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Institute for Physics and Power Engineering

In research, Institute for Physics and Power Engineering stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,279 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Materials Science (Aerospace Engineering is 17.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,038
of 22,385 · #26,053 all time
Rank in Russia
#560
of 735
Research works
2.1k
▼ 64% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Institute for Physics and Power Engineering

What is Institute for Physics and Power Engineering 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 #9,279 of 10,670 1.2%91 #16212

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Physics and Power Engineering 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 Institute for Physics and Power Engineering work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Institute for Physics and Power Engineering is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (43%), Materials Science (19%), Physics and Astronomy (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 97 fractional works · 82.7% of its workEngineering: 50 fractional works · 42.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 23 fractional works · 19.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 7.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 22 fractional works · 18.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 17.1% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 12.4% of its workRadiation: 11 fractional works · 9.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forPhysics and Powe…117fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences3%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5042.8%
    2. Materials Science2218.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1512.4%
    4. Environmental Science32.9%
    5. Chemistry32.3%
    6. Computer Science11.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    9. Energy10.5%
    10. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Medicine1210.2%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Social Sciences21.6%
    2. Decision Sciences10.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    5. Psychology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute for Physics and Power Engineering specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 17.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 23.4 works17×
  2. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 20.0 works8.7×
  3. Materials ScienceField · 21.7 works5.3×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.48× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.86× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.30× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.58× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 12 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.58×15 works
  2. Materials Science5.30×22 works
  3. Engineering2.86×50 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.79×1 works
  5. Chemistry1.48×3 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.67×0 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.64×1 works
  8. Energy0.58×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.58×3 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.54×1 works
  11. Medicine0.53×12 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.30×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.27×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×2 works
  16. Computer Science0.15×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.13×2 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works
  21. Psychology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Physics and Power Engineering?

Ranked on the quality score, A.E. Rusanov, V. Khryachkov and S. Kamerdzhiev lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Physics and Power Engineering.

  1. 1 A.E. Rusanov Russia · #2,098,783 worldwide 1.4k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 V. Khryachkov Russia · #4,537,256 worldwide 454 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 S. Kamerdzhiev #5,128,651 worldwide 351 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Aleksandr Grigor’evich Kalashnikov Russia · #5,161,541 worldwide 255 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Romen Vasilievich Plykin Russia · #5,368,087 worldwide 424 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Konstantin I. Zolotarev Russia · #5,403,232 worldwide 340 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 B. A. Vasiliev Russia · #5,542,452 worldwide 476 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Anatoly V. Ignatyuk Russia · #5,668,823 worldwide 3.7k citations · 118 works
  9. 9 Georgy I. Toshinsky Russia · #5,695,942 worldwide 746 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 V. N. Manokhin Russia · #5,826,813 worldwide 38 citations · 99 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Physics and Power Engineering

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Physics and Power Engineering?

The most cited paper from Institute for Physics and Power Engineering is "ENDF/B-VII.0: Next Generation Evaluated Nuclear Data Library for Nuclear Science and Technology" (M. B. Chadwick et al., 2006), with 2,231 citations. Next come "RIPL – Reference Input Parameter Library for Calculation of Nuclear Reactions and Nuclear Data Evaluations" (1,445) and "Towards a More Complete and Accurate Experimental Nuclear Reaction Data Library (EXFOR): International Collaboration Between Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC)" (911).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 ENDF/B-VII.0: Next Generation Evaluated Nuclear Data Library for Nuclear Science and Technology M. B. Chadwick et al. · Nuclear Data Sheets Dec 2006 2,231
2 RIPL – Reference Input Parameter Library for Calculation of Nuclear Reactions and Nuclear Data Evaluations R. Capote et al. · Nuclear Data Sheets Dec 2009 1,445
3 Towards a More Complete and Accurate Experimental Nuclear Reaction Data Library (EXFOR): International Collaboration Between Nuclear Reaction Data Centres (NRDC) N. Otuka et al. · Nuclear Data Sheets Open access Jun 2014 911
4 Towards a More complete and accurate experimental nuclear reaction data library (EXFOR): International collaboration between nuclear reaction data centres (NRDC) Naohiko Otuka et al. · Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) Jun 2014 412
5 Projectile-fragment yields as a probe for the collective enhancement in the nuclear level density Arnd Rudolf Junghans, M. de Jong, H.-G. Clerc et al. · Nuclear Physics A Feb 1998 398
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Physics and Power Engineering?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molten Salt, Nuclear Reactor, Oxidation Resistance, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Accident Tolerant Fuels, Fuel Cladding, Oxidation Behavior and Tomography.

▲ 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. Molten Salt18▲ 484×1 topic
  2. Nuclear Reactor18▲ 484×1 topic
  3. Oxidation Resistance9▲ 73×2 topics
  4. Hydrogen Embrittlement9▲ 92×2 topics
  5. Accident Tolerant Fuels9▲ 216×1 topic
  6. Fuel Cladding9▲ 216×1 topic
  7. Oxidation Behavior8▲ 110×2 topics
  8. Tomography8▲ 37×4 topics
  9. Thermal Properties8▲ 53×2 topics
  10. Microstructural Characterization8▲ 307×1 topic
  11. Nuclear Graphite8▲ 307×1 topic
  12. Raman Spectroscopy8▲ 33×2 topics
  13. Thermal Conductivity7▲ 39×3 topics
  14. Data Analysis7▲ 23×2 topics
  15. Neutron Imaging7▲ 184×1 topic
  16. Small-Angle Scattering7▲ 117×1 topic
  17. Energy Efficiency6▲ 5.6×7 topics
  18. Renewable Energy5▲ 2.9×8 topics
  19. Phase Diagrams5▲ 155×2 topics
  20. Surface Tension4▲ 72×2 topics
  21. Liquid Alloys4▲ 886×1 topic
  22. Thermodynamic Properties4▲ 78×1 topic
  23. Heat Transfer4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  24. Safety Assessment4▲ 73×2 topics
  25. Nuclear Fuel3▲ 183×1 topic
  26. Radiation Protection3▲ 183×1 topic
  27. Reliability Evaluation3▲ 56×2 topics
  28. Passive Systems3▲ 179×1 topic
  29. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis3▲ 179×1 topic
  30. Nuclear Power Plants3▲ 107×2 topics
  31. Crystal Growth3▲ 8.9×5 topics
  32. Hydrogen-Oxygen Generators3▲ 239×1 topic
  33. Steam Generation3▲ 239×1 topic
  34. Radionuclides2▲ 51×2 topics
  35. Inorganic Scintillators2▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Scintillation Detectors2▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Clinical Applications2▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Particle Therapy2▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Proton Therapy2▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Actinides2▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Physics and Power Engineering publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear Materials and Properties, Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies and Nuclear Physics and Applications.

Nuclear reactor physics …18Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 18 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Pr…9Nuclear Materials and Properties: 9 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear techno…8Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 8 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 7 fractional worksThermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys: 4 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…3Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 3 fractional worksNuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Power Generation Technologies: 3 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 2 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 2 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMaterials ChemistryRadiationMechanical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 18 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 9 works
  3. 3 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 8 works
  4. 4 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 7 works
  5. 5 Thermodynamic and Structural Properties of Metals and Alloys Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 3 works
  7. 7 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Advanced Power Generation Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 2 works
  10. 10 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 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 available20.5%not open79.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Physics and Power Engineering's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 64% 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 Physics and Power Engineering as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Institute for Physics and Power Engineering0.00038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Physics and Power Engineering 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Institute for Physics and Power Engineering0.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.3% in 2010.

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