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National Nuclear Laboratory

In research, National Nuclear Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,296 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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, 2022–2025
#11,815
of 28,054 · #4,223 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#429
of 1,094
Research works
1.2k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is National Nuclear 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 #6,296 of 12,888 9.5%125 #2586

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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 · 26.6 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.82× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.46× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.96× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.33× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.22× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.36× its world share, 31 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.78× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× 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.

Who are the top researchers at National Nuclear Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Mike T. Harrison, P. E. Hodgson and S. Dickinson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Nuclear Laboratory.

  1. 1 Mike T. Harrison United Kingdom · #119,661 worldwide 317 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 P. E. Hodgson United Kingdom · #169,664 worldwide 295 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 S. Dickinson United Kingdom · #594,843 worldwide 74 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 James Graham United Kingdom · #932,379 worldwide 63 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 D.T. Goddard United Kingdom · #974,895 worldwide 63 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Mark J. Sarsfield United Kingdom · #1,275,204 worldwide 53 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Richard M. Pettigrew United Kingdom · #1,336,705 worldwide 4 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at National Nuclear Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at National Nuclear Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Actinides14▲ 187×2 topics
  2. Hydrogen Embrittlement14▲ 115×3 topics
  3. Adsorption12▲ 39×3 topics
  4. Oxidation Resistance12▲ 76×3 topics
  5. Density Functional Theory11▲ 72×2 topics
  6. High Temperature Behavior11▲ 126×2 topics
  7. Accident Tolerant Fuels10▲ 203×1 topic
  8. Fuel Cladding10▲ 203×1 topic
  9. Extraction10▲ 55×3 topics
  10. Bioremediation10▲ 57×3 topics
  11. Lanthanides10▲ 154×1 topic
  12. Uranium10▲ 198×1 topic
  13. Oxidation Behavior7▲ 77×2 topics
  14. Molten Salt6▲ 143×1 topic
  15. Nuclear Reactor6▲ 143×1 topic
  16. Raman Spectroscopy6▲ 23×5 topics
  17. Microstructural Characterization6▲ 187×1 topic
  18. Nuclear Graphite6▲ 187×1 topic
  19. Thermal Properties6▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Mechanical Properties5▲ 3.8×11 topics
  21. Environmental Impact5▲ 1.99×7 topics
  22. Ceramics5▲ 21×3 topics
  23. Nuclear Waste Disposal4▲ 166×1 topic
  24. Pyrochlore4▲ 166×1 topic
  25. Environmental Impacts4▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Nuclear Fuel4▲ 156×1 topic
  27. Radiation Protection4▲ 156×1 topic
  28. Metal Recovery3▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Rare Earth Elements3▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Passive Films3▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Radionuclides3▲ 56×2 topics
  32. Stainless Steels3▲ 63×1 topic
  33. Tomography3▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Circular Economy3▲ 7.5×2 topics
  35. Neutron Imaging3▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Small-Angle Scattering3▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Battery Recycling2▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Non-Destructive Testing2▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Inorganic Scintillators2▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Scintillation Detectors2▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does National Nuclear Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nuclear Materials and Properties, Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering and Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies.

Nuclear Materials and Pr…10Nuclear Materials and Properties: 10 fractional worksRadioactive element chemistry and processing: 10 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 6 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 6 fractional worksNuclear materials and radiation effects: 4 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 worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 2 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 10 works
  2. 2 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 10 works
  3. 3 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 6 works
  5. 5 Nuclear materials and radiation effects Materials Chemistry 4 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 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 2 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Nuclear Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.