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Los Alamos National Security (United States)

In research, Los Alamos National Security (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,465 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy — Physics and Astronomy is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,078
of 28,054 · #4,929 all time
Rank in United States
#1,214
of 4,192
Research works
1.7k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Los Alamos National Security (United States) 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 #5,465 of 12,888 12.1%143 #3087

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Los Alamos National Security (United States) 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).

What does Los Alamos National Security (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 27.0 works7.0×
← 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: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.53× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.71× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.18× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.82× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.75× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.22× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.06× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 7.01× its world share, 27 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.31× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× 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, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Los Alamos National Security (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Yuri Batygin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Los Alamos National Security (United States).

  1. 1 Yuri Batygin United States · #369,776 worldwide 39 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Los Alamos National Security (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Los Alamos National Security (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molten Salt, Nuclear Reactor, Density Functional Theory, Hydrogen Embrittlement, High Temperature Behavior, Accident Tolerant Fuels, Fuel Cladding and Tomography.

▲ 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. Machine Learning8▲ 1.49×24 topics
  2. Molten Salt8▲ 148×1 topic
  3. Nuclear Reactor8▲ 148×1 topic
  4. Density Functional Theory8▲ 43×4 topics
  5. Hydrogen Embrittlement7▲ 47×2 topics
  6. Accident Tolerant Fuels7▲ 105×1 topic
  7. Fuel Cladding7▲ 105×1 topic
  8. High Temperature Behavior7▲ 66×2 topics
  9. Tomography6▲ 19×4 topics
  10. Small-Angle Scattering4▲ 47×2 topics
  11. Data Analysis4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  12. Neutron Activation Analysis4▲ 61×1 topic
  13. Neutron Imaging4▲ 61×1 topic
  14. Actinides4▲ 38×2 topics
  15. Adsorption3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  16. Extraction3▲ 15×3 topics
  17. Health Effects3▲ 3.1×4 topics
  18. Superconductivity3▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Thermal Properties3▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Bioremediation3▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Radionuclides3▲ 44×2 topics
  22. Finite Element Analysis3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  23. Lanthanides3▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Non-Destructive Testing3▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Raman Spectroscopy3▲ 8.2×3 topics
  26. Uranium3▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Entanglement3▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Soil Contamination3▲ 63×2 topics
  29. Crystal Growth3▲ 5.4×4 topics
  30. Microstructural Characterization3▲ 68×1 topic
  31. Nuclear Graphite3▲ 68×1 topic
  32. Oxidation Behavior3▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  34. Reliability Evaluation2▲ 27×3 topics
  35. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  36. Quantum Mechanics2▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Hydraulic Fracturing2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Inorganic Scintillators2▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Scintillation Detectors2▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Inverse Problems2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Los Alamos National Security (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear Materials and Properties, Nuclear Physics and Applications and Radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Nuclear reactor physics …8Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 8 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 7 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 4 fractional worksRadioactive element chem…3Radioactive element chemistry and processing: 3 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear techno…3Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 3 fractional worksRadiation Detection and …2Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksRadioactive contamination and transfer: 2 fractional worksNuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 2 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 2 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMaterials ChemistryRadiationInorganic Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 7 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 4 works
  4. 4 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 3 works
  5. 5 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 3 works
  6. 6 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 2 works
  7. 7 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 2 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 available34.4%not open65.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Los Alamos National Security (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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