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TRIUMF

In research, TRIUMF stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,305 of 10,670 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#417 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Physics and Astronomy (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 84.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,385
of 22,385 · #2,130 all time
Rank in Canada
#97
of 305
Research works
3.1k
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
55k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
TRIUMF

What is TRIUMF 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 #2,305 of 10,670 7.7%158 #1452
Physics and AstronomyField #417 of 1,417 9.3%99 #498

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where TRIUMF 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 fields of science does TRIUMF work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at TRIUMF is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (50%), Engineering (18%), Medicine (15%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 167 fractional works · 80.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 104 fractional works · 50.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 55 fractional works · 26.6% of its workRadiation: 18 fractional works · 8.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 16 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 38 fractional works · 18.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 15 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 31 fractional works · 14.8% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 14.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTRIUMF208fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences2%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy10450.1%
    2. Engineering3818.2%
    3. Chemistry105.0%
    4. Materials Science94.1%
    5. Computer Science21.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.8%
    7. Environmental Science20.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.5%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine3114.7%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.7%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Social Sciences10.5%
    2. Psychology10.5%
    3. Decision Sciences10.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does TRIUMF specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 84.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 55.5 works85×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 104.2 works23×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.16× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.21× its world share, 38 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.18× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 22.51× its world share, 104 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 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, 22.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy22.51×104 works
  2. Chemistry3.16×10 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.48×1 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.37×1 works
  5. Engineering1.21×38 works
  6. Materials Science1.18×8 works
  7. Medicine0.76×30 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.53×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.38×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×4 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.19×1 works
  13. Psychology0.17×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.15×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.13×2 works
  16. Nursing0.11×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.05×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.04×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at TRIUMF?

Ranked on the quality score, David McKeen, A. Konaka and DG Wright lead among researchers whose main affiliation is TRIUMF.

  1. 1 David McKeen Canada · #42,834 worldwide 5.3k citations · 119 works
  2. 2 A. Konaka Canada · #78,327 worldwide 14k citations · 238 works
  3. 3 DG Wright Canada · #78,965 worldwide 14k citations · 126 works
  4. 4 J. D. Holt Canada · #86,325 worldwide 7.4k citations · 220 works
  5. 5 Nirmal Raj Canada · #112,007 worldwide 2.3k citations · 83 works
  6. 6 David E. Morrissey Canada · #139,466 worldwide 5.1k citations · 75 works
  7. 7 M. Hartz Canada · #148,895 worldwide 13k citations · 248 works
  8. 8 K. Olchanski Canada · #162,666 worldwide 7.2k citations · 143 works
  9. 9 J. Wendland Canada · #177,047 worldwide 6.4k citations · 55 works
  10. 10 S. Yen Canada · #179,707 worldwide 10k citations · 148 works
All ranked researchers at TRIUMF

What are the most cited papers from TRIUMF?

The most cited paper from TRIUMF is "Geant4—a simulation toolkit" (Stefano Agostinelli et al., 2003), with 25,572 citations. Next come "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (10,856) and "Geant4 developments and applications" (7,047).

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 Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC G. Aad et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,932 authors 14 Aug 2012 10,856
3 Geant4 developments and applications John E. Allison et al. · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Open access Feb 2006 7,047
4 The ATLAS Experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider G. Aad et al. · Journal of Instrumentation Open access2,047 authors 14 Aug 2008 4,271
5 Recent developments in Geant4 John E. Allison et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access 2 Jul 2016 4,221
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at TRIUMF?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Nucleosynthesis, CMOS Technology, Photon Counting, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider and Dosimetry.

▲ 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. Dark Matter17▲ 70×2 topics
  2. Particle Physics17▲ 111×2 topics
  3. Nucleosynthesis12▲ 122×3 topics
  4. CMOS Technology12▲ 73×5 topics
  5. Photon Counting12▲ 87×3 topics
  6. Higgs Boson11▲ 106×1 topic
  7. High-Energy Collider11▲ 106×1 topic
  8. Dosimetry10▲ 70×2 topics
  9. Detector Performance10▲ 154×2 topics
  10. Cancer Treatment10▲ 19×5 topics
  11. PET Imaging10▲ 27×3 topics
  12. Nuclear Forces9▲ 244×1 topic
  13. Nuclear Structure9▲ 244×1 topic
  14. Particle Detectors9▲ 230×1 topic
  15. Silicon Detectors9▲ 230×1 topic
  16. Targeted Therapy9▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Radioimmunotherapy8▲ 142×1 topic
  18. Radiopharmaceuticals8▲ 142×1 topic
  19. Radiation Detection8▲ 91×2 topics
  20. Negative Ion Sources8▲ 215×1 topic
  21. Superconducting Cavities8▲ 215×1 topic
  22. Medical Imaging8▲ 7.1×3 topics
  23. Tomography8▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Data Analysis8▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Inorganic Scintillators7▲ 112×1 topic
  26. Scintillation Detectors7▲ 112×1 topic
  27. Cosmic Rays7▲ 72×2 topics
  28. Neutrinos7▲ 72×2 topics
  29. Neutron Imaging7▲ 108×1 topic
  30. Small-Angle Scattering7▲ 68×1 topic
  31. Imaging7▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Magnetic Resonance Imaging6▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Synchrotron Radiation6▲ 63×3 topics
  34. Lattice QCD6▲ 52×2 topics
  35. Electron Acceleration6▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Galactic Center6▲ 63×2 topics
  37. Axions6▲ 121×1 topic
  38. Free-Electron Lasers6▲ 237×1 topic
  39. WIMPs6▲ 121×1 topic
  40. X-Ray6▲ 237×1 topic

Which research topics does TRIUMF publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Nuclear physics research studies, Particle Detector Development and Performance and Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications.

Particle physics theoret…11Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 11 fractional worksNuclear physics research…9Nuclear physics research studies: 9 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 9 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chem…8Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 8 fractional worksParticle accelerators an…8Particle accelerators and beam dynamics: 8 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 7 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 7 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…6Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 6 fractional worksParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 6 fractional worksAtomic and Molecular Physics: 5 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingAerospace EngineeringRadiation2 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 11 works
  2. 2 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 9 works
  3. 3 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 9 works
  4. 4 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  5. 5 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 7 works
  7. 7 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 7 works
  8. 8 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  9. 9 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Atomic and Molecular Physics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 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 available36.9%not open63.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.5%domestic only63.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has TRIUMF's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% lower 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 TRIUMF as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%TRIUMF0.00067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of TRIUMF 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 2025TRIUMF7.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.5% in 1996.

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