The Department of Energy’s Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories on Wednesday were named to Reuters Top 25 Global Innovators list, a ranking of “publicly funded institutions doing the most to advance science and technology,” according to the global news organization.
Los Alamos, in New Mexico, landed at No. 24, while California-based Livermore rounded out the list at No. 25. The U.S. Health and Human Services Laboratories took the top spot, while the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Navy were, respectively, Nos. 17 and 22. Other listed innovators came from China, France, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Australia, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Spain, and Canada.
The list, developed with Clarivate Analytics, is “based on proprietary data and analysis of indicators including patent filings and research paper citations,” Reuters said in a press release.
Los Alamos and Livermore are, along with the Sandia National Laboratories, the key nuclear weapons laboratories for DOE’s semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration. Both conduct a host of additional missions, from cybersecurity to nanotechnolgy research.
Los Alamos has an annual budget of nearly $2.5 billion and 11,000 full-time employees, 2,250 in research and development roles, Reuters said. Livermore employs about 2,800 researchers on an annual budget of $1.7 billion.
