 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  10. 10 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.0%domestic only78.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Breakthrough Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 155% higher 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 Breakthrough Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000071% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Breakthrough Institute0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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