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GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research

In research, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research stands highest in Physical Sciences (#851 of 12,888 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#204 of 1,646 worldwide) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (#33 of 263 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation and Physics and Astronomy — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 117.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,421
of 28,054 · #1,055 all time
Rank in Germany
#75
of 1,178
Research works
4.7k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
82k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research 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 #851 of 12,888 19.8%847 #722
Physics and AstronomyField #204 of 1,646 23.0%588 #310
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #33 of 263 26.0%340 #78
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #223 of 565 16.6%123 #333
EngineeringField #3,747 of 6,636 12.9%144 #1074

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research 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#722 #851
  2. Physics and Astronomy#310 #204
  3. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#78 #33
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics#333 #223
  5. Engineering#1,074 #3,747
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 GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 117.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 339.6 works117×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 48.8 works39×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 587.6 works29×
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 122.9 works19×
  5. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 47.5 works9.9×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.71× its world share, 25 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 144 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.83× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.14× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 28.72× its world share, 588 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 43 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 28.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research?

Ranked on the composite score, H. Sann, P. Braun‐Munzinger and G. Münzenberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research.

  1. 1 H. Sann Germany · #17,603 worldwide 854 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 P. Braun‐Munzinger Germany · #18,653 worldwide 2.1k citations · 189 works
  3. 3 G. Münzenberg Germany · #18,708 worldwide 903 citations · 114 works
  4. 4 W. F. J. Müller Germany · #19,869 worldwide 733 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 K. Redlich Germany · #22,647 worldwide 2.9k citations · 252 works
  6. 6 T. Karavicheva Germany · #22,893 worldwide 2.2k citations · 196 works
  7. 7 C. Blume Germany · #27,097 worldwide 2.3k citations · 207 works
  8. 8 A. Schwenk Germany · #39,620 worldwide 852 citations · 81 works
  9. 9 P. F. T. Matuoka Germany · #40,073 worldwide 595 citations · 63 works
  10. 10 E. Berdermann Germany · #49,671 worldwide 611 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research

Which keywords describe research at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lattice QCD, Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Renormalization Group, charmonium, QCD, Nucleosynthesis and Higgs Boson.

▲ 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. Lattice QCD136▲ 248×2 topics
  2. Dark Matter79▲ 75×4 topics
  3. Particle Physics78▲ 114×2 topics
  4. Renormalization Group76▲ 151×2 topics
  5. QCD74▲ 236×1 topic
  6. charmonium74▲ 236×1 topic
  7. Nucleosynthesis71▲ 157×3 topics
  8. Higgs Boson70▲ 148×1 topic
  9. High-Energy Collider70▲ 148×1 topic
  10. Hydrodynamics62▲ 110×2 topics
  11. Heavy-Ion Collisions62▲ 265×1 topic
  12. Quark-Gluon Plasma62▲ 265×1 topic
  13. Nuclear Forces46▲ 279×1 topic
  14. Nuclear Structure46▲ 279×1 topic
  15. Quantum Electrodynamics31▲ 147×2 topics
  16. DNA Strand Breaks30▲ 233×1 topic
  17. Gravitational Waves30▲ 59×2 topics
  18. Low-Energy Electrons30▲ 233×1 topic
  19. Tomography30▲ 18×5 topics
  20. Nonlinear Optics26▲ 26×4 topics
  21. CMOS Technology26▲ 35×4 topics
  22. X-ray Imaging24▲ 76×2 topics
  23. Synchrotron Radiation24▲ 55×3 topics
  24. Photon Counting23▲ 36×3 topics
  25. Data Analysis23▲ 9.1×4 topics
  26. Negative Ion Sources21▲ 126×1 topic
  27. Superconducting Cavities21▲ 126×1 topic
  28. Detector Performance20▲ 69×2 topics
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging20▲ 8.7×4 topics
  30. Spectroscopy20▲ 13×10 topics
  31. Particle Detectors20▲ 112×1 topic
  32. Silicon Detectors20▲ 112×1 topic
  33. Gold Nanoparticles19▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Radiography19▲ 56×2 topics
  35. Clinical Applications19▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Particle Therapy19▲ 82×1 topic
  37. Proton Therapy19▲ 82×1 topic
  38. Molecular Dynamics19▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Electron Acceleration18▲ 30×2 topics
  40. Free-Electron Lasers18▲ 169×1 topic

Which research topics does GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, High-Energy Particle Collisions Research and Nuclear physics research studies.

Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 74 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 70 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 62 fractional worksNuclear physics research studies: 46 fractional worksAtomic and Molecular Physics: 30 fractional worksParticle accelerators an…21Particle accelerators and beam dynamics: 21 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 20 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 19 fractional worksParticle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 18 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 18 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsAerospace EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 74 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 70 works
  3. 3 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 62 works
  4. 4 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 46 works
  5. 5 Atomic and Molecular Physics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 30 works
  6. 6 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 21 works
  7. 7 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 20 works
  8. 8 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
  9. 9 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 18 works
  10. 10 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 18 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 available53.5%not open46.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.0%domestic only63.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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