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Lawrence Livermore National Security

In research, Lawrence Livermore National Security stands highest in Physics and Astronomy (#1,371 of 1,417 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#10,492 of 10,670 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#1,298 of 1,319 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,641
of 22,385 · #7,763 all time
Rank in United States
#3,062
of 3,332
Research works
1.6k
▲ 640% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.47×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Lawrence Livermore National Security

What is Lawrence Livermore National Security 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
Physics and AstronomyField #1,371 of 1,417 2.1%82 #1497
Physical SciencesDomain #10,492 of 10,670 1.4%731 #3508
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,298 of 1,319 0.7%61 -
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #1,520 of 1,539 0.7%76 -
EngineeringField #5,861 of 5,901 0.8%437 #4476
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #2,164 of 2,176 0.5%147 #2939
Materials ScienceField #2,267 of 2,276 1.4%82 #3307

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lawrence Livermore National Security 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. Physics and Astronomy#1,497 #1,371
  2. Physical Sciences#3,508 #10,492
  3. Engineering#4,476 #5,861
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,939 #2,164
  5. Materials Science#3,307 #2,267
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 Lawrence Livermore National Security work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Lawrence Livermore National Security is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (53%), Physics and Astronomy (10%), Materials Science (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 740 fractional works · 88.9% of its workEngineering: 438 fractional works · 52.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 147 fractional works · 17.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 76 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 62 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 33 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 29 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 27 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 84 fractional works · 10.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 31 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiation: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInstrumentation: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 83 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 45 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 37 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBioengineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 48 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 26 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLawrenceLivermore…833fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences2%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering43852.6%
    2. Physics and Astronomy8410.1%
    3. Materials Science839.9%
    4. Chemistry455.4%
    5. Computer Science374.5%
    6. Environmental Science253.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences141.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering101.2%
    9. Mathematics30.4%
    10. Energy20.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology303.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences91.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.8%
    4. Neuroscience10.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    1. Medicine242.9%
    2. Dentistry10.1%
    3. Health Professions10.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences60.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities60.7%
    3. Decision Sciences30.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
    6. Psychology10.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.68× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.28× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.32× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.46× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.51× its world share, 438 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 25 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.85× its world share, 83 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.52× its world share, 84 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy4.52×84 works
  2. Engineering3.51×438 works
  3. Chemistry3.46×45 works
  4. Chemical Engineering3.32×10 works
  5. Materials Science2.85×83 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.28×7 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.04×14 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.68×30 works
  9. Environmental Science0.59×25 works
  10. Computer Science0.58×37 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.39×3 works
  12. Mathematics0.33×3 works
  13. Dentistry0.25×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.25×6 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×9 works
  16. Energy0.22×2 works
  17. Medicine0.15×24 works
  18. Veterinary0.15×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×1 works
  20. Nursing0.11×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.09×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×2 works
  23. Social Sciences0.06×6 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×1 works
  25. Health Professions0.02×0 works
  26. Psychology0.02×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Security?

Ranked on the quality score, G. B. Mathews, David J. Robertson and J.T. Burke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lawrence Livermore National Security.

  1. 1 G. B. Mathews United States · #1,920,353 worldwide 803 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 David J. Robertson United States · #2,783,877 worldwide 164 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 J.T. Burke United States · #4,047,454 worldwide 328 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Robert E. Millstein United States · #4,087,062 worldwide 92 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Emma Reed Jones United States · #4,457,181 worldwide 123 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 R.H.J. Gercke United States · #4,524,723 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Michael D Perry United States · #5,124,280 worldwide 67 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Thomas E McEwan United States · #5,643,328 worldwide 263 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Vladimir S. Netchitailo United States · #7,332,040 worldwide 363 citations · 83 works
All ranked researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Security

What are the most cited papers from Lawrence Livermore National Security?

