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Savannah River National Laboratory

In research, Savannah River National Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,208 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,093 of 3,334 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,719 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Inorganic Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry is 20.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,259
of 22,385 · #4,574 all time
Rank in United States
#1,255
of 3,332
Research works
3.9k
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
83k
21.5 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
36%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Savannah River National Laboratory

What is Savannah River National 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 #4,208 of 10,670 3.7%424 #2255
Environmental ScienceField #2,093 of 3,334 5.0%97 #1015
EngineeringField #4,719 of 5,901 3.3%148 #3308
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,211 of 1,473 2.9%65 #1232
Materials ScienceField #2,080 of 2,276 2.8%84 #1609

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Savannah River National 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#2,255 #4,208
  2. Environmental Science#1,015 #2,093
  3. Engineering#3,308 #4,719
  4. Materials Chemistry#1,232 #1,211
  5. Materials Science#1,609 #2,080
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 Savannah River National Laboratory work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Savannah River National Laboratory is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Environmental Science (21%), Materials Science (18%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 468 fractional works · 89.3% of its workEngineering: 157 fractional works · 29.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 7.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 25 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 110 fractional works · 20.9% of its workEcology: 27 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 26 fractional works · 5.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 97 fractional works · 18.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 72 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 40 fractional works · 7.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 27 fractional works · 5.1% of its workRadiation: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCatalysis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSavannah RiverNational…524fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences3%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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering15729.9%
    2. Environmental Science11020.9%
    3. Materials Science9718.4%
    4. Chemistry407.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy275.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences193.5%
    7. Computer Science81.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering71.2%
    9. Energy40.8%
    10. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology132.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences91.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    5. Neuroscience10.1%
    1. Decision Sciences91.7%
    2. Social Sciences30.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting20.4%
    4. Psychology10.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Medicine71.3%
    2. Health Professions50.9%
    3. Veterinary20.4%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Savannah River National Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Inorganic Chemistry takes 20.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 26.8 works21×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.57× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.84× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.99× its world share, 156 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.21× its world share, 110 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.28× its world share, 97 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.29× its world share, 27 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.61× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science5.28×97 works
  2. Chemistry4.84×40 works
  3. Environmental Science4.21×110 works
  4. Chemical Engineering3.57×6 works
  5. Veterinary2.61×2 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy2.29×27 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.26×19 works
  8. Engineering1.99×156 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.73×9 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.98×2 works
  11. Energy0.82×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×13 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×9 works
  14. Health Professions0.35×5 works
  15. Nursing0.32×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.20×8 works
  18. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×2 works
  20. Dentistry0.13×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.08×1 works
  22. Medicine0.07×7 works
  23. Psychology0.06×1 works
  24. Social Sciences0.04×3 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  26. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Savannah River National Laboratory?

Ranked on the quality score, Justin D. Congdon, J. Whitfield Gibbons and Kathryn M. L. Taylor-Pashow lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Savannah River National Laboratory.

  1. 1 Justin D. Congdon United States · #308,886 worldwide 10k citations · 147 works
  2. 2 J. Whitfield Gibbons United States · #319,062 worldwide 17k citations · 312 works
  3. 3 Kathryn M. L. Taylor-Pashow United States · #324,326 worldwide 8k citations · 136 works
  4. 4 Claudio Corgnale United States · #559,136 worldwide 2.1k citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Dien Li United States · #694,522 worldwide 2.6k citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Bruce J. Hardy United States · #745,878 worldwide 1.2k citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Guha Dharmarajan United States · #764,967 worldwide 2.1k citations · 100 works
  8. 8 Domy C. Adriano United States · #838,001 worldwide 20k citations · 255 works
  9. 9 Judith L. Greene United States · #860,594 worldwide 3.6k citations · 27 works
  10. 10 J. Vaun McArthur United States · #971,479 worldwide 6.1k citations · 102 works
All ranked researchers at Savannah River National Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from Savannah River National Laboratory?

