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Canadian Light Source (Canada)

In research, Canadian Light Source (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,128 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,246 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,686
of 22,385 · #1,760 all time
Rank in Canada
#74
of 305
Research works
915
▲ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
35k
38.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
52%
world 18%
Canadian Light Source (Canada)

What is Canadian Light Source (Canada) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,128 of 10,670 19.7%205 #786
EngineeringField #1,246 of 5,901 23.6%69 #950

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Canadian Light Source (Canada) 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 Canadian Light Source (Canada) work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Canadian Light Source (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Materials Science (19%), Chemistry (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 225 fractional works · 87.3% of its workEngineering: 76 fractional works · 29.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 43 fractional works · 16.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 49 fractional works · 19.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 12.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 24 fractional works · 9.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 fractional works · 7.9% of its workRadiation: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 7.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 19 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCatalysis: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStructural Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCanadian LightSource (Canada)258fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences1%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7629.5%
    2. Materials Science4919.1%
    3. Chemistry249.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy207.9%
    5. Energy197.5%
    6. Environmental Science166.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences103.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering93.5%
    9. Computer Science20.8%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences103.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine72.6%
    2. Nursing41.4%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Health Professions00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences20.6%
    2. Social Sciences10.4%
    3. Psychology00.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
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: 0.83× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 10.12× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.82× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 8.17× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.97× its world share, 76 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.47× its world share, 49 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.55× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 2.87× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering10.12×9 works
  2. Energy8.17×19 works
  3. Chemistry5.82×24 works
  4. Materials Science5.47×49 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy3.55×20 works
  6. Nursing2.87×4 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.39×10 works
  8. Engineering1.97×76 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.31×1 works
  10. Environmental Science1.22×16 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.83×10 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.60×2 works
  13. Dentistry0.53×1 works
  14. Veterinary0.48×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×6 works
  16. Medicine0.13×7 works
  17. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.10×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  21. Psychology0.04×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.03×1 works
  23. Health Professions0.02×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works
  25. Mathematics0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Canadian Light Source (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jigang Zhou, Mohsen Shakouri and Yongfeng Hu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Canadian Light Source (Canada).

  1. 1 Jigang Zhou Canada · #26,068 worldwide 30k citations · 202 works
  2. 2 Mohsen Shakouri Canada · #33,343 worldwide 7.9k citations · 175 works
  3. 3 Yongfeng Hu Canada · #61,448 worldwide 46k citations · 766 works
  4. 4 Ning Chen Canada · #114,129 worldwide 25k citations · 630 works
  5. 5 Renfei Feng Canada · #190,815 worldwide 7.9k citations · 243 works
  6. 6 Jian Wang Canada · #203,601 worldwide 44k citations · 1,150 works
  7. 7 Tom Regier Canada · #248,606 worldwide 22k citations · 157 works
  8. 8 Ning Zhu Canada · #262,421 worldwide 5.2k citations · 177 works
  9. 9 Ronny Sutarto Canada · #318,888 worldwide 6.1k citations · 163 works
  10. 10 Feizhou He Canada · #392,878 worldwide 5k citations · 124 works
All ranked researchers at Canadian Light Source (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from Canadian Light Source (Canada)?

The most cited paper from Canadian Light Source (Canada) is "Co3O4 nanocrystals on graphene as a synergistic catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction" (Yongye Liang, Yanguang Li, Hailiang Wang et al., 2011), with 5,502 citations. Next come "An Advanced Ni–Fe Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation" (2,846) and "Homogeneously dispersed multimetal oxygen-evolving catalysts" (2,459).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Co3O4 nanocrystals on graphene as a synergistic catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction Yongye Liang, Yanguang Li, Hailiang Wang et al. · Nature Materials Open access 5 Aug 2011 5,502
2 An Advanced Ni–Fe Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation Ming Gong, Yanguang Li, Hailiang Wang et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society 23 May 2013 2,846
3 Homogeneously dispersed multimetal oxygen-evolving catalysts Bo Zhang et al. · Science Open access 25 Mar 2016 2,459
4 Nanoscale nickel oxide/nickel heterostructures for active hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis Ming Gong, Wu Zhou, Mon‐Che Tsai et al. · Nature Communications Open access 22 Aug 2014 1,706
5 Double perovskites as a family of highly active catalysts for oxygen evolution in alkaline solution Alexis Grimaud, Kevin J. May, Christopher Earl Carlton et al. · Nature Communications Open access 17 Sep 2013 1,628
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Canadian Light Source (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cathode Materials, Energy Storage, Nanomaterials, Catalysis, Rechargeable Batteries, Lithium-ion Batteries, Electrocatalysis and Metal-Organic Frameworks.

▲ 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. Cathode Materials32▲ 32×3 topics
  2. Energy Storage26▲ 16×8 topics
  3. Nanomaterials22▲ 8.1×15 topics
  4. Catalysis22▲ 13×20 topics
  5. Rechargeable Batteries21▲ 30×2 topics
  6. Lithium-ion Batteries17▲ 16×3 topics
  7. Electrocatalysis15▲ 20×4 topics
  8. Metal-Organic Frameworks15▲ 14×5 topics
  9. Water Splitting14▲ 15×4 topics
  10. Catalysts14▲ 27×3 topics
  11. Battery Materials12▲ 27×1 topic
  12. Ionic Conductivity12▲ 33×2 topics
  13. Nanoparticles12▲ 3.6×17 topics
  14. Nanostructured Anodes12▲ 27×1 topic
  15. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries11▲ 30×1 topic
  16. Solid-State Electrolytes11▲ 35×1 topic
  17. Fuel Cells10▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Energy Conversion9▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries9▲ 36×1 topic
  20. Zinc Anode9▲ 36×1 topic
  21. Hydrogen Evolution9▲ 26×1 topic
  22. Oxygen Reduction9▲ 26×1 topic
  23. Superconductivity9▲ 20×9 topics
  24. Biomedical Applications9▲ 2.8×20 topics
  25. Graphene8▲ 4.9×6 topics
  26. Nanocomposites8▲ 3.8×13 topics
  27. CO2 Reduction8▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Carbon Dioxide7▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Adsorption7▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Nanoscale Imaging6▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Electronic Structure6▲ 14×8 topics
  32. Renewable Fuels6▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Tomography6▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Selective Oxidation6▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Ceria6▲ 19×1 topic
  36. Oxidation6▲ 14×1 topic
  37. Heterogeneous Catalysis5▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Hydrogenation5▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Rare Earth Elements5▲ 13×3 topics
  40. X-ray Imaging5▲ 54×2 topics

Which research topics does Canadian Light Source (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advanced battery technologies research and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion.

Advancements in Battery Materials: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 11 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…9Advanced battery technologies research: 9 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…9Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 9 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…6Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 6 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray Imaging T…5Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 5 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques…4CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 4 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 4 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMaterials ChemistryRadiation2 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  3. 3 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  4. 4 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 9 works
  5. 5 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 6 works
  6. 6 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 5 works
  7. 7 CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 works
  10. 10 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 4 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 available40.6%not open59.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.4%domestic only47.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Canadian Light Source (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Canadian Light Source (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Canadian Light Source (Canada)0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Canadian Light Source (Canada) 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.

still counting10%20%30%Canadian Light Source (Canada)19.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.8% in 2022.

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