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Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

In research, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,009 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,665 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering (Aerospace Engineering is 10.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,981
of 22,385 · #6,100 all time
Rank in Canada
#127
of 305
Research works
1.1k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

What is Canadian Nuclear Laboratories 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 #3,009 of 10,670 4.5%181 #2454
EngineeringField #3,665 of 5,901 3.8%77 #2847

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Canadian Nuclear Laboratories 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 Nuclear Laboratories work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Materials Science (24%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 195 fractional works · 80.0% of its workEngineering: 84 fractional works · 34.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 31 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 58 fractional works · 23.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 49 fractional works · 20.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 21 fractional works · 8.8% of its workRadiation: 13 fractional works · 5.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 29 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 9.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCanadian NuclearLaboratories244fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences3%

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. Engineering8434.3%
    2. Materials Science5823.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy218.8%
    4. Environmental Science104.1%
    5. Energy52.0%
    6. Chemical Engineering51.9%
    7. Chemistry51.9%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.6%
    9. Computer Science41.5%
    10. Mathematics10.3%
    1. Medicine229.2%
    2. Health Professions52.0%
    3. Veterinary10.6%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology20.8%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    1. Decision Sciences31.4%
    2. Social Sciences21.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    5. Psychology00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Canadian Nuclear Laboratories specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 30.8 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.43× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.20× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.15× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.29× its world share, 84 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.78× its world share, 58 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.94× its world share, 21 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science6.78×58 works
  2. Chemical Engineering5.43×5 works
  3. Veterinary4.08×1 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy3.94×21 works
  5. Engineering2.29×84 works
  6. Energy2.15×5 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.46×3 works
  8. Chemistry1.20×5 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.11×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.01×4 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.83×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.83×10 works
  13. Health Professions0.74×5 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×7 works
  15. Medicine0.48×22 works
  16. Neuroscience0.30×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.25×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.19×4 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  21. Nursing0.08×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  23. Social Sciences0.08×2 works
  24. Psychology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories?

Ranked on the quality score, A. G. Chynoweth, M. Dunford and Michael Joshua Welland lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Canadian Nuclear Laboratories.

  1. 1 A. G. Chynoweth Canada · #182,415 worldwide 5.2k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 M. Dunford Canada · #317,705 worldwide 1.6k citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Michael Joshua Welland Canada · #664,541 worldwide 2.8k citations · 56 works
  4. 4 Bryan M. van der Ende Canada · #986,150 worldwide 2.1k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 C. E. Bina Canada · #1,071,156 worldwide 671 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 A. Erlandson Canada · #1,072,386 worldwide 967 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Jamie Carr Canada · #1,312,663 worldwide 3.8k citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Patrick W. Causey Canada · #1,327,890 worldwide 901 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 George Wypych Canada · #1,335,987 worldwide 1.9k citations · 1,352 works
  10. 10 Randy Perron Canada · #1,456,372 worldwide 406 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

What are the most cited papers from Canadian Nuclear Laboratories?

The most cited paper from Canadian Nuclear Laboratories is "Neutron scattering lengths and cross sections" (Varley F. Sears, 1992), with 3,742 citations. Next come "The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library, JEFF-3.3" (715) and "Pseudo LS coupling and pseudo SU3 coupling schemes" (687).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Neutron scattering lengths and cross sections Varley F. Sears · Neutron News 1992 3,742
2 The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library, JEFF-3.3 Arjan J. M. Plompen et al. · The European Physical Journal A Open access Jul 2020 715
3 Pseudo LS coupling and pseudo SU3 coupling schemes A. Arima, M. Harvey, K. Shimizu · Physics Letters B Dec 1969 687
4 Voltage-dependent ordering of water molecules at an electrode–electrolyte interface Michael F. Toney, Jason N. Howard, Jocelyn Richer et al. · Nature Mar 1994 667
5 Temperature-related changes in airborne allergenic pollen abundance and seasonality across the northern hemisphere: a retrospective data analysis Lewis Hans Ziska et al. · The Lancet Planetary Health Open access Mar 2019 415
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydrogen Embrittlement, Oxidation Resistance, High Temperature Behavior, Accident Tolerant Fuels, Fuel Cladding, Molten Salt, Nuclear Reactor and Finite Element 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. Hydrogen Embrittlement26▲ 129×2 topics
  2. Oxidation Resistance25▲ 97×3 topics
  3. High Temperature Behavior25▲ 183×2 topics
  4. Accident Tolerant Fuels24▲ 287×1 topic
  5. Fuel Cladding24▲ 287×1 topic
  6. Molten Salt20▲ 258×1 topic
  7. Nuclear Reactor20▲ 258×1 topic
  8. Finite Element Analysis11▲ 20×5 topics
  9. Nuclear Fuel10▲ 256×1 topic
  10. Radiation Protection10▲ 256×1 topic
  11. Molecular Dynamics Simulations10▲ 90×2 topics
  12. fusion materials9▲ 200×1 topic
  13. radiation damage9▲ 200×1 topic
  14. Health Effects9▲ 6.1×10 topics
  15. Heat Transfer8▲ 6.5×10 topics
  16. Radionuclides8▲ 79×2 topics
  17. Data Analysis7▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Tomography7▲ 16×3 topics
  19. Crystal Growth7▲ 9.8×5 topics
  20. Neutron Imaging7▲ 84×1 topic
  21. Oxidation Behavior7▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Small-Angle Scattering7▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Reliability Evaluation6▲ 47×2 topics
  24. Safety Assessment6▲ 60×2 topics
  25. Ionizing Radiation6▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Passive Systems6▲ 147×1 topic
  27. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis6▲ 147×1 topic
  28. Microstructure6▲ 4.4×12 topics
  29. Numerical Simulation5▲ 7.5×5 topics
  30. Thermal Properties5▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Raman Spectroscopy5▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Environmental Impacts5▲ 7.3×3 topics
  33. Microstructural Characterization5▲ 94×1 topic
  34. Nuclear Graphite5▲ 94×1 topic
  35. Actinides5▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Inorganic Scintillators4▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Scintillation Detectors4▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Fukushima Daiichi4▲ 110×1 topic
  39. nuclear accident4▲ 110×1 topic
  40. Thermal Conductivity4▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Canadian Nuclear Laboratories publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear Materials and Properties, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear and radioactivity studies and Fusion materials and technologies.

Nuclear Materials and Pr…24Nuclear Materials and Properties: 24 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics …20Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 20 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 10 fractional worksFusion materials and technologies: 9 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 7 fractional worksNuclear Engineering Ther…6Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 6 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 5 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 4 fractional worksRadioactive contamination and transfer: 4 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 3 fractional works
Materials ChemistryAerospace EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityRadiation2 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 24 works
  2. 2 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 20 works
  3. 3 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 10 works
  4. 4 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 9 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 7 works
  6. 6 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 5 works
  8. 8 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 4 works
  9. 9 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  10. 10 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 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 available21.3%not open78.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Canadian Nuclear Laboratories's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Nuclear Laboratories as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00095% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Canadian Nuclear Laboratories0.00076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Canadian Nuclear Laboratories7.6% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.1% in 2020.

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