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Culham Science Centre

In research, Culham Science Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,479 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#4,017 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#1,386 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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 63.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,128
of 28,054 · #2,697 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#235
of 1,094
Research works
2.6k
▼ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
60k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Culham Science Centre known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,479 of 12,888 38.4%179 #1745
EngineeringField #4,017 of 6,636 33.3%60 #1736
Physics and AstronomyField #1,386 of 1,646 55.3%61 #1252

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,745 #3,479
  2. Engineering#1,736 #4,017
  3. Physics and Astronomy#1,252 #1,386
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Culham Science Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 63.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 39.7 works64×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 60.6 works14×
  3. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 41.4 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.03× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.44× its world share, 45 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 13.74× its world share, 61 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× 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, 13.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Culham Science Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, J. W. Connor, A. Kirk and J. B. Taylor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Culham Science Centre.

  1. 1 J. W. Connor United Kingdom · #30,887 worldwide 512 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 A. Kirk United Kingdom · #38,239 worldwide 738 citations · 81 works
  3. 3 J. B. Taylor United Kingdom · #65,192 worldwide 491 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 F. Sartori United Kingdom · #76,218 worldwide 470 citations · 83 works
  5. 5 D. Borba United Kingdom · #87,844 worldwide 347 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 David J. Ward United Kingdom · #89,366 worldwide 280 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 M. Gryaznevich United Kingdom · #93,558 worldwide 198 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Mark R. Gilbert United Kingdom · #101,015 worldwide 386 citations · 54 works
  9. 9 G.F. Matthews United Kingdom · #104,415 worldwide 856 citations · 150 works
  10. 10 M. Walsh United Kingdom · #120,825 worldwide 278 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Culham Science Centre

Which keywords describe research at Culham Science Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Turbulence33▲ 191×3 topics
  2. Tokamak33▲ 776×1 topic
  3. Transport33▲ 522×1 topic
  4. Molecular Dynamics Simulations26▲ 311×2 topics
  5. fusion materials26▲ 719×1 topic
  6. radiation damage26▲ 719×1 topic
  7. Critical Current Density10▲ 205×2 topics
  8. Solar Wind10▲ 55×2 topics
  9. Nb3Sn Conductor10▲ 269×1 topic
  10. Superconducting Magnets10▲ 269×1 topic
  11. Oxidation Resistance10▲ 46×3 topics
  12. Hydrogen Embrittlement9▲ 56×3 topics
  13. Electron Acceleration9▲ 64×2 topics
  14. Density Functional Theory8▲ 41×2 topics
  15. Accident Tolerant Fuels8▲ 116×1 topic
  16. Fuel Cladding8▲ 116×1 topic
  17. Ionosphere8▲ 75×1 topic
  18. Magnetosphere8▲ 75×1 topic
  19. Molten Salt8▲ 130×1 topic
  20. Nuclear Reactor8▲ 130×1 topic
  21. Negative Ion Sources7▲ 186×1 topic
  22. Superconducting Cavities7▲ 186×1 topic
  23. Electron Beams6▲ 183×1 topic
  24. Laser-Plasma Accelerators6▲ 183×1 topic
  25. Mechanical Properties5▲ 2.8×13 topics
  26. Microstructure5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  27. Plasma Etching4▲ 86×1 topic
  28. Semiconductor Industry4▲ 86×1 topic
  29. Tomography4▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Alzheimer's Disease4▲ 6.2×2 topics
  31. Neutron Imaging3▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Small-Angle Scattering3▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Sintering2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  34. Spark Plasma Sintering2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Grain Boundary Engineering2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Grain Refinement2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  37. Acetylcholinesterase2▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Cholinesterase Inhibitors2▲ 46×1 topic
  39. Surface Engineering2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Coronal Mass Ejections2▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Culham Science Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Magnetic confinement fusion research, Fusion materials and technologies, Superconducting Materials and Applications and Nuclear Materials and Properties.

Magnetic confinement fus…33Magnetic confinement fusion research: 33 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…26Fusion materials and technologies: 26 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 10 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 8 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 8 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 8 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 7 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 6 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 33 works
  2. 2 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 26 works
  3. 3 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 8 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  6. 6 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 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 6 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Culham Science Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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