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Joint Research Centre

In research, Joint Research Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,958 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry — Materials Chemistry is 10.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,798
of 28,054 · #3,213 all time
Rank in Germany
#467
of 1,178
Research works
1.6k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
41k
25.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Joint Research Centre 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,958 of 12,888 11.3%84 #2050

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Joint Research Centre 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).

What does Joint Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 23.0 works10×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.40× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.78× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.23× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.56× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.09× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.19× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Joint Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Hj. Matzke, P. Van Uffelen and V.V. Rondinella lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Joint Research Centre.

  1. 1 Hj. Matzke Germany · #48,020 worldwide 440 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 P. Van Uffelen Germany · #93,657 worldwide 284 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 V.V. Rondinella Germany · #110,083 worldwide 175 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 J.‐P. Glatz Germany · #145,261 worldwide 185 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Rikard Malmbeck Germany · #175,570 worldwide 204 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 R.J.M. Konings Germany · #214,619 worldwide 544 citations · 110 works
  7. 7 G. H. Lander Germany · #292,725 worldwide 341 citations · 69 works
  8. 8 C. Ronchi Germany · #318,906 worldwide 147 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Alfred Morgenstern Germany · #336,724 worldwide 58 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 R. Caciuffo Germany · #339,291 worldwide 353 citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Joint Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at Joint Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Density Functional Theory, Oxidation Resistance, Actinides, High Temperature Behavior, Accident Tolerant Fuels, Fuel Cladding, Adsorption and Coordination Chemistry.

▲ 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. Density Functional Theory14▲ 117×2 topics
  2. Oxidation Resistance13▲ 105×3 topics
  3. Actinides13▲ 210×2 topics
  4. High Temperature Behavior13▲ 186×2 topics
  5. Accident Tolerant Fuels13▲ 298×1 topic
  6. Fuel Cladding13▲ 298×1 topic
  7. Adsorption12▲ 47×3 topics
  8. Coordination Chemistry10▲ 134×2 topics
  9. Lanthanides10▲ 192×1 topic
  10. Uranium10▲ 246×1 topic
  11. Molten Salt7▲ 192×1 topic
  12. Nuclear Reactor7▲ 192×1 topic
  13. Health Effects6▲ 8.4×11 topics
  14. PET Imaging5▲ 27×3 topics
  15. Radionuclides5▲ 115×2 topics
  16. Targeted Therapy5▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Cancer Treatment5▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Radioimmunotherapy5▲ 147×1 topic
  19. Radiopharmaceuticals5▲ 147×1 topic
  20. Environmental Impact4▲ 1.88×13 topics
  21. Environmental Impacts4▲ 12×4 topics
  22. Tomography4▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Neutron Imaging4▲ 84×1 topic
  24. Small-Angle Scattering4▲ 55×1 topic
  25. Fukushima Daiichi3▲ 189×1 topic
  26. nuclear accident3▲ 189×1 topic
  27. Nuclear Waste Disposal3▲ 140×1 topic
  28. Pyrochlore3▲ 140×1 topic
  29. Molecular Imaging3▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Toxicity3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  31. Lanthanide Luminescence2▲ 78×1 topic
  32. MRI Contrast Agents2▲ 78×1 topic
  33. Carbon Capture2▲ 46×3 topics
  34. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  35. Nuclear Fuel2▲ 104×1 topic
  36. Radiation Protection2▲ 104×1 topic
  37. Electrochemical Reduction2▲ 216×1 topic
  38. Molten Salt Electrolysis2▲ 216×1 topic
  39. Safety Assessment2▲ 42×2 topics
  40. Exposure Pathways2▲ 39×2 topics

Which research topics does Joint Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nuclear Materials and Properties, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications.

Nuclear Materials and Pr…13Nuclear Materials and Properties: 13 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 10 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 7 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 5 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 4 fractional worksRadioactive contaminatio…3Radioactive contamination and transfer: 3 fractional worksNuclear materials and radiation effects: 3 fractional worksLanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes: 2 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 2 fractional worksMolten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes: 2 fractional works
Materials ChemistryInorganic ChemistryAerospace EngineeringRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 13 works
  2. 2 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 10 works
  3. 3 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 4 works
  6. 6 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  7. 7 Nuclear materials and radiation effects Materials Chemistry 3 works
  8. 8 Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes Materials Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 works
  10. 10 Molten salt chemistry and electrochemical processes Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 2 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 available28.6%not open71.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors43.3%domestic only56.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Joint Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower 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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