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Nanolayers

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Research works
14
▲ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
330
22.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
87%
world 18%
Nanolayers

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

Which fields of science does Nanolayers work in?

In all years, 98% of research at Nanolayers is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Materials Science (35%), Engineering (32%), Physics and Astronomy (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 98.4% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 35.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 25.0% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 32.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 27.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 11.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 9.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKNanolayers14fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences98%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 2 domains and 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science535.2%
    2. Engineering532.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy211.1%
    4. Mathematics16.9%
    5. Chemistry14.9%
    6. Environmental Science03.5%
    7. Energy02.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering01.2%
    9. Computer Science01.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.0%
    2. Neuroscience00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 5.67× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 2.88× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.78× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 9.63× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 10.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.44× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and Astronomy1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics10.11×1 works
  2. Materials Science9.63×3 works
  3. Chemical Engineering5.67×0 works
  4. Chemistry5.37×1 works
  5. Energy2.88×0 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy2.44×0 works
  7. Engineering1.78×2 works
  8. Environmental Science1.20×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.61×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.17×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Nanolayers?

The most cited paper from Nanolayers is "DScribe: Library of descriptors for machine learning in materials science" (Lauri Himanen, Marc O. J. Jäger, Eiaki V. Morooka et al., 2019), with 856 citations. Next come "Machine learning hydrogen adsorption on nanoclusters through structural descriptors" (265) and "Automated structure discovery in atomic force microscopy" (120).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 DScribe: Library of descriptors for machine learning in materials science Lauri Himanen, Marc O. J. Jäger, Eiaki V. Morooka et al. · Computer Physics Communications Open access 26 Sep 2019 856
2 Machine learning hydrogen adsorption on nanoclusters through structural descriptors Marc O. J. Jäger, Eiaki V. Morooka, Filippo Federici Canova et al. · npj Computational Materials Open access 13 Jul 2018 265
3 Automated structure discovery in atomic force microscopy Benjamin Alldritt, Prokop Hapala, Niko Oinonen et al. · Science Advances Open access 26 Feb 2020 120
4 Competing Annulene and Radialene Structures in a Single Anti-Aromatic Molecule Studied by High-Resolution Atomic Force Microscopy Shigeki Kawai, Keisuke Takahashi, Shingo Ito et al. · ACS Nano 16 Jul 2017 85
5 Mechanisms of Oxygen Vacancy Aggregation in SiO2 and HfO2 David Zhe Gao, Jack W. Strand, Manveer Singh Munde et al. · Frontiers in Physics Open access 29 Mar 2019 74
All 49 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Nanolayers publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Mathematical Theories, Semiconductor materials and devices, Ga2O3 and related materials and Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry.

Advanced Mathematical Theories: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 1 fractional worksGa2O3 and related materi…1Ga2O3 and related materials: 1 fractional worksInorganic and Organometa…0Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry: 0 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring and Analysis: 0 fractional worksSilicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neur…0Advanced Memory and Neural Computing: 0 fractional worksZnO doping and properties: 0 fractional worksGlass properties and applications: 0 fractional worksAdvancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 0 fractional works
Mathematical PhysicsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsOrganic Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Mathematical Theories Mathematical Physics 1 works
  2. 2 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Ga2O3 and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 works
  4. 4 Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry Organic Chemistry 0 works
  5. 5 Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Silicon Nanostructures and Photoluminescence Materials Chemistry 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 ZnO doping and properties Materials Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Glass properties and applications Ceramics and Composites 0 works
  10. 10 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available56.3%not open43.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors86.7%domestic only13.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nanolayers's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% 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 Nanolayers as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000030% in 2024.

still counting0.000020%0.000040%0.000060%Nanolayers0.000025% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Nanolayers over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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