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Idaho National Laboratory

In research, Idaho National Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,862 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,592 of 5,901 worldwide) and Materials Chemistry (#643 of 1,473 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiation, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (Radiation is 22.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,016
of 22,385 · #1,991 all time
Rank in United States
#939
of 3,332
Research works
9k
▲ 117% vs 2018-21
Citations
136k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.51×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Idaho National Laboratory

What is Idaho National 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 #2,862 of 10,670 4.4%2,285 #1075
EngineeringField #1,592 of 5,901 4.5%1,248 #888
Materials ChemistrySubfield #643 of 1,473 4.8%420 #537
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #469 of 785 6.1%292 #311
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #838 of 1,319 4.5%207 #697
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,445 of 2,176 5.4%179 #1404
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #1,128 of 1,539 4.4%92 #1058
Materials ScienceField #1,700 of 2,276 4.6%471 #868
Physics and AstronomyField #1,102 of 1,417 4.5%122 #1058
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #675 of 804 2.9%107 #979

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Idaho National 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#1,075 #2,862
  2. Engineering#888 #1,592
  3. Materials Chemistry#537 #643
  4. Aerospace Engineering#311 #469
  5. Mechanical Engineering#697 #838
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,404 #1,445
  7. Biomedical Engineering#1,058 #1,128
  8. Materials Science#868 #1,700
  9. Physics and Astronomy#1,058 #1,102
  10. Control and Systems Engineering#979 #675
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 Idaho National Laboratory work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Idaho National Laboratory is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (50%), Materials Science (19%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,422 fractional works · 91.1% of its workEngineering: 1,323 fractional works · 49.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 311 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 218 fractional works · 8.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 192 fractional works · 7.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 110 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 99 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 90 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 77 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 61 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 39 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 497 fractional works · 18.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 441 fractional works · 16.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMetals and Alloys: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 175 fractional works · 6.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 54 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 46 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 130 fractional works · 4.9% of its workRadiation: 81 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 86 fractional works · 3.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 27 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 71 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 40 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 65 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 31 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCatalysis: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 48 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 145 fractional works · 5.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 81 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 54 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 48 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 44 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKIdaho NationalLaboratory2,660fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1,32349.7%
    2. Materials Science49718.7%
    3. Computer Science1756.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1304.9%
    5. Environmental Science863.2%
    6. Chemistry712.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering652.4%
    8. Energy481.8%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences230.9%
    10. Mathematics30.1%
    1. Decision Sciences813.1%
    2. Social Sciences281.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting150.6%
    4. Psychology130.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.1%
    1. Medicine331.2%
    2. Health Professions140.5%
    3. Nursing10.0%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology190.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences180.7%
    3. Neuroscience30.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Idaho National Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiation takes 22.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RadiationSubfield · 81.1 works22×
  2. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 31.0 works15×
  3. Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 90.3 works14×
  4. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 54.2 works12×
  5. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 310.7 works10×
  6. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 441.4 works8.5×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.96× its world share, 65 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.71× its world share, 71 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 175 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 23 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.98× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.32× its world share, 1,323 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 86 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.35× its world share, 497 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.20× its world share, 130 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.16× its world share, 81 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.96×65 works
  2. Materials Science5.35×497 works
  3. Engineering3.32×1,323 works
  4. Decision Sciences3.16×81 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.20×130 works
  6. Energy1.98×48 works
  7. Chemistry1.71×71 works
  8. Computer Science0.85×175 works
  9. Environmental Science0.65×86 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×23 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×3 works
  12. Health Professions0.20×14 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×15 works
  14. Psychology0.16×13 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×18 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×19 works
  17. Mathematics0.11×3 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×6 works
  19. Neuroscience0.08×3 works
  20. Nursing0.08×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.08×28 works
  22. Medicine0.06×33 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.02×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.02×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Idaho National Laboratory?

Ranked on the quality score, Dong Yan Ding, Eric J. Dufek and Tanvir R. Tanim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Idaho National Laboratory.

  1. 1 Dong Yan Ding United States · #80,014 worldwide 14k citations · 356 works
  2. 2 Eric J. Dufek United States · #112,089 worldwide 10k citations · 225 works
  3. 3 Tanvir R. Tanim United States · #142,562 worldwide 4.3k citations · 115 works
  4. 4 Lu‐Cun Wang United States · #174,986 worldwide 5.4k citations · 97 works
  5. 5 Bor‐Rong Chen United States · #217,334 worldwide 6.3k citations · 76 works
  6. 6 Hanping Ding United States · #267,257 worldwide 4.3k citations · 149 works
  7. 7 David W. Reed United States · #372,060 worldwide 3.4k citations · 98 works
  8. 8 Luis A. Diaz United States · #391,608 worldwide 2.7k citations · 94 works
  9. 9 Chao Jiang United States · #478,583 worldwide 7.5k citations · 255 works
  10. 10 Chenlin Li United States · #492,685 worldwide 6.1k citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Idaho National Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from Idaho National Laboratory?

