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Spallation Neutron Source

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Research works
93
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Spallation Neutron Source is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 5.84× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.26× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.91× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 7.68× its world share, 6 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 13.15× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 13.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Spallation Neutron Source?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Superconductivity, Electronic Structure, Materials, Tomography, Small-Angle Scattering, Neutron Activation Analysis, Neutron Imaging and Negative Ion Sources.

▲ 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 9 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 9 words, with their numbers
  1. Superconductivity3▲ 72×9 topics
  2. Electronic Structure2▲ 41×8 topics
  3. Materials2▲ 29×5 topics
  4. Tomography2▲ 38×2 topics
  5. Neutron Activation Analysis1▲ 158×1 topic
  6. Neutron Imaging1▲ 158×1 topic
  7. Small-Angle Scattering1▲ 106×2 topics
  8. Negative Ion Sources1▲ 288×1 topic
  9. Superconducting Cavities1▲ 288×1 topic

Which research topics does Spallation Neutron Source publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nuclear Physics and Applications, Particle accelerators and beam dynamics, Advanced Condensed Matter Physics and Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials.

Nuclear Physics and Applications: 1 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Condensed Matte…1Advanced Condensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional worksMagnetic and transport p…1Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices: 1 fractional worksParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 1 fractional worksMagnetic confinement fus…1Magnetic confinement fusion research: 1 fractional worksThermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity: 0 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 0 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 0 fractional works
RadiationAerospace EngineeringCondensed Matter PhysicsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials3 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 1 works
  2. 2 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter Physics 1 works
  4. 4 Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices Materials Chemistry 1 works
  6. 6 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  8. 8 Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity Materials Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 0 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.4%domestic only68.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Spallation Neutron Source's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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