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Federal Agency for Nuclear Control

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Research works
106
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
920
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Federal Agency for Nuclear Control

Not ranked overall: Federal Agency for Nuclear Control is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Federal Agency for Nuclear Control work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Federal Agency for Nuclear Control is in Physical Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Engineering (17%), Health Professions (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 41.7% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 17.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 34.1% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 22.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFederal Agencyfor Nuclear…23fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences14%

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. Engineering417.2%
    2. Materials Science28.5%
    3. Environmental Science27.7%
    4. Computer Science15.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    6. Mathematics00.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    8. Chemistry00.4%
    9. Energy00.3%
    1. Medicine522.3%
    2. Health Professions210.4%
    3. Nursing01.4%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences14.2%
    2. Psychology13.6%
    3. Decision Sciences12.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting02.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.3%
    3. Neuroscience01.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.9%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.44× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.94× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 2.90× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.01× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.94×2 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.01×1 works
  3. Nursing2.90×0 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.59×0 works
  5. Materials Science2.44×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology2.31×0 works
  7. Environmental Science1.55×2 works
  8. Psychology1.17×1 works
  9. Medicine1.16×5 works
  10. Engineering1.14×4 works
  11. Neuroscience1.00×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.74×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.66×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.57×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.37×0 works
  18. Veterinary0.36×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.33×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×0 works
  21. Energy0.26×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.25×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Federal Agency for Nuclear Control?

Ranked on the quality score, Frédéric Bernier, B. Dehandschutter and Lodewijk Van Bladel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Federal Agency for Nuclear Control.

  1. 1 Frédéric Bernier Belgium · #1,200,762 worldwide 1.8k citations · 58 works
  2. 2 B. Dehandschutter Belgium · #2,543,547 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Lodewijk Van Bladel Belgium · #4,664,293 worldwide 87 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Stéphane Pepin Belgium · #5,109,990 worldwide 61 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Federal Agency for Nuclear Control

What are the most cited papers from Federal Agency for Nuclear Control?

The most cited paper from Federal Agency for Nuclear Control is "Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Europe" (Johanna Maria Colijn et al., 2017), with 500 citations. Next come "Tracking of Airborne Radionuclides from the Damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Reactors by European Networks" (374) and "The Red Mud Accident in Ajka (Hungary): Plant Toxicity and Trace Metal Bioavailability in Red Mud Contaminated Soil" (307).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Europe Johanna Maria Colijn et al. · Ophthalmology Open access169 authors 14 Jul 2017 500
2 Tracking of Airborne Radionuclides from the Damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Reactors by European Networks Olivier Masson et al. · Environmental Science & Technology 2 Aug 2011 374
3 The Red Mud Accident in Ajka (Hungary): Plant Toxicity and Trace Metal Bioavailability in Red Mud Contaminated Soil Stefan Ruyters, Jelle Mertens, Elvira Vassilieva et al. · Environmental Science & Technology 4 Jan 2011 307
4 Mont Terri rock laboratory, 20 years of research: introduction, site characteristics and overview of experiments Paul Bossart, Frédéric Bernier, Jens Birkhölzer et al. · Swiss Journal of Geosciences Open access 21 Feb 2017 194
5 Minimum standards on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of occupational and work‐related skin diseases in Europe – position paper of the COST Action StanDerm (TD 1206) José Hernán Alfonso, Andrea Bauer, Lynda Bensefa‐Colas et al. · Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Open access Jun 2017 152
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Federal Agency for Nuclear Control?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Nuclear Fuel, Radiation Protection, Parkinson's Disease, Dysphonia, Voice Disorders, Public Health and Radionuclides.

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

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Health Effects3▲ 20×4 topics
  2. Nuclear Fuel2▲ 451×1 topic
  3. Radiation Protection2▲ 451×1 topic
  4. Public Health2▲ 4.5×5 topics
  5. Dysphonia1▲ 159×1 topic
  6. Environmental Noise1▲ 117×1 topic
  7. Noise Pollution1▲ 117×1 topic
  8. Parkinson's Disease1▲ 21×2 topics
  9. Radionuclides1▲ 129×2 topics
  10. Voice Disorders1▲ 159×1 topic
  11. Acoustic Modeling1▲ 113×1 topic
  12. Deep Neural Networks1▲ 35×1 topic
  13. Hydraulic Conductivity1▲ 90×2 topics

Which research topics does Federal Agency for Nuclear Control publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear and radioactivity studies, Voice and Speech Disorders, Noise Effects and Management and Speech Recognition and Synthesis.

Nuclear and radioactivit…2Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 2 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders1Voice and Speech Disorders: 1 fractional worksNoise Effects and Manage…1Noise Effects and Management: 1 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and S…1Speech Recognition and Synthesis: 1 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 1 fractional worksRadioactive contamination and transfer: 1 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear techno…1Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 1 fractional worksSoil and Unsaturated Flow1Soil and Unsaturated Flow: 1 fractional worksPhonetics and Phonology …1Phonetics and Phonology Research: 1 fractional worksElectromagnetic Fields a…0Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects: 0 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityPhysiologySpeech and HearingArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  2. 2 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 1 works
  3. 3 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  4. 4 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 1 works
  6. 6 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 1 works
  8. 8 Soil and Unsaturated Flow Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Phonetics and Phonology Research Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects Biophysics 0 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.3%domestic only67.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Federal Agency for Nuclear Control's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Federal Agency for Nuclear Control as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000050% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Federal Agency for Nuclear Control0.000062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Federal Agency for Nuclear Control over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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