Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)

United States of America (USA)

Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen 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 336 74
Government 29 8

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global United States of America (USA)
Applied sciences 260 47
Health sciences 2930 661
Natural sciences 249 56
Biological sciences 649 160
Chemistry 233 42
Earth & environmental sciences 339 85
Physical sciences 112 33

Research

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 413 84.05

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

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Applied sciences 106 22.15
Biological sciences 12 3.99
Chemistry 115 26.16
Earth & environmental sciences 19 4.96
Health sciences 5 0.40
Physical sciences 156 26.39

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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.

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 68 58 65 74 93
Applied sciences 17 12 16 16 20
Health sciences 2 0 1 0 1
Natural sciences 49 46 48 58 72
Biological sciences 2 0 2 3 6
Chemistry 18 16 16 19 32
Earth & environmental sciences 4 2 3 3 4
Physical sciences 26 28 27 33 29
Social sciences 0 0 1 0 0
Nature & Science 0 1 1 1 2

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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 (36 institutions) 23.7%
Domestic (42 institutions) 76.3%

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

Collaborating institutions

Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.

Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY Stony Brook) 15.30 / 12.30 27.59
Columbia University in the City of New York (CU) 10.87 / 10.54 21.41
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) 9.72 / 11.05 20.77
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) 6.02 / 7.07 13.09
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) 5.09 / 5.76 10.85

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

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 3.15 / 2.48 5.62
RIKEN 3.92 / 1.47 5.39
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) 3.31 / 1.77 5.08
Max Planck Society 2.76 / 2.20 4.95
Institute for Basic Science (IBS) 2.89 / 0.44 3.33

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