Question 1

What is TRIUMF known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does TRIUMF rank in research?

Accepted Answer

TRIUMF ranks #5,385 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#2,130 all time), and #97 of 305 in Canada.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at TRIUMF?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from TRIUMF?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does TRIUMF publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at TRIUMF?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does TRIUMF work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is TRIUMF's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% lower than in 2018-2021.