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Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies

In research, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,978 of 10,670 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#491 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Physics and Astronomy (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 41.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,349
of 22,385 · #2,207 all time
Rank in Germany
#219
of 795
Research works
1.3k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
76k
58.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies

What is Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,978 of 10,670 14.9%169 #1402
Physics and AstronomyField #491 of 1,417 15.1%100 #345

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies 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 Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (45%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Computer Science (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 200 fractional works · 74.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 120 fractional works · 44.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 58 fractional works · 21.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 23 fractional works · 8.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 21 fractional works · 7.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInstrumentation: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 9.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 16 fractional works · 5.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 44 fractional works · 16.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 9.3% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHeidelbergInstitute for…269fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences5%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy12044.8%
    2. Computer Science269.6%
    3. Engineering165.9%
    4. Materials Science93.3%
    5. Mathematics83.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences82.9%
    7. Environmental Science62.4%
    8. Chemistry62.3%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3713.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.8%
    4. Neuroscience20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences51.7%
    2. Social Sciences41.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    5. Psychology20.6%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    1. Medicine103.8%
    2. Health Professions10.2%
    3. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 41.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 57.7 works41×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 22.7 works27×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 120.3 works20×
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 21.1 works11×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.57× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.48× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.53× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 20.13× its world share, 120 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.75× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 20.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy20.13×120 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.57×37 works
  3. Mathematics2.53×8 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.85×8 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.75×5 works
  6. Chemistry1.48×6 works
  7. Computer Science1.24×26 works
  8. Materials Science0.95×9 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.81×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.48×6 works
  12. Neuroscience0.44×2 works
  13. Engineering0.39×16 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×2 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.24×2 works
  16. Medicine0.20×10 works
  17. Psychology0.20×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×2 works
  19. Energy0.17×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.11×4 works
  21. Health Professions0.08×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  24. Nursing0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexandros Stamatakis, Alexey M. Kozlov and Lucas Czech lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies.

  1. 1 Alexandros Stamatakis Germany · #42,637 worldwide 102k citations · 470 works
  2. 2 Alexey M. Kozlov Germany · #84,315 worldwide 14k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Lucas Czech Germany · #148,694 worldwide 3.1k citations · 50 works
  4. 4 E. Laplace Germany · #163,675 worldwide 942 citations · 65 works
  5. 5 Tomáš Flouri Germany · #169,715 worldwide 31k citations · 133 works
  6. 6 Sebastian T. Ohlmann Germany · #177,288 worldwide 2k citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Rebecca C. Wade Germany · #306,005 worldwide 20k citations · 545 works
  8. 8 Andre J. Aberer Germany · #319,439 worldwide 7.3k citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Martin Golebiewski Germany · #359,812 worldwide 2.8k citations · 108 works
  10. 10 Diego Darriba Germany · #373,323 worldwide 30k citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies

What are the most cited papers from Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies?

The most cited paper from Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies is "RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies" (Alexandros Stamatakis, 2014), with 34,939 citations. Next come "Planck 2018 results" (14,737) and "VSEARCH: a versatile open source tool for metagenomics" (11,418).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies Alexandros Stamatakis · Bioinformatics Open access 21 Jan 2014 34,939
2 Planck 2018 results N. Aghanim et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access181 authors 3 Apr 2020 14,737
3 VSEARCH: a versatile open source tool for metagenomics Torbjørn Rognes, Tomáš Flouri, Ben Nichols et al. · PeerJ Open access 18 Oct 2016 11,418
4 Planck 2015 results Peter A. R. Ade et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access261 authors 20 Jun 2016 10,771
5 Review of Particle Physics Masaharu Tanabashi et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. Open access232 authors 17 Aug 2018 7,268
All 56 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Black Holes, Supernovae, Dark Matter, Star Formation, Gravitational Waves, General Relativity, Cosmology and Quantum Gravity.

▲ 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. Black Holes18▲ 71×3 topics
  2. Supernovae17▲ 77×2 topics
  3. Machine Learning15▲ 1.66×33 topics
  4. Dark Matter13▲ 41×4 topics
  5. Star Formation12▲ 82×2 topics
  6. Gravitational Waves12▲ 79×2 topics
  7. General Relativity11▲ 63×2 topics
  8. Cosmology10▲ 58×3 topics
  9. Quantum Gravity10▲ 46×3 topics
  10. Cosmological Parameters10▲ 66×1 topic
  11. Dark Energy10▲ 56×1 topic
  12. Accretion Disks10▲ 71×2 topics
  13. Magnetic Fields10▲ 53×3 topics
  14. Exoplanets8▲ 75×1 topic
  15. Quantum Information8▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Stellar Astrophysics8▲ 75×1 topic
  17. Nucleosynthesis8▲ 58×3 topics
  18. Galaxies7▲ 92×1 topic
  19. Stellar Populations7▲ 92×1 topic
  20. Astronomical Instrumentation7▲ 81×1 topic
  21. Gamma-Ray Bursts7▲ 99×1 topic
  22. Neutron Stars7▲ 99×1 topic
  23. Spectrograph7▲ 81×1 topic
  24. Field Theories7▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Holographic7▲ 58×1 topic
  26. Quantum Entanglement7▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Molecular Dynamics7▲ 14×6 topics
  28. Entanglement7▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Galactic Center6▲ 48×2 topics
  30. Particle Physics6▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Turbulence6▲ 23×3 topics
  32. Molecular Clouds5▲ 72×1 topic
  33. Protoplanetary Disks5▲ 72×1 topic
  34. Equation of State5▲ 36×2 topics
  35. X-Ray Spectroscopy5▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Binary Black Hole5▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Neutron Star5▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Lattice QCD5▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Cosmic Rays5▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Neutrinos5▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

Cosmology and Gravitatio…10Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 10 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …8Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 8 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 7 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…7Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 7 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…7Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 7 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 7 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 5 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitationa…5Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 5 fractional worksTopic Modeling4Topic Modeling: 4 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 4 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationNuclear and High Energy PhysicsArtificial Intelligence1 others

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

  1. 1 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  2. 2 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  3. 3 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  4. 4 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 7 works
  5. 5 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  6. 6 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 7 works
  7. 7 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  8. 8 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  9. 9 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  10. 10 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 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 available72.1%not open27.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.2%domestic only57.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies0.00099% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies 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%Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies12.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.0% in 2018.

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