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National Energy Technology Laboratory

In research, National Energy Technology Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,679 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#3,134 of 5,901 worldwide) and Materials Chemistry (#1,010 of 1,473 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Catalysis, Chemical Engineering and Ocean Engineering (Catalysis is 14.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,727
of 22,385 · #2,723 all time
Rank in United States
#1,483
of 3,332
Research works
3.3k
▲ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
96k
29.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.67×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
National Energy Technology Laboratory

What is National Energy Technology Laboratory 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,679 of 10,670 4.0%864 #1265
EngineeringField #3,134 of 5,901 3.2%458 #1031
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,010 of 1,473 5.8%97 #791
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #926 of 1,319 2.6%142 #552
Environmental ScienceField #2,619 of 3,334 4.6%102 #1240
Materials ScienceField #1,879 of 2,276 5.6%125 #1209
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,906 of 2,176 3.7%69 #1665

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Energy Technology 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,265 #4,679
  2. Engineering#1,031 #3,134
  3. Materials Chemistry#791 #1,010
  4. Mechanical Engineering#552 #926
  5. Environmental Science#1,240 #2,619
  6. Materials Science#1,209 #1,879
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,665 #1,906
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does National Energy Technology Laboratory work in?

In 2022-now, 96% of research at National Energy Technology Laboratory is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (51%), Materials Science (14%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 898 fractional works · 96.2% of its workEngineering: 475 fractional works · 50.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 147 fractional works · 15.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 72 fractional works · 7.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 53 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 44 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 38 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 33 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 30 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 130 fractional works · 14.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 101 fractional works · 10.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMetals and Alloys: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 107 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 31 fractional works · 3.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCatalysis: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBioengineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 35 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 27 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 32 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 31 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 31 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNational EnergyTechnology…933fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences3%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering47550.9%
    2. Materials Science13014.0%
    3. Environmental Science10711.5%
    4. Chemical Engineering384.1%
    5. Energy353.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences323.4%
    7. Chemistry313.3%
    8. Computer Science313.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy141.5%
    10. Mathematics30.3%
    1. Decision Sciences151.6%
    2. Social Sciences60.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine30.3%
    2. Health Professions00.0%
    3. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Energy Technology Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Catalysis takes 14.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. CatalysisSubfield · 20.2 works15×
  2. Chemical EngineeringField · 38.3 works12×
  3. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 53.5 works11×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 11.73× its world share, 38 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.13× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 31 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 32 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.13× its world share, 35 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.39× its world share, 475 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.31× its world share, 107 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.00× its world share, 130 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.69× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 11.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering11.73×38 works
  2. Energy4.13×35 works
  3. Materials Science4.00×130 works
  4. Engineering3.39×475 works
  5. Environmental Science2.31×107 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.20×32 works
  7. Chemistry2.13×31 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.65×15 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.69×14 works
  10. Computer Science0.42×31 works
  11. Mathematics0.25×3 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×4 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.08×2 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.05×6 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×1 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×2 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.03×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.02×0 works
  20. Medicine0.02×3 works
  21. Health Professions0.01×0 works
  22. Nursing0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Energy Technology Laboratory?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael C. Gao, Shouliang Yi and Ray M. Boswell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Energy Technology Laboratory.

  1. 1 Michael C. Gao United States · #34,771 worldwide 20k citations · 225 works
  2. 2 Shouliang Yi United States · #66,950 worldwide 3.4k citations · 82 works
  3. 3 Ray M. Boswell United States · #132,448 worldwide 9.5k citations · 172 works
  4. 4 Dan C. Sorescu United States · #146,375 worldwide 18k citations · 228 works
  5. 5 Angela Goodman United States · #213,945 worldwide 6k citations · 112 works
  6. 6 Douglas R. Kauffman United States · #229,730 worldwide 5.9k citations · 116 works
  7. 7 Jeffrey A. Hawk United States · #241,360 worldwide 8.1k citations · 216 works
  8. 8 Liqiang Lu United States · #251,839 worldwide 2.5k citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Sofiane Benyahia United States · #292,907 worldwide 2.8k citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Surendar R. Venna United States · #301,332 worldwide 4k citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at National Energy Technology Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from National Energy Technology Laboratory?

