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Institute for Advanced Study

In research, Institute for Advanced Study stands highest in Mathematics (#58 of 1,051 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#89 of 1,417 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#749 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geometry and Topology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Mathematical Physics (Geometry and Topology is 37.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,013
of 22,385 · #689 all time
Rank in United States
#226
of 3,332
Research works
9k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
697k
77.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.51×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Institute for Advanced Study

What is Institute for Advanced Study 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
MathematicsField #58 of 1,051 25.2%121 #21
Physics and AstronomyField #89 of 1,417 30.0%235 #107
Physical SciencesDomain #749 of 10,670 25.5%451 #575
Social SciencesDomain #1,396 of 9,585 14.4%158 #818
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #62 of 400 27.2%103 #52
Social SciencesField #1,215 of 5,988 13.8%86 #806
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #105 of 254 34.3%66 #43

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Advanced Study 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Mathematics#21 #58
  2. Physics and Astronomy#107 #89
  3. Physical Sciences#575 #749
  4. Social Sciences#818 #1,396
  5. Astronomy and Astrophysics#52 #62
  6. Social Sciences#806 #1,215
  7. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#43 #105
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Institute for Advanced Study work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Institute for Advanced Study is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (35%), Mathematics (19%), Social Sciences (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 488 fractional works · 69.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 249 fractional works · 35.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 109 fractional works · 15.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 71 fractional works · 10.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 28 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 26 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInstrumentation: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 134 fractional works · 19.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 43 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMathematical Physics: 35 fractional works · 5.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 26 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 55 fractional works · 7.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 22 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 169 fractional works · 24.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 93 fractional works · 13.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAnthropology: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 45 fractional works · 6.4% of its workArcheology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forAdvanced Study703fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences24%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy24935.4%
    2. Mathematics13419.0%
    3. Computer Science557.8%
    4. Engineering324.6%
    5. Environmental Science50.7%
    6. Materials Science50.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.6%
    8. Chemistry30.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences9313.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities456.4%
    3. Psychology162.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting40.6%
    6. Decision Sciences40.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology142.1%
    2. Neuroscience70.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine172.4%
    2. Health Professions20.3%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute for Advanced Study specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geometry and Topology takes 37.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 43.2 works38×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 71.1 works32×
  3. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 35.3 works32×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 108.9 works30×
  5. MathematicsField · 133.7 works16×
  6. Physics and AstronomyField · 249.0 works16×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 55 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 16.15× its world share, 134 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 15.92× its world share, 249 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.21× its world share, 45 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 93 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 16.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics16.15×134 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy15.92×249 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.21×45 works
  4. Social Sciences1.04×93 works
  5. Computer Science1.01×55 works
  6. Psychology0.74×16 works
  7. Neuroscience0.57×6 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.54×4 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×8 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.39×14 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.37×4 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×2 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.32×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.30×3 works
  15. Engineering0.30×32 works
  16. Materials Science0.19×5 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×4 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.14×5 works
  20. Health Professions0.13×2 works
  21. Medicine0.13×17 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×3 works
  23. Energy0.07×0 works
  24. Veterinary0.04×0 works
  25. Nursing0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Advanced Study?

Ranked on the quality score, Edward H. Witten, Nathan Seiberg and Nima Arkani–Hamed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Advanced Study.

  1. 1 Edward H. Witten United States · #45 worldwide 174k citations · 644 works
  2. 2 Nathan Seiberg United States · #155 worldwide 53k citations · 257 works
  3. 3 Nima Arkani–Hamed United States · #1,998 worldwide 32k citations · 225 works
  4. 4 JUAN M. MALDACENA United States · #3,014 worldwide 62k citations · 195 works
  5. 5 Matías Zaldarriaga United States · #5,900 worldwide 30k citations · 352 works
  6. 6 Arnold J. Levine United States · #6,747 worldwide 133k citations · 633 works
  7. 7 Jean Bourgain United States · #9,175 worldwide 30k citations · 584 works
  8. 8 Shu-Heng Shao United States · #10,955 worldwide 5.8k citations · 125 works
  9. 9 Scott D. Tremaine United States · #21,603 worldwide 40k citations · 350 works
  10. 10 Armand Borel United States · #23,849 worldwide 19k citations · 271 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Advanced Study

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Advanced Study?

