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Sandia National Laboratories California

In research, Sandia National Laboratories California stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,341 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,603 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#707 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Radiation and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty — Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes is 25.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,228
of 28,054 · #333 all time
Rank in United States
#336
of 4,192
Research works
16k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
610k
37.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Sandia National Laboratories California 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 #1,341 of 12,888 10.3%1,139 #222
EngineeringField #1,603 of 6,636 9.9%525 #243
Physics and AstronomyField #707 of 1,646 14.8%111 #186
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,386 of 2,318 10.0%119 #261
Computer ScienceField #2,806 of 4,667 9.2%150 #458
Materials ScienceField #1,504 of 2,468 7.9%154 #160
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,211 of 1,556 7.9%111 #155
Computational MechanicsSubfield #311 of 376 13.7%62 #78
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,560 of 1,884 11.1%67 #998
Social SciencesDomain #9,698 of 10,521 8.2%69 #6151

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sandia National Laboratories California 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#222 #1,341
  2. Engineering#243 #1,603
  3. Physics and Astronomy#186 #707
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#261 #1,386
  5. Computer Science#458 #2,806
  6. Materials Science#160 #1,504
  7. Materials Chemistry#155 #1,211
  8. Computational Mechanics#78 #311
  9. Artificial Intelligence#998 #1,560
  10. Social Sciences#6,151 #9,698
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Sandia National Laboratories California specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes takes 25.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 25.3 works25×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 22.6 works13×
  3. Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 20.7 works9.4×
  4. Chemical EngineeringField · 38.0 works8.3×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 8.34× its world share, 38 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.89× its world share, 39 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.48× its world share, 150 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.81× its world share, 37 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.77× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.68× its world share, 525 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 46 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.39× its world share, 154 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.16× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.84× its world share, 111 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.27× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sandia National Laboratories California?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark D. Allendorf, M. I. Baskes and Tamara G. Kolda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sandia National Laboratories California.

  1. 1 Mark D. Allendorf United States · #2,996 worldwide 2.4k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 M. I. Baskes United States · #4,257 worldwide 2.2k citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Tamara G. Kolda United States · #11,036 worldwide 2.6k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Stephen M. Foiles United States · #25,340 worldwide 786 citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Murray S. Daw United States · #30,849 worldwide 1.8k citations · 33 works
  6. 6 J. Stephen Binkley United States · #39,880 worldwide 3.8k citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Brian P. Somerday United States · #42,937 worldwide 484 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Brian Barrett United States · #46,555 worldwide 496 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 A. Alec Talin United States · #71,312 worldwide 523 citations · 81 works
  10. 10 Christopher W. San Marchi United States · #74,061 worldwide 355 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Sandia National Laboratories California

Which keywords describe research at Sandia National Laboratories California?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Chemical Kinetics, Heat Transfer, Mechanical Properties, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Emissions, Large-Eddy Simulation and Biofuels.

▲ 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. Machine Learning90▲ 2.1×52 topics
  2. Deep Learning60▲ 1.34×48 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties47▲ 3.7×27 topics
  4. Chemical Kinetics47▲ 40×3 topics
  5. Renewable Energy43▲ 2.3×32 topics
  6. Nanoparticles43▲ 2.6×27 topics
  7. Heat Transfer42▲ 6.4×16 topics
  8. Hydrogen Embrittlement33▲ 30×3 topics
  9. Neural Networks33▲ 1.63×22 topics
  10. Catalysis32▲ 3.7×14 topics
  11. Emissions31▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Large-Eddy Simulation31▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Biofuels29▲ 24×2 topics
  14. Combustion26▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Oxidation Mechanism25▲ 25×2 topics
  16. Microstructure25▲ 3.6×14 topics
  17. Internal Combustion Engines24▲ 41×1 topic
  18. Soot Formation24▲ 41×1 topic
  19. Combustion Instabilities24▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Premixed Combustion22▲ 43×1 topic
  21. Turbulent Flames22▲ 43×1 topic
  22. Density Functional Theory22▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Fluid Dynamics19▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Thermal Management19▲ 4.3×8 topics
  25. Molecular Dynamics18▲ 8.5×7 topics
  26. Data Analysis18▲ 5.1×7 topics
  27. Inverse Problems18▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Tomography17▲ 7.3×4 topics
  29. Grain Boundary Engineering17▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Monte Carlo Simulation16▲ 6.2×6 topics
  31. Oxidation Resistance16▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Metal Oxides16▲ 9.7×2 topics
  33. Workflow Management15▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Quantum Mechanics15▲ 14×4 topics
  35. High-Performance Computing15▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Ceria14▲ 9.1×1 topic
  37. Selective Oxidation14▲ 8.0×2 topics
  38. High Temperature Behavior14▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Corrosion Behavior14▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Sensitivity Analysis14▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Sandia National Laboratories California publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies, Combustion and flame dynamics, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science and Model Reduction and Neural Networks.

Advanced Combustion Engi…24Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 24 fractional worksCombustion and flame dyn…22Combustion and flame dynamics: 22 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 14 fractional worksModel Reduction and Neural Networks: 14 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 13 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 12 fractional worksProbabilistic and Robust…12Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design: 12 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 12 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 12 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics …12Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 12 fractional works
Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesComputational MechanicsMaterials ChemistryStatistical and Nonlinear Physics4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 24 works
  2. 2 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 22 works
  3. 3 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 14 works
  4. 4 Model Reduction and Neural Networks Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 14 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 13 works
  6. 6 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 12 works
  7. 7 Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 12 works
  8. 8 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 12 works
  9. 9 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 12 works
  10. 10 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 12 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 available27.5%not open72.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sandia National Laboratories California's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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.

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