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Institute for Advanced Study

In research, Institute for Advanced Study stands highest in Physical Sciences (#739 of 12,888 worldwide), Astronomy and Astrophysics (#40 of 443 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#246 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geometry and Topology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Mathematical Physics — Geometry and Topology is 37.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,257
of 28,054 · #276 all time
Rank in United States
#207
of 4,192
Research works
9k
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
697k
77.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Institute for Advanced Study 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 #739 of 12,888 38.0%451 #180
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #40 of 443 53.1%103 #17
Physics and AstronomyField #246 of 1,646 50.4%235 #66
MathematicsField #202 of 1,053 28.4%121 #9
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #79 of 263 55.5%66 #3
Social SciencesDomain #4,619 of 10,521 20.6%158 #975
Social SciencesField #4,047 of 6,365 24.2%86 #1165

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 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#180 #739
  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics#17 #40
  3. Physics and Astronomy#66 #246
  4. Mathematics#9 #202
  5. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#3 #79
  6. Social Sciences#975 #4,619
  7. Social Sciences#1,165 #4,047
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 Institute for Advanced Study specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geometry and Topology takes 37.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 39.5 works37×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 66.2 works32×
  3. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 32.1 works31×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 103.3 works31×
  5. Physics and AstronomyField · 235.0 works16×
  6. MathematicsField · 121.4 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: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 30 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 15.84× its world share, 121 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 16.22× its world share, 235 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.31× its world share, 43 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 86 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 16.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Advanced Study?

Ranked on the composite score, Edward Witten, Frank Wilczek and Michael Walzer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Advanced Study.

  1. 1 Edward Witten United States · #88 worldwide 7.2k citations · 151 works
  2. 2 Frank Wilczek United States · #2,310 worldwide 2.9k citations · 153 works
  3. 3 Michael Walzer United States · #3,713 worldwide 515 citations · 79 works
  4. 4 John Milnor United States · #5,951 worldwide 1.7k citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Caroline Walker Bynum United States · #7,666 worldwide 566 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Freeman J. Dyson United States · #9,624 worldwide 508 citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Jean Bourgain United States · #11,238 worldwide 1.4k citations · 142 works
  8. 8 Stephen L. Adler United States · #12,101 worldwide 1.4k citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Patricia Crone United States · #12,475 worldwide 266 citations · 66 works
  10. 10 Matías Zaldarriaga United States · #12,767 worldwide 2.1k citations · 102 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Advanced Study

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Advanced Study?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, String Theory, Supernovae, Quantum Entanglement, Field Theories, Holographic and General Relativity.

▲ 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. Black Holes55▲ 89×3 topics
  2. Quantum Gravity45▲ 86×4 topics
  3. String Theory34▲ 91×2 topics
  4. Quantum Entanglement34▲ 79×2 topics
  5. Supernovae34▲ 63×2 topics
  6. Field Theories33▲ 112×1 topic
  7. Holographic33▲ 112×1 topic
  8. General Relativity26▲ 59×2 topics
  9. Dark Matter26▲ 35×4 topics
  10. Dark Energy25▲ 59×2 topics
  11. Cosmic Microwave Background25▲ 68×1 topic
  12. Cosmological Parameters25▲ 68×1 topic
  13. Star Formation21▲ 63×2 topics
  14. Accretion Disks20▲ 67×2 topics
  15. Magnetic Fields20▲ 49×2 topics
  16. Gravitational Waves18▲ 49×2 topics
  17. Cosmology17▲ 39×3 topics
  18. Renormalization Group16▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Symplectic Geometry16▲ 68×2 topics
  20. Galactic Center15▲ 50×2 topics
  21. Entanglement14▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Particle Physics14▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Cosmic Rays12▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Neutrinos12▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Quantum Groups12▲ 52×2 topics
  26. Lorentz Violation12▲ 117×1 topic
  27. Noncommutative Field Theory12▲ 117×1 topic
  28. Exoplanets11▲ 43×1 topic
  29. Stellar Astrophysics11▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Galaxies11▲ 62×1 topic
  31. Stellar Populations11▲ 62×1 topic
  32. Turbulence11▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Dynamical Systems11▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Topological Order10▲ 34×2 topics
  35. K-Theory10▲ 65×2 topics
  36. Modular Forms10▲ 42×3 topics
  37. Event Horizon Telescope10▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Molecular Clouds10▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Protoplanetary Disks10▲ 63×1 topic
  40. X-Ray Astronomy10▲ 72×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies.

Black Holes and Theoreti…33Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 33 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 25 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 12 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 11 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 11 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 10 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Fo…10Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 10 fractional worksAlgebraic structures and combinatorial models: 10 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 9 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 9 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 33 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 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  5. 5 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 11 works
  6. 6 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  7. 7 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 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 9 works
  10. 10 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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