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Breakthrough Institute

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Research works
75
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.2k
43.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

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.

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: 2.45× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× 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: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.72× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.20× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.66× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.45× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× 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, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Breakthrough Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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 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▲ 9.4×7 topics
  2. Climate Change4▲ 5.3×14 topics
  3. Sustainability4▲ 5.2×12 topics
  4. Renewable Energy3▲ 7.4×11 topics
  5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions2▲ 28×5 topics
  6. Innovation2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  7. Consumer Attitudes2▲ 127×2 topics
  8. Household Behavior2▲ 57×2 topics
  9. Health Effects2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  10. Consumer Behavior1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  11. Energy Transition1▲ 30×3 topics
  12. Food Systems1▲ 90×1 topic
  13. Sustainable Diets1▲ 90×1 topic
  14. Astrobiology1▲ 132×1 topic
  15. Biodiversity1▲ 5.1×2 topics
  16. Extraterrestrial Life1▲ 180×1 topic
  17. Food Waste1▲ 108×1 topic
  18. Lithium-ion Batteries1▲ 8.4×3 topics
  19. Nuclear Fuel1▲ 224×1 topic
  20. Radiation Protection1▲ 224×1 topic
  21. Supply Chain1▲ 19×1 topic
  22. Global Governance1▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Breakthrough Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life and Nuclear and radioactivity studies.

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

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

  1. 1 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 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 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 1 works
  6. 6 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability in Business Marketing 1 works
  8. 8 International Environmental Law and Policies Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Breakthrough Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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.

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