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Callaghan Innovation

In research, Callaghan Innovation stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,962 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,101 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,736
of 22,385 · #10,665 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#45
of 61
Research works
425
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.8k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Callaghan Innovation

What is Callaghan Innovation 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 #4,962 of 17,446 8.4%298
EngineeringField #4,101 of 9,532 8.1%147

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Callaghan Innovation 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 Callaghan Innovation work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Callaghan Innovation is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Mathematics (11%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 46 fractional works · 68.0% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 29.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 10.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 12.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCallaghanInnovation68fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences13%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2029.1%
    2. Mathematics710.6%
    3. Computer Science57.8%
    4. Materials Science57.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy34.4%
    6. Environmental Science34.1%
    7. Chemistry22.7%
    8. Energy11.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    1. Decision Sciences57.5%
    2. Psychology22.7%
    3. Social Sciences11.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.2%
    3. Neuroscience11.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Medicine56.9%
    2. Nursing11.2%
    3. Health Professions00.4%
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: 1.03× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.75× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.94× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.04× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 9.01× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.97× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 2.52× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.76× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics9.01×7 works
  2. Decision Sciences7.76×5 works
  3. Nursing2.52×1 works
  4. Materials Science2.04×5 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.97×3 works
  6. Engineering1.94×20 works
  7. Chemistry1.75×2 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.57×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.40×0 works
  10. Energy1.13×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.03×3 works
  12. Computer Science1.01×5 works
  13. Psychology0.89×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.82×3 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×3 works
  16. Neuroscience0.63×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×0 works
  18. Medicine0.36×5 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×0 works
  21. Health Professions0.14×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.12×1 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Callaghan Innovation?

Ranked on the quality score, Owen J. Catchpole, Teresa Moreno and Mark A. Poletti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Callaghan Innovation.

  1. 1 Owen J. Catchpole New Zealand · #1,926,621 worldwide 2.3k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Teresa Moreno New Zealand · #2,256,998 worldwide 521 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Mark A. Poletti New Zealand · #2,403,325 worldwide 1.8k citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Neil Glasson New Zealand · #2,697,068 worldwide 501 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Stephen J. Tallon New Zealand · #2,876,204 worldwide 1.1k citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Andrew MacKenzie New Zealand · #3,510,464 worldwide 726 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Robert D. Breukers New Zealand · #3,549,348 worldwide 404 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Anthony Buxton New Zealand · #3,894,583 worldwide 30 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 H. A. Jones New Zealand · #4,066,660 worldwide 49 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Jason L. J. Ryan New Zealand · #4,299,589 worldwide 666 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Callaghan Innovation

What are the most cited papers from Callaghan Innovation?

The most cited paper from Callaghan Innovation is "Emerging trends in porous materials for CO 2 capture and conversion" (Gurwinder Singh, Jang Mee Lee, Ajay Singh Karakoti et al., 2020), with 845 citations. Next come "Natural killer T cells recognize diacylglycerol antigens from pathogenic bacteria" (642) and "Three Decades of Auxetics Research − Materials with Negative Poisson's Ratio: A Review" (622).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Emerging trends in porous materials for CO 2 capture and conversion Gurwinder Singh, Jang Mee Lee, Ajay Singh Karakoti et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2020 845
2 Natural killer T cells recognize diacylglycerol antigens from pathogenic bacteria Yuki Kinjo, Emmanuel Tupin, Douglass Wu et al. · Nature Immunology 20 Aug 2006 642
3 Three Decades of Auxetics Research − Materials with Negative Poisson's Ratio: A Review Krishna Kumar Saxena, Raj Kishor Das, Emilio Patricio Calius · Advanced Engineering Materials Open access 21 Jun 2016 622
4 Laser speckle contrast imaging: theoretical and practical limitations David Briers, Donald D. Duncan, Evan Hirst et al. · Journal of Biomedical Optics Open access 27 Jun 2013 561
5 Chronic Cervical Zygapophysial Joint Pain After Whiplash Susan M. Lord, Les Barnsley, Barbara J. Wallis et al. · Spine Aug 1996 558
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Callaghan Innovation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality Assurance, Measurement Uncertainty, Redefinition of SI Units, Artificial Neural Networks, Mechanical Properties, Thermodynamic Analysis, Principal Component Analysis and Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis.

▲ 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 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. Quality Assurance4▲ 39×3 topics
  2. Measurement Uncertainty3▲ 505×1 topic
  3. Redefinition of SI Units3▲ 505×1 topic
  4. Neural Networks3▲ 2.9×5 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties3▲ 4.4×9 topics
  6. Artificial Neural Networks3▲ 9.2×3 topics
  7. Environmental Impact2▲ 1.98×8 topics
  8. Climate Change2▲ 1.22×10 topics
  9. Obesity2▲ 4.2×2 topics
  10. Principal Component Analysis2▲ 23×3 topics
  11. Thermodynamic Analysis2▲ 50×3 topics
  12. Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis2▲ 121×1 topic
  13. Body Mass Index2▲ 60×1 topic
  14. Microstructure2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  15. IEEE 14512▲ 113×1 topic
  16. Regression Analysis2▲ 64×2 topics
  17. Smart Sensors2▲ 31×1 topic
  18. Multicollinearity2▲ 115×1 topic
  19. Outlier Detection2▲ 18×1 topic
  20. Monitoring2▲ 25×3 topics
  21. Variable Selection1▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Graphene1▲ 2.9×5 topics
  23. Optimization1▲ 4.4×4 topics
  24. Raman Spectroscopy1▲ 9.6×3 topics
  25. Additive Manufacturing1▲ 5.1×2 topics
  26. Carbon Nanotubes1▲ 4.9×2 topics
  27. Global Warming1▲ 3.9×2 topics
  28. Healthcare Improvement1▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Model Selection1▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Statistical Process Control1▲ 123×1 topic
  31. Thermodynamic Modeling1▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Two-Dimensional Materials1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  33. Drought1▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Ejectors1▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Emotion Regulation1▲ 4.7×2 topics
  36. Hydrological1▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Lasso1▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Polymer Composites1▲ 5.6×3 topics
  39. Refrigerants1▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Regularization1▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Callaghan Innovation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation, Body Composition Measurement Techniques, Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems and Advanced Statistical Methods and Models.

Scientific Measurement a…3Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation: 3 fractional worksBody Composition Measurement Techniques: 2 fractional worksSensor Technology and Me…2Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Statistical Met…2Advanced Statistical Methods and Models: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Statistical Process Monitoring: 1 fractional worksRefrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies: 1 fractional worksStatistical Methods and …1Statistical Methods and Inference: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines: 1 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 1 fractional works
Statistics, Probability and UncertaintyPhysiologyComputer Networks and CommunicationsStatistics and Probability3 others

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

  1. 1 Scientific Measurement and Uncertainty Evaluation Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 3 works
  2. 2 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 2 works
  3. 3 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  4. 4 Advanced Statistical Methods and Models Statistics and Probability 2 works
  5. 5 Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  6. 6 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Statistical Methods and Inference Statistics and Probability 1 works
  8. 8 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 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 available32.0%not open68.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Callaghan Innovation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 36% lower 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 Callaghan Innovation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Callaghan Innovation0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Callaghan Innovation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%Callaghan Innovation10.2% in 2021all institutions10.0% in 20212020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2016.

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