The most cited paper from National Energy Technology Laboratory is "Microstructures and properties of high-entropy alloys" (Yong Zhang, Ting Ting Zuo, Zhi Yuan Tang et al., 2013), with 7,196 citations. Next come "Carbon capture and storage (CCS): the way forward" (4,386) and "Advances in CO2 capture technology—The U.S. Department of Energy's Carbon Sequestration Program" (2,275).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Microstructures and properties of high-entropy alloys Yong Zhang, Ting Ting Zuo, Zhi Yuan Tang et al. · Progress in Materials Science Nov 2013 7,196
2 Carbon capture and storage (CCS): the way forward Mai Bui et al. · Energy & Environmental Science Open access 2018 4,386
3 Advances in CO2 capture technology—The U.S. Department of Energy's Carbon Sequestration Program José Figueroa, Timothy Fout, Sean I. Plasynski et al. · International journal of greenhouse gas control 18 Sep 2007 2,275
4 Current perspectives on gas hydrate resources Ray M. Boswell, Timothy S. Collett · Energy & Environmental Science 14 Sep 2010 1,551
5 Origin of Photocatalytic Activity of Nitrogen-Doped TiO 2 Nanobelts Jin Wang, De Nyago Tafen, James P. Lewis et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society 10 Aug 2009 1,221
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Energy Technology Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Optimization, Carbon Dioxide, Hydraulic Fracturing, Shale Gas, CO2 Sequestration, Renewable Energy and Carbon Dioxide Capture.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy47▲ 3.5×27 topics
  2. Environmental Impact44▲ 2.8×25 topics
  3. Catalysis43▲ 7.0×16 topics
  4. Sustainability41▲ 1.81×26 topics
  5. Nanoparticles38▲ 3.2×19 topics
  6. Optimization36▲ 8.5×12 topics
  7. Carbon Dioxide36▲ 24×4 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties34▲ 3.8×18 topics
  9. Hydraulic Fracturing33▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Shale Gas33▲ 29×2 topics
  11. CO2 Sequestration32▲ 18×4 topics
  12. Carbon Dioxide Capture32▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency32▲ 3.7×19 topics
  14. Microstructure32▲ 6.5×14 topics
  15. Nanomaterials31▲ 3.2×15 topics
  16. Materials30▲ 14×6 topics
  17. CO2 Capture29▲ 20×5 topics
  18. Adsorbent Materials29▲ 83×1 topic
  19. CO2 Capture Technology29▲ 83×1 topic
  20. Gas Permeability29▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Heat Transfer28▲ 6.2×11 topics
  22. Emissions25▲ 14×6 topics
  23. Carbon Capture25▲ 59×3 topics
  24. Reactive Transport24▲ 47×2 topics
  25. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells24▲ 93×2 topics
  26. Renewable Fuels24▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Cathodes23▲ 100×1 topic
  28. Electrolytes23▲ 100×1 topic
  29. Metal Recovery23▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Geological Storage22▲ 77×1 topic
  31. Mineral Carbonation22▲ 77×1 topic
  32. Metal-Organic Frameworks21▲ 5.3×6 topics
  33. Natural Gas20▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Rare Earth Elements19▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Uncertainty Quantification18▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Chemical Sensors18▲ 8.3×3 topics
  37. Heterogeneous Catalysis18▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Data Assimilation17▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Pore Structure17▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Ensemble Kalman Filter17▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does National Energy Technology Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies, Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Carbon Dioxide Capture T…29Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies: 29 fractional worksAdvancements in Solid Ox…23Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: 23 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Ge…22CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 22 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…17Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 17 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 17 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 16 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …16Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 16 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 16 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 14 fractional worksMembrane Separation and …13Membrane Separation and Gas Transport: 13 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMaterials ChemistryEnvironmental EngineeringOcean Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 29 works
  2. 2 Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Materials Chemistry 23 works
  3. 3 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 22 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 17 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 17 works
  6. 6 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 16 works
  7. 7 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 16 works
  8. 8 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 16 works
  9. 9 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 14 works
  10. 10 Membrane Separation and Gas Transport Mechanical Engineering 13 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 available50.0%not open50.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Energy Technology Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 National Energy Technology Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0073% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%National Energy Technology Laboratory0.0028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Energy Technology Laboratory over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025National Energy Technology Laboratory5.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.6% in 2005.

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