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Brightlands Materials Center

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Research works
30
▲ 539% vs 2013–17
Citations
642
21.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Brightlands Materials Center 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.

Chemical Engineering: 8.99× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.92× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.02× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 11.37× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 11.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Brightlands Materials Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Additive Manufacturing, Recycling, Polymer Composites, Sustainability, 3D Printing, Applications, Materials and Nanoparticles.

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

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Additive Manufacturing4▲ 58×3 topics
  2. Polymer Composites3▲ 61×3 topics
  3. Recycling3▲ 45×5 topics
  4. Sustainability3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  5. 3D Printing3▲ 52×3 topics
  6. Applications3▲ 44×1 topic
  7. Materials3▲ 56×1 topic
  8. Nanoparticles3▲ 6.9×7 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  10. Process Parameters2▲ 97×2 topics
  11. Rheology2▲ 29×3 topics
  12. Conducting Polymers2▲ 42×2 topics
  13. Nanocrystals2▲ 24×3 topics
  14. Polymerization2▲ 31×5 topics
  15. Biomedical Applications2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  16. Polymer Blends2▲ 62×1 topic
  17. Polymer Crystallization2▲ 126×1 topic
  18. Nanocomposites1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  19. Rheological Properties1▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Waste Management1▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Biodegradable Polymers1▲ 33×3 topics
  22. Energy Efficiency1▲ 5.5×2 topics
  23. Injection Molding1▲ 275×1 topic
  24. Optimization1▲ 7.8×1 topic
  25. Tissue Engineering1▲ 7.5×4 topics
  26. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.8×2 topics
  27. Photovoltaics1▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Solar Cells1▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Vanadium Oxide1▲ 40×2 topics
  30. Fructans1▲ 86×1 topic
  31. Inulin1▲ 86×1 topic

Which research topics does Brightlands Materials Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Polymer crystallization and properties, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

Polymer crystallization …1Polymer crystallization and properties: 1 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 1 fractional worksTransition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials: 0 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 0 fractional worksbiodegradable polymer synthesis and properties: 0 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 0 fractional worksPolymer Nanocomposites and Properties: 0 fractional worksPolymer Science and PVC0Polymer Science and PVC: 0 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 0 fractional works
Polymers and PlasticsPollutionIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Polymer crystallization and properties Polymers and Plastics 1 works
  2. 2 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 1 works
  3. 3 Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  4. 4 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties Biomaterials 0 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 0 works
  8. 8 Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  9. 9 Polymer Science and PVC Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  10. 10 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 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 available80.0%not open20.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Brightlands Materials Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 539% higher 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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