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HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics

In research, HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,565 of 12,888 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#767 of 1,646 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,819 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Physics and Astronomy — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 37.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,535
of 28,054 · #4,687 all time
Rank in Hungary
#17
of 118
Research works
1.5k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics 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 #2,565 of 12,888 15.3%392 #2949
Physics and AstronomyField #767 of 1,646 17.7%177 #1385
EngineeringField #4,819 of 6,636 10.9%87 #5994
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #508 of 565 12.4%69 #1201

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for 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 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#2,949 #2,565
  2. Physics and Astronomy#1,385 #767
  3. Engineering#5,994 #4,819
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics#1,201 #508
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 HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 37.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 52.1 works37×
  2. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 68.5 works21×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 177.4 works18×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 21.7 works9.3×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.70× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.29× its world share, 87 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.13× its world share, 49 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.99× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 17.85× its world share, 177 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 17.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics?

Ranked on the composite score, L. Oláh, Örs Legeza and Tamás S. Bíró lead among researchers whose main affiliation is HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics.

  1. 1 L. Oláh Hungary · #58,164 worldwide 514 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Örs Legeza Hungary · #512,783 worldwide 268 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Tamás S. Bíró Hungary · #630,682 worldwide 235 citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Zoltán Somogyvári Hungary · #914,150 worldwide 54 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Péter Rácz Hungary · #1,095,467 worldwide 26 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 D. Dunai Hungary · #1,126,786 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Ihor Korolov Hungary · #1,186,322 worldwide 29 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Péter Dombi Hungary · #1,187,150 worldwide 56 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Zoltán Zimborás Hungary · #1,225,035 worldwide 50 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Róbert Kovács Hungary · #1,261,275 worldwide 67 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics

Which keywords describe research at HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Entanglement, Lattice QCD, Renormalization Group, Quantum Information, Dark Matter, Quantum Gravity, Biomedical Applications and Particle Physics.

▲ 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. Entanglement28▲ 41×4 topics
  2. Lattice QCD20▲ 77×2 topics
  3. Renormalization Group19▲ 79×2 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications19▲ 3.6×26 topics
  5. Quantum Information16▲ 31×3 topics
  6. Nanoparticles14▲ 2.6×27 topics
  7. Dark Matter14▲ 26×4 topics
  8. Quantum Gravity14▲ 37×4 topics
  9. Particle Physics13▲ 38×2 topics
  10. Higgs Boson12▲ 54×1 topic
  11. High-Energy Collider12▲ 54×1 topic
  12. Quantum Entanglement11▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Nonlinear Optics11▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Topological Order11▲ 51×2 topics
  15. Molecular Dynamics11▲ 15×5 topics
  16. Hydrodynamics11▲ 39×2 topics
  17. Quantum Computing11▲ 23×4 topics
  18. Raman Spectroscopy10▲ 12×6 topics
  19. Superconducting Circuits10▲ 34×2 topics
  20. QCD10▲ 67×1 topic
  21. charmonium10▲ 67×1 topic
  22. Heavy-Ion Collisions10▲ 90×1 topic
  23. Quark-Gluon Plasma10▲ 90×1 topic
  24. Cryptography10▲ 18×3 topics
  25. Computation9▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Quantum9▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Dynamics9▲ 45×2 topics
  28. Many-Body Localization9▲ 98×1 topic
  29. Quantum Thermalization9▲ 98×1 topic
  30. Black Holes9▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Optical Modulators9▲ 14×3 topics
  32. Quantum Simulation9▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Field Theories8▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Holographic8▲ 40×1 topic
  35. String Theory8▲ 32×2 topics
  36. Spectroscopy8▲ 11×10 topics
  37. Spintronics8▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Bell Inequality8▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Decoherence8▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Photonic Crystals8▲ 14×5 topics

Which research topics does HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics publish most on?

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

Particle physics theoret…12Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 12 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…10Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 10 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 10 fractional worksQuantum Information and …9Quantum Information and Cryptography: 9 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems9Quantum many-body systems: 9 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 8 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 8 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algori…6Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 6 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 6 fractional worksDiamond and Carbon-based Materials Research: 6 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsArtificial IntelligenceAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsAstronomy and Astrophysics1 others

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 12 works
  2. 2 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  3. 3 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  4. 4 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 9 works
  5. 5 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 9 works
  6. 6 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  7. 7 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 8 works
  8. 8 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  10. 10 Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research Materials Chemistry 6 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 available70.1%not open29.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.5%domestic only51.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher 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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