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Lumen (United Kingdom)

In research, Lumen (United Kingdom) stands highest in Astronomy and Astrophysics (#396 of 400 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#1,411 of 1,417 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,661 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 68.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,375
of 22,385 · #34,526 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#862
of 862
Research works
290
▲ 883% vs 2018-21
Citations
830
2.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.72×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
84%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Lumen (United Kingdom)

What is Lumen (United Kingdom) 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
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #396 of 400 7.2%78 -
Physics and AstronomyField #1,411 of 1,417 7.0%132 #2798
Physical SciencesDomain #10,661 of 10,670 7.8%181 #17243

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lumen (United Kingdom) 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 fields of science does Lumen (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Lumen (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (61%), Computer Science (8%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 190 fractional works · 85.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 135 fractional works · 60.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 79 fractional works · 35.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 22 fractional works · 10.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16 fractional works · 7.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLumen (UnitedKingdom)222fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences5%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy13560.7%
    2. Computer Science177.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences177.5%
    4. Engineering114.8%
    5. Environmental Science73.2%
    6. Materials Science31.3%
    7. Chemistry10.3%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.4%
    2. Neuroscience41.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Social Sciences52.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities21.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    4. Decision Sciences10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Psychology00.1%
    1. Medicine72.9%
    2. Health Professions20.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Lumen (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 68.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 79.3 works69×
  2. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 22.3 works32×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 134.7 works27×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.79× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 27.28× its world share, 135 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× 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, 27.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy27.28×135 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.79×17 works
  3. Neuroscience1.03×4 works
  4. Computer Science0.97×17 works
  5. Environmental Science0.65×7 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×8 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.47×1 works
  8. Materials Science0.37×3 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.34×2 works
  10. Engineering0.32×11 works
  11. Health Professions0.31×2 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.21×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.18×5 works
  16. Energy0.16×0 works
  17. Medicine0.15×6 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works
  20. Psychology0.02×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Lumen (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Lumen (United Kingdom) is "Defining OER-Enabled Pedagogy" (David A. Wiley, John Levi Hilton III, 2018), with 347 citations. Next come "0.174 dB/km Hollow Core Double Nested Antiresonant Nodeless Fiber (DNANF)" (165) and "Hollow Core NANF with 0.28 dB/km Attenuation in the C and L Bands" (143).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Defining OER-Enabled Pedagogy David A. Wiley, John Levi Hilton III · The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Open access 26 Sep 2018 347
2 0.174 dB/km Hollow Core Double Nested Antiresonant Nodeless Fiber (DNANF) Gregory T. Jasion, Hesham A. Sakr, J. R. Hayes et al. Conference paperOpen access 2022 165
3 Hollow Core NANF with 0.28 dB/km Attenuation in the C and L Bands Gregory T. Jasion, Thomas D. Bradley, Kerrianne Harrington et al. Conference paper 2020 143
4 Hollow Core NANFs with Five Nested Tubes and Record Low Loss at 850, 1060, 1300 and 1625nm Hesham A. Sakr, Thomas D. Bradley, Gregory T. Jasion et al. Conference paper 2021 96
5 Record Low-Loss 1.3dB/km Data Transmitting Antiresonant Hollow Core Fibre Thomas D. Bradley, J. R. Hayes, Y. Chen et al. Conference paper Sep 2018 84
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Which keywords describe research at Lumen (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Astrobiology, Supernovae, Dark Energy, Dark Matter, Cosmic Microwave Background, Cosmological Parameters, Cosmology and Star Formation.

▲ 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. Astrobiology23▲ 322×2 topics
  2. Supernovae20▲ 109×2 topics
  3. Dark Energy19▲ 133×2 topics
  4. Cosmic Microwave Background18▲ 151×1 topic
  5. Cosmological Parameters18▲ 151×1 topic
  6. Dark Matter18▲ 71×3 topics
  7. Cosmology18▲ 118×2 topics
  8. Star Formation14▲ 110×2 topics
  9. Extraterrestrial Life13▲ 269×1 topic
  10. SETI13▲ 269×1 topic
  11. Black Holes11▲ 51×3 topics
  12. Cosmic Rays10▲ 92×2 topics
  13. Neutrinos10▲ 92×2 topics
  14. Quantum Gravity10▲ 54×4 topics
  15. Metabolism10▲ 8.4×3 topics
  16. Prebiotic Chemistry10▲ 438×1 topic
  17. RNA World10▲ 438×1 topic
  18. Particle Physics9▲ 57×2 topics
  19. Galaxies9▲ 139×1 topic
  20. Stellar Populations9▲ 139×1 topic
  21. Axions9▲ 169×1 topic
  22. WIMPs9▲ 169×1 topic
  23. Nonlinear Dynamics8▲ 16×5 topics
  24. Global Warming7▲ 7.9×4 topics
  25. Lorentz Violation7▲ 195×1 topic
  26. Microbial Ecology7▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Noncommutative Field Theory7▲ 195×1 topic
  28. Phase Transitions7▲ 55×2 topics
  29. Earth Systems Science7▲ 490×1 topic
  30. Gaia Hypothesis7▲ 490×1 topic
  31. Entanglement7▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Long-Range Interactions7▲ 284×1 topic
  33. Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics7▲ 284×1 topic
  34. Accretion Disks6▲ 54×2 topics
  35. Magnetic Fields6▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Self-Organization6▲ 80×3 topics
  37. Many-Body Localization5▲ 95×1 topic
  38. Molecular Clouds5▲ 78×1 topic
  39. Protoplanetary Disks5▲ 78×1 topic
  40. Quantum Thermalization5▲ 95×1 topic

Which research topics does Lumen (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Origins and Evolution of Life and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

Cosmology and Gravitatio…18Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 18 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 13 fractional worksOrigins and Evolution of…10Origins and Evolution of Life: 10 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evo…9Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 9 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 9 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 7 fractional worksEarth Systems and Cosmic…7Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution: 7 fractional worksStatistical Mechanics and Entropy: 7 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems: 5 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 5 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsAtmospheric Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
  2. 2 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
  3. 3 Origins and Evolution of Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  5. 5 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 9 works
  6. 6 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 7 works
  7. 7 Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution Atmospheric Science 7 works
  8. 8 Statistical Mechanics and Entropy Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 7 works
  9. 9 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
  10. 10 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 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 available83.7%not open16.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lumen (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 883% 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 Lumen (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000083% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Lumen (United Kingdom)0.0033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lumen (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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