The most cited paper from Idaho National Laboratory is "Pathways for practical high-energy long-cycling lithium metal batteries" (Jun Liu, Zhenan Bao, Yi Ping Cui et al., 2019), with 3,468 citations. Next come "ENDF/B-VII.0: Next Generation Evaluated Nuclear Data Library for Nuclear Science and Technology" (2,231) and "Product Differentiation by Analysis of DNA Melting Curves during the Polymerase Chain Reaction" (1,665).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pathways for practical high-energy long-cycling lithium metal batteries Jun Liu, Zhenan Bao, Yi Ping Cui et al. · Nature Energy Open access 25 Feb 2019 3,468
2 ENDF/B-VII.0: Next Generation Evaluated Nuclear Data Library for Nuclear Science and Technology M. B. Chadwick et al. · Nuclear Data Sheets Dec 2006 2,231
3 Product Differentiation by Analysis of DNA Melting Curves during the Polymerase Chain Reaction Kirk M. Ririe, Randy P. Rasmussen, Carl T. Wittwer · Analytical Biochemistry Feb 1997 1,665
4 Handbook of SiC properties for fuel performance modeling Lance L. Snead, Takashi Nozawa, Yutai Katoh et al. · Journal of Nuclear Materials 11 May 2007 1,493
5 MOOSE: A parallel computational framework for coupled systems of nonlinear equations Derek R. Gaston, Chris Newman, Glen A. Hansen et al. · Nuclear Engineering and Design Open access 20 Jul 2009 962
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Idaho National Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molten Salt, Nuclear Reactor, Oxidation Resistance, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Density Functional Theory, High Temperature Behavior, Accident Tolerant Fuels and Fuel Cladding.

▲ 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. Molten Salt206▲ 247×1 topic
  2. Nuclear Reactor206▲ 247×1 topic
  3. Oxidation Resistance190▲ 67×3 topics
  4. Hydrogen Embrittlement186▲ 85×3 topics
  5. Density Functional Theory180▲ 66×3 topics
  6. High Temperature Behavior179▲ 121×2 topics
  7. Accident Tolerant Fuels179▲ 193×1 topic
  8. Fuel Cladding179▲ 193×1 topic
  9. Machine Learning125▲ 1.42×55 topics
  10. Renewable Energy107▲ 2.8×36 topics
  11. Thermal Properties96▲ 29×6 topics
  12. Oxidation Behavior95▲ 59×2 topics
  13. Raman Spectroscopy95▲ 19×6 topics
  14. Microstructural Characterization90▲ 163×1 topic
  15. Nuclear Graphite90▲ 163×1 topic
  16. Finite Element Analysis82▲ 14×8 topics
  17. Mechanical Properties76▲ 2.9×36 topics
  18. Energy Storage74▲ 4.3×12 topics
  19. Nuclear Fuel74▲ 178×1 topic
  20. Radiation Protection74▲ 178×1 topic
  21. Tomography66▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Data Analysis65▲ 9.4×6 topics
  23. Small-Angle Scattering62▲ 45×2 topics
  24. Neutron Activation Analysis61▲ 71×1 topic
  25. Neutron Imaging61▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Lithium-ion Batteries60▲ 5.4×4 topics
  27. Microstructure59▲ 4.2×15 topics
  28. Molecular Dynamics Simulations55▲ 48×2 topics
  29. Reliability Evaluation52▲ 38×3 topics
  30. fusion materials52▲ 104×1 topic
  31. radiation damage52▲ 104×1 topic
  32. Actinides51▲ 38×2 topics
  33. Thermal Management49▲ 5.6×7 topics
  34. Safety Assessment48▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Bayesian Networks46▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Large Eddy Simulation46▲ 51×2 topics
  37. Fault Tree Analysis46▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Quantitative Risk Assessment46▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Passive Systems44▲ 107×1 topic
  40. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis44▲ 107×1 topic

Which research topics does Idaho National Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear Materials and Properties, Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies and Nuclear and radioactivity studies.

Nuclear reactor physics …206Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 206 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Pr…179Nuclear Materials and Properties: 179 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 90 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 74 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 61 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…52Fusion materials and technologies: 52 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 46 fractional worksNuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 44 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 34 fractional worksMolten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes: 28 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMaterials ChemistrySafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityRadiation3 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 206 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 179 works
  3. 3 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 90 works
  4. 4 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 74 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 61 works
  6. 6 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 52 works
  7. 7 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 46 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 44 works
  9. 9 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 34 works
  10. 10 Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 28 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Idaho National Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 117% 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 Idaho National Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.017% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Idaho National Laboratory0.0068% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Idaho National 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 2025Idaho National Laboratory6.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.9% in 2014.

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