The most cited paper from Lawrence Livermore National Security is "NCEP–DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (R-2)" (Masao Kanamitsu, Wesley Ebisuzaki, Jack S. Woollen et al., 2002), with 5,453 citations. Next come "N-Doping of Graphene Through Electrothermal Reactions with Ammonia" (2,157) and "MOF-based electronic and opto-electronic devices" (1,342).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 NCEP–DOE AMIP-II Reanalysis (R-2) Masao Kanamitsu, Wesley Ebisuzaki, Jack S. Woollen et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access Nov 2002 5,453
2 N-Doping of Graphene Through Electrothermal Reactions with Ammonia Xinran Wang, Xiaolin Li, Li Zhang et al. · Science 7 May 2009 2,157
3 MOF-based electronic and opto-electronic devices Vitalie Stavila, Albert Alec Talin, Mark D. Allendorf · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2014 1,342
4 An updated roadmap for the integration of metal–organic frameworks with electronic devices and chemical sensors Ivo Stassen, Nicholas C. Burtch, Alec A. Talin et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2017 1,230
5 Life and death in the soil microbiome: how ecological processes influence biogeochemistry Noah W. Sokol et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology ReviewOpen access 28 Feb 2022 1,159
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lawrence Livermore National Security?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Frequency Conversion, Electric Discharge, Laser Oscillation, Metal Nanoparticles, Raman Lasers, Nanostructures, Spectroscopy and Imaging.

▲ 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. Frequency Conversion32▲ 91×3 topics
  2. Electric Discharge25▲ 286×1 topic
  3. Laser Oscillation25▲ 286×1 topic
  4. Metal Nanoparticles24▲ 18×4 topics
  5. Nanoparticles22▲ 2.1×23 topics
  6. Remote Sensing21▲ 2.0×17 topics
  7. Biosensors20▲ 4.8×9 topics
  8. Nanostructures19▲ 5.7×11 topics
  9. Artificial Neural Networks18▲ 4.7×4 topics
  10. Raman Lasers18▲ 20×2 topics
  11. Data Analysis16▲ 7.5×8 topics
  12. Spectroscopy16▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Imaging16▲ 7.9×5 topics
  14. 3D Printing15▲ 7.9×4 topics
  15. Tomography15▲ 10.0×5 topics
  16. Smart Sensors14▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Nanofabrication14▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Tool Wear14▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Optical Modulators14▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Aerospace Applications13▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Optical Interconnects13▲ 47×1 topic
  22. Semiconductor Lasers13▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Integrated Circuits13▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Lab-on-a-Chip13▲ 13×4 topics
  25. IEEE 145113▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Silicon Photonics13▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Transducer Interface Standards13▲ 68×1 topic
  28. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics12▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Polymer Composite Materials12▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Microcavities12▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Nanophotonic Waveguides12▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Raman Spectroscopy11▲ 7.1×4 topics
  33. High-Resolution Patterning11▲ 64×2 topics
  34. Laser Ablation11▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Molecular Dynamics Simulations11▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Thermal Decomposition10▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Femtosecond Laser10▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Machine Tools10▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Micromachining10▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Transparent Materials10▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Lawrence Livermore National Security publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Laser Design and Applications, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems and Material Properties and Applications.

Laser Design and Applica…25Laser Design and Applications: 25 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 13 fractional worksSensor Technology and Me…13Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems: 13 fractional worksMaterial Properties and …12Material Properties and Applications: 12 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 12 fractional worksLaser Material Processing Techniques: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Surface Polishi…9Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques: 9 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…9Nuclear Physics and Applications: 9 fractional worksEnergetic Materials and …8Energetic Materials and Combustion: 8 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Capilla…8Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications: 8 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsGeneral Materials ScienceComputational Mechanics3 others

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

  1. 1 Laser Design and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 25 works
  2. 2 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  3. 3 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems Computer Networks and Communications 13 works
  4. 4 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 12 works
  5. 5 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Laser Material Processing Techniques Computational Mechanics 10 works
  7. 7 Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 9 works
  9. 9 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 8 works
  10. 10 Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications Biomedical Engineering 8 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 available72.7%not open27.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lawrence Livermore National Security's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 640% 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 Lawrence Livermore National Security as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Lawrence Livermore National Security0.00043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lawrence Livermore National Security 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%Lawrence Livermore National Security14.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.0% in 2009.

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