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National Nuclear Laboratory

In research, National Nuclear Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,734 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry (Materials Chemistry is 9.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,426
of 22,385 · #7,938 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#567
of 862
Research works
1.2k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
National Nuclear Laboratory

What is National Nuclear 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 #6,734 of 10,670 9.1%125 #3721

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Nuclear 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 fields of science does National Nuclear Laboratory work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at National Nuclear Laboratory is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Materials Science (22%), Chemistry (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 135 fractional works · 88.3% of its workEngineering: 53 fractional works · 34.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 34 fractional works · 22.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 18.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 8.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 6.1% of its workRadiation: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNational NuclearLaboratory153fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences4%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5334.4%
    2. Materials Science3422.5%
    3. Chemistry138.4%
    4. Environmental Science106.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy96.1%
    6. Computer Science74.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences53.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering21.6%
    9. Energy21.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine74.6%
    2. Health Professions21.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences31.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    4. Social Sciences10.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    6. Psychology00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    2. Neuroscience10.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Nuclear Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 28.7 works9.6×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.46× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.33× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.29× its world share, 53 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.44× its world share, 34 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.76× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science6.44×34 works
  2. Chemistry5.33×13 works
  3. Chemical Engineering4.46×2 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.76×9 works
  5. Engineering2.29×53 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.02×5 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.71×2 works
  8. Environmental Science1.35×10 works
  9. Energy1.15×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.55×6 works
  11. Health Professions0.40×2 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.33×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.29×1 works
  15. Medicine0.24×7 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  20. Nursing0.11×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  23. Psychology0.05×0 works
  24. Social Sciences0.03×1 works

Who are the top researchers at National Nuclear Laboratory?

Ranked on the quality score, Mike T. Harrison, Divyesh Trivedi and Joshua R. Turner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Nuclear Laboratory.

  1. 1 Mike T. Harrison United Kingdom · #1,552,485 worldwide 6.4k citations · 111 works
  2. 2 Divyesh Trivedi United Kingdom · #1,946,555 worldwide 1.2k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Joshua R. Turner United Kingdom · #2,108,894 worldwide 637 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Nick T. Smith United Kingdom · #2,336,649 worldwide 346 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 W. Darcey United Kingdom · #2,392,559 worldwide 549 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Jonathan P. Austin United Kingdom · #2,414,264 worldwide 591 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Jeffrey A. Kuo United Kingdom · #2,504,935 worldwide 371 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Michael J. Carrott United Kingdom · #2,617,544 worldwide 634 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Thomas J. Carey United Kingdom · #2,721,746 worldwide 637 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 JOHN R. ROOK United Kingdom · #2,885,528 worldwide 2k citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at National Nuclear Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from National Nuclear Laboratory?

The most cited paper from National Nuclear Laboratory is "Collapsed Nuclei" (A.R. Bodmer, 1971), with 1,117 citations. Next come "Chemical thermodynamics of uranium" (947) and "The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library, JEFF-3.3" (715).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Collapsed Nuclei A.R. Bodmer · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields 15 Sep 1971 1,117
2 Chemical thermodynamics of uranium Martyn G. Adamson · Journal of Nuclear Materials Mar 1993 947
3 The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library, JEFF-3.3 Arjan J. M. Plompen et al. · The European Physical Journal A Open access Jul 2020 715
4 The calculation of neutron cross-sections from optical potentials Douglas W. Wilmore, P. E. Hodgson · Nuclear Physics Jun 1964 643
5 An international initiative on long-term behavior of high-level nuclear waste glass Stéṕhane Gin, Abdesselam Abdelouas, Louise Criscenti et al. · Materials Today Open access Jun 2013 543
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Nuclear Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Actinides, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Adsorption, Oxidation Resistance, High Temperature Behavior, Density Functional Theory, Accident Tolerant Fuels and Fuel Cladding.

▲ 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. Actinides15▲ 197×2 topics
  2. Hydrogen Embrittlement14▲ 113×3 topics
  3. Adsorption12▲ 38×3 topics
  4. Oxidation Resistance12▲ 74×3 topics
  5. Density Functional Theory11▲ 70×2 topics
  6. High Temperature Behavior11▲ 131×2 topics
  7. Accident Tolerant Fuels11▲ 207×1 topic
  8. Fuel Cladding11▲ 207×1 topic
  9. Extraction11▲ 55×3 topics
  10. Bioremediation10▲ 55×3 topics
  11. Lanthanides10▲ 157×1 topic
  12. Uranium10▲ 204×1 topic
  13. Molten Salt7▲ 142×1 topic
  14. Nuclear Reactor7▲ 142×1 topic
  15. Oxidation Behavior7▲ 74×2 topics
  16. Raman Spectroscopy7▲ 23×5 topics
  17. Microstructural Characterization6▲ 186×1 topic
  18. Nuclear Graphite6▲ 186×1 topic
  19. Thermal Properties6▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Mechanical Properties6▲ 3.7×12 topics
  21. Ceramics5▲ 24×3 topics
  22. Nuclear Waste Disposal5▲ 185×1 topic
  23. Pyrochlore5▲ 185×1 topic
  24. Environmental Impacts4▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Nuclear Fuel4▲ 172×1 topic
  26. Radiation Protection4▲ 172×1 topic
  27. Radionuclides4▲ 60×2 topics
  28. Metal Recovery3▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Rare Earth Elements3▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Tomography3▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Grain Boundary Engineering3▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Passive Films3▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Soil Contamination3▲ 71×3 topics
  34. Stainless Steels3▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Circular Economy3▲ 6.9×2 topics
  36. Fukushima Daiichi3▲ 105×1 topic
  37. Neutron Imaging3▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Non-Destructive Testing3▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Small-Angle Scattering3▲ 34×1 topic
  40. nuclear accident3▲ 105×1 topic

Which research topics does National Nuclear Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear Materials and Properties, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering and Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies.

Nuclear Materials and Pr…11Nuclear Materials and Properties: 11 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 10 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 7 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 6 fractional worksNuclear materials and radiation effects: 5 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…4Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 4 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 3 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 3 fractional worksRadioactive contamination and transfer: 3 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 2 fractional works
Materials ChemistryInorganic ChemistryAerospace EngineeringSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality3 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 11 works
  2. 2 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 10 works
  3. 3 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 6 works
  5. 5 Nuclear materials and radiation effects Materials Chemistry 5 works
  6. 6 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  7. 7 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 3 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 3 works
  9. 9 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  10. 10 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 2 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 available24.7%not open75.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Nuclear Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% 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 Nuclear Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00059% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%National Nuclear Laboratory0.00069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Nuclear 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025National Nuclear Laboratory6.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.6% in 2015.

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