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Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers

In research, Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,763 of 12,888 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#762 of 1,646 worldwide) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (#177 of 263 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy and Astronomy and Astrophysics — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 116.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,875
of 28,054 · #3,511 all time
Rank in France
#102
of 1,422
Research works
1.1k
▼ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
26.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers 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 #2,763 of 12,888 30.8%166 #2179
Physics and AstronomyField #762 of 1,646 36.4%118 #917
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #177 of 263 40.2%66 #263

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers 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#2,179 #2,763
  2. Physics and Astronomy#917 #762
  3. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#263 #177
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 Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 116.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 66.3 works116×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 118.3 works29×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 23.7 works25×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.23× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 29.35× its world share, 118 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 29.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers?

Ranked on the composite score, D. Cameron, G. Stoicea and N. A. Rusakovich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers.

  1. 1 D. Cameron France · #891 worldwide 4k citations · 167 works
  2. 2 G. Stoicea France · #1,036 worldwide 5.1k citations · 198 works
  3. 3 N. A. Rusakovich France · #1,271 worldwide 3.5k citations · 122 works
  4. 4 S. Kersten France · #1,369 worldwide 3.8k citations · 93 works
  5. 5 R. M. Fakhrutdinov France · #1,562 worldwide 4.4k citations · 177 works
  6. 6 R. W. Gardner France · #2,128 worldwide 4.1k citations · 195 works
  7. 7 H. Abreu France · #2,325 worldwide 5.4k citations · 268 works
  8. 8 M. Hirose France · #2,552 worldwide 3k citations · 157 works
  9. 9 F. Huegging France · #2,583 worldwide 2.7k citations · 110 works
  10. 10 A. Chitan France · #2,645 worldwide 4.7k citations · 239 works
All ranked researchers at Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers

Which keywords describe research at Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Lattice QCD, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Photon Counting, CMOS Technology and Detector Performance.

▲ 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. Dark Matter26▲ 123×3 topics
  2. Particle Physics21▲ 157×2 topics
  3. Lattice QCD16▲ 151×2 topics
  4. Higgs Boson16▲ 167×1 topic
  5. High-Energy Collider16▲ 167×1 topic
  6. Photon Counting12▲ 98×3 topics
  7. CMOS Technology12▲ 80×3 topics
  8. Detector Performance11▲ 193×2 topics
  9. Cosmic Rays11▲ 123×2 topics
  10. Neutrinos11▲ 123×2 topics
  11. X-ray Imaging11▲ 169×2 topics
  12. Particle Detectors11▲ 297×1 topic
  13. Silicon Detectors11▲ 297×1 topic
  14. Cosmology10▲ 84×3 topics
  15. Nucleosynthesis10▲ 108×3 topics
  16. Hydrodynamics8▲ 77×2 topics
  17. Heavy-Ion Collisions8▲ 184×1 topic
  18. Quark-Gluon Plasma8▲ 184×1 topic
  19. Renormalization Group8▲ 80×2 topics
  20. QCD8▲ 127×1 topic
  21. charmonium8▲ 127×1 topic
  22. Galactic Center7▲ 91×2 topics
  23. Critical Current Density7▲ 154×2 topics
  24. Radiation Detection7▲ 82×2 topics
  25. Black Holes7▲ 38×3 topics
  26. Supernovae7▲ 44×2 topics
  27. Data Analysis6▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Nb3Sn Conductor6▲ 187×1 topic
  29. Superconducting Magnets6▲ 187×1 topic
  30. Medical Imaging6▲ 6.6×4 topics
  31. Crystal Growth6▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Inorganic Scintillators6▲ 101×1 topic
  33. Scintillation Detectors6▲ 101×1 topic
  34. Axions6▲ 135×1 topic
  35. WIMPs6▲ 135×1 topic
  36. Star Formation6▲ 58×2 topics
  37. High-Energy Astrophysics6▲ 113×1 topic
  38. Particle Acceleration6▲ 113×1 topic
  39. Gravitational Waves5▲ 52×2 topics
  40. Electron Acceleration5▲ 42×2 topics

Which research topics does Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers publish most on?

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

Particle physics theoret…16Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 16 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 11 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Col…8High-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 8 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…8Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 8 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 6 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 6 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…6Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 6 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 6 fractional worksNuclear physics research studies: 5 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 5 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsBiomedical EngineeringRadiationAerospace Engineering

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 16 works
  2. 2 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 11 works
  3. 3 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  4. 4 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  5. 5 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 6 works
  7. 7 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  8. 8 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  9. 9 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 5 works
  10. 10 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 5 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 available74.5%not open25.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.5%domestic only50.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Univers's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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