In 2013 the EPSRC published a report on the NMR equipment base serving the physical and life sciences community in the UK. Whilst this included both solution and solid state NMR, the report omitted equipment from industry or outside of the UK. This report originated as a means of benchmarking industrial solid state NMR facilities around the world. A survey of 24 SSNMR laboratories was conducted in the first half of 2019, primarily by face-to-face interviews or via telephone. Aggregated statistics relating to service throughput, equipment, and staff are presented, along with discussions about barriers to accessing SSNMR. We found that the hardware profile seen in the earlier UK-only report was representative of the worldwide view, and that the main barrier to access was a lack of knowledge about what SSNMR can do. Publishing this survey provides a strong benchmark for SSNMR laboratories, which will hopefully allow them to identify barriers that might be preventing them from performing to their optimal level in solving materials science problems.

2013年，EPSRC发布了有关NMR设备库的报告，该设备服务于英国的物理和生命科学界。尽管其中包括溶液NMR和固态NMR，但该报告省略了工业界或英国以外的设备。这份报告最初是对全球工业固态NMR设施进行基准测试的一种手段。2019年上半年对24个SSNMR实验室进行了调查，主要是通过面对面访谈或通过电话进行。介绍了与服务吞吐量，设备和人员有关的汇总统计信息，以及有关访问SSNMR的障碍的讨论。我们发现，在早期的仅针对英国的报告中看到的硬件配置文件代表了全球范围的观点，并且访问的主要障碍是对SSNMR的功能缺乏了解。