Rendering the European neutron research landscape
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2025
Neutrons, owing to their unique properties, serve as indispensable probes for investigating the structure and dynamics of materials across various length scales. The scientific community utilizing neutron research infrastructures encompasses a diverse range of disciplines, making it challenging to quantify its scientific and societal impact. To address this challenge, we apply Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning techniques to analyze the scientific output of the European neutron science community. Leveraging open-source software toolkits, our method allows for the quantitative assessment of community evolution and research focus. Our analysis reveals consistent growth in the neutron community despite a reduction in sources, underscoring the enduring significance of neutron methods in scientific research. Furthermore, an increase in unique authors and an even distribution of publications across diverse scientific topics highlight the community's interdisciplinary nature and collaborative spirit. While this study emphasizes neutron scattering, our methodology holds promise for a broad range of scientific communities reliant on Large Research Infrastructures (LRIs), offering opportunities for collaboration, optimization of experimental approaches, and informed decision-making by governmental and funding bodies.
Författare
Evgenii Velichko
TU Delft
Hartmut Abele
Technische Universität Wien
David J. Barlow
University of Manchester
Antonio Benedetto
University College Dublin
Stefano Deledda
Institute for Energy Technology
Lambert van Eijck
TU Delft
Maria Teresa Fernandez-Diaz
Institut Laue-Langevin
Marc Janoschek
Paul Scherrer Institut
Universität Zürich
Maths Karlsson
Chalmers, Kemi och kemiteknik, Energi och material
Kim Lefmann
Köpenhamns universitet
Natalie Malikova
Sorbonne Université
Maria P. M. Marques
Universidade de Coimbra
Konstantina Mergia
National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”
Joerg Pieper
Tartu Ülikool
Henrik M. Ronnow
Köpenhamns universitet
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Jan Saroun
Czech Academy of Sciences
Astrid Schneidewind
Forschungszentrum Jülich
Frank Schreiber
Universität Tübingen
Kristiaan Temst
Interuniversitair Micro-Elektronica Centrum (IMEC)
KU Leuven
Max Wolff
Uppsala universitet
Wojciech Zajac
Polish Academy of Sciences
Marco Zanatta
Universita degli Studi di Trento
Scientific Reports
2045-2322 (ISSN) 20452322 (eISSN)
Vol. 15 1 5722Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2025)
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DOI
10.1038/s41598-025-88099-w
PubMed
39962151