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Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom)

In research, Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,681 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,778
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#825
of 1,844
Research works
339
▲ 339% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
40.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.21×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom)

What is Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #9,681 of 17,446 17.6%203

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom) 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 Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 60% of research at Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (30%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 203 fractional works · 60.0% of its workComputer Science: 102 fractional works · 30.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 43 fractional works · 12.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 21 fractional works · 6.3% of its workInformation Systems: 16 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 34 fractional works · 10.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 25 fractional works · 7.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 15 fractional works · 4.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 56 fractional works · 16.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workToxicology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 56 fractional works · 16.4% of its workMedicine: 50 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBristolLaboratories…339fractional works, all years
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science10230.1%
    2. Engineering3410.1%
    3. Chemistry257.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy195.7%
    5. Materials Science123.7%
    6. Mathematics51.6%
    7. Chemical Engineering20.7%
    8. Environmental Science20.5%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology298.6%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics103.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences72.2%
    4. Neuroscience51.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology41.3%
    1. Medicine5014.8%
    2. Veterinary20.7%
    3. Nursing20.6%
    4. Health Professions10.4%
    1. Social Sciences82.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting61.8%
    3. Decision Sciences41.2%
    4. Psychology20.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.3%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.20× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 12.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.56× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.51× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 4.24× its world share, 0 worksNursing1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 12.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology12.37×0 works
  2. Nursing4.24×0 works
  3. Neuroscience2.56×0 works
  4. Computer Science2.51×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.20×0 works
  6. Medicine1.40×1 works
  7. Engineering1.16×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.84×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.75×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Donald E. Nettleton, G. Lacasse and H.L. Dickison lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Donald E. Nettleton United Kingdom · #2,265,604 worldwide 862 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 G. Lacasse United Kingdom · #3,294,637 worldwide 245 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 H.L. Dickison United Kingdom · #3,582,520 worldwide 262 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Martin A. Brumbaugh United Kingdom · #3,997,067 worldwide 284 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Martin J. Cron United Kingdom · #4,266,955 worldwide 297 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Louis Farchione United Kingdom · #5,089,313 worldwide 325 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Lee C. Cheney United Kingdom · #5,230,739 worldwide 893 citations · 70 works
  8. 8 Frank H. Buckwalter United Kingdom · #5,249,524 worldwide 158 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 DONALD E. HORNING United Kingdom · #6,224,580 worldwide 292 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom) is "Measurement of qubits" (Daniel F. V. James, Paul G. Kwiat, William J. Munro et al., 2001), with 2,184 citations. Next come "Unconditional Security of Quantum Key Distribution over Arbitrarily Long Distances" (1,903) and "Experimental Realization of Teleporting an Unknown Pure Quantum State via Dual Classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Channels" (1,811).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Measurement of qubits Daniel F. V. James, Paul G. Kwiat, William J. Munro et al. · Physical Review A Open access 16 Oct 2001 2,184
2 Unconditional Security of Quantum Key Distribution over Arbitrarily Long Distances Hoi-Kwong Lo, H. F. Chau · Science Open access 26 Mar 1999 1,903
3 Experimental Realization of Teleporting an Unknown Pure Quantum State via Dual Classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Channels D. Boschi, S. Branca, F. De Martini et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 9 Feb 1998 1,811
4 Random Matrix Theory and ζ(1/2+ it) Jonathan P. Keating, N. C. Snaith · Communications in Mathematical Physics Oct 2000 769
5 Nearly Deterministic Linear Optical Controlled-NOT Gate Kae Nemoto, William J. Munro · Physical Review Letters Open access 15 Dec 2004 672
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Security, Entanglement, Cryptography, Quantum Information, Antimicrobial Resistance, Computation, Communication and Metrology.

▲ 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 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. Security20▲ 14×9 topics
  2. Entanglement14▲ 25×4 topics
  3. Cryptography13▲ 35×3 topics
  4. Quantum Information11▲ 24×3 topics
  5. Antimicrobial Resistance11▲ 12×6 topics
  6. Synthesis10▲ 4.9×12 topics
  7. Computation9▲ 36×2 topics
  8. Nanoparticles9▲ 2.0×10 topics
  9. Communication9▲ 9.1×3 topics
  10. Metrology9▲ 48×1 topic
  11. Quantum9▲ 33×1 topic
  12. Distributed Systems8▲ 9.9×6 topics
  13. Pharmacology7▲ 6.4×7 topics
  14. Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics7▲ 46×1 topic
  15. Critically Ill Patients7▲ 46×1 topic
  16. Drug Discovery7▲ 5.1×7 topics
  17. Quantum Simulation6▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Anticancer Agents6▲ 7.2×7 topics
  19. Side-Channel Attacks6▲ 40×3 topics
  20. Quantum Algorithms6▲ 55×1 topic
  21. Quantum Computation6▲ 55×1 topic
  22. Semantic Web6▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Trust6▲ 6.9×4 topics
  24. Pharmacokinetics6▲ 6.4×5 topics
  25. Wireless Networks6▲ 7.6×8 topics
  26. Homomorphic Encryption6▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Identity-Based Encryption6▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Colloidal Crystals6▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Privacy6▲ 9.4×5 topics
  30. Cryptanalysis6▲ 20×4 topics
  31. Cloud Computing5▲ 5.8×4 topics
  32. Chiral Separation5▲ 12×1 topic
  33. Liquid Chromatography5▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Green Analytical Chemistry5▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Model Checking5▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Bell Inequality5▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Decoherence5▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Pharmaceutical Analysis4▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Validation4▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Virtualization4▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research and Advanced Neural Network Applications.

Immunotherapy and Immune…0Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 0 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…0Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 0 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 0 fractional worksVagus Nerve Stimulation …0Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research: 0 fractional worksPhosphodiesterase function and regulation: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Vision and Imaging: 0 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer p…0Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 0 fractional works3D Shape Modeling and Analysis: 0 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 0 fractional works
ImmunologyBiomedical EngineeringRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition5 others

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

  1. 1 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 0 works
  2. 2 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  4. 4 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  5. 5 Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research Neurology 0 works
  6. 6 Phosphodiesterase function and regulation Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  8. 8 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis Computational Mechanics 0 works
  10. 10 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available23.5%not open76.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.0%domestic only72.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 339% 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 Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000090% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom)0.000028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bristol Laboratories (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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