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Los Alamos Medical Center

In research, Los Alamos Medical Center stands highest in Physics and Astronomy (#1,413 of 1,417 worldwide), Engineering (#5,892 of 5,901 worldwide) and Materials Science (#2,275 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Materials Science, Radiation and Mechanics of Materials (General Materials Science is 70.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,380
of 22,385 · #16,291 all time
Rank in United States
#3,330
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▲ 1300% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.44×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Los Alamos Medical Center

What is Los Alamos Medical Center 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 #1,413 of 1,417 0.4%82 #1983
EngineeringField #5,892 of 5,901 0.3%289 #8415
Materials ScienceField #2,275 of 2,276 0.0%83 #3552
Physical SciencesDomain #10,667 of 10,670 0.3%592 #8248
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #2,176 of 2,176 0.3%102 #3536

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Los Alamos Medical Center 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#1,983 #1,413
  2. Engineering#8,415 #5,892
  3. Materials Science#3,552 #2,275
  4. Physical Sciences#8,248 #10,667
  5. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#3,536 #2,176
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 Los Alamos Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Los Alamos Medical Center is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Materials Science (12%), Physics and Astronomy (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 594 fractional works · 89.3% of its workEngineering: 289 fractional works · 43.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 102 fractional works · 15.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 39 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 31 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 25 fractional works · 3.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 83 fractional works · 12.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 20 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 83 fractional works · 12.4% of its workRadiation: 31 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 29 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 51 fractional works · 7.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 32 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 29 fractional works · 4.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBioengineering: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 15 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLos AlamosMedical Center665fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences5%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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering28943.5%
    2. Materials Science8312.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy8312.4%
    4. Chemistry517.6%
    5. Computer Science324.8%
    6. Environmental Science294.3%
    7. Chemical Engineering101.5%
    8. Energy81.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences71.0%
    10. Mathematics30.4%
    1. Medicine324.7%
    2. Health Professions30.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology203.0%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Neuroscience10.1%
    1. Social Sciences50.8%
    2. Decision Sciences30.5%
    3. Psychology10.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Los Alamos Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Materials Science takes 70.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 20.3 works70×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 30.9 works34×
  3. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 31.0 works6.5×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.35× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.87× its world share, 51 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.61× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.35× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.90× its world share, 289 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.58× its world share, 83 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.59× its world share, 83 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 32 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.59×83 works
  2. Chemistry4.87×51 works
  3. Chemical Engineering4.35×10 works
  4. Materials Science3.58×83 works
  5. Engineering2.90×289 works
  6. Energy1.35×8 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.87×2 works
  8. Environmental Science0.87×29 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×6 works
  10. Computer Science0.61×32 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×20 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.50×3 works
  13. Mathematics0.34×3 works
  14. Medicine0.25×32 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.15×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.14×2 works
  17. Neuroscience0.06×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.06×5 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×2 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.05×1 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×1 works
  22. Psychology0.05×1 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Los Alamos Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex. Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Dept. of Physics (US), NM (United States) Los Alamos National Lab. and comps. lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Los Alamos Medical Center.

  1. 1 Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex. Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Dept. of Physics (US) United States · #2,007,437 worldwide 1.5k citations · 621 works
  2. 2 NM (United States) Los Alamos National Lab. United States · #3,244,857 worldwide 1.2k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 comps. United States · #3,257,745 worldwide 67 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Richard W. Honsinger United States · #3,790,975 worldwide 1k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 K Bennett United States · #3,976,875 worldwide 27 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Mark C. Rick United States · #4,052,146 worldwide 279 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 P.L. Aamodt United States · #4,621,306 worldwide 18 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Robert J. Thomsen United States · #4,776,984 worldwide 316 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 M.R. Raju United States · #4,803,143 worldwide 352 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Carter E. Judy United States · #5,413,833 worldwide 411 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Los Alamos Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Los Alamos Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Los Alamos Medical Center is "Introduction to Quantum Field Theory" (Peter W. Milonni, 1994), with 4,149 citations. Next come "Phase engineering of transition metal dichalcogenides" (1,328) and "Efficacy of boceprevir, an NS3 protease inhibitor, in combination with peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin in treatment-naive patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C infection (SPRINT-1): an open-label, randomised, multicentre phase 2 trial" (705).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Introduction to Quantum Field Theory Peter W. Milonni · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 1994 4,149
2 Phase engineering of transition metal dichalcogenides Damien Voiry, Aditya D. Mohite, Manish Chhowalla · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2015 1,328
3 Efficacy of boceprevir, an NS3 protease inhibitor, in combination with peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin in treatment-naive patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C infection (SPRINT-1): an open-label, randomised, multicentre phase 2 trial Paul Yien Kwo, Eric Lawitz, Jonathan McCone et al. · The Lancet Open access Aug 2010 705
4 Comparison of biosequences Temple F. Smith, Michael S. Waterman · Advances in Applied Mathematics Open access Dec 1981 692
5 Durability challenges of anion exchange membrane fuel cells William Earl Mustain, Marian Chatenet, Miles G. Page et al. · Energy & Environmental Science Open access 2020 682
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Los Alamos Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metal Nanoparticles, Aerospace Applications, Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics, Polymer Composite Materials, Crystal Growth, Nanoparticles, Frequency Conversion and Catalysis.

