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Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear

In research, Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,427 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,343
of 34,923
Rank in Chile
#103
of 133
Research works
417
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear

What is Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear 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 #12,427 of 17,446 4.6%314

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear 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 Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Physics and Astronomy (15%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 68.7% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 20.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 15.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 17.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKComisión Chilenade Energía…65fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences17%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1320.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1015.3%
    3. Environmental Science711.4%
    4. Materials Science46.3%
    5. Energy45.7%
    6. Computer Science34.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering11.1%
    9. Chemistry00.5%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences69.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting22.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences45.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Medicine23.3%
    2. Health Professions12.3%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
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: 1.23× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.02× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 6.20× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.38× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.29× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.80× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.87× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy6.87×10 works
  2. Energy6.20×4 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.02×1 works
  4. Environmental Science2.29×7 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.15×2 works
  6. Materials Science1.80×4 works
  7. Engineering1.38×14 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.23×4 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.94×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.87×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.85×2 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.77×6 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.66×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.55×3 works
  16. Dentistry0.53×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.33×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×0 works
  20. Nursing0.26×0 works
  21. Medicine0.17×2 works
  22. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  23. Neuroscience0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear?

Ranked on the quality score, Pablo Cornejo Aguilera, Roberto E. Mayer and Lipo Birstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear.

  1. 1 Pablo Cornejo Aguilera Chile · #1,324,925 worldwide 828 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Roberto E. Mayer Chile · #2,846,593 worldwide 309 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Lipo Birstein Chile · #3,199,504 worldwide 710 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Carlos Ruz Fuenzalida Chile · #3,363,533 worldwide 43 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Luis Altamirano Chile · #3,467,189 worldwide 347 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Miguel Cárdenas Chile · #3,517,776 worldwide 125 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Espinoza Aguirre Chile · #3,846,622 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 J. Espinoza Chile · #3,981,650 worldwide 35 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 J. Romero-Barrientos Chile · #4,039,632 worldwide 71 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 José Hernández Chile · #4,087,132 worldwide 171 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear

What are the most cited papers from Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear?

The most cited paper from Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear is "New trends and future perspectives on plasma focus research" (Leopoldo Soto, 2005), with 308 citations. Next come "Transformation Plasticity of CeO 2 ‐Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystals: I, Stress Assistance and Autocatalysis" (203) and "Isotopic composition and origin of the precipitation in Northern Chile" (174).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 New trends and future perspectives on plasma focus research Leopoldo Soto · Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Open access 20 Apr 2005 308
2 Transformation Plasticity of CeO 2 ‐Stabilized Tetragonal Zirconia Polycrystals: I, Stress Assistance and Autocatalysis P. E. Reyes-Morel, I‐Wei Chen · Journal of the American Ceramic Society May 1988 203
3 Isotopic composition and origin of the precipitation in Northern Chile Ramón Aravena, O. Suzuki, Humberto Peña et al. · Applied Geochemistry Jun 1999 174
4 Stabilization of body-centred cubic iron under inner-core conditions Anatoly B. Belonoshko, Timofei Lukinov, Jie Fu et al. · Nature Geoscience Open access 10 Feb 2017 133
5 Neutron emission from a fast plasma focus of 400 Joules Patricio Silva, Jose G. Moreno, Leopoldo Soto et al. · Applied Physics Letters Open access 16 Oct 2003 132
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Which keywords describe research at Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Metal Recovery, Phase Transitions, Lithium-ion Batteries, Knowledge Management, Nanostructures, Health Promotion and Solar Wind.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy4▲ 4.8×14 topics
  2. Climate Change3▲ 1.64×14 topics
  3. Globalization3▲ 2.2×5 topics
  4. Environmental Impact3▲ 2.4×9 topics
  5. Metal Recovery2▲ 19×3 topics
  6. Sustainability2▲ 1.45×15 topics
  7. Knowledge Management2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  8. Phase Transitions2▲ 53×2 topics
  9. Catalysis2▲ 4.5×10 topics
  10. Lithium-ion Batteries2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  11. Nanostructures2▲ 7.0×8 topics
  12. Health Promotion2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  13. Solar Wind2▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Latin America2▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Long-Range Interactions2▲ 227×1 topic
  16. Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics2▲ 227×1 topic
  17. Respiratory Infections2▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Household Fuel Use2▲ 35×1 topic
  19. Indoor Air Pollution2▲ 35×1 topic
  20. Sustainable Technology2▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Circular Economy1▲ 7.9×3 topics
  22. Environmental Impacts1▲ 8.0×5 topics
  23. Geographic Information Systems1▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Technology1▲ 4.2×3 topics
  25. Digital Marketing1▲ 5.2×2 topics
  26. Medical Education1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  27. Rare Earth Elements1▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Ecosystem Approach1▲ 178×1 topic
  29. Environmental Impact Assessment1▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Water Splitting1▲ 4.9×3 topics
  31. Battery Recycling1▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Hydrometallurgical Processes1▲ 21×1 topic
  33. Fluctuation Theorems1▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Global Health1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  35. Hematite1▲ 90×1 topic
  36. Interculturalism1▲ 130×1 topic
  37. Ionic Liquids1▲ 5.7×5 topics
  38. Photoelectrodes1▲ 90×1 topic
  39. Poetry1▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Stochastic Thermodynamics1▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Statistical Mechanics and Entropy, Energy and Environment Impacts, Environmental and Ecological Studies and Extraction and Separation Processes.

Statistical Mechanics an…2Statistical Mechanics and Entropy: 2 fractional worksEnergy and Environment I…2Energy and Environment Impacts: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental and Ecological Studies: 1 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: 1 fractional worksIron oxide chemistry and applications: 1 fractional worksCultural and Social Studies in Latin America: 1 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bio…1Metal Extraction and Bioleaching: 1 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 1 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional works
Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsPollutionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMechanical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Statistical Mechanics and Entropy Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  2. 2 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 2 works
  3. 3 Environmental and Ecological Studies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  4. 4 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  6. 6 Iron oxide chemistry and applications Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  7. 7 Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  8. 8 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Comisión Chilena de Energía Nuclear over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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