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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

In research, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#61 of 12,888 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#25 of 1,646 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#93 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Structural Biology, Environmental Chemistry and Nuclear and High Energy Physics — Structural Biology is 37.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#97
of 28,054 · #29 all time
Rank in United States
#26
of 4,192
Research works
48k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6M
53.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 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 #61 of 12,888 20.9%4,540 #15
Physics and AstronomyField #25 of 1,646 29.7%848 #13
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #93 of 3,579 31.4%312 #46
EngineeringField #175 of 6,636 23.1%1,134 #63
Environmental ScienceField #128 of 3,551 13.8%859 #95
Life SciencesDomain #282 of 7,800 33.3%446 #128
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #10 of 263 44.3%239 #8
Materials ScienceField #109 of 2,468 20.4%509 #10
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #32 of 565 29.1%240 #13
Materials ChemistrySubfield #90 of 1,556 22.2%342 #8

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lawrence Berkeley 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#15 #61
  2. Physics and Astronomy#13 #25
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#46 #93
  4. Engineering#63 #175
  5. Environmental Science#95 #128
  6. Life Sciences#128 #282
  7. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#8 #10
  8. Materials Science#10 #109
  9. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics#13 #32
  10. Materials Chemistry#8 #90
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Structural Biology takes 37.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Structural BiologySubfield · 31.2 works37×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 311.2 works27×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 239.4 works14×
  4. GeophysicsSubfield · 265.4 works14×
  5. RadiationSubfield · 93.8 works13×
  6. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 291.3 works10×
  7. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 47.5 works9.2×
  8. OceanographySubfield · 111.4 works7.5×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 89 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 312 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.45× its world share, 45 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.89× its world share, 156 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.84× its world share, 345 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.69× its world share, 470 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.10× its world share, 150 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.44× its world share, 1,134 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.28× its world share, 859 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.77× its world share, 509 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 24 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.25× its world share, 848 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 141 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 44 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, William D. Collins, T. G. Trippe and M. Garcia-Sciveres lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

  1. 1 William D. Collins United States · #1,270 worldwide 4.7k citations · 86 works
  2. 2 T. G. Trippe United States · #4,479 worldwide 2.4k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 M. Garcia-Sciveres United States · #5,052 worldwide 8.2k citations · 464 works
  4. 4 R. N. Cahn United States · #5,441 worldwide 2.7k citations · 144 works
  5. 5 Horst D. Simon United States · #5,547 worldwide 1.1k citations · 73 works
  6. 6 E. Esarey United States · #5,754 worldwide 1.1k citations · 101 works
  7. 7 Marvin L. Cohen United States · #5,815 worldwide 4.7k citations · 291 works
  8. 8 Uroš Seljak United States · #6,319 worldwide 2.1k citations · 82 works
  9. 9 Anubhav Jain United States · #6,370 worldwide 1.6k citations · 88 works
  10. 10 Chris Mungall United States · #7,730 worldwide 727 citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Microbial Communities, Hydrological Modeling, Methane Oxidation, Anaerobic, Gas Hydrates, Tomography, Data Assimilation and Satellite Observations.

▲ 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. Microbial Communities325▲ 14×9 topics
  2. Hydrological Modeling323▲ 26×5 topics
  3. Methane Oxidation302▲ 70×2 topics
  4. Anaerobic302▲ 82×1 topic
  5. Gas Hydrates302▲ 82×1 topic
  6. Climate Change287▲ 2.0×70 topics
  7. Remote Sensing280▲ 4.3×31 topics
  8. Tomography276▲ 29×5 topics
  9. Data Assimilation224▲ 27×4 topics
  10. Satellite Observations220▲ 43×3 topics
  11. Seismic Noise216▲ 85×1 topic
  12. Surface Wave216▲ 85×1 topic
  13. Validation201▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Spatial Variability201▲ 62×2 topics
  15. Soil Moisture201▲ 53×4 topics
  16. Global Monitoring200▲ 165×1 topic
  17. Microwave Retrieval200▲ 165×1 topic
  18. Machine Learning190◆ 1.10×68 topics
  19. Renewable Energy146▲ 1.93×37 topics
  20. Cathode Materials141▲ 6.8×3 topics
  21. Energy Storage124▲ 3.6×11 topics
  22. Sea Level Rise121▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Electron Acceleration116▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Lithium-ion Batteries111▲ 5.0×4 topics
  25. Geodetic Measurements110▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Molecular Dynamics106▲ 12×6 topics
  27. GRACE102▲ 38×1 topic
  28. groundwater depletion102▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Solar Wind96▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Ionosphere91▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Magnetosphere91▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Dark Matter84▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Rechargeable Batteries83▲ 5.8×2 topics
  34. Crystal Growth76▲ 5.1×11 topics
  35. Electronic Structure73▲ 7.7×8 topics
  36. Superconductivity72▲ 8.0×9 topics
  37. Particle Physics69▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Battery Materials62▲ 7.0×1 topic
  39. Ionic Conductivity60▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries59▲ 7.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements.

Methane Hydrates and Rel…302Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 302 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 216 fractional worksSoil Moisture and Remote Sensing: 200 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…102Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 102 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…91Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 91 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …62Advancements in Battery Materials: 62 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 58 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 49 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 45 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 44 fractional works
Environmental ChemistryGeophysicsEnvironmental EngineeringOceanography5 others

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

  1. 1 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 302 works
  2. 2 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 216 works
  3. 3 Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing Environmental Engineering 200 works
  4. 4 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 102 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 91 works
  6. 6 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 62 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 58 works
  8. 8 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 49 works
  9. 9 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 45 works
  10. 10 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 44 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 available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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