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Facility for Rare Isotope Beams

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Research works
115
▼ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
569
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Facility for Rare Isotope Beams is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

What does Facility for Rare Isotope Beams specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 27.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 25.6 works27×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 3.07× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.35× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 27.03× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 27.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Facility for Rare Isotope Beams?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nucleosynthesis, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Structure, Lattice QCD, Renormalization Group, charmonium, QCD and Critical Current Density.

▲ 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 32 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Nucleosynthesis8▲ 399×3 topics
  2. Nuclear Forces6▲ 839×1 topic
  3. Nuclear Structure6▲ 839×1 topic
  4. Lattice QCD3▲ 130×2 topics
  5. Renormalization Group3▲ 121×2 topics
  6. QCD2▲ 169×1 topic
  7. charmonium2▲ 169×1 topic
  8. Machine Learning2▲ 1.61×7 topics
  9. Critical Current Density2▲ 176×2 topics
  10. Data Analysis2▲ 15×2 topics
  11. Nb3Sn Conductor2▲ 197×1 topic
  12. Negative Ion Sources2▲ 212×1 topic
  13. Superconducting Cavities2▲ 212×1 topic
  14. Superconducting Magnets2▲ 197×1 topic
  15. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 14×3 topics
  16. Mass Measurements1▲ 803×1 topic
  17. Neutron Activation Analysis1▲ 90×1 topic
  18. Neutron Imaging1▲ 90×1 topic
  19. Nuclear Masses1▲ 803×1 topic
  20. Small-Angle Scattering1▲ 60×2 topics
  21. Tomography1▲ 19×3 topics
  22. DNA Strand Breaks1▲ 218×1 topic
  23. Deep Learning1◆ 0.90×4 topics
  24. Low-Energy Electrons1▲ 218×1 topic
  25. Superconductivity1▲ 18×4 topics
  26. Density Functional Theory1▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Solar System Abundances1▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Terrestrial Planets1▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Electronic Structure Calculations1▲ 37×2 topics
  30. Healthcare1▲ 2.1×2 topics
  31. Internet of Things1▲ 2.7×2 topics
  32. Nonlinear Systems1▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Facility for Rare Isotope Beams publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nuclear physics research studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, Particle accelerators and beam dynamics and Superconducting Materials and Applications.

Nuclear physics research…6Nuclear physics research studies: 6 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…2Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 2 fractional worksParticle accelerators an…2Particle accelerators and beam dynamics: 2 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 2 fractional worksAstronomical and nuclear sciences: 1 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…1Nuclear Physics and Applications: 1 fractional worksAtomic and Molecular Physics: 1 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies: 1 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 1 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAerospace EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringRadiation2 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  2. 2 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  3. 3 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Astronomical and nuclear sciences Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  6. 6 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 1 works
  7. 7 Atomic and Molecular Physics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  8. 8 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Chemical Physics Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  10. 10 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 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 available48.5%not open51.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Facility for Rare Isotope Beams's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% 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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