▲ 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. Metal Nanoparticles33▲ 31×4 topics
  2. Nanoparticles27▲ 3.3×24 topics
  3. Aerospace Applications20▲ 32×2 topics
  4. Catalysis20▲ 4.6×18 topics
  5. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics20▲ 94×1 topic
  6. Polymer Composite Materials20▲ 94×1 topic
  7. Biomedical Applications19▲ 2.4×15 topics
  8. Crystal Growth18▲ 10×8 topics
  9. Nanomaterials17▲ 2.5×10 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency17▲ 2.8×16 topics
  11. Frequency Conversion17▲ 60×3 topics
  12. Biosensors16▲ 5.0×10 topics
  13. Synthesis15▲ 5.9×13 topics
  14. Radiation Detection14▲ 48×2 topics
  15. Medical Imaging14▲ 3.9×3 topics
  16. Electric Discharge14▲ 195×1 topic
  17. Laser Oscillation14▲ 195×1 topic
  18. Ionic Liquids13▲ 7.1×6 topics
  19. Tomography13▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Adsorption13▲ 9.1×4 topics
  21. Data Analysis13▲ 7.3×3 topics
  22. Thermal Decomposition13▲ 43×2 topics
  23. Optimization12▲ 4.2×13 topics
  24. Nanostructures12▲ 4.6×9 topics
  25. Inorganic Scintillators12▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes12▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Proton Exchange Membranes12▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Scintillation Detectors12▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Molecular Dynamics Simulations12▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Small-Angle Scattering12▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Neutron Activation Analysis11▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Neutron Imaging11▲ 53×1 topic
  33. Energetic Salts11▲ 67×1 topic
  34. Imaging11▲ 6.8×7 topics
  35. ReaxFF11▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Spectroscopy11▲ 9.6×9 topics
  37. Critical Current Density10▲ 64×2 topics
  38. Metal Recovery10▲ 7.5×2 topics
  39. Nb3Sn Conductor10▲ 80×1 topic
  40. Superconducting Magnets10▲ 80×1 topic

Which research topics does Los Alamos Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Material Properties and Applications, Laser Design and Applications, Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies and Fuel Cells and Related Materials.

Material Properties and …20Material Properties and Applications: 20 fractional worksLaser Design and Applica…14Laser Design and Applications: 14 fractional worksRadiation Detection and …12Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 12 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related M…12Fuel Cells and Related Materials: 12 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 11 fractional worksEnergetic Materials and Combustion: 11 fractional worksSuperconducting Material…10Superconducting Materials and Applications: 10 fractional worksGyrotron and Vacuum Elec…9Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research: 9 fractional worksParticle accelerators an…9Particle accelerators and beam dynamics: 9 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and…7Analytical Chemistry and Sensors: 7 fractional works
General Materials ScienceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringRadiationMechanics of Materials4 others

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

  1. 1 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 20 works
  2. 2 Laser Design and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  3. 3 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 12 works
  4. 4 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 11 works
  6. 6 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 11 works
  7. 7 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  8. 8 Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 9 works
  9. 9 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 9 works
  10. 10 Analytical Chemistry and Sensors Bioengineering 7 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 available65.8%not open34.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Los Alamos Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1300% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Los Alamos Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Los Alamos Medical Center0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

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