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Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

In research, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,995 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,170
of 34,923
Rank in ??
#228
of 615
Research works
136
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.3k
32.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility

What is Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #3,995 of 17,446 15.7%125

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility 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 Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility work in?

In 2022-now, 95% of research at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Materials Science (27%), Physics and Astronomy (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 95.3% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 30.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 18.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 27.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 17.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 12.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKShanghaiSynchrotron…38fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences95%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences0%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1230.5%
    2. Materials Science1027.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy512.4%
    4. Energy38.6%
    5. Chemical Engineering37.1%
    6. Chemistry24.6%
    7. Environmental Science12.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.0%
    9. Computer Science00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Medicine00.6%
    1. Social Sciences00.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 20.22× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.92× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 9.35× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.03× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 7.83× its world share, 10 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 5.55× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 20.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering20.22×3 works
  2. Energy9.35×3 works
  3. Materials Science7.83×10 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy5.55×5 works
  5. Chemistry2.92×2 works
  6. Engineering2.03×12 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.29×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.52×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.51×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.14×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  13. Medicine0.03×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility?

The most cited paper from Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility is "Coordinatively unsaturated nickel–nitrogen sites towards selective and high-rate CO 2 electroreduction" (Chengcheng Yan, Haobo Li, Yifan Ye et al., 2018), with 770 citations. Next come "Efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution on atomically dispersed Ni–N x Species anchored porous carbon with embedded Ni nanoparticles by accelerating water dissociation kinetics" (523) and "The structural origin of enhanced piezoelectric performance and stability in lead free ceramics" (507).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Coordinatively unsaturated nickel–nitrogen sites towards selective and high-rate CO 2 electroreduction Chengcheng Yan, Haobo Li, Yifan Ye et al. · Energy & Environmental Science 2018 770
2 Efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution on atomically dispersed Ni–N x Species anchored porous carbon with embedded Ni nanoparticles by accelerating water dissociation kinetics Chaojun Lei, Yu Wang, Yang Hou et al. · Energy & Environmental Science 21 Aug 2018 523
3 The structural origin of enhanced piezoelectric performance and stability in lead free ceramics Ting Zheng, Haijun Wu, Yuan Yuan et al. · Energy & Environmental Science 2017 507
4 Role of layered structure in ductility improvement of layered Ti-Al metal composite Meng Huang, Chao Xu, Guohua Fan et al. · Acta Materialia 4 May 2018 460
5 Highly doped and exposed Cu( i )–N active sites within graphene towards efficient oxygen reduction for zinc–air batteries Haihua Wu, Haobo Li, Xinfei Zhao et al. · Energy & Environmental Science 2016 438
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Nanomaterials, Nanoparticles, Electrocatalysis, Water Splitting, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Superconductivity and Catalysts.

▲ 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. Catalysis5▲ 18×15 topics
  2. Nanomaterials4▲ 9.4×12 topics
  3. Nanoparticles3▲ 7.1×16 topics
  4. Electrocatalysis3▲ 26×4 topics
  5. Metal-Organic Frameworks3▲ 17×5 topics
  6. Superconductivity3▲ 40×9 topics
  7. Water Splitting3▲ 19×4 topics
  8. Catalysts2▲ 32×3 topics
  9. Cathode Materials2▲ 16×3 topics
  10. Energy Storage2▲ 9.8×7 topics
  11. Selective Oxidation2▲ 39×2 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications2▲ 4.0×9 topics
  13. Ceria2▲ 43×1 topic
  14. Energy Conversion2▲ 23×2 topics
  15. Fuel Cells2▲ 31×2 topics
  16. Hydrogen Evolution2▲ 36×1 topic
  17. Oxidation2▲ 32×1 topic
  18. Oxygen Reduction2▲ 36×1 topic
  19. Carbon Dioxide2▲ 27×3 topics
  20. Electronic Structure2▲ 23×7 topics
  21. Rechargeable Batteries2▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Lithium-ion Batteries2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  23. Efficiency1▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Graphene1▲ 5.4×5 topics
  25. Renewable Fuels1▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Semiconductors1▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Topological Insulators1▲ 74×2 topics
  28. CO2 Reduction1▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Crystal Growth1▲ 13×5 topics
  30. Nanocomposites1▲ 4.2×7 topics
  31. Nanostructures1▲ 8.4×11 topics
  32. Tomography1▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Hydrogenation1▲ 18×4 topics
  34. Stability1▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Catalytic1▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Heterogeneous Catalysis1▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Nanocrystals1▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Nanoscale Imaging1▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Semiconductor1▲ 8.2×3 topics
  40. Vanadium Oxide1▲ 37×2 topics

Which research topics does Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Perovskite Materials and Applications and Advancements in Battery Materials.

Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 2 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 2 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 1 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 1 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 1 fractional worksCatalysts for Methane Re…1Catalysts for Methane Reforming: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 1 fractional worksCatalysis and Oxidation Reactions: 1 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…1Advanced battery technologies research: 1 fractional works
Materials ChemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentElectrical and Electronic EngineeringRadiation2 others

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

  1. 1 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 2 works
  2. 2 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2 works
  3. 3 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 1 works
  6. 6 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 1 works
  7. 7 Catalysts for Methane Reforming Catalysis 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  9. 9 Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions Catalysis 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.6%domestic only71.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility0.00028% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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