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FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

In research, FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic stands highest in Physical Sciences (#434 of 12,888 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#110 of 1,646 worldwide) and Materials Science (#510 of 2,468 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Condensed Matter Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics — Condensed Matter Physics is 26.4× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#789
of 28,054 · #776 all time
Rank in Czechia
#2
of 163
Research works
13k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
205k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #434 of 12,888 18.0%1,298 #527
Physics and AstronomyField #110 of 1,646 26.2%459 #268
Materials ScienceField #510 of 2,468 13.2%323 #318
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #119 of 565 18.9%176 #286
EngineeringField #1,446 of 6,636 13.1%341 #1363
Materials ChemistrySubfield #517 of 1,556 14.1%203 #363
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #814 of 2,318 13.7%150 #830
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #167 of 443 35.0%79 #461
Life SciencesDomain #4,318 of 7,800 18.0%66 #3997
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield #174 of 304 12.8%86 #214

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#527 #434
  2. Physics and Astronomy#268 #110
  3. Materials Science#318 #510
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics#286 #119
  5. Engineering#1,363 #1,446
  6. Materials Chemistry#363 #517
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#830 #814
  8. Astronomy and Astrophysics#461 #167
  9. Life Sciences#3,997 #4,318
  10. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials#214 #174
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Condensed Matter Physics takes 26.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 59.9 works26×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 86.4 works19×
  3. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 175.8 works17×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 459.1 works15×
  5. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 86.0 works13×
  6. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 79.4 works11×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.64× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.66× its world share, 59 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 37 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 27 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.31× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.60× its world share, 341 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.52× its world share, 323 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 14.55× its world share, 459 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 14.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic?

Ranked on the composite score, T. Jungwirth, M. Pech and M. Vaněček lead among researchers whose main affiliation is FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.

  1. 1 T. Jungwirth Czechia · #44,719 worldwide 829 citations · 93 works
  2. 2 M. Pech Czechia · #57,135 worldwide 576 citations · 73 works
  3. 3 M. Vaněček Czechia · #61,443 worldwide 367 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 K. Polák Czechia · #63,884 worldwide 689 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 J. Kudrnovský Czechia · #80,195 worldwide 743 citations · 87 works
  6. 6 Petr Schovánek Czechia · #81,976 worldwide 584 citations · 71 works
  7. 7 Dominik Kriegner Czechia · #97,427 worldwide 366 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Dušan Mandát Czechia · #98,186 worldwide 558 citations · 83 works
  9. 9 Petr Šittner Czechia · #100,216 worldwide 445 citations · 77 works
  10. 10 J. Hejtmánek Czechia · #118,280 worldwide 455 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Which keywords describe research at FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Superconductivity, Electronic Structure, Crystal Growth, Biomedical Applications, Nanoparticles, Spintronics, Nanostructures and Microstructure.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Biomedical Applications69▲ 4.1×33 topics
  2. Nanoparticles68▲ 3.8×37 topics
  3. Superconductivity68▲ 28×9 topics
  4. Electronic Structure67▲ 26×8 topics
  5. Crystal Growth62▲ 16×12 topics
  6. Spintronics45▲ 24×4 topics
  7. Microstructure44▲ 6.0×18 topics
  8. Nanostructures43▲ 7.6×17 topics
  9. Nanocomposites40▲ 3.5×21 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties38▲ 2.8×30 topics
  11. Black Holes37▲ 27×3 topics
  12. Thin Films35▲ 13×10 topics
  13. Room Temperature34▲ 15×3 topics
  14. Two-Dimensional Materials34▲ 10×4 topics
  15. Graphene34▲ 3.5×11 topics
  16. Quantum Computing32▲ 22×4 topics
  17. Semiconductors32▲ 7.3×5 topics
  18. Biosensors31▲ 4.2×12 topics
  19. Raman Spectroscopy29▲ 10×6 topics
  20. Frequency Conversion28▲ 48×3 topics
  21. Entanglement28▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Nonlinear Optics28▲ 18×4 topics
  23. Semiconductor28▲ 5.8×7 topics
  24. Quantum Gravity28▲ 24×4 topics
  25. Topological Insulators27▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Topological Order26▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Supernovae25▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Nanocrystals24▲ 6.3×5 topics
  29. Dark Matter24▲ 15×4 topics
  30. Molecular Dynamics24▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Quantum Entanglement24▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Metal-Insulator Transition23▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Electronic Structure Calculations23▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Spectroscopy23▲ 9.7×10 topics
  35. General Relativity22▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Perovskite Oxides22▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Dark Energy21▲ 23×2 topics
  38. X-Ray Spectroscopy21▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Cosmic Microwave Background21▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Cosmological Parameters21▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials and Shape Memory Alloy Transformations.

  1. 1 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 works
  2. 2 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 21 works
  3. 3 Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 20 works
  4. 4 Shape Memory Alloy Transformations Materials Chemistry 19 works
  5. 5 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 18 works
  6. 6 Advanced Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter Physics 18 works
  7. 7 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 18 works
  8. 8 Magnetic properties of thin films Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 17 works
  9. 9 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 16 works
  10. 10 Solid State Laser Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 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 available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.4%domestic only43.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017.

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

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