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Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica

In research, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,463 of 12,888 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#747 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 77.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,297
of 28,054 · #2,688 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#39
of 221
Research works
3.1k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
60k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica 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 #2,463 of 12,888 27.7%212 #1800
Physics and AstronomyField #747 of 1,646 40.0%113 #843

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica 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).

What does Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 77.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 57.5 works77×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 113.3 works22×
  3. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 24.5 works14×
  4. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 30.4 works6.6×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.29× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.99× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.16× its world share, 43 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 21.59× its world share, 113 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 21.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica?

Ranked on the composite score, Hai-Yang Cheng, Hsiang-nan Li and W. C. Chang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica.

  1. 1 Hai-Yang Cheng Taiwan · #108,101 worldwide 600 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Hsiang-nan Li Taiwan · #151,298 worldwide 561 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 W. C. Chang Taiwan · #162,352 worldwide 484 citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Tay‐Rong Chang Taiwan · #170,922 worldwide 470 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Cheng-Wei Chiang Taiwan · #206,370 worldwide 336 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Tzu-Chiang Yuan Taiwan · #219,820 worldwide 289 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Sungkit Yip Taiwan · #229,183 worldwide 262 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Shang‐Fan Lee Taiwan · #240,680 worldwide 240 citations · 44 works
  9. 9 C. Blocker Taiwan · #258,474 worldwide 353 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Ting-Kuo Lee Taiwan · #325,603 worldwide 172 citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica?

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, Two-Dimensional Materials, Electronic Structure and Cosmic Rays.

▲ 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 Matter23▲ 86×4 topics
  2. Particle Physics22▲ 124×2 topics
  3. Lattice QCD17▲ 120×2 topics
  4. Higgs Boson16▲ 127×1 topic
  5. High-Energy Collider16▲ 127×1 topic
  6. Two-Dimensional Materials14▲ 25×4 topics
  7. Electronic Structure14▲ 32×8 topics
  8. Cosmic Rays11▲ 93×2 topics
  9. Neutrinos11▲ 93×2 topics
  10. Renormalization Group10▲ 76×2 topics
  11. Superconductivity10▲ 24×9 topics
  12. QCD9▲ 113×1 topic
  13. charmonium9▲ 113×1 topic
  14. Graphene9▲ 5.5×8 topics
  15. Hydrodynamics9▲ 60×2 topics
  16. Galactic Center8▲ 75×2 topics
  17. Cosmology8▲ 50×3 topics
  18. Heavy-Ion Collisions8▲ 131×1 topic
  19. Nanocomposites8▲ 4.1×11 topics
  20. Quark-Gluon Plasma8▲ 131×1 topic
  21. Optoelectronic Devices8▲ 36×2 topics
  22. Supernovae7▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Topological Insulators7▲ 67×2 topics
  24. Black Holes7▲ 33×3 topics
  25. Photoluminescence7▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides7▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Van der Waals Heterostructures7▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Spintronics7▲ 23×4 topics
  29. Quantum Spin Hall Effect7▲ 86×1 topic
  30. Superconductors7▲ 86×1 topic
  31. Axions7▲ 118×1 topic
  32. WIMPs7▲ 118×1 topic
  33. Transparent Conductors6▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Gravitational Waves6▲ 47×2 topics
  35. Quantum Gravity6▲ 32×3 topics
  36. Nanocrystals6▲ 9.4×5 topics
  37. Neutrino Flavor Transformation6▲ 174×1 topic
  38. Neutrino Oscillations6▲ 174×1 topic
  39. Crystal Growth6▲ 8.8×8 topics
  40. General Relativity6▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, High-Energy Particle Collisions Research and 2D Materials and Applications.

Particle physics theoret…16Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 16 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 9 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 8 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 7 fractional worksTopological Materials and Phenomena: 7 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 7 fractional worksNeutrino Physics Research6Neutrino Physics Research: 6 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 6 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 5 fractional worksGraphene research and applications: 5 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsMaterials ChemistryAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsAstronomy and Astrophysics

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 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 9 works
  3. 3 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  4. 4 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 7 works
  5. 5 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 7 works
  6. 6 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 7 works
  7. 7 Neutrino Physics Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  8. 8 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  9. 9 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 5 works
  10. 10 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 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 available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.4%domestic only67.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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