The most cited paper from Savannah River National Laboratory is "Command and Control and the Pathology of Natural Resource Management" (Crawford S. Holling, Gary K. Meffe, 1996), with 2,056 citations. Next come "A review of techniques for parameter sensitivity analysis of environmental models" (1,966) and "Co-selection of antibiotic and metal resistance" (1,924).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Command and Control and the Pathology of Natural Resource Management Crawford S. Holling, Gary K. Meffe · Conservation Biology Apr 1996 2,056
2 A review of techniques for parameter sensitivity analysis of environmental models David M. Hamby · Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Sep 1994 1,966
3 Co-selection of antibiotic and metal resistance Craig Baker‐Austin, Meredith S. Wright, Ramūnas Stepanauskas et al. · Trends in Microbiology Review 15 Mar 2006 1,924
4 Search for Past Life on Mars: Possible Relic Biogenic Activity in Martian Meteorite ALH84001 David S. McKay, E. K. Gibson, K. L. Thomas-Keprta et al. · Science Open access 16 Aug 1996 1,889
5 Arsenic fractionation in soils using an improved sequential extraction procedure Walter W. Wenzel, Natalie Kirchbaumer, THOMAS R. PROHASKA et al. · Analytica Chimica Acta Jun 2001 1,415
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Savannah River National Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Adsorption, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Health Effects, Actinides, Bioremediation, Sorption, Extraction and Lanthanides.

▲ 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. Adsorption32▲ 29×6 topics
  2. Hydrogen Embrittlement30▲ 68×3 topics
  3. Climate Change28▲ 1.97×44 topics
  4. Health Effects28▲ 8.8×13 topics
  5. Actinides28▲ 103×2 topics
  6. Bioremediation25▲ 38×6 topics
  7. Sorption23▲ 94×2 topics
  8. Extraction23▲ 34×3 topics
  9. Lanthanides22▲ 100×1 topic
  10. Uranium22▲ 130×1 topic
  11. Finite Element Analysis22▲ 18×5 topics
  12. Environmental Impact21▲ 2.4×24 topics
  13. Environmental Impacts20▲ 14×7 topics
  14. Mechanical Properties20▲ 3.9×13 topics
  15. High Temperature Behavior19▲ 65×2 topics
  16. Oxidation Resistance19▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Radionuclides19▲ 92×2 topics
  18. Density Functional Theory18▲ 34×3 topics
  19. Accident Tolerant Fuels18▲ 99×1 topic
  20. Fuel Cladding18▲ 99×1 topic
  21. Soil Contamination17▲ 119×3 topics
  22. Pitting Corrosion17▲ 62×2 topics
  23. Nanomaterials17▲ 3.0×13 topics
  24. Population Dynamics16▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Fukushima Daiichi15▲ 178×1 topic
  26. nuclear accident15▲ 178×1 topic
  27. Nuclear Fuel13▲ 160×1 topic
  28. Radiation Protection13▲ 160×1 topic
  29. Radiation Detection13▲ 56×2 topics
  30. Corrosion13▲ 20×5 topics
  31. Raman Spectroscopy11▲ 11×6 topics
  32. Ceramics10▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Corrosion Behavior10▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Pipeline10▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Thermal Properties9▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Materials9▲ 7.6×5 topics
  37. Habitat Selection9▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Oxidation Behavior9▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Passive Films9▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Stainless Steels9▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Savannah River National Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Nuclear Materials and Properties, Radioactive contamination and transfer and Nuclear and radioactivity studies.

Radioactive element chemistry and processing: 22 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 18 fractional worksRadioactive contaminatio…15Radioactive contamination and transfer: 15 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…13Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 13 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 9 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Semiconductor D…8Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials: 8 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 8 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 8 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Characterization: 8 fractional works
Inorganic ChemistryMaterials ChemistryGlobal and Planetary ChangeSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality5 others

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

  1. 1 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 22 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 18 works
  3. 3 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 15 works
  4. 4 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 13 works
  5. 5 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 9 works
  6. 6 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 9 works
  7. 7 Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 8 works
  10. 10 Chemical Synthesis and Characterization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Savannah River National Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Savannah River National Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Savannah River National Laboratory0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Savannah River National 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Savannah River National Laboratory5.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.6% in 1996.

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