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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

In research, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,312 of 10,670 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#619 of 1,417 worldwide) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (#185 of 254 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy and Radiation (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 79.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,868
of 22,385 · #1,318 all time
Rank in United States
#920
of 3,332
Research works
13k
▲ 95% vs 2018-21
Citations
358k
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.67×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

What is Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 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 #2,312 of 10,670 5.3%1,730 #751
Physics and AstronomyField #619 of 1,417 8.6%807 #245
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #185 of 254 8.9%467 #77
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #434 of 547 6.4%130 #246
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #318 of 400 14.6%95 #117
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,885 of 2,176 1.9%226 #628
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,626 of 1,862 4.9%95 #990
Computer ScienceField #3,945 of 4,417 3.6%204 #1580
EngineeringField #5,453 of 5,901 1.6%629 #981
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #1,440 of 1,539 1.0%126 #674

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 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#751 #2,312
  2. Physics and Astronomy#245 #619
  3. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#77 #185
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics#246 #434
  5. Astronomy and Astrophysics#117 #318
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#628 #1,885
  7. Artificial Intelligence#990 #1,626
  8. Computer Science#1,580 #3,945
  9. Engineering#981 #5,453
  10. Biomedical Engineering#674 #1,440
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 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (43%), Engineering (33%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,779 fractional works · 92.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 834 fractional works · 43.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 479 fractional works · 24.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 134 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 100 fractional works · 5.2% of its workRadiation: 48 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 34 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInstrumentation: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 640 fractional works · 33.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 230 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 176 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 129 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 211 fractional works · 10.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 99 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 64 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 42 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 86 fractional works · 4.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 39 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedicine: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFermi NationalAccelerator…1,924fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences4%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy83443.3%
    2. Engineering64033.3%
    3. Computer Science21110.9%
    4. Materials Science422.2%
    5. Mathematics130.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences130.7%
    7. Environmental Science100.5%
    8. Chemistry80.4%
    9. Energy50.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Decision Sciences301.6%
    2. Social Sciences301.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities100.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting90.5%
    5. Psychology50.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.1%
    1. Medicine371.9%
    2. Health Professions20.1%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology90.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.0%
    5. Neuroscience10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 79.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 478.9 works79×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 833.7 works19×
  3. RadiationSubfield · 48.0 works18×
  4. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 33.9 works11×
  5. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 100.4 works10×
  6. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 133.9 works9.7×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.41× its world share, 211 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.22× its world share, 640 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 19.49× its world share, 834 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 19.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy19.49×834 works
  2. Engineering2.22×640 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.63×30 works
  4. Computer Science1.41×211 works
  5. Materials Science0.63×42 works
  6. Mathematics0.58×13 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.49×3 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×13 works
  9. Energy0.27×5 works
  10. Chemistry0.26×8 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.18×10 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×3 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×9 works
  14. Social Sciences0.12×30 works
  15. Environmental Science0.10×10 works
  16. Medicine0.10×37 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×9 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.09×1 works
  19. Psychology0.08×4 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×6 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×3 works
  22. Health Professions0.04×2 works
  23. Nursing0.03×0 works
  24. Neuroscience0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory?

Ranked on the quality score, K. Bechtol, Michael R Mooney and A. Drlica-Wagner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

  1. 1 K. Bechtol United States · #3,427 worldwide 56k citations · 454 works
  2. 2 Michael R Mooney United States · #4,087 worldwide 81k citations · 1,071 works
  3. 3 A. Drlica-Wagner United States · #4,702 worldwide 39k citations · 505 works
  4. 4 L. Moroni United States · #7,024 worldwide 48k citations · 411 works
  5. 5 S. Murgia United States · #8,281 worldwide 53k citations · 403 works
  6. 6 S. Kent United States · #12,102 worldwide 68k citations · 245 works
  7. 7 L. Spiegel United States · #12,465 worldwide 47k citations · 469 works
  8. 8 Huan Lin United States · #12,931 worldwide 38k citations · 236 works
  9. 9 D. Carlsmith United States · #15,331 worldwide 27k citations · 327 works
  10. 10 Chris B. D’Andrea United States · #15,443 worldwide 20k citations · 184 works
All ranked researchers at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory?

