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Institute of Modern Physics

In research, Institute of Modern Physics stands highest in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (#13 of 263 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#776 of 12,888 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#199 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation and Physics and Astronomy — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 80.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,330
of 28,054 · #2,056 all time
Rank in China
#395
of 3,058
Research works
5k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Institute of Modern 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
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #13 of 263 54.1%281 #192
Physical SciencesDomain #776 of 12,888 30.6%952 #1364
Physics and AstronomyField #199 of 1,646 41.6%484 #634
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #181 of 565 24.5%101 #528
EngineeringField #2,177 of 6,636 20.5%256 #2252
Materials ScienceField #1,248 of 2,468 14.7%106 #2214
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,093 of 1,556 15.1%86 #1887
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,739 of 2,318 14.1%80 #1764
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #609 of 795 35.5%61 #1190
Health SciencesDomain #10,289 of 11,982 20.8%60 #17812

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Modern 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. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#192 #13
  2. Physical Sciences#1,364 #776
  3. Physics and Astronomy#634 #199
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics#528 #181
  5. Engineering#2,252 #2,177
  6. Materials Science#2,214 #1,248
  7. Materials Chemistry#1,887 #1,093
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,764 #1,739
  9. Aerospace Engineering#1,190 #609
  10. Health Sciences#17,812 #10,289
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 of Modern Physics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 80.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 280.6 works80×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 57.9 works38×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 484.5 works20×
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 100.9 works13×
  5. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 60.8 works4.7×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.90× its world share, 33 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.53× its world share, 256 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.74× its world share, 106 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 19.57× its world share, 484 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 19.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Modern Physics?

Ranked on the composite score, C. Zhong, W. He and Z. Sun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Modern Physics.

  1. 1 C. Zhong China · #72,807 worldwide 565 citations · 67 works
  2. 2 W. He China · #82,778 worldwide 321 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Z. Sun China · #130,327 worldwide 303 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Jun He China · #141,134 worldwide 344 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Xianming Zhou China · #163,292 worldwide 243 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Jiancheng Yang China · #176,311 worldwide 135 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Youjin Yuan China · #191,325 worldwide 170 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Lizhen Ma China · #214,202 worldwide 143 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Y. Sun China · #261,241 worldwide 278 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Jie Liu China · #330,089 worldwide 83 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Modern Physics

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Modern Physics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lattice QCD, Renormalization Group, charmonium, QCD, Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Higgs Boson and High-Energy Collider.

▲ 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. Lattice QCD118▲ 178×2 topics
  2. Renormalization Group72▲ 117×2 topics
  3. QCD68▲ 179×1 topic
  4. charmonium68▲ 179×1 topic
  5. Dark Matter66▲ 52×4 topics
  6. Particle Physics65▲ 78×2 topics
  7. Higgs Boson60▲ 104×1 topic
  8. High-Energy Collider60▲ 104×1 topic
  9. Nucleosynthesis51▲ 94×3 topics
  10. Hydrodynamics50▲ 74×3 topics
  11. Heavy-Ion Collisions50▲ 177×1 topic
  12. Quark-Gluon Plasma50▲ 177×1 topic
  13. Nuclear Forces40▲ 201×1 topic
  14. Nuclear Structure40▲ 201×1 topic
  15. Density Functional Theory32▲ 28×6 topics
  16. Tomography32▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Quantum Electrodynamics26▲ 105×2 topics
  18. CMOS Technology26▲ 29×5 topics
  19. DNA Strand Breaks26▲ 165×1 topic
  20. Low-Energy Electrons26▲ 165×1 topic
  21. Data Analysis26▲ 8.4×5 topics
  22. Radiography26▲ 61×2 topics
  23. Small-Angle Scattering25▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Neutron Activation Analysis25▲ 62×1 topic
  25. Neutron Imaging25▲ 62×1 topic
  26. Negative Ion Sources25▲ 121×1 topic
  27. Superconducting Cavities25▲ 121×1 topic
  28. Oxidation Resistance24▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Crystal Growth23▲ 7.2×9 topics
  30. Hydrogen Embrittlement20▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Electronic Structure Calculations20▲ 27×2 topics
  32. High Temperature Behavior19▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Molten Salt19▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Nuclear Reactor19▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Gold Nanoparticles19▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Accident Tolerant Fuels18▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Fuel Cladding18▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Photon Counting18▲ 24×3 topics
  39. Clinical Applications18▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Particle Therapy18▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute of Modern Physics publish most on?

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

Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 68 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 60 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 50 fractional worksNuclear physics research studies: 40 fractional worksAtomic and Molecular Physics: 26 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…25Nuclear Physics and Applications: 25 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 25 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 19 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 18 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 18 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsRadiationAerospace Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 68 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 60 works
  3. 3 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 50 works
  4. 4 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 40 works
  5. 5 Atomic and Molecular Physics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 26 works
  6. 6 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 25 works
  7. 7 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 25 works
  8. 8 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 19 works
  9. 9 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 18 works
  10. 10 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.0%domestic only78.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Modern Physics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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