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The Faraday Institution

In research, The Faraday Institution stands highest in Engineering (#936 of 6,636 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#477 of 2,318 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,380 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Automotive Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering — Automotive Engineering is 33.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,721
of 28,054 · #11,220 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#222
of 1,094
Research works
374
▲ 51315% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
41.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is The Faraday Institution 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
EngineeringField #936 of 6,636 36.8%170 #2216
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #477 of 2,318 38.2%108 #1260
Physical SciencesDomain #3,380 of 12,888 34.1%221 #6749

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 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. Engineering#2,216 #936
  2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,260 #477
  3. Physical Sciences#6,749 #3,380
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 The Faraday Institution specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Automotive Engineering takes 33.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 40.0 works34×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 108.0 works14×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.73× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.34× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 5.10× its world share, 170 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.21× its world share, 25 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDecision Sciences: 0.17× 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, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at The Faraday Institution?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Lithium-ion Batteries103▲ 109×4 topics
  2. Cathode Materials96▲ 109×3 topics
  3. Energy Storage65▲ 45×7 topics
  4. Rechargeable Batteries59▲ 98×2 topics
  5. Battery Technology55▲ 86×2 topics
  6. Battery Materials54▲ 144×1 topic
  7. Nanostructured Anodes54▲ 144×1 topic
  8. Electric Vehicles41▲ 62×3 topics
  9. Thermal Management39▲ 53×2 topics
  10. Battery Management Systems39▲ 115×1 topic
  11. Thermal Runaway39▲ 115×1 topic
  12. Ionic Conductivity37▲ 122×2 topics
  13. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries37▲ 115×1 topic
  14. Solid-State Electrolytes37▲ 134×1 topic
  15. Metal Recovery13▲ 29×3 topics
  16. Environmental Impact11▲ 2.9×6 topics
  17. Sustainable Technology10▲ 42×2 topics
  18. Circular Economy10▲ 16×2 topics
  19. Battery Recycling10▲ 56×1 topic
  20. Rare Earth Elements10▲ 31×1 topic
  21. Nanomaterials9▲ 3.8×10 topics
  22. Graphene7▲ 4.5×7 topics
  23. Metal-Organic Frameworks7▲ 7.2×3 topics
  24. Aqueous Zinc-Ion Batteries5▲ 22×1 topic
  25. Zinc Anode5▲ 22×1 topic
  26. Carbon-Based Materials5▲ 20×1 topic
  27. Electrochemical Capacitors5▲ 20×1 topic
  28. Catalysis4▲ 2.8×17 topics
  29. Nanoelectronics4▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Atomic Layer Deposition4▲ 24×1 topic
  31. High-k Dielectrics4▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Recycling4▲ 4.2×3 topics
  33. Materials3▲ 6.5×5 topics
  34. Superconductivity3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  35. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy3▲ 18×2 topics
  36. E-Waste3▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths3▲ 68×1 topic
  38. Scanning Electron Microscopy3▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Fuel Cells3▲ 7.7×2 topics
  40. Perovskite3▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does The Faraday Institution publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies and Extraction and Separation Processes.

Advancements in Battery …54Advancements in Battery Materials: 54 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…39Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 39 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…37Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 37 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 10 fractional worksAdvanced battery technologies research: 5 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: 2 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 54 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 39 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 37 works
  4. 4 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 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 2 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Faraday Institution's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51315% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
grewheldshrank

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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