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European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser

In research, European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,220 of 12,888 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#666 of 1,646 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,689 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiation, Physics and Astronomy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics — Radiation is 123.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,305
of 28,054 · #4,333 all time
Rank in Germany
#162
of 1,178
Research works
763
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.8k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser 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 #2,220 of 12,888 11.1%246 #3230
Physics and AstronomyField #666 of 1,646 16.6%104 #1395
EngineeringField #5,689 of 6,636 7.0%68 #7762

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser 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#3,230 #2,220
  2. Physics and Astronomy#1,395 #666
  3. Engineering#7,762 #5,689
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 European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiation takes 123.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RadiationSubfield · 47.3 works123×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 103.9 works17×
  3. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 28.1 works14×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.84× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.21× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.42× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.62× its world share, 68 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.73× its world share, 46 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 16.72× its world share, 104 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× 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, 16.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser?

Ranked on the composite score, T. Tschentscher, Vitali Kocharyan and Harald Sinn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser.

  1. 1 T. Tschentscher Germany · #69,416 worldwide 412 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Vitali Kocharyan Germany · #99,745 worldwide 127 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Harald Sinn Germany · #166,577 worldwide 208 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Patrik Grychtol Germany · #220,359 worldwide 128 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Michael Meyer Germany · #233,888 worldwide 229 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Steffen Hauf Germany · #418,003 worldwide 49 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Robert Schaffer Germany · #445,703 worldwide 120 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Christian Bressler Germany · #451,079 worldwide 206 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Yevheniy Ovcharenko Germany · #465,956 worldwide 76 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Tommaso Mazza Germany · #466,652 worldwide 117 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser

Which keywords describe research at European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tomography, X-ray Imaging, Nanoscale Imaging, Phase Retrieval, Ptychography, Synchrotron Radiation, Free-Electron Lasers and X-Ray.

▲ 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. Tomography39▲ 77×4 topics
  2. X-ray Imaging37▲ 383×2 topics
  3. Nanoscale Imaging33▲ 132×2 topics
  4. Phase Retrieval32▲ 760×1 topic
  5. Ptychography32▲ 760×1 topic
  6. Synchrotron Radiation32▲ 243×2 topics
  7. Free-Electron Lasers23▲ 715×1 topic
  8. X-Ray23▲ 715×1 topic
  9. Spectroscopy14▲ 31×4 topics
  10. Quantitative Analysis12▲ 22×3 topics
  11. X-ray Absorption12▲ 262×2 topics
  12. Molecular Dynamics12▲ 26×5 topics
  13. High Resolution12▲ 503×1 topic
  14. X-ray Emission12▲ 503×1 topic
  15. Structure Determination11▲ 140×2 topics
  16. Image Processing10▲ 8.2×2 topics
  17. Superconductivity10▲ 21×9 topics
  18. Cryo-Electron Microscopy10▲ 224×1 topic
  19. Single-Particle Analysis10▲ 224×1 topic
  20. Channeling9▲ 762×1 topic
  21. Nuclear Resonant Spectroscopy9▲ 762×1 topic
  22. Small-Angle Scattering8▲ 56×2 topics
  23. Critical Current Density8▲ 112×2 topics
  24. Nonlinear Optics8▲ 25×4 topics
  25. Nb3Sn Conductor8▲ 146×1 topic
  26. Superconducting Magnets8▲ 146×1 topic
  27. X-Ray Spectroscopy7▲ 59×2 topics
  28. Macromolecular Crystallography7▲ 130×1 topic
  29. Nanostructures7▲ 6.1×12 topics
  30. Structure Solution7▲ 130×1 topic
  31. Crystal Growth6▲ 8.3×12 topics
  32. Attosecond Physics6▲ 103×1 topic
  33. High-Harmonic Generation6▲ 103×1 topic
  34. Electron Beams6▲ 116×1 topic
  35. Laser-Plasma Accelerators6▲ 116×1 topic
  36. Plate Tectonics6▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Photon Counting6▲ 29×3 topics
  38. Detector Performance5▲ 60×2 topics
  39. Negative Ion Sources5▲ 104×1 topic
  40. Superconducting Cavities5▲ 104×1 topic

Which research topics does European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques, Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers, X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis and Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications.

Advanced X-ray Imaging T…32Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 32 fractional worksParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 23 fractional worksX-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 10 fractional worksCrystallography and Radiation Phenomena: 9 fractional worksSuperconducting Material…8Superconducting Materials and Applications: 8 fractional worksEnzyme Structure and Function: 7 fractional worksLaser-Matter Interactions and Applications: 6 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 5 fractional works
RadiationElectrical and Electronic EngineeringStructural BiologyCondensed Matter Physics5 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 32 works
  2. 2 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 23 works
  3. 3 X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis Radiation 12 works
  4. 4 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications Structural Biology 10 works
  5. 5 Crystallography and Radiation Phenomena Condensed Matter Physics 9 works
  6. 6 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Enzyme Structure and Function Materials Chemistry 7 works
  8. 8 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 6 works
  9. 9 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  10. 10 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 5 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 available74.4%not open25.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.4%domestic only55.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher 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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