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BrightSpec

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Research works
30
▲ 268% vs 2013–17
Citations
152
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: BrightSpec 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: 5.20× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.46× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 28.06× its world share, 6 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.31× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 28.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at BrightSpec?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molecular Structure, Rotational Spectroscopy, Density Functional Theory, Breath Analysis, Chiral Separation, Liquid Chromatography, Spectroscopic Databases and Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers.

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

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Molecular Structure5▲ 140×1 topic
  2. Rotational Spectroscopy5▲ 693×1 topic
  3. Density Functional Theory4▲ 45×2 topics
  4. Breath Analysis3▲ 77×2 topics
  5. Chiral Separation3▲ 78×1 topic
  6. Liquid Chromatography3▲ 64×1 topic
  7. Natural Products3▲ 51×2 topics
  8. Spectroscopic Databases3▲ 156×1 topic
  9. Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers3▲ 156×1 topic
  10. Absolute Configuration2▲ 198×1 topic
  11. Chiroptical Spectroscopy2▲ 198×1 topic
  12. Machine Learning2▲ 3.3×5 topics
  13. Catalysis2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  14. Deep Learning2▲ 2.6×3 topics
  15. Ab Initio Parametrization1▲ 36×1 topic
  16. Dispersion Correction1▲ 36×1 topic
  17. Image Processing1▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Drug Discovery1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  19. Wireless Sensor Networks1▲ 10×2 topics
  20. Medicinal Chemistry1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  21. Sustainability1▲ 2.1×2 topics
  22. Ozone Depletion1▲ 59×1 topic
  23. Plant Disease Detection1▲ 92×1 topic
  24. Smart Farming1▲ 84×1 topic
  25. Stratospheric Water Vapor1▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does BrightSpec publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure, Molecular spectroscopy and chirality and Smart Agriculture and AI.

Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 2 fractional worksMolecular Spectroscopy and Structure: 2 fractional worksMolecular spectroscopy and chirality: 2 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 1 fractional worksChemical Reactions and Isotopes: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Economics a…1Agricultural Economics and Policy: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies: 1 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Laser Applications: 0 fractional worksGenetically Modified Organisms Research: 0 fractional works
SpectroscopyPlant SciencePharmaceutical ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences1 others

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

  1. 1 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 2 works
  2. 2 Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure Spectroscopy 2 works
  3. 3 Molecular spectroscopy and chirality Spectroscopy 2 works
  4. 4 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 1 works
  5. 5 Chemical Reactions and Isotopes Pharmaceutical Science 1 works
  6. 6 Agricultural Economics and Policy General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Chemical Physics Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  8. 8 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 1 works
  9. 9 Spectroscopy and Laser Applications Spectroscopy 0 works
  10. 10 Genetically Modified Organisms Research Plant Science 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 available75.7%not open24.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.6%domestic only69.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BrightSpec's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 268% higher than in 2013–2017.

20152020
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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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