Los Alamos National Laboratory
In research, Los Alamos National Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#350 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#451 of 5,901 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#118 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Condensed Matter Physics (Radiation is 26.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #665 of 22,385 · #422 all time
- Rank in United States
- #167 of 3,332
- Research works
- 60k ▲ 18% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2.1M 35.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 7.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.92× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 37% world 40%
- International
- 14% world 18%
What is Los Alamos National Laboratory known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #350 of 10,670 | 7.8% | 4,611 | #196 | |
| EngineeringField | #451 of 5,901 | 6.6% | 1,502 | #200 | |
| Physics and AstronomyField | #118 of 1,417 | 8.9% | 1,218 | #64 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #553 of 4,417 | 9.6% | 367 | #385 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #1,393 of 9,902 | 9.1% | 165 | #722 | |
| Materials ScienceField | #342 of 2,276 | 7.4% | 637 | #193 | |
| Materials ChemistrySubfield | #235 of 1,473 | 7.3% | 489 | #125 | |
| Artificial IntelligenceSubfield | #329 of 1,862 | 11.8% | 175 | #337 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #634 of 3,334 | 7.2% | 238 | #602 | |
| MedicineField | #1,716 of 8,541 | 10.0% | 137 | #852 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Los Alamos 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 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.
- Physical Sciences#196 #350
- Engineering#200 #451
- Physics and Astronomy#64 #118
- Computer Science#385 #553
- Health Sciences#722 #1,393
- Materials Science#193 #342
- Materials Chemistry#125 #235
- Artificial Intelligence#337 #329
- Environmental Science#602 #634
- Medicine#852 #1,716
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 National Laboratory work in?
In 2022-now, 90% of research at Los Alamos National Laboratory is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Physics and Astronomy (24%), Materials Science (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences4,97489.6%
- Engineering1,60428.9%
- Physics and Astronomy1,31223.6%
- Materials Science68812.4%
- Computer Science4067.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences3376.1%
- Environmental Science2574.6%
- Chemistry1853.3%
- Mathematics851.5%
- Energy601.1%
- Chemical Engineering390.7%
- Life Sciences2534.6%
- Health Sciences1773.2%
- Medicine1462.6%
- Health Professions290.5%
- Nursing10.0%
- Veterinary10.0%
- Dentistry00.0%
- Social Sciences1482.7%
- Decision Sciences671.2%
- Social Sciences410.7%
- Arts and Humanities150.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting90.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance90.2%
- Psychology60.1%
What does Los Alamos National Laboratory specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiation takes 26.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- RadiationSubfield · 202.1 works26×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 350.4 works20×
- Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 125.0 works14×
- Physics and AstronomyField · 1,311.9 works11×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 170.6 works8.8×
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 231.5 works8.0×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 10.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 25 fields, with their numbers
- Physics and Astronomy10.62×1,312 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences3.87×337 works
- Materials Science3.55×688 works
- Chemistry2.12×185 works
- Chemical Engineering2.01×39 works
- Engineering1.93×1,604 works
- Mathematics1.30×85 works
- Decision Sciences1.25×67 works
- Energy1.19×60 works
- Computer Science0.94×406 works
- Environmental Science0.93×257 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.67×38 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×154 works
- Health Professions0.20×29 works
- Neuroscience0.18×16 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×43 works
- Medicine0.14×146 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.12×2 works
- Veterinary0.09×1 works
- Arts and Humanities0.09×15 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×9 works
- Social Sciences0.06×41 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.05×9 works
- Psychology0.04×6 works
- Nursing0.03×1 works
- Physics and Astronomy 10.6×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 3.9×
- Materials Science 3.5×
- Chemistry 2.1×
- Chemical Engineering 2.0×
- Engineering 1.9×
- Mathematics 1.3×
- Decision Sciences 1.2×
- Energy 1.2×
- Computer Science 0.9×
- Environmental Science 0.9×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.7×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Health Professions 0.2×
- Neuroscience 0.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.2×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.1×
- Veterinary 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.1×
- Psychology 0.0×
- Nursing 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory?
Ranked on the quality score, Grant David Meadors, Bette Korber and Qinjun Kang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Los Alamos National Laboratory.
