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General Fusion (Canada)

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Research works
59
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
346
5.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: General Fusion (Canada) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.16× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.27× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 14.21× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMedicinePsychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at General Fusion (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tokamak, Turbulence, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Electron Beams, Laser-Plasma Accelerators, fusion materials, radiation damage and Nb3Sn Conductor.

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

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Tokamak4▲ 756×1 topic
  2. Turbulence4▲ 185×1 topic
  3. Electron Beams2▲ 496×1 topic
  4. Laser-Plasma Accelerators2▲ 496×1 topic
  5. Molecular Dynamics Simulations2▲ 209×2 topics
  6. fusion materials1▲ 326×1 topic
  7. radiation damage1▲ 326×1 topic
  8. Multiphase Flow1▲ 58×2 topics
  9. Nb3Sn Conductor1▲ 272×1 topic
  10. Negative Ion Sources1▲ 277×1 topic
  11. Superconducting Cavities1▲ 277×1 topic
  12. Superconducting Magnets1▲ 272×1 topic
  13. Surface Tension1▲ 96×2 topics
  14. Tomography1▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Fluid-Structure Interaction1▲ 28×4 topics

Which research topics does General Fusion (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Magnetic confinement fusion research, Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics, Fusion materials and technologies and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics.

Magnetic confinement fus…4Magnetic confinement fusion research: 4 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interaction…2Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…1Fusion materials and technologies: 1 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 1 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Heat …1Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer: 1 fractional worksMuon and positron interactions and applications: 1 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 1 fractional worksCombustion and Detonation Processes: 1 fractional worksEnergetic Materials and Combustion: 1 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsMaterials ChemistryAerospace EngineeringBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  2. 2 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  3. 3 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 1 works
  4. 4 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer Computational Mechanics 1 works
  7. 7 Muon and positron interactions and applications Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 1 works
  9. 9 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 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 available30.8%not open69.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.2%domestic only71.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has General Fusion (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017.

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