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Molecular Foundry

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Research works
86
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.4k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Molecular Foundry is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.14× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.04× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 9.20× its world share, 5 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.90× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at Molecular Foundry?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanocrystals, Biosensors, Photovoltaics, Nanostructures, Efficiency, Semiconductor, Catalysis and Solar Cells.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Nanocrystals6▲ 31×5 topics
  2. Biosensors6▲ 12×9 topics
  3. Photovoltaics6▲ 26×4 topics
  4. Nanostructures5▲ 13×13 topics
  5. Nanoparticles5▲ 4.5×20 topics
  6. Efficiency5▲ 22×4 topics
  7. Semiconductor5▲ 17×5 topics
  8. Catalysis5▲ 6.6×17 topics
  9. Solar Cells4▲ 16×7 topics
  10. Self-Assembly4▲ 12×12 topics
  11. Graphene4▲ 8.8×7 topics
  12. Nanofabrication4▲ 48×3 topics
  13. Photonic Crystals4▲ 27×4 topics
  14. Biomedical Applications3▲ 3.7×17 topics
  15. High-Resolution Patterning3▲ 102×2 topics
  16. Optical Modulators3▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Biological Applications3▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Bioimaging3▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Electronic Structure3▲ 17×6 topics
  20. Solar Cell Efficiency3▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Nanomaterials3▲ 4.3×12 topics
  22. Semiconductors3▲ 13×3 topics
  23. CZTS3▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Thin-Film Solar Cells3▲ 54×1 topic
  25. Two-Dimensional Materials3▲ 19×4 topics
  26. Metal-Organic Frameworks3▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Cathode Materials3▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Nanophotonics3▲ 38×3 topics
  29. Quantum Dots3▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Crystal Growth2▲ 8.6×8 topics
  31. Fluorescence Imaging2▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Metamaterials2▲ 24×3 topics
  33. Energy Storage2▲ 6.8×7 topics
  34. Integrated Circuits2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Semiconductor Nanocrystals2▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Water Splitting2▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Biological Detection2▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Electrocatalysis2▲ 13×5 topics
  39. Colloidal Nanocrystals2▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Nanoparticle Synthesis2▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Molecular Foundry publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Perovskite Materials and Applications, Machine Learning in Materials Science, 2D Materials and Applications and Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques.

Perovskite Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 0 fractional works2D Materials and Applica…02D Materials and Applications: 0 fractional worksElectron and X-Ray Spect…0Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques: 0 fractional worksChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksRadioactive element chem…0Radioactive element chemistry and processing: 0 fractional worksElectronic and Structura…0Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides: 0 fractional worksSupramolecular Self-Asse…0Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials: 0 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques…0CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMaterials ChemistrySurfaces, Coatings and FilmsStructural Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 0 works
  3. 3 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques Surfaces, Coatings and Films 0 works
  5. 5 Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications Structural Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides Materials Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials Biomaterials 0 works
  10. 10 CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 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 available55.6%not open44.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors64.0%domestic only36.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Molecular Foundry's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% lower than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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