- 1
Grant David Meadors
United States · #1,208 worldwide 84k citations · 210 works
- 2
Bette Korber
United States · #8,251 worldwide 59k citations · 512 works
- 3
Qinjun Kang
United States · #10,765 worldwide 17k citations · 283 works
- 4
Wojciech Hubert Zurek
United States · #11,124 worldwide 43k citations · 327 works
- 5
Patrick J. Coles
United States · #13,689 worldwide 10k citations · 178 works
- 6
J. R. Asbridge
United States · #15,335 worldwide 14k citations · 136 works
- 7
Victor I. Klimov
United States · #15,897 worldwide 54k citations · 478 works
- 8
Sowjanya Gollapinni
United States · #15,979 worldwide 27k citations · 343 works
- 9
Marco Cerezo
United States · #16,047 worldwide 6.8k citations · 94 works
- 10
Samuel J. Bame
United States · #18,555 worldwide 37k citations · 463 works
Which keywords describe research at Los Alamos National Laboratory?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tomography, Superconductivity, Data Analysis, Small-Angle Scattering, Radiography, Neutron Activation Analysis, Neutron Imaging and Density Functional Theory.
- Mantle Dynamics
- Lattice QCD
- Laser-Plasma Accelerators
- Quantum Simulation
- Nucleosynthesis
- Plate Tectonics
- Dark Matter
- Thermal Decomposition
- Entanglement
- Molecular Dynamics
- Accident Tolerant Fuels
- Crystal Growth
- Hydrogen Embrittlement
- Nuclear Reactor
- Density Functional Theory
- Nanoparticles
- Neutron Imaging
- Small-Angle Scattering
- Data Analysis
- Tomography
- Machine Learning
- Superconductivity
- Radiography
- Neutron Activation Analysis
- Mechanical Properties
- Remote Sensing
- Molten Salt
- Oxidation Resistance
- High Temperature Behavior
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations
- Fuel Cladding
- Solar Wind
- Quantum Information
- Electronic Structure
- Electron Acceleration
- Particle Physics
- Actinides
- Electron Beams
- Quantum Mechanics
- Crystal Structure Prediction
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
- Machine Learning244▲ 1.32×61 topics
- Tomography234▲ 24×5 topics
- Superconductivity165▲ 17×9 topics
- Data Analysis148▲ 10×9 topics
- Radiography135▲ 70×2 topics
- Small-Angle Scattering135▲ 47×2 topics
- Neutron Activation Analysis131▲ 73×1 topic
- Neutron Imaging131▲ 73×1 topic
- Mechanical Properties126▲ 2.3×33 topics
- Nanoparticles124▲ 1.78×39 topics
- Remote Sensing123▲ 1.82×30 topics
- Density Functional Theory122▲ 21×5 topics
- Molten Salt106▲ 61×1 topic
- Nuclear Reactor106▲ 61×1 topic
- Oxidation Resistance101▲ 17×3 topics
- Hydrogen Embrittlement96▲ 21×3 topics
- High Temperature Behavior94▲ 31×2 topics
- Crystal Growth91▲ 6.0×11 topics
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations88▲ 37×2 topics
- Accident Tolerant Fuels88▲ 46×1 topic
- Fuel Cladding88▲ 46×1 topic
- Molecular Dynamics86▲ 8.9×7 topics
- Solar Wind85▲ 17×2 topics
- Entanglement84▲ 10.0×4 topics
- Quantum Information78▲ 12×3 topics
- Thermal Decomposition74▲ 30×2 topics
- Electronic Structure74▲ 7.4×8 topics
- Dark Matter72▲ 11×4 topics
- Electron Acceleration70▲ 19×2 topics
- Plate Tectonics68▲ 8.0×3 topics
- Particle Physics67▲ 16×2 topics
- Nucleosynthesis63▲ 23×3 topics
- Actinides62▲ 22×2 topics
- Quantum Simulation61▲ 14×2 topics
- Electron Beams61▲ 63×1 topic
- Laser-Plasma Accelerators61▲ 63×1 topic
- Quantum Mechanics58▲ 11×5 topics
- Lattice QCD58▲ 18×2 topics
- Crystal Structure Prediction58▲ 22×1 topic
- Mantle Dynamics58▲ 22×1 topic
Which research topics does Los Alamos National Laboratory publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear Physics and Applications, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear Materials and Properties and Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 131 works
- 2 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 106 works
- 3 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 88 works
- 4 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 61 works
- 5 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 58 works
- 6 Energetic Materials and Combustion Mechanics of Materials 54 works
- 7 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 54 works
- 8 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 50 works
- 9 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 46 works
- 10 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 46 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Los Alamos National Laboratory's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 National Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.033% in 2024.
Fractional works of Los Alamos National Laboratory 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.6% in 2013.
Other research institutions in Los Alamos
- Los Alamos National Security (United States)
- Los Alamos Medical Center
- New Mexico Consortium
- Triad National Security (United States)
- Los Alamos Technical Associates (United States)
- Science Education Solutions (United States)
- TechSource (United States)
- Research Applications Corporation (United States)
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What does Los Alamos National Laboratory research?
In research, Los Alamos National Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#350 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#451 of 5,901 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#118 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Condensed Matter Physics (Radiation is 26.5× its share of world research).
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