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The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies

In research, The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,253 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Physics and Astronomy — Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics is 42.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,533
of 28,054 · #5,413 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#15
of 71
Research works
453
▲ 85% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.3k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies 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 #3,253 of 12,888 15.8%113 #3384

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies 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).

What does The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics takes 42.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 39.5 works43×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 47.3 works17×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.64× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.69× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.81× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 16.56× its world share, 47 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 16.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nonlinear Optics, Fiber Lasers, Superfluidity, Microresonators, Optical Lattices, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Microwave Photonics and Optical Frequency Combs.

▲ 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. Nonlinear Optics15▲ 106×4 topics
  2. Fiber Lasers13▲ 101×3 topics
  3. Superfluidity11▲ 203×2 topics
  4. Microresonators10▲ 98×3 topics
  5. Optical Lattices10▲ 116×3 topics
  6. Bose-Einstein Condensation9▲ 209×2 topics
  7. Microwave Photonics9▲ 83×2 topics
  8. Biosensors9▲ 14×7 topics
  9. Optical Frequency Combs9▲ 128×1 topic
  10. Ultrafast Lasers9▲ 128×1 topic
  11. Quantum Information8▲ 57×3 topics
  12. Quantum Simulation8▲ 75×2 topics
  13. Raman Lasers8▲ 53×2 topics
  14. Fermi Gases7▲ 212×1 topic
  15. Ultracold Gases7▲ 212×1 topic
  16. Optical Modulators7▲ 36×3 topics
  17. Biomedical Applications7▲ 4.4×17 topics
  18. Entanglement7▲ 35×4 topics
  19. Silicon Photonics7▲ 47×2 topics
  20. Microcavities6▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Integrated Circuits6▲ 30×1 topic
  22. Nanophotonic Waveguides6▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Vortex Dynamics4▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Helium Nanodroplets4▲ 188×1 topic
  25. Quantum Turbulence4▲ 188×1 topic
  26. Food Authentication4▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Cancer Detection4▲ 42×2 topics
  28. Hyperspectral Imaging4▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Spectral Analysis4▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Crystal Growth4▲ 10×7 topics
  31. Molecular Dynamics4▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Multivariate Calibration4▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy4▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Slow Light4▲ 59×2 topics
  35. Gas Sensing4▲ 63×2 topics
  36. Vibrational Spectroscopy4▲ 35×3 topics
  37. Measurement3▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Raman Spectroscopy3▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Superconducting Circuits3▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Electromagnetically Induced Transparency3▲ 127×1 topic

Which research topics does The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Photonic and Optical Devices and Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics.

Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 9 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 7 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 6 fractional worksQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamics: 4 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 4 fractional worksQuantum optics and atomic interactions: 3 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 3 fractional worksLaser-Matter Interactions and Applications: 3 fractional worksSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research: 3 fractional worksPhotonic Crystal and Fiber Optics: 3 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAnalytical ChemistryArtificial Intelligence1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 9 works
  2. 2 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 7 works
  3. 3 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  5. 5 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 4 works
  6. 6 Quantum optics and atomic interactions Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  7. 7 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  9. 9 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 3 works
  10. 10 Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 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 available58.0%not open42.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.9%domestic only59.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 85% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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