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Savannah River National Laboratory

In research, Savannah River National Laboratory stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,127 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#3,076 of 3,551 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,985 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Inorganic Chemistry — Inorganic Chemistry is 20.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,912
of 28,054 · #3,508 all time
Rank in United States
#1,192
of 4,192
Research works
3.9k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
83k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Savannah River National 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 #5,127 of 12,888 4.6%424 #2223
Environmental ScienceField #3,076 of 3,551 8.0%97 #1282
EngineeringField #5,985 of 6,636 2.8%148 #3731
Materials ScienceField #2,395 of 2,468 2.7%84 #1043
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,538 of 1,556 2.8%65 #1209

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 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#2,223 #5,127
  2. Environmental Science#1,282 #3,076
  3. Engineering#3,731 #5,985
  4. Materials Science#1,043 #2,395
  5. Materials Chemistry#1,209 #1,538
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 Savannah River National Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Inorganic Chemistry takes 20.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Inorganic ChemistrySubfield · 24.2 works20×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.22× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.67× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 18 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.07× its world share, 148 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.09× its world share, 97 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.04× its world share, 84 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.37× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.57× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.90× 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, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Savannah River National Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Whitfield Gibbons, D. C. Adriano and Justin D. Congdon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Savannah River National Laboratory.

  1. 1 J. Whitfield Gibbons United States · #12,404 worldwide 814 citations · 80 works
  2. 2 D. C. Adriano United States · #45,783 worldwide 522 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Justin D. Congdon United States · #64,205 worldwide 311 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Rebecca R. Sharitz United States · #91,681 worldwide 214 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Gary K. Meffe United States · #144,056 worldwide 194 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 John D. Willson United States · #147,987 worldwide 201 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 David E. Scott United States · #190,308 worldwide 191 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 B.B. Looney United States · #207,899 worldwide 116 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Kurt A. Buhlmann United States · #271,555 worldwide 121 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Douglas B. Hunter United States · #349,030 worldwide 181 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Savannah River National Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Savannah River National Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Adsorption, Actinides, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Bioremediation, Health Effects, Sorption, Finite Element Analysis and Extraction.

▲ 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. Adsorption28▲ 28×6 topics
  2. Climate Change26▲ 2.1×44 topics
  3. Actinides25▲ 101×2 topics
  4. Hydrogen Embrittlement25▲ 62×3 topics
  5. Bioremediation23▲ 39×6 topics
  6. Health Effects23▲ 8.1×12 topics
  7. Sorption21▲ 92×2 topics
  8. Extraction21▲ 33×3 topics
  9. Finite Element Analysis21▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Lanthanides21▲ 97×1 topic
  11. Uranium21▲ 124×1 topic
  12. Environmental Impact19▲ 2.4×23 topics
  13. Environmental Impacts18▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Mechanical Properties17▲ 3.6×11 topics
  15. Radionuclides16▲ 89×2 topics
  16. High Temperature Behavior16▲ 57×2 topics
  17. Oxidation Resistance16▲ 31×3 topics
  18. Density Functional Theory16▲ 31×3 topics
  19. Accident Tolerant Fuels15▲ 88×1 topic
  20. Fuel Cladding15▲ 88×1 topic
  21. Pitting Corrosion15▲ 62×2 topics
  22. Soil Contamination15▲ 124×3 topics
  23. Population Dynamics14▲ 12×8 topics
  24. Nanomaterials14▲ 2.8×13 topics
  25. Fukushima Daiichi13▲ 178×1 topic
  26. nuclear accident13▲ 178×1 topic
  27. Nuclear Fuel13▲ 157×1 topic
  28. Radiation Protection13▲ 157×1 topic
  29. Radiation Detection12▲ 58×2 topics
  30. Corrosion12▲ 19×4 topics
  31. Raman Spectroscopy10▲ 10×6 topics
  32. Pipeline9▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Ceramics9▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Thermal Properties9▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Materials8▲ 7.4×5 topics
  36. Detector Performance8▲ 53×2 topics
  37. Natural Gas8▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Oxidation Behavior8▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Microstructural Characterization8▲ 76×1 topic
  40. Nuclear Graphite8▲ 76×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Radioactive element chemistry and processing, Nuclear Materials and Properties, Radioactive contamination and transfer and Nuclear and radioactivity studies.

Radioactive element chemistry and processing: 21 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 15 fractional worksRadioactive contaminatio…13Radioactive contamination and transfer: 13 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…13Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 13 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials: 8 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement a…8Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 8 fractional worksStructural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 7 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 7 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 6 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 21 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 15 works
  3. 3 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  4. 4 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 13 works
  5. 5 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 8 works
  6. 6 Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 8 works
  8. 8 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 6 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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