The most cited paper from Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is "Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae" (S. Perlmutter et al., 1999), with 18,225 citations. Next come "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (10,856) and "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary" (10,547).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae S. Perlmutter et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access Jun 1999 18,225
2 Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC G. Aad et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,932 authors 14 Aug 2012 10,856
3 The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary Donald G. York et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access144 authors Sep 2000 10,547
4 PYTHIA 6.4 physics and manual Torbjörn Sjöstrand, S. Mrenna, Peter Z. Skands · Journal of High Energy Physics Open access 9 May 2006 9,135
5 Review of Particle Physics Masaharu Tanabashi et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. Open access232 authors 17 Aug 2018 7,268
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Negative Ion Sources, Superconducting Cavities, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Photon Counting 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-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. Dark Matter214▲ 96×3 topics
  2. Particle Physics199▲ 141×2 topics
  3. Negative Ion Sources133▲ 392×1 topic
  4. Superconducting Cavities133▲ 392×1 topic
  5. Higgs Boson125▲ 129×1 topic
  6. High-Energy Collider125▲ 129×1 topic
  7. Photon Counting121▲ 94×3 topics
  8. Critical Current Density110▲ 232×2 topics
  9. Synchrotron Radiation108▲ 115×2 topics
  10. Electron Acceleration108▲ 85×2 topics
  11. Cosmic Rays108▲ 114×2 topics
  12. Neutrinos108▲ 114×2 topics
  13. CMOS Technology108▲ 69×5 topics
  14. Free-Electron Lasers106▲ 466×1 topic
  15. X-Ray106▲ 466×1 topic
  16. Nb3Sn Conductor106▲ 308×1 topic
  17. Superconducting Magnets106▲ 308×1 topic
  18. Detector Performance98▲ 164×2 topics
  19. X-ray Imaging97▲ 147×2 topics
  20. Particle Detectors94▲ 256×1 topic
  21. Silicon Detectors94▲ 256×1 topic
  22. Cosmology89▲ 68×3 topics
  23. Galactic Center76▲ 86×2 topics
  24. Axions74▲ 167×1 topic
  25. WIMPs74▲ 167×1 topic
  26. Lattice QCD59▲ 52×2 topics
  27. Neutrino Flavor Transformation53▲ 185×1 topic
  28. Neutrino Oscillations53▲ 185×1 topic
  29. Workflow Management52▲ 38×2 topics
  30. High-Performance Computing48▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Entanglement44▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Supernovae43▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Quantum Information41▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Distributed Systems40▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Resource Management37▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Data Analysis36▲ 7.1×4 topics
  37. Renormalization Group35▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Parallel Computing35▲ 15×4 topics
  39. Dark Energy34▲ 28×2 topics
  40. General Relativity34▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Particle accelerators and beam dynamics, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers and Superconducting Materials and Applications.

Particle accelerators and beam dynamics: 133 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 125 fractional worksParticle Accelerators an…106Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 106 fractional worksSuperconducting Material…106Superconducting Materials and Applications: 106 fractional worksParticle Detector Develo…94Particle Detector Development and Performance: 94 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…74Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 74 fractional worksNeutrino Physics Research: 53 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 34 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 34 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 32 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringNuclear and High Energy PhysicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 133 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 125 works
  3. 3 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 106 works
  4. 4 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 106 works
  5. 5 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 94 works
  6. 6 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 74 works
  7. 7 Neutrino Physics Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 53 works
  8. 8 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 34 works
  9. 9 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 34 works
  10. 10 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 32 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 available58.8%not open41.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 95% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory0.0036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.3% in 1999.

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