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The Faraday Institution

In research, The Faraday Institution stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,369 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,386 of 5,901 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#535 of 2,176 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Automotive Engineering is 32.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,892
of 22,385 · #10,733 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#275
of 862
Research works
374
▲ 116% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
41.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.30×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
79%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
The Faraday Institution

What is The Faraday Institution 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 #1,369 of 10,670 17.4%221 #2274
EngineeringField #1,386 of 5,901 17.4%170 #2176
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #535 of 2,176 14.6%108 #964

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Faraday Institution 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#2,274 #1,369
  2. Engineering#2,176 #1,386
  3. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#964 #535
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 The Faraday Institution work in?

In 2022-now, 99% of research at The Faraday Institution is in Physical Sciences, 1% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (75%), Materials Science (11%), Chemistry (4%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 245 fractional works · 98.6% of its workEngineering: 187 fractional works · 75.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 118 fractional works · 47.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 44 fractional works · 17.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 28 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 6.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFiltration and Separation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStructural Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKThe FaradayInstitution249fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences99%Health Sciences0%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. Engineering18775.3%
    2. Materials Science2811.4%
    3. Chemistry93.8%
    4. Computer Science52.0%
    5. Environmental Science51.9%
    6. Chemical Engineering41.6%
    7. Energy31.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy31.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
    2. Neuroscience00.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    2. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does The Faraday Institution specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 32.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 43.8 works33×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 118.3 works13×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.44× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.41× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.39× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 5.02× its world share, 187 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.26× its world share, 28 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering5.02×187 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.44×4 works
  3. Materials Science3.26×28 works
  4. Chemistry2.41×9 works
  5. Energy1.39×3 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.52×3 works
  7. Environmental Science0.39×5 works
  8. Computer Science0.26×5 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×2 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.05×0 works
  14. Medicine0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The Faraday Institution?

Ranked on the quality score, Huw C. W. Parks and John P. Watts lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Faraday Institution.

  1. 1 Huw C. W. Parks United Kingdom · #2,217,381 worldwide 165 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 John P. Watts United Kingdom · #4,840,524 worldwide 291 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at The Faraday Institution

What are the most cited papers from The Faraday Institution?

The most cited paper from The Faraday Institution is "Recycling lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles" (Gavin Harper, Roberto Sommerville, Emma Kendrick et al., 2019), with 3,845 citations. Next come "Lithium-ion battery fast charging: A review" (1,577) and "Data-driven health estimation and lifetime prediction of lithium-ion batteries: A review" (1,187).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recycling lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles Gavin Harper, Roberto Sommerville, Emma Kendrick et al. · Nature Open access 6 Nov 2019 3,845
2 Lithium-ion battery fast charging: A review Anna Tomaszewska, Zhengyu Chu, Xuning Feng et al. · eTransportation Open access Aug 2019 1,577
3 Data-driven health estimation and lifetime prediction of lithium-ion batteries: A review Yi Li, Kailong Liu, Aoife M Foley et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Open access 12 Jul 2019 1,187
4 Lithium ion battery degradation: what you need to know Jacqueline Sophie Edge, Simon E. J. O’Kane, Ryan Prosser et al. · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics Open access 2021 1,186
5 Critical stripping current leads to dendrite formation on plating in lithium anode solid electrolyte cells Jitti Kasemchainan, Stefanie Zekoll, Dominic Spencer Jolly et al. · Nature Materials 29 Jul 2019 1,040
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Faraday Institution?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lithium-ion Batteries, Cathode Materials, Energy Storage, Rechargeable Batteries, Battery Technology, Battery Materials, Nanostructured Anodes and Electric Vehicles.

▲ 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. Lithium-ion Batteries113▲ 110×4 topics
  2. Cathode Materials105▲ 109×3 topics
  3. Energy Storage72▲ 45×7 topics
  4. Rechargeable Batteries65▲ 98×2 topics
  5. Battery Technology60▲ 87×2 topics
  6. Battery Materials59▲ 143×1 topic
  7. Nanostructured Anodes59▲ 143×1 topic
  8. Electric Vehicles45▲ 62×3 topics
  9. Thermal Management43▲ 53×3 topics
  10. Battery Management Systems43▲ 118×1 topic
  11. Thermal Runaway43▲ 118×1 topic
  12. Ionic Conductivity41▲ 122×2 topics
  13. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries40▲ 114×2 topics
  14. Nanostructured Cathodes40▲ 133×1 topic
  15. Solid-State Electrolytes40▲ 133×1 topic
  16. Metal Recovery14▲ 29×3 topics
  17. Environmental Impact12▲ 2.9×6 topics
  18. Sustainable Technology11▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Circular Economy11▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Battery Recycling11▲ 55×1 topic
  21. Rare Earth Elements11▲ 30×1 topic
  22. Nanomaterials10▲ 3.8×11 topics
  23. Graphene7▲ 4.4×8 topics
  24. Metal-Organic Frameworks7▲ 7.0×3 topics
  25. Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries6▲ 24×1 topic
  26. Zinc Anode6▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Carbon-Based Materials5▲ 20×1 topic
  28. Electrochemical Capacitors5▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Materials4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  30. Nanoelectronics4▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Superconductivity4▲ 9.5×5 topics
  32. Atomic Layer Deposition4▲ 25×1 topic
  33. High-k Dielectrics4▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Recycling4▲ 4.2×3 topics
  35. Perovskite4▲ 35×2 topics
  36. E-Waste3▲ 15×1 topic
  37. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy3▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths3▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Framework3▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Scanning Electron Microscopy3▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does The Faraday Institution publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies and Extraction and Separation Processes.

Advancements in Battery …59Advancements in Battery Materials: 59 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…43Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 43 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…40Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 40 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 11 fractional worksAdvanced battery technologies research: 6 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 5 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 4 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 3 fractional worksElectron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques: 3 fractional worksThermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringMechanical EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials3 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 59 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 43 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 40 works
  4. 4 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 11 works
  5. 5 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 5 works
  7. 7 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques Surfaces, Coatings and Films 3 works
  10. 10 Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity Materials Chemistry 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 available79.4%not open20.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.8%domestic only68.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Faraday Institution's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 116% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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 The Faraday Institution as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00089% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%The Faraday Institution0.00086% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Faraday Institution 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%30%The Faraday Institution13.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.3% in 2020.

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