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MAX IV Laboratory

In research, MAX IV Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,160 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry — Materials Chemistry is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,208
of 28,054 · #4,370 all time
Rank in Sweden
#31
of 125
Research works
957
▼ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is MAX IV Laboratory 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 #3,160 of 12,888 14.4%134 #2738

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where MAX IV 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does MAX IV Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 31.7 works10×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.98× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.00× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.69× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.02× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.38× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 8.03× its world share, 44 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 9.21× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at MAX IV Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Yngve Cerenius, Stefan Carlson and Lars Malmgren lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MAX IV Laboratory.

  1. 1 Yngve Cerenius · #267,303 worldwide 204 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Stefan Carlson · #582,491 worldwide 77 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Lars Malmgren · #659,960 worldwide 37 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Simon Leemann · #755,916 worldwide 39 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 T. Balasubramanian · #837,528 worldwide 157 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Hamed Tarawneh · #936,159 worldwide 23 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Tomás S. Plivelic · #1,011,460 worldwide 44 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Sverker Werin · #1,071,038 worldwide 33 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 T. Krojer · #1,305,893 worldwide 67 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Francesca Curbis · #1,359,712 worldwide 12 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at MAX IV Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at MAX IV Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoparticles, Tomography, Catalysis, Nanoscale Imaging, X-ray Imaging, Electronic Structure, Phase Retrieval and Ptychography.

▲ 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. Nanoparticles13▲ 6.5×23 topics
  2. Tomography11▲ 37×4 topics
  3. Catalysis9▲ 8.9×17 topics
  4. Nanoscale Imaging8▲ 54×2 topics
  5. X-ray Imaging7▲ 134×2 topics
  6. Electronic Structure7▲ 24×8 topics
  7. Phase Retrieval7▲ 280×1 topic
  8. Ptychography7▲ 280×1 topic
  9. Superconductivity6▲ 23×9 topics
  10. Nanocomposites6▲ 4.8×15 topics
  11. Small-Angle Scattering6▲ 71×2 topics
  12. Two-Dimensional Materials6▲ 16×4 topics
  13. Nanostructures6▲ 9.0×16 topics
  14. Structure Determination5▲ 107×2 topics
  15. Crystal Growth5▲ 11×8 topics
  16. Graphene4▲ 4.2×6 topics
  17. Nanocrystals4▲ 10×5 topics
  18. Ceria4▲ 22×1 topic
  19. Crystal Structure4▲ 19×5 topics
  20. Oxidation4▲ 16×1 topic
  21. Quantitative Analysis4▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Spectroscopy4▲ 15×6 topics
  23. Thin Films4▲ 13×8 topics
  24. Transparent Conductors4▲ 20×2 topics
  25. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy4▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Synchrotron Radiation4▲ 53×3 topics
  27. Water Splitting4▲ 6.4×4 topics
  28. Perovskite Oxides4▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Electronic Structure Calculations4▲ 33×2 topics
  30. High Resolution4▲ 258×1 topic
  31. Macromolecular Crystallography4▲ 119×1 topic
  32. Semiconductors4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  33. Structure Solution4▲ 119×1 topic
  34. X-ray Absorption4▲ 128×2 topics
  35. X-ray Emission4▲ 258×1 topic
  36. Molecular Dynamics3▲ 13×5 topics
  37. Electrocatalysis3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  38. Electronic Properties3▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Raman Spectroscopy3▲ 11×5 topics
  40. Spintronics3▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does MAX IV Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Enzyme Structure and Function and X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis.

Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 7 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 4 fractional worksEnzyme Structure and Function: 4 fractional worksX-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis: 4 fractional worksElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Physics Studies: 3 fractional worksElectronic and Structura…3Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides: 3 fractional worksGraphene research and applications: 3 fractional worksParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 3 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…3Nuclear Physics and Applications: 3 fractional works
RadiationMaterials ChemistrySurfaces, Coatings and FilmsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced X-ray Imaging TechniquesRadiation 7 works
  2. 2 Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Chemistry 4 works
  3. 3 Enzyme Structure and FunctionMaterials Chemistry 4 works
  4. 4 X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence AnalysisRadiation 4 works
  5. 5 Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy TechniquesSurfaces, Coatings and Films 3 works
  6. 6 Advanced Chemical Physics StudiesAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  7. 7 Electronic and Structural Properties of OxidesMaterials Chemistry 3 works
  8. 8 Graphene research and applicationsMaterials Chemistry 3 works
  9. 9 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron LasersElectrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Nuclear Physics and ApplicationsRadiation 3 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 available51.6%not open48.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.4%domestic only49.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MAX IV Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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