The most cited paper from Institute for Advanced Study is "Anti de Sitter space and holography" (Edward H. Witten, 1998), with 13,441 citations. Next come "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary" (10,547) and "New Results in Linear Filtering and Prediction Theory" (6,409).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Anti de Sitter space and holography Edward H. Witten · Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Open access 1998 13,441
2 The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary Donald G. York et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access144 authors Sep 2000 10,547
3 New Results in Linear Filtering and Prediction Theory Rudolf E. Kalman, R. S. Bucy · Journal of Basic Engineering Mar 1961 6,409
4 Review of Particle Physics J. Beringer et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access195 authors 20 Jul 2012 6,020
5 Large N field theories, string theory and gravity Ofer Aharony, Steven S. Gubser, JUAN M. MALDACENA et al. · Physics Reports Open access 2000 5,620
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Advanced Study?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, String Theory, Quantum Entanglement, Field Theories, Holographic, Supernovae and Dark Matter.

▲ 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 Holes59▲ 86×3 topics
  2. Quantum Gravity49▲ 82×4 topics
  3. String Theory36▲ 93×2 topics
  4. Quantum Entanglement36▲ 79×2 topics
  5. Field Theories36▲ 114×1 topic
  6. Holographic36▲ 114×1 topic
  7. Supernovae34▲ 60×2 topics
  8. Dark Matter27▲ 34×4 topics
  9. General Relativity27▲ 57×2 topics
  10. Dark Energy25▲ 56×2 topics
  11. Cosmic Microwave Background25▲ 65×1 topic
  12. Cosmological Parameters25▲ 65×1 topic
  13. Star Formation23▲ 58×2 topics
  14. Accretion Disks22▲ 64×2 topics
  15. Magnetic Fields22▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Gravitational Waves19▲ 47×2 topics
  17. Symplectic Geometry18▲ 71×2 topics
  18. Cosmology18▲ 38×3 topics
  19. Renormalization Group18▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Entanglement16▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Galactic Center16▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Particle Physics15▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Quantum Groups13▲ 52×2 topics
  24. Cosmic Rays13▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Neutrinos13▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Modular Forms12▲ 45×3 topics
  27. Turbulence12▲ 19×4 topics
  28. Galaxies12▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Lorentz Violation12▲ 99×1 topic
  30. Noncommutative Field Theory12▲ 99×1 topic
  31. Stellar Populations12▲ 57×1 topic
  32. Tropical Geometry12▲ 51×2 topics
  33. Exoplanets12▲ 41×1 topic
  34. K-Theory12▲ 64×2 topics
  35. Stellar Astrophysics12▲ 41×1 topic
  36. Dynamical Systems11▲ 24×3 topics
  37. Event Horizon Telescope11▲ 70×1 topic
  38. X-Ray Astronomy11▲ 70×1 topic
  39. Molecular Clouds11▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Protoplanetary Disks11▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for Advanced Study publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories and Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena.

Black Holes and Theoreti…36Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 36 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 25 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 12 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 12 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 12 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 11 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Fo…11Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 11 fractional worksAlgebraic structures and combinatorial models: 10 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 10 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 10 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsGeometry and Topology

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

  1. 1 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 36 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 25 works
  3. 3 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 12 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  5. 5 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  6. 6 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  7. 7 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  8. 8 Algebraic structures and combinatorial models Geometry and Topology 10 works
  9. 9 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  10. 10 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.6%domestic only79.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Advanced Study's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower 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 Institute for Advanced Study as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0027% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Institute for Advanced Study0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Advanced Study 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 counting20%40%Institute for Advanced Study20.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.6% in 2016.

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