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European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

In research, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility stands highest in Physical Sciences (#715 of 10,670 worldwide), Materials Science (#298 of 2,276 worldwide) and Engineering (#941 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiation, Condensed Matter Physics and Inorganic Chemistry (Radiation is 51.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,384
of 22,385 · #699 all time
Rank in France
#53
of 517
Research works
5.1k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
165k
32.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
65%
world 18%
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

What is European Synchrotron Radiation Facility 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 #715 of 10,670 10.6%571 #432
Materials ScienceField #298 of 2,276 7.7%183 #113
EngineeringField #941 of 5,901 9.5%149 #565
Materials ChemistrySubfield #346 of 1,473 8.0%119 #184
Physics and AstronomyField #396 of 1,417 15.5%100 #264

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where European Synchrotron Radiation Facility 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#432 #715
  2. Materials Science#113 #298
  3. Engineering#565 #941
  4. Materials Chemistry#184 #346
  5. Physics and Astronomy#264 #396
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 European Synchrotron Radiation Facility work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at European Synchrotron Radiation Facility is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (27%), Engineering (22%), Physics and Astronomy (15%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 636 fractional works · 85.0% of its workMaterials Science: 203 fractional works · 27.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 132 fractional works · 17.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 36 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomaterials: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCeramics and Composites: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 165 fractional works · 22.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 62 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 29 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 113 fractional works · 15.1% of its workRadiation: 53 fractional works · 7.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 28 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 19 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 52 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 40 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeophysics: 24 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPaleontology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 21 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 20 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 2.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCatalysis: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 61 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 47 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStructural Biology: 11 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEuropeanSynchrotron…749fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences5%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science20327.1%
    2. Engineering16522.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy11315.1%
    4. Chemistry526.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences405.3%
    6. Energy212.8%
    7. Environmental Science182.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering162.1%
    9. Computer Science101.3%
    10. Mathematics10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology476.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences91.2%
    3. Neuroscience30.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine304.0%
    2. Nursing20.3%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Health Professions10.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities70.9%
    2. Decision Sciences40.5%
    3. Social Sciences30.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.3%
    5. Psychology10.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does European Synchrotron Radiation Facility specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiation takes 51.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RadiationSubfield · 52.5 works51×
  2. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 28.4 works24×
  3. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 29.0 works16×
  4. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 36.0 works11×
  5. GeophysicsSubfield · 24.0 works9.2×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.99× its world share, 16 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.41× its world share, 52 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.37× its world share, 40 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.08× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.47× its world share, 165 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 7.77× its world share, 203 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.77× its world share, 113 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science7.77×203 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy6.77×113 works
  3. Chemical Engineering5.99×16 works
  4. Chemistry4.41×52 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.37×40 works
  6. Energy3.08×21 works
  7. Engineering1.47×165 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×47 works
  9. Nursing0.63×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.56×4 works
  11. Environmental Science0.47×18 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×1 works
  13. Dentistry0.34×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.32×7 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×9 works
  16. Neuroscience0.21×3 works
  17. Medicine0.21×30 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.16×10 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×2 works
  21. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  22. Health Professions0.05×1 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  24. Social Sciences0.03×3 works
  25. Psychology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at European Synchrotron Radiation Facility?

Ranked on the quality score, Marine Cotte, F. Sette and Pieter Glatzel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Synchrotron Radiation Facility.

  1. 1 Marine Cotte France · #57,904 worldwide 11k citations · 267 works
  2. 2 F. Sette France · #65,024 worldwide 18k citations · 226 works
  3. 3 Pieter Glatzel France · #72,608 worldwide 18k citations · 347 works
  4. 4 Wout De Nolf France · #130,376 worldwide 3.8k citations · 123 works
  5. 5 Peter Cloetens France · #144,327 worldwide 23k citations · 579 works
  6. 6 Géraldine Le Duc France · #172,530 worldwide 6.5k citations · 164 works
  7. 7 Paul Tafforeau France · #176,250 worldwide 12k citations · 414 works
  8. 8 Jérôme Kieffer France · #182,260 worldwide 3.6k citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Kirill A. Lomachenko France · #210,038 worldwide 7.7k citations · 179 works
  10. 10 Alexander Rack France · #212,379 worldwide 9.8k citations · 434 works
All ranked researchers at European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

What are the most cited papers from European Synchrotron Radiation Facility?

