Austrian Academy of Sciences
In research, Austrian Academy of Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#209 of 10,670 worldwide), Life Sciences (#134 of 6,403 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#38 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, Archeology and Astronomy and Astrophysics (Classics is 13.9× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #202 of 22,385 · #138 all time
- Rank in Austria
- #2 of 143
- Research works
- 19k ▼ 9% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 589k 30.3 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 13.5% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.53× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 47% world 40%
- International
- 41% world 18%
What is Austrian Academy of Sciences known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #209 of 10,670 | 12.7% | 1,276 | #131 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #134 of 6,403 | 18.6% | 369 | #133 | |
| Physics and AstronomyField | #38 of 1,417 | 15.6% | 347 | #29 | |
| ArcheologySubfield | #4 of 149 | 18.4% | 111 | #6 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #348 of 9,585 | 11.9% | 1,028 | #124 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #120 of 2,964 | 21.1% | 201 | #135 | |
| Social SciencesField | #258 of 5,988 | 10.9% | 526 | #87 | |
| MathematicsField | #46 of 1,051 | 12.7% | 77 | #97 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #477 of 9,902 | 17.5% | 206 | #318 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #157 of 3,157 | 16.2% | 107 | #139 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Austrian Academy of Sciences 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Physical Sciences#131 #209
- Life Sciences#133 #134
- Physics and Astronomy#29 #38
- Archeology#6 #4
- Social Sciences#124 #348
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#135 #120
- Social Sciences#87 #258
- Mathematics#97 #46
- Health Sciences#318 #477
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#139 #157
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Austrian Academy of Sciences work in?
In 2022-now, 45% of research at Austrian Academy of Sciences is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Arts and Humanities (13%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences1,48044.5%
- Engineering40812.3%
- Physics and Astronomy39611.9%
- Computer Science2116.4%
- Environmental Science1263.8%
- Materials Science1123.4%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences882.6%
- Mathematics872.6%
- Chemistry310.9%
- Energy160.5%
- Chemical Engineering60.2%
- Social Sciences1,17435.3%
- Social Sciences59617.9%
- Arts and Humanities42512.8%
- Psychology581.8%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance451.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting321.0%
- Decision Sciences180.5%
- Life Sciences43113.0%
- Health Sciences2407.2%
- Medicine1865.6%
- Health Professions451.4%
- Nursing50.1%
- Veterinary20.1%
- Dentistry20.0%
What does Austrian Academy of Sciences specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- ClassicsSubfield · 27.5 works14×
- ArcheologySubfield · 118.5 works12×
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 141.8 works8.2×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 85.8 works8.2×
- AnthropologySubfield · 71.4 works7.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physics and Astronomy5.35×396 works
- Arts and Humanities4.42×425 works
- Mathematics2.22×87 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.68×88 works
- Social Sciences1.42×596 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.34×238 works
- Materials Science0.97×112 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.94×31 works
- Computer Science0.82×211 works
- Engineering0.82×408 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.76×120 works
- Environmental Science0.76×126 works
- Neuroscience0.72×39 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×45 works
- Chemistry0.60×31 works
- Psychology0.57×58 works
- Decision Sciences0.55×18 works
- Veterinary0.54×2 works
- Energy0.53×16 works
- Health Professions0.51×45 works
- Chemical Engineering0.50×6 works
- Nursing0.30×5 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.30×32 works
- Medicine0.29×186 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×2 works
- Dentistry0.10×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy 5.3×
- Arts and Humanities 4.4×
- Mathematics 2.2×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.7×
- Social Sciences 1.4×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.3×
- Materials Science 1.0×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.9×
- Computer Science 0.8×
- Engineering 0.8×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.8×
- Environmental Science 0.8×
- Neuroscience 0.7×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.6×
- Chemistry 0.6×
- Psychology 0.6×
- Decision Sciences 0.6×
- Veterinary 0.5×
- Energy 0.5×
- Health Professions 0.5×
- Chemical Engineering 0.5×
- Nursing 0.3×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.3×
- Medicine 0.3×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Austrian Academy of Sciences?
Ranked on the quality score, Marcus Huber, Giulio Superti‐Furga and John Victor Small lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Austrian Academy of Sciences.
