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Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics

In research, Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics stands highest in Physics and Astronomy (#274 of 1,417 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,439 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 92.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,310
of 22,385 · #5,220 all time
Rank in South Korea
#155
of 343
Research works
590
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
79%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics

What is Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physics and AstronomyField #274 of 1,417 11.1%111 #413
Physical SciencesDomain #2,439 of 10,670 12.8%142 #2189

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics work in?

In 2022-now, 93% of research at Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (73%), Materials Science (6%), Mathematics (5%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 161 fractional works · 93.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 126 fractional works · 73.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 50 fractional works · 29.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 34 fractional works · 19.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 18 fractional works · 10.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 17 fractional works · 9.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAsia PacificCenter for…172fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy12673.0%
    2. Materials Science105.7%
    3. Mathematics84.8%
    4. Engineering84.5%
    5. Computer Science53.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.4%
    7. Environmental Science10.7%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.1%
    2. Neuroscience10.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    2. Social Sciences10.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine10.7%
    2. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 92.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 50.3 works93×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 33.7 works38×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 125.7 works33×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.65× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.05× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 32.82× its world share, 126 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 32.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy32.82×126 works
  2. Mathematics4.05×8 works
  3. Materials Science1.65×10 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.90×2 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×7 works
  6. Veterinary0.47×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.40×5 works
  8. Engineering0.30×8 works
  9. Neuroscience0.22×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.15×1 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  17. Energy0.04×0 works
  18. Medicine0.03×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.03×1 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics?

Ranked on the quality score, Kanghoon Lee, Mao Tian Tan and Yuji Hirono lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics.

  1. 1 Kanghoon Lee South Korea · #522,315 worldwide 1.1k citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Mao Tian Tan South Korea · #954,143 worldwide 309 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Yuji Hirono South Korea · #961,145 worldwide 953 citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Stephen A. Appleby South Korea · #1,042,099 worldwide 4k citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Samuel E. Begg South Korea · #1,273,747 worldwide 85 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 L. Guo South Korea · #1,422,336 worldwide 121 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Augniva Ray South Korea · #1,463,052 worldwide 101 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Jinn-Ouk Gong South Korea · #1,608,219 worldwide 1.2k citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Shingo Takeuchi South Korea · #1,699,487 worldwide 1k citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Jinn-Ouk Gong South Korea · #1,706,684 worldwide 1.3k citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics

What are the most cited papers from Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics?

The most cited paper from Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics is "Gravitation and Cosmology" (Y. M. Cho, Chang‐Hun Lee, S.-W. Kim, 1999), with 1,505 citations. Next come "First Law of Thermodynamics and Friedmann Equations of Friedmann–Robertson–Walker Universe" (810) and "Snowmass2021 - Letter of interest cosmology intertwined II: The hubble constant tension" (540).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gravitation and Cosmology Y. M. Cho, Chang‐Hun Lee, S.-W. Kim · Gravitation and Cosmology Conference paper Feb 1999 1,505
2 First Law of Thermodynamics and Friedmann Equations of Friedmann–Robertson–Walker Universe Rong-Gen Cai, Sang Pyo Kim · Journal of High Energy Physics Open access 15 Feb 2005 810
3 Snowmass2021 - Letter of interest cosmology intertwined II: The hubble constant tension Eleonora Di Valentino et al. · Astroparticle Physics Open access 12 May 2021 540
4 Cosmology intertwined III: f σ 8 and S 8 Eleonora Di Valentino et al. · Astroparticle Physics Open access 11 May 2021 454
5 Observation of the orbital Hall effect in a light metal Ti Young‐Gwan Choi, Daegeun Jo, Kyung-Hun Ko et al. · Nature Open access 5 Jul 2023 364
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quantum Gravity, Black Holes, Dark Matter, Supernovae, General Relativity, Quantum Entanglement, Field Theories and Holographic.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Quantum Gravity23▲ 156×3 topics
  2. Black Holes21▲ 125×3 topics
  3. Dark Matter18▲ 91×4 topics
  4. Supernovae18▲ 126×2 topics
  5. General Relativity17▲ 150×2 topics
  6. Quantum Entanglement17▲ 155×2 topics
  7. Field Theories17▲ 222×1 topic
  8. Holographic17▲ 222×1 topic
  9. Cosmological Parameters17▲ 179×1 topic
  10. Dark Energy17▲ 152×1 topic
  11. Particle Physics15▲ 122×2 topics
  12. Higgs Boson12▲ 138×1 topic
  13. High-Energy Collider12▲ 138×1 topic
  14. Lattice QCD12▲ 114×2 topics
  15. Renormalization Group10▲ 102×2 topics
  16. QCD7▲ 121×1 topic
  17. charmonium7▲ 121×1 topic
  18. Gravitational Waves7▲ 67×2 topics
  19. Cosmology6▲ 54×3 topics
  20. Equation of State6▲ 65×2 topics
  21. Hydrodynamics6▲ 53×2 topics
  22. Binary Black Hole6▲ 112×1 topic
  23. Neutron Star6▲ 112×1 topic
  24. Lorentz Violation5▲ 171×1 topic
  25. Noncommutative Field Theory5▲ 171×1 topic
  26. Cosmic Rays5▲ 57×2 topics
  27. Neutrinos5▲ 57×2 topics
  28. Entanglement5▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Galactic Center5▲ 59×2 topics
  30. Heavy-Ion Collisions4▲ 104×1 topic
  31. Quark-Gluon Plasma4▲ 104×1 topic
  32. Anomalous Diffusion4▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Topological Order4▲ 48×2 topics
  34. Nonlinear Equations4▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Electronic Structure4▲ 12×7 topics
  36. Optical Lattices4▲ 32×3 topics
  37. Solar Wind4▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Axions3▲ 87×1 topic
  39. WIMPs3▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Superconductivity3▲ 10×8 topics

Which research topics does Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions.

Black Holes and Theoreti…17Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 17 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…17Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 17 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 12 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 7 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 6 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quant…5Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 5 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 4 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 3 fractional worksstochastic dynamics and bifurcation: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: 3 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsStatistical and Nonlinear Physics

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 17 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 17 works
  3. 3 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 12 works
  4. 4 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 7 works
  5. 5 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  6. 6 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5 works
  7. 7 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  8. 8 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  9. 9 stochastic dynamics and bifurcation Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available79.0%not open21.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.3%domestic only49.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00065% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics0.00068% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics16.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.3% in 2021.

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