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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

In research, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory stands highest in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (#17 of 263 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#924 of 12,888 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#236 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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 80.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,666
of 28,054 · #512 all time
Rank in United States
#259
of 4,192
Research works
12k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
353k
28.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory 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
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #17 of 263 21.2%467 #5
Physical SciencesDomain #924 of 12,888 11.1%1,723 #352
Physics and AstronomyField #236 of 1,646 19.6%806 #130
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #125 of 443 34.0%94 #32
EngineeringField #2,984 of 6,636 2.6%626 #412
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #295 of 565 12.2%130 #203
Computer ScienceField #2,701 of 4,667 6.5%203 #1475
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,828 of 2,318 2.7%226 #311
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,506 of 1,884 9.3%95 #1114
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #736 of 795 3.7%173 #302

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 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. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#5 #17
  2. Physical Sciences#352 #924
  3. Physics and Astronomy#130 #236
  4. Astronomy and Astrophysics#32 #125
  5. Engineering#412 #2,984
  6. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics#203 #295
  7. Computer Science#1,475 #2,701
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#311 #1,828
  9. Artificial Intelligence#1,114 #1,506
  10. Aerospace Engineering#302 #736
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 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 80.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 467.1 works81×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 806.2 works20×
  3. RadiationSubfield · 46.8 works18×
  4. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 31.6 works11×
  5. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 94.2 works9.8×
  6. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 129.8 works9.8×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.42× its world share, 203 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.26× its world share, 626 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 41 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 19.66× its world share, 806 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 19.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, D. L. Tucker, A. Ribon and P. Mazur lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

  1. 1 D. L. Tucker United States · #2,668 worldwide 2.1k citations · 118 works
  2. 2 A. Ribon United States · #5,471 worldwide 2k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 P. Mazur United States · #5,535 worldwide 1k citations · 94 works
  4. 4 L. J. Rosenberg United States · #5,803 worldwide 1.7k citations · 60 works
  5. 5 S. Kent United States · #7,097 worldwide 1.8k citations · 61 works
  6. 6 J. C. Yun United States · #7,926 worldwide 1.4k citations · 76 works
  7. 7 R. Plunkett United States · #8,217 worldwide 2.4k citations · 139 works
  8. 8 A. Tollestrup United States · #8,357 worldwide 1.7k citations · 112 works
  9. 9 H. W. K. Cheung United States · #9,546 worldwide 1.3k citations · 75 works
  10. 10 D. Carlsmith United States · #10,040 worldwide 1.2k citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Dark Matter207▲ 98×3 topics
  2. Particle Physics194▲ 140×2 topics
  3. Negative Ion Sources130▲ 387×1 topic
  4. Superconducting Cavities130▲ 387×1 topic
  5. Higgs Boson122▲ 128×1 topic
  6. High-Energy Collider122▲ 128×1 topic
  7. Photon Counting119▲ 93×3 topics
  8. Critical Current Density107▲ 230×2 topics
  9. CMOS Technology106▲ 72×5 topics
  10. Synchrotron Radiation105▲ 122×2 topics
  11. Cosmic Rays105▲ 113×2 topics
  12. Electron Acceleration105▲ 84×2 topics
  13. Neutrinos105▲ 113×2 topics
  14. Nb3Sn Conductor103▲ 301×1 topic
  15. Superconducting Magnets103▲ 301×1 topic
  16. Free-Electron Lasers103▲ 481×1 topic
  17. X-Ray103▲ 481×1 topic
  18. Detector Performance97▲ 163×2 topics
  19. X-ray Imaging96▲ 149×2 topics
  20. Particle Detectors93▲ 257×1 topic
  21. Silicon Detectors93▲ 257×1 topic
  22. Cosmology86▲ 70×3 topics
  23. Galactic Center74▲ 89×2 topics
  24. Axions72▲ 168×1 topic
  25. WIMPs72▲ 168×1 topic
  26. Lattice QCD56▲ 51×2 topics
  27. Neutrino Flavor Transformation52▲ 192×1 topic
  28. Neutrino Oscillations52▲ 192×1 topic
  29. Workflow Management51▲ 40×2 topics
  30. High-Performance Computing47▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Entanglement42▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Supernovae41▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Quantum Information40▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Distributed Systems39▲ 13×5 topics
  35. Resource Management36▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Parallel Computing34▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Renormalization Group33▲ 33×2 topics
  38. Dark Energy33▲ 28×2 topics
  39. General Relativity33▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Cosmic Microwave Background33▲ 32×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle accelerators and beam dynamics, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Superconducting Materials and Applications and Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers.

Particle accelerators and beam dynamics: 130 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 122 fractional worksSuperconducting Material…103Superconducting Materials and Applications: 103 fractional worksParticle Accelerators an…103Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 103 fractional worksParticle Detector Develo…93Particle Detector Development and Performance: 93 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…72Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 72 fractional worksNeutrino Physics Research: 52 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 33 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 32 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 32 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringNuclear and High Energy PhysicsBiomedical EngineeringElectrical and Electronic Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 130 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 122 works
  3. 3 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 103 works
  4. 4 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 103 works
  5. 5 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 93 works
  6. 6 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 72 works
  7. 7 Neutrino Physics Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 52 works
  8. 8 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 33 works
  9. 9 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 32 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 available59.6%not open40.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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