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Culham Science Centre

In research, Culham Science Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,875 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#2,780 of 5,901 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#799 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy and Materials Chemistry (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 63.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,644
of 22,385 · #4,600 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#422
of 862
Research works
2.6k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
60k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Culham Science Centre

What is Culham Science Centre 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 #3,875 of 10,670 18.7%179 #2599
EngineeringField #2,780 of 5,901 22.4%60 #1756
Physics and AstronomyField #799 of 1,417 20.2%61 #861

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Culham Science Centre 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,599 #3,875
  2. Engineering#1,756 #2,780
  3. Physics and Astronomy#861 #799
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Culham Science Centre work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Culham Science Centre is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (30%), Engineering (30%), Materials Science (22%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 190 fractional works · 89.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 64 fractional works · 30.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 42 fractional works · 20.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiation: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 63 fractional works · 29.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 18 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 47 fractional works · 22.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 44 fractional works · 20.5% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFiltration and Separation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCulham ScienceCentre213fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences4%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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy6430.2%
    2. Engineering6329.7%
    3. Materials Science4722.0%
    4. Computer Science73.4%
    5. Environmental Science31.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.1%
    7. Chemistry20.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.5%
    9. Mathematics10.5%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.7%
    2. Neuroscience10.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine73.4%
    2. Health Professions10.2%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    2. Social Sciences10.6%
    3. Decision Sciences10.5%
    4. Psychology10.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Culham Science Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 63.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 42.4 works63×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 64.3 works14×
  3. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 43.7 works10×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.98× its world share, 63 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.31× its world share, 47 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 13.59× its world share, 64 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 13.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy13.59×64 works
  2. Materials Science6.31×47 works
  3. Engineering1.98×63 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.38×1 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.68×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×6 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.52×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.50×2 works
  9. Computer Science0.44×7 works
  10. Neuroscience0.40×1 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.39×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.39×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.33×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.27×3 works
  15. Medicine0.18×7 works
  16. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  17. Energy0.11×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  19. Psychology0.11×1 works
  20. Health Professions0.10×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.05×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  23. Nursing0.02×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Culham Science Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, S. L. Dudarev, Sorayya Moradi and D. Dunai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Culham Science Centre.

  1. 1 S. L. Dudarev United Kingdom · #350,556 worldwide 30k citations · 401 works
  2. 2 Sorayya Moradi United Kingdom · #500,969 worldwide 986 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 D. Dunai United Kingdom · #650,578 worldwide 1.5k citations · 43 works
  4. 4 S. Gee United Kingdom · #749,829 worldwide 1.1k citations · 19 works
  5. 5 H. Nyström United Kingdom · #755,031 worldwide 682 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Pui-Wai Ma #790,514 worldwide 2.1k citations · 70 works
  7. 7 D. Nguyen-Manh United Kingdom · #820,279 worldwide 9.3k citations · 258 works
  8. 8 S. Zoletnik United Kingdom · #852,101 worldwide 738 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 H. R. Wilson United Kingdom · #857,966 worldwide 16k citations · 286 works
  10. 10 Sam Gibson #883,623 worldwide 665 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Culham Science Centre

What are the most cited papers from Culham Science Centre?

The most cited paper from Culham Science Centre is "Relaxation of Toroidal Plasma and Generation of Reverse Magnetic Fields" (John Bryan Taylor, 1974), with 1,880 citations. Next come "Relaxation and magnetic reconnection in plasmas" (1,286) and "Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions" (1,176).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Relaxation of Toroidal Plasma and Generation of Reverse Magnetic Fields John Bryan Taylor · Physical Review Letters 4 Nov 1974 1,880
2 Relaxation and magnetic reconnection in plasmas John Bryan Taylor · Reviews of Modern Physics Jul 1986 1,286
3 Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions T. C. Hender et al. · Nuclear Fusion Open access Jun 2007 1,176
4 Lithium sulfur batteries, a mechanistic review Mark Wild, Laura O’Neill, Teng Zhang et al. · Energy & Environmental Science 2015 1,108
5 Chapter 4: Power and particle control Alberto Loarte et al. · Nuclear Fusion Open access Jun 2007 1,085
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Culham Science Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Turbulence, Tokamak, Transport, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, fusion materials, radiation damage, Critical Current Density 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. Turbulence35▲ 184×3 topics
  2. Tokamak35▲ 771×1 topic
  3. Transport35▲ 519×1 topic
  4. Molecular Dynamics Simulations28▲ 305×2 topics
  5. fusion materials28▲ 701×1 topic
  6. radiation damage28▲ 701×1 topic
  7. Critical Current Density11▲ 204×2 topics
  8. Solar Wind10▲ 54×2 topics
  9. Nb3Sn Conductor10▲ 272×1 topic
  10. Superconducting Magnets10▲ 272×1 topic
  11. Oxidation Resistance10▲ 43×3 topics
  12. Hydrogen Embrittlement10▲ 54×3 topics
  13. Electron Acceleration9▲ 63×2 topics
  14. Density Functional Theory9▲ 39×2 topics
  15. Ionosphere9▲ 74×1 topic
  16. Magnetosphere9▲ 74×1 topic
  17. Molten Salt9▲ 129×1 topic
  18. Nuclear Reactor9▲ 129×1 topic
  19. Accident Tolerant Fuels8▲ 115×1 topic
  20. Fuel Cladding8▲ 115×1 topic
  21. Negative Ion Sources7▲ 190×1 topic
  22. Superconducting Cavities7▲ 190×1 topic
  23. Electron Beams7▲ 180×1 topic
  24. Laser-Plasma Accelerators7▲ 180×1 topic
  25. Mechanical Properties6▲ 2.6×14 topics
  26. Microstructure5▲ 4.4×9 topics
  27. Alzheimer's Disease4▲ 7.6×2 topics
  28. Plasma Etching4▲ 85×1 topic
  29. Semiconductor Industry4▲ 85×1 topic
  30. Tomography4▲ 9.9×4 topics
  31. Pharmacology3▲ 5.7×2 topics
  32. Data Analysis3▲ 5.2×2 topics
  33. Neutron Imaging3▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Small-Angle Scattering3▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Acetylcholinesterase3▲ 60×1 topic
  36. Cholinesterase Inhibitors3▲ 60×1 topic
  37. Sintering2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  38. Spark Plasma Sintering2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Grain Boundary Engineering2▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Grain Refinement2▲ 9.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Culham Science Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Magnetic confinement fusion research, Fusion materials and technologies, Superconducting Materials and Applications and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

Magnetic confinement fus…35Magnetic confinement fusion research: 35 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…28Fusion materials and technologies: 28 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 10 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 9 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 9 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 8 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 7 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksPlasma Diagnostics and Applications: 4 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 3 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsMaterials ChemistryBiomedical EngineeringAstronomy and Astrophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 35 works
  2. 2 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 28 works
  3. 3 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  5. 5 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 9 works
  6. 6 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 8 works
  7. 7 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 7 works
  9. 9 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 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 available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.7%domestic only60.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Culham Science Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% 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 Culham Science Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00091% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Culham Science Centre0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Culham Science Centre 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%Culham Science Centre13.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.3% in 1999.

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