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European Spallation Source

In research, European Spallation Source stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,394 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiation, Physics and Astronomy and Aerospace Engineering (Radiation is 121.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,151
of 22,385 · #6,655 all time
Rank in Sweden
#87
of 107
Research works
643
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.5k
8.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
56%
world 18%
European Spallation Source

What is European Spallation Source 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 #7,394 of 10,670 3.0%121 #2336

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where European Spallation Source 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 European Spallation Source work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at European Spallation Source is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (33%), Physics and Astronomy (33%), Materials Science (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 139 fractional works · 87.5% of its workEngineering: 53 fractional works · 33.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 24 fractional works · 15.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 52 fractional works · 32.6% of its workRadiation: 27 fractional works · 16.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 7.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 19 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 8.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEuropeanSpallation Source159fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences2%

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. Engineering5333.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy5232.6%
    3. Materials Science1911.9%
    4. Chemistry42.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.7%
    6. Computer Science32.2%
    7. Environmental Science10.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    9. Energy10.4%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology95.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine53.3%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences21.3%
    2. Social Sciences10.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does European Spallation Source specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiation takes 121.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RadiationSubfield · 26.6 works121×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 51.9 works15×
  3. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 23.9 works13×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.78× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.22× its world share, 53 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.42× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 14.67× its world share, 52 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.03× 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, 14.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy14.67×52 works
  2. Materials Science3.42×19 works
  3. Engineering2.22×53 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.88×1 works
  5. Chemistry1.78×4 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.75×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.39×2 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.01×8 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×0 works
  10. Energy0.41×1 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.32×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.28×4 works
  13. Medicine0.17×5 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.16×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  17. Nursing0.12×0 works
  18. Health Professions0.05×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.03×1 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at European Spallation Source?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard John Hall-Wilton, Valentina Santoro and Andrew Jackson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Spallation Source.

  1. 1 Richard John Hall-Wilton Sweden · #21,468 worldwide 70k citations · 794 works
  2. 2 Valentina Santoro Sweden · #367,486 worldwide 23k citations · 623 works
  3. 3 Andrew Jackson Sweden · #376,240 worldwide 4k citations · 85 works
  4. 4 C. Marrelli Sweden · #1,344,535 worldwide 529 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 F. Piscitelli Sweden · #1,505,032 worldwide 853 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Hanna Pauliina Wacklin Sweden · #1,642,397 worldwide 1.4k citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Robin Woracek Sweden · #1,643,800 worldwide 1.5k citations · 87 works
  8. 8 Troels Schønfeldt Sweden · #1,651,795 worldwide 267 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 T. Kittelmann Sweden · #1,792,658 worldwide 2k citations · 67 works
  10. 10 A. Khaplanov Sweden · #2,063,832 worldwide 2.2k citations · 99 works
All ranked researchers at European Spallation Source

What are the most cited papers from European Spallation Source?

The most cited paper from European Spallation Source is "FCC-ee: The Lepton Collider" (Asmâa Abada et al., 2019), with 950 citations. Next come "FCC Physics Opportunities" (691) and "FCC-hh: The Hadron Collider" (654).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 FCC-ee: The Lepton Collider Asmâa Abada et al. · The European Physical Journal Special Topics Open access1,362 authors Jun 2019 950
2 FCC Physics Opportunities A. Abada et al. · The European Physical Journal C Open access1,363 authors Jun 2019 691
3 FCC-hh: The Hadron Collider A. Abada et al. · The European Physical Journal Special Topics Open access1,363 authors Jul 2019 654
4 Complete structure and cation orientation in the perovskite photovoltaic methylammonium lead iodide between 100 and 352 K Mark T. Weller, Oliver J. Weber, Paul F. Henry et al. · Chemical Communications Open access 2015 611
5 Grain-scale experimental investigation of localised deformation in sand: a discrete particle tracking approach Edward Andò, Stephen A. Hall, Gioacchino Viggiani et al. · Acta Geotechnica Open access 24 Nov 2011 349
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at European Spallation Source?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tomography, Small-Angle Scattering, Data Analysis, Radiography, Neutron Activation Analysis, Neutron Imaging, Negative Ion Sources and Superconducting Cavities.

▲ 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. Tomography22▲ 78×4 topics
  2. Small-Angle Scattering21▲ 260×2 topics
  3. Data Analysis20▲ 47×3 topics
  4. Radiography20▲ 352×2 topics
  5. Neutron Activation Analysis19▲ 375×1 topic
  6. Neutron Imaging19▲ 375×1 topic
  7. Negative Ion Sources9▲ 305×1 topic
  8. Superconducting Cavities9▲ 305×1 topic
  9. Critical Current Density8▲ 197×2 topics
  10. Molten Salt8▲ 154×1 topic
  11. Nb3Sn Conductor8▲ 270×1 topic
  12. Nuclear Reactor8▲ 154×1 topic
  13. Superconducting Magnets8▲ 270×1 topic
  14. Thermodynamic Modeling7▲ 39×3 topics
  15. Cryogenic Storage7▲ 159×1 topic
  16. Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)7▲ 159×1 topic
  17. Crystal Growth7▲ 16×6 topics
  18. Medical Imaging6▲ 7.6×2 topics
  19. Inorganic Scintillators6▲ 123×1 topic
  20. Scintillation Detectors6▲ 123×1 topic
  21. Nanoparticles5▲ 2.7×21 topics
  22. Superconductivity5▲ 18×9 topics
  23. Synchrotron Radiation5▲ 60×3 topics
  24. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Superfluidity4▲ 68×2 topics
  26. Helium Nanodroplets4▲ 166×1 topic
  27. Quantum Turbulence4▲ 166×1 topic
  28. Atomic Magnetometer4▲ 83×1 topic
  29. CMOS Technology4▲ 31×3 topics
  30. Hyperpolarized Gases4▲ 83×1 topic
  31. Free-Electron Lasers4▲ 208×1 topic
  32. X-Ray4▲ 208×1 topic
  33. X-ray Imaging4▲ 69×2 topics
  34. Photon Counting4▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Particle Detectors3▲ 110×1 topic
  36. Silicon Detectors3▲ 110×1 topic
  37. Crystal Structure3▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Workflow Management2▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 7.9×5 topics
  40. Structure Determination2▲ 45×2 topics

Which research topics does European Spallation Source publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear Physics and Applications, Particle accelerators and beam dynamics, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering and Superconducting Materials and Applications.

Nuclear Physics and Appl…19Nuclear Physics and Applications: 19 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 9 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics …8Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 8 fractional worksSuperconducting Material…8Superconducting Materials and Applications: 8 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 7 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 6 fractional worksQuantum, superfluid, hel…4Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics: 4 fractional worksAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research: 4 fractional worksParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 4 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 3 fractional works
RadiationAerospace EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 19 works
  2. 2 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 9 works
  3. 3 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  4. 4 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  5. 5 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 6 works
  7. 7 Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  8. 8 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  9. 9 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 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 available72.9%not open27.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.1%domestic only43.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has European Spallation Source's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is European Spallation Source as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00053% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%European Spallation Source0.00058% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of European Spallation Source 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 2025European Spallation Source3.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.5% in 2013.

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