Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

United States of America (USA)
Time frame: 1 August 2024 - 31 July 2025

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global United States of America (USA)
Overall 262 68
Government 23 8

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global United States of America (USA)
Biological sciences 931 268
Chemistry 218 44
Earth & environmental sciences 439 113
Health sciences 2892 724
Physical sciences 135 30

Research

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has the following research output in the current window (1 August 2024 - 31 July 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 427 84.33

Overall Count and Share for 'Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 13 2.38
Chemistry 178 38.09
Earth & environmental sciences 16 4.48
Health sciences 2 0.19
Physical sciences 311 54.10

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area, as a result the sum of the subject research outputs may not equal the overall research outputs.

Note: Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject.

Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

Topics Count Share
Physical Chemistry 41 13.68
Particle and High Energy Physics 97 11.24
Chemical Engineering 51 10.98
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry 45 10.23
Nuclear and Plasma Physics 19 5.26
Condensed Matter Physics 24 4.64
Nanotechnology 20 3.76
Inorganic Chemistry 17 3.38
Electronics, Sensors and Digital Hardware 20 3.31
Climate Change Science 10 3.17

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Overall 74 68 58 65 71
Biological sciences 4 4 0 4 3
Chemistry 30 26 21 26 30
Earth & environmental sciences 6 5 3 3 3
Health sciences 0 0 0 0 0
Physical sciences 48 47 44 44 50
Natural sciences 0 0 58 65 71
Nature & Science 2 0 1 1 1

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL).

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (689 institutions) 54.1%
Domestic (267 institutions) 45.9%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY Stony Brook) 18.23 / 16.14 34.38
Columbia University in the City of New York (CU) 10.31 / 9.29 19.59
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) 9.06 / 10.10 19.16
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) 5.67 / 5.69 11.35
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) 4.91 / 5.93 10.84
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Top 5 international collaborators with Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) 2.55 / 6.33 8.88
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 4.03 / 4.53 8.56
RIKEN 4.33 / 2.24 6.57
Max Planck Society 3.22 / 3.15 6.36
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 3.04 / 2.23 5.26
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Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.