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Daresbury Laboratory

In research, Daresbury Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,644 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy — Physics and Astronomy is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,034
of 28,054 · #1,100 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#365
of 1,094
Research works
3.7k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
132k
35.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Daresbury Laboratory 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 #5,644 of 12,888 17.2%117 #805

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Daresbury Laboratory 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).

What does Daresbury Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 31.5 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.32× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.89× its world share, 40 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.77× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.82× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 10.11× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× 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, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Daresbury Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert A. Lewis, W. M. Temmerman and G. van der Laan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Daresbury Laboratory.

  1. 1 Robert A. Lewis United Kingdom · #9,141 worldwide 856 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 W. M. Temmerman United Kingdom · #34,117 worldwide 625 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 G. van der Laan United Kingdom · #44,989 worldwide 1.3k citations · 160 works
  4. 4 Martyn Winn United Kingdom · #59,848 worldwide 2.2k citations · 26 works
  5. 5 V. R. Saunders United Kingdom · #72,854 worldwide 429 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 J. Simpson United Kingdom · #75,363 worldwide 562 citations · 91 works
  7. 7 J.A. Clarke United Kingdom · #127,380 worldwide 100 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 G. Beamson United Kingdom · #138,349 worldwide 256 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 M.A. Nagarajan United Kingdom · #138,508 worldwide 205 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 D A Shaw United Kingdom · #144,459 worldwide 205 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Daresbury Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Daresbury Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molecular Dynamics, Negative Ion Sources, Superconducting Cavities, Synchrotron Radiation, Electron Acceleration, Free-Electron Lasers, X-Ray and Superconductivity.

▲ 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. Machine Learning6▲ 1.37×20 topics
  2. Molecular Dynamics6▲ 24×6 topics
  3. Electron Acceleration4▲ 41×2 topics
  4. Negative Ion Sources4▲ 151×1 topic
  5. Superconducting Cavities4▲ 151×1 topic
  6. Synchrotron Radiation4▲ 59×2 topics
  7. Free-Electron Lasers4▲ 234×1 topic
  8. X-Ray4▲ 234×1 topic
  9. Heat Transfer3▲ 4.9×7 topics
  10. Superconductivity3▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Tomography3▲ 12×3 topics
  12. Thin Films3▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Self-Assembly3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  14. Quantum Gravity3▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Electronic Structure3▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Fluid-Structure Interaction3▲ 13×4 topics
  17. Nanostructures3▲ 4.7×13 topics
  18. Large-Eddy Simulation2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  19. Critical Current Density2▲ 69×2 topics
  20. Hydrogen Bonding2▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Nb3Sn Conductor2▲ 91×1 topic
  22. Superconducting Magnets2▲ 91×1 topic
  23. X-ray Imaging2▲ 50×2 topics
  24. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy2▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Data Analysis2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  26. Density Functional Theory2▲ 14×5 topics
  27. Electronic Structure Calculations2▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Turbulent Flows2▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Computational Chemistry2▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Crystal Structures2▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Quantum Mechanics2▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Raman Spectroscopy2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  33. Small-Angle Scattering2▲ 26×2 topics
  34. High-Throughput2▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Materials Informatics2▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Oxidation Resistance2▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Relativity2▲ 48×2 topics
  38. Thermal Properties2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Vortex Dynamics2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization2▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does Daresbury Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle accelerators and beam dynamics, Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers, Superconducting Materials and Applications and Machine Learning in Materials Science.

Particle accelerators and beam dynamics: 4 fractional worksParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 4 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 2 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 2 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 2 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies: 2 fractional worksGyrotron and Vacuum Elec…2Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research: 2 fractional worksRelativity and Gravitational Theory: 2 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 2 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interaction…2Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringMaterials Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 2 works
  5. 5 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 2 works
  6. 6 Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  7. 7 Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  8. 8 Relativity and Gravitational Theory Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  9. 9 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 2 works
  10. 10 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 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 available24.2%not open75.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.7%domestic only68.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Daresbury Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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