The most cited paper from European Synchrotron Radiation Facility is "A Chromium Terephthalate-Based Solid with Unusually Large Pore Volumes and Surface Area" (Gérard Férey, Caroline Mellot‐Draznieks, Christian Serre et al., 2005), with 5,419 citations. Next come "Two-dimensional detector software: From real detector to idealised image or two-theta scan" (4,696) and "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy" (4,068).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Chromium Terephthalate-Based Solid with Unusually Large Pore Volumes and Surface Area Gérard Férey, Caroline Mellot‐Draznieks, Christian Serre et al. · Science Open access 22 Sep 2005 5,419
2 Two-dimensional detector software: From real detector to idealised image or two-theta scan A. P. Hammersley, Sigfrid Svensson, Michael Hanfland et al. · High Pressure Research 1996 4,696
3 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access1,270 authors Apr 2012 4,068
4 X-ray circular dichroism as a probe of orbital magnetization Bernard Theodoor Thole, Paolo Carra, F. Sette et al. · Physical Review Letters 23 Mar 1992 2,720
5 ABINIT: First-principles approach to material and nanosystem properties Xavier Gonze et al. · Computer Physics Communications 23 Jul 2009 2,716
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at European Synchrotron Radiation Facility?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tomography, Superconductivity, Catalysis, Nanoparticles, X-ray Imaging, Nanoscale Imaging, Phase Retrieval and Ptychography.

▲ 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. Tomography53▲ 40×5 topics
  2. Nanoparticles49▲ 5.2×36 topics
  3. Superconductivity45▲ 35×9 topics
  4. Catalysis41▲ 8.3×24 topics
  5. X-ray Imaging32▲ 125×2 topics
  6. Nanoscale Imaging32▲ 52×2 topics
  7. Phase Retrieval29▲ 254×1 topic
  8. Ptychography29▲ 254×1 topic
  9. Biomedical Applications25▲ 2.9×31 topics
  10. Crystal Structure23▲ 23×7 topics
  11. Electronic Structure23▲ 17×8 topics
  12. Nanomaterials23▲ 3.0×18 topics
  13. Structure Determination23▲ 104×2 topics
  14. Mechanical Properties22▲ 2.9×30 topics
  15. Nanocomposites22▲ 3.6×19 topics
  16. Plate Tectonics21▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Cathode Materials20▲ 7.0×3 topics
  18. Energy Storage20▲ 4.0×8 topics
  19. Crystal Growth19▲ 9.1×12 topics
  20. Synchrotron Radiation19▲ 51×3 topics
  21. Metal-Organic Frameworks18▲ 5.8×6 topics
  22. Microstructure17▲ 4.5×17 topics
  23. Small-Angle Scattering17▲ 44×2 topics
  24. Lithium-ion Batteries17▲ 5.5×3 topics
  25. Nanostructures17▲ 5.5×16 topics
  26. Crystal Structure Prediction16▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Mantle Dynamics16▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Electrocatalysis16▲ 7.4×4 topics
  29. Spectroscopy16▲ 12×9 topics
  30. Water Splitting15▲ 5.5×4 topics
  31. Quantitative Analysis15▲ 9.5×4 topics
  32. Adsorption15▲ 9.3×7 topics
  33. Catalysts14▲ 9.5×3 topics
  34. Rechargeable Batteries14▲ 7.0×2 topics
  35. Actinides14▲ 36×2 topics
  36. X-ray Absorption14▲ 101×2 topics
  37. Heterogeneous Catalysis13▲ 9.6×4 topics
  38. Materials13▲ 7.6×6 topics
  39. Molecular Dynamics13▲ 9.7×6 topics
  40. Raman Spectroscopy13▲ 8.9×6 topics

Which research topics does European Synchrotron Radiation Facility publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques, High-pressure geophysics and materials, X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.

Advanced X-ray Imaging T…29Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 29 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 16 fractional worksX-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis: 12 fractional worksX-ray Diffraction in Crystallography: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 11 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 11 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…10Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 10 fractional worksEnzyme Structure and Function: 10 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 9 fractional worksCrystallography and Radi…9Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena: 9 fractional works
RadiationGeophysicsMaterials ChemistryStructural Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 29 works
  2. 2 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 16 works
  3. 3 X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis Radiation 12 works
  4. 4 X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography Materials Chemistry 12 works
  5. 5 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications Structural Biology 11 works
  6. 6 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 10 works
  8. 8 Enzyme Structure and Function Materials Chemistry 10 works
  9. 9 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 9 works
  10. 10 Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena Condensed Matter Physics 9 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 available43.9%not open56.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors65.2%domestic only34.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has European Synchrotron Radiation Facility's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Synchrotron Radiation Facility as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0032% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%European Synchrotron Radiation Facility0.0031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of European Synchrotron Radiation Facility 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%European Synchrotron Radiation Facility11.5% 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 20.1% in 1995.

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