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Marcus Huber
Austria · #7,787 worldwide 9k citations · 230 works
- 2
Giulio Superti‐Furga
Austria · #14,289 worldwide 47k citations · 544 works
- 3
John Victor Small
Austria · #28,114 worldwide 20k citations · 220 works
- 4
Harald Pauli
Austria · #34,916 worldwide 13k citations · 127 works
- 5
J. S. Werner
Austria · #47,993 worldwide 11k citations · 166 works
- 6
Marjori A Matzke
Austria · #50,263 worldwide 22k citations · 372 works
- 7
T. Weiler
Austria · #70,739 worldwide 5.2k citations · 60 works
- 8
Keiryn L. Bennett
Austria · #71,535 worldwide 21k citations · 244 works
- 9
Rupert Ursin
Austria · #74,330 worldwide 16k citations · 213 works
- 10
Nicolai Friis
Austria · #84,745 worldwide 2.5k citations · 120 works
Which keywords describe research at Austrian Academy of Sciences?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Entanglement, Religion, Quantum Information, Archaeology, Cultural History, Solar Wind, Identity and Linguistics.
- Photon
- Terrestrial Planets
- Measurement
- Electron Acceleration
- Quantum
- Particle Physics
- Proto-Indo-European
- Dark Matter
- Language Evolution
- Lexicography
- Etymology
- Urban Development
- Cultural Exchange
- Solar Wind
- Archaeology
- Quantum Information
- Microstructure
- History
- Identity
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Mechanical Properties
- Religion
- Entanglement
- Nationalism
- Gender
- Cultural History
- Linguistics
- Cultural Heritage
- Colonialism
- Historical Phonology
- Bronze Age
- Cryptography
- Indo-European
- Quantum Simulation
- Superconducting Circuits
- Mediterranean
- Computation
- Solar System Abundances
- Metrology
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
- Climate Change104◆ 1.15×98 topics
- Globalization96▲ 1.47×89 topics
- Mechanical Properties84▲ 2.6×33 topics
- Identity76▲ 3.2×50 topics
- Religion76▲ 4.9×28 topics
- History72▲ 3.1×40 topics
- Entanglement69▲ 14×4 topics
- Microstructure64▲ 3.7×17 topics
- Nationalism60▲ 4.0×28 topics
- Quantum Information57▲ 15×3 topics
- Gender53▲ 3.0×35 topics
- Archaeology53▲ 12×11 topics
- Cultural History52▲ 13×13 topics
- Solar Wind50▲ 16×2 topics
- Linguistics49▲ 9.4×6 topics
- Cultural Exchange49▲ 12×9 topics
- Cultural Heritage48▲ 2.7×24 topics
- Urban Development45▲ 3.9×12 topics
- Colonialism45▲ 2.9×32 topics
- Etymology42▲ 27×2 topics
- Historical Phonology42▲ 27×2 topics
- Lexicography38▲ 13×4 topics
- Bronze Age37▲ 28×3 topics
- Language Evolution36▲ 27×2 topics
- Cryptography35▲ 8.9×3 topics
- Dark Matter35▲ 9.0×4 topics
- Indo-European33▲ 49×1 topic
- Proto-Indo-European33▲ 49×1 topic
- Quantum Simulation33▲ 12×2 topics
- Particle Physics32▲ 13×2 topics
- Superconducting Circuits32▲ 14×2 topics
- Quantum30▲ 12×2 topics
- Mediterranean30▲ 10×5 topics
- Electron Acceleration30▲ 14×2 topics
- Computation30▲ 12×2 topics
- Measurement29▲ 11×2 topics
- Solar System Abundances29▲ 18×1 topic
- Terrestrial Planets29▲ 18×1 topic
- Metrology29▲ 15×1 topic
- Photon29▲ 15×1 topic
Which research topics does Austrian Academy of Sciences publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Linguistics and language evolution, Astro and Planetary Science, Quantum Information and Cryptography and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 33 works
- 2 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 29 works
- 3 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 29 works
- 4 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 26 works
- 5 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 24 works
- 6 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 24 works
- 7 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 23 works
- 8 Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Archeology 21 works
- 9 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 20 works
- 10 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 19 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Austrian Academy of Sciences's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 Austrian Academy of Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.
Fractional works of Austrian Academy of Sciences 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.2% in 2005.
Other research institutions in Vienna
- University of Vienna
- TU Wien
- Medical University of Vienna
- BOKU University
- Vienna University of Economics and Business
- University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
- Austrian Institute of Technology
- International Atomic Energy Agency
Which institutions have research most like Austrian Academy of Sciences'?
Among the world's leading institutions, University of California, Santa Cruz has the research profile closest to Austrian Academy of Sciences', with both strong in Physics and Astronomy.
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University of California, Santa Cruz
United States · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Mathematics, Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.85 Compare
- 2
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
France · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Arts and Humanities, Mathematics 0.84 Compare
- 3
Université Paris Sciences et Lettres
France · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Arts and Humanities, Mathematics 0.84 Compare
- 4
Université Paris-Saclay
France · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Mathematics, Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.81 Compare
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Princeton University
United States · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Arts and Humanities, Mathematics 0.80 Compare
Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.
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