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Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute

In research, Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,088 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry — Materials Chemistry is 12.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,725
of 28,054 · #1,562 all time
Rank in United States
#270
of 4,192
Research works
438
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
103.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
41.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute 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 #1,088 of 12,888 41.4%103 #1090

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute 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 Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 27.4 works12×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.79× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.90× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.80× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.34× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 8.30× its world share, 34 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 8.37× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Two-Dimensional Materials, Molecular Dynamics, Electronic Structure, Methane Storage, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Nanocrystals and Chemical Sensors.

▲ 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. Catalysis11▲ 14×15 topics
  2. Two-Dimensional Materials8▲ 32×4 topics
  3. Molecular Dynamics8▲ 41×6 topics
  4. Electronic Structure7▲ 36×8 topics
  5. Methane Storage7▲ 50×2 topics
  6. Metal-Organic Frameworks6▲ 13×5 topics
  7. Chemical Sensors6▲ 22×3 topics
  8. Nanocrystals6▲ 19×5 topics
  9. CO2 Capture6▲ 33×3 topics
  10. Crystal Growth6▲ 17×7 topics
  11. Efficiency6▲ 16×3 topics
  12. Graphene6▲ 6.9×7 topics
  13. Photovoltaics6▲ 29×3 topics
  14. Heterogeneous Catalysis5▲ 25×4 topics
  15. Drug Delivery5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  16. Semiconductor5▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Crystal Engineering5▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Nanocomposites5▲ 5.4×13 topics
  19. Semiconductors5▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Gas Adsorption5▲ 54×1 topic
  21. Porous Materials5▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Hydrogen Bonding5▲ 47×4 topics
  23. Biosensors4▲ 7.3×8 topics
  24. Optoelectronic Devices4▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Light-Emitting Diodes4▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Solar Cells4▲ 18×5 topics
  27. Stability4▲ 16×3 topics
  28. Bioimaging4▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Carbon Nanotubes4▲ 10×3 topics
  30. Electrocatalysis4▲ 12×5 topics
  31. Raman Spectroscopy4▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides4▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Van der Waals Heterostructures4▲ 49×1 topic
  34. Biological Detection4▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Photosynthesis4▲ 69×1 topic
  36. Quantum Coherence4▲ 105×1 topic
  37. Electron Transport4▲ 37×3 topics
  38. Electronic Properties4▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Organometal Halide Perovskites4▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Perovskite Solar Cells4▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, 2D Materials and Applications, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies and Perovskite Materials and Applications.

Metal-Organic Frameworks…5Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 5 fractional works2D Materials and Applica…42D Materials and Applications: 4 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies: 4 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…4Perovskite Materials and Applications: 4 fractional worksGraphene research and ap…3Graphene research and applications: 3 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 3 fractional worksQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties: 3 fractional worksCovalent Organic Framewo…3Covalent Organic Framework Applications: 3 fractional worksQuantum and electron transport phenomena: 2 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 2 fractional works
Inorganic ChemistryMaterials ChemistryAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectrical and Electronic Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 5 works
  2. 2 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 4 works
  3. 3 Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  4. 4 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 3 works
  6. 6 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 3 works
  7. 7 Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties Materials Chemistry 3 works
  8. 8 Covalent Organic Framework Applications Materials Chemistry 3 works
  9. 9 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  10. 10 CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 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 available70.1%not open29.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.9%domestic only59.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
grewheldshrank

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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