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Kromek (United Kingdom)

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Research works
24
▲ 225% vs 2018-21
Citations
74
3.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Kromek (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: Kromek (United Kingdom) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Kromek (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 83% of research at Kromek (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (45%), Physics and Astronomy (32%), Medicine (17%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 82.6% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 44.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 31.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 11.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 31.6% of its workRadiation: 4 fractional works · 16.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 9.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 17.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 17.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 12.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKromek (UnitedKingdom)24fractional works, all years
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences17%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1144.9%
    2. Physics and Astronomy831.6%
    3. Materials Science12.8%
    4. Chemistry01.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    6. Energy00.7%
    7. Computer Science00.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Medicine417.1%
    1. Neuroscience00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Chemistry: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnergy: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.72× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 13.08× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 1.28× its world share, 3 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 13.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy13.08×3 works
  2. Engineering2.72×4 works
  3. Energy1.67×0 works
  4. Chemistry1.63×0 works
  5. Medicine1.28×3 works
  6. Materials Science0.44×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kromek (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexander Cherlin, I. Radley and Ian Baistow lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kromek (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Alexander Cherlin United Kingdom · #3,373,044 worldwide 130 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 I. Radley United Kingdom · #4,711,794 worldwide 73 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Ian Baistow United Kingdom · #5,067,475 worldwide 162 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Edward Marsden United Kingdom · #5,667,129 worldwide 162 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Kromek (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Kromek (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Kromek (United Kingdom) is "Photon quantum entanglement in the MeV regime and its application in PET imaging" (Daniel P. Watts, Julien Bordes, James R. Brown et al., 2021), with 76 citations. Next come "Gated Pipelined Folding ADC-Based Low Power Sensor for Large-Scale Radiometric Partial Discharge Monitoring" (15) and "Growth of Thick Epitaxial CdTe Films by Close Space Sublimation" (14).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Photon quantum entanglement in the MeV regime and its application in PET imaging Daniel P. Watts, Julien Bordes, James R. Brown et al. · Nature Communications Open access 11 May 2021 76
2 Gated Pipelined Folding ADC-Based Low Power Sensor for Large-Scale Radiometric Partial Discharge Monitoring David W. Upton, Richard P. Haigh, Peter J. Mather et al. · IEEE Sensors Journal Open access 24 Mar 2020 15
3 Growth of Thick Epitaxial CdTe Films by Close Space Sublimation Quanbo Jiang, A.W. Brinkman, B.J. Cantwell et al. · Journal of Electronic Materials 20 Apr 2009 14
4 Growth by the Multi-tube Physical Vapour Transport method and characterisation of bulk (Cd,Zn)Te Ashutosh Choubey, P. Veeramani, Alex T.G. Pym et al. · Journal of Crystal Growth Open access 22 Mar 2012 13
5 Characterisation of a CZT detector for dosimetry of molecular radiotherapy Lucy H. McAreavey, L. J. Harkness-Brennan, S. Colosimo et al. · Journal of Instrumentation Open access Mar 2017 12
All 48 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kromek (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Radiation Detection, Detector Performance, Infrared Detectors, Semiconductor Materials, Crystal Growth, Photovoltaics, Imaging and Inorganic Scintillators.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Radiation Detection7▲ 450×2 topics
  2. Detector Performance5▲ 417×2 topics
  3. Infrared Detectors5▲ 751×1 topic
  4. Semiconductor Materials5▲ 751×1 topic
  5. Crystal Growth3▲ 35×2 topics
  6. Imaging3▲ 32×2 topics
  7. Photovoltaics3▲ 48×3 topics
  8. Inorganic Scintillators3▲ 266×1 topic
  9. Scintillation Detectors3▲ 266×1 topic
  10. Cancer3▲ 7.7×1 topic
  11. PET/CT3▲ 142×1 topic
  12. Semiconductor2▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Dual-Energy CT2▲ 197×1 topic
  14. Material Differentiation2▲ 197×1 topic
  15. Nanocrystals2▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Quantum Dots2▲ 43×2 topics
  17. Solar Cell Efficiency1▲ 51×2 topics
  18. Digital Mammography1▲ 304×1 topic
  19. Efficiency1▲ 19×1 topic
  20. Excitons1▲ 61×1 topic
  21. Mammographic Density1▲ 304×1 topic
  22. Photon Counting1▲ 68×3 topics
  23. Single-Photon Source1▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Thin-Film Solar Cells1▲ 85×1 topic

Which research topics does Kromek (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies and Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging.

Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Im…1Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 1 fractional worksDigital Radiography and …1Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging: 1 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 1 fractional worksCCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 0 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingRadiationBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 1 works
  7. 7 CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 0 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kromek (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 225% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kromek (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000053% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Kromek (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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