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Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

In research, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,318 of 10,670 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#965 of 1,417 worldwide) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (#216 of 254 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 95.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,485
of 22,385 · #5,644 all time
Rank in United States
#1,894
of 3,332
Research works
4.2k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
69k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
70%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

What is Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 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 #6,318 of 10,670 5.7%441 #2362
Physics and AstronomyField #965 of 1,417 8.5%219 #798
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #216 of 254 11.0%149 #305
EngineeringField #5,539 of 5,901 2.2%140 #2488

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator 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 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#2,362 #6,318
  2. Physics and Astronomy#798 #965
  3. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#305 #216
  4. Engineering#2,488 #5,539
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 Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (44%), Engineering (29%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 470 fractional works · 90.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 231 fractional works · 44.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 156 fractional works · 30.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 37 fractional works · 7.1% of its workRadiation: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 151 fractional works · 29.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 49 fractional works · 9.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 40 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 49 fractional works · 9.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 17 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 19 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKThomas JeffersonNational…519fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy23144.5%
    2. Engineering15129.0%
    3. Computer Science499.5%
    4. Materials Science193.7%
    5. Chemistry71.4%
    6. Environmental Science61.2%
    7. Mathematics30.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.4%
    9. Energy20.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine214.1%
    2. Health Professions10.2%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Decision Sciences91.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.9%
    3. Social Sciences50.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    6. Psychology00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.3%
    3. Neuroscience10.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 95.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 155.5 works95×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 230.7 works20×
  3. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 37.0 works9.9×
  4. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 40.4 works6.7×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 49 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.94× its world share, 151 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.05× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 19.99× its world share, 231 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 20.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy19.99×231 works
  2. Engineering1.94×151 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.87×9 works
  4. Computer Science1.22×49 works
  5. Materials Science1.05×19 works
  6. Chemistry0.88×7 works
  7. Mathematics0.50×3 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.42×5 works
  9. Energy0.38×2 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.23×6 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.22×0 works
  14. Medicine0.21×21 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×2 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.09×1 works
  17. Health Professions0.07×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.07×5 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×2 works
  20. Neuroscience0.06×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×1 works
  22. Psychology0.03×0 works
  23. Nursing0.02×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility?

Ranked on the quality score, P. Markowitz, W. K. Brooks and Christopher E. Thomas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.

  1. 1 P. Markowitz United States · #7,070 worldwide 96k citations · 1,263 works
  2. 2 W. K. Brooks United States · #24,388 worldwide 16k citations · 250 works
  3. 3 Christopher E. Thomas United States · #42,657 worldwide 4.8k citations · 89 works
  4. 4 Raid M. Suleiman United States · #94,008 worldwide 10k citations · 206 works
  5. 5 J. Gómez United States · #99,997 worldwide 13k citations · 214 works
  6. 6 Raúl A. Briceño United States · #112,637 worldwide 4.1k citations · 121 works
  7. 7 N. Liyanage United States · #126,283 worldwide 9.8k citations · 136 works
  8. 8 K. Joo United States · #128,958 worldwide 27k citations · 349 works
  9. 9 X. Jiang United States · #150,028 worldwide 11k citations · 183 works
  10. 10 James A. Dunne United States · #151,923 worldwide 7k citations · 145 works
All ranked researchers at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

What are the most cited papers from Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility?

The most cited paper from Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is "Geant4—a simulation toolkit" (Stefano Agostinelli et al., 2003), with 25,572 citations. Next come "Review of Particle Physics" (7,268) and "Review of Particle Physics" (6,346).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Geant4—a simulation toolkit Stefano Agostinelli et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access127 authors 21 Jun 2003 25,572
2 Review of Particle Physics Masaharu Tanabashi et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. Open access232 authors 17 Aug 2018 7,268
3 Review of Particle Physics Particle Data Group et al. · Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics Open access239 authors Aug 2022 6,346
4 Review of Particle Physics Sergio Navas et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. Open access244 authors Aug 2024 3,524
5 Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution Richard A. Gibbs et al. · Nature Open access248 authors Apr 2004 2,224
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lattice QCD, Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Renormalization Group, charmonium and QCD.

▲ 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. Lattice QCD66▲ 215×2 topics
  2. Dark Matter50▲ 83×4 topics
  3. Particle Physics50▲ 131×2 topics
  4. Higgs Boson45▲ 172×1 topic
  5. High-Energy Collider45▲ 172×1 topic
  6. Renormalization Group39▲ 132×2 topics
  7. QCD37▲ 211×1 topic
  8. charmonium37▲ 211×1 topic
  9. Negative Ion Sources30▲ 332×1 topic
  10. Superconducting Cavities30▲ 332×1 topic
  11. Heavy-Ion Collisions28▲ 221×1 topic
  12. Quark-Gluon Plasma28▲ 221×1 topic
  13. Synchrotron Radiation26▲ 103×2 topics
  14. Electron Acceleration25▲ 73×2 topics
  15. Free-Electron Lasers25▲ 408×1 topic
  16. X-Ray25▲ 408×1 topic
  17. Photon Counting23▲ 67×3 topics
  18. CMOS Technology22▲ 53×3 topics
  19. Detector Performance22▲ 135×2 topics
  20. X-ray Imaging22▲ 121×2 topics
  21. Critical Current Density21▲ 165×2 topics
  22. Particle Detectors21▲ 210×1 topic
  23. Silicon Detectors21▲ 210×1 topic
  24. Nb3Sn Conductor21▲ 224×1 topic
  25. Superconducting Magnets21▲ 224×1 topic
  26. Workflow Management14▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Magnetic Resonance Imaging12▲ 9.3×4 topics
  28. Distributed Systems12▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Radiation Detection11▲ 48×2 topics
  30. High-Performance Computing11▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Resource Management11▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Atomic Magnetometer10▲ 64×1 topic
  33. Hyperpolarized Gases10▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Crystal Growth10▲ 7.1×2 topics
  35. Inorganic Scintillators10▲ 61×1 topic
  36. Scintillation Detectors10▲ 61×1 topic
  37. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization10▲ 65×2 topics
  38. Grid Computing8▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Task Scheduling8▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Spectroscopy8▲ 9.6×7 topics

Which research topics does Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, Particle accelerators and beam dynamics and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research.

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 45 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 37 fractional worksParticle accelerators an…30Particle accelerators and beam dynamics: 30 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Col…28High-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 28 fractional worksParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 25 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 21 fractional worksSuperconducting Material…21Superconducting Materials and Applications: 21 fractional worksAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research: 10 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 10 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 8 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAerospace EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 45 works
  2. 2 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 37 works
  3. 3 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 30 works
  4. 4 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 28 works
  5. 5 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 25 works
  6. 6 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 21 works
  7. 7 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 21 works
  8. 8 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 10 works
  9. 9 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 10 works
  10. 10 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 8 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 available70.4%not open29.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0030% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility8.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 1995.

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