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Institute of Plasma Physics

In research, Institute of Plasma Physics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,093 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#2,299 of 6,636 worldwide) and Materials Science (#1,560 of 2,468 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy and Aerospace Engineering — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 54.4× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#5,267
of 28,054 · #3,470 all time
Rank in China
#1,145
of 3,058
Research works
3.5k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
52k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
17%
world 28%

What is Institute of Plasma 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,093 of 12,888 18.6%634 #2152
EngineeringField #2,299 of 6,636 15.6%307 #2280
Materials ScienceField #1,560 of 2,468 15.6%91 #1212
Physics and AstronomyField #1,130 of 1,646 25.8%189 #2206
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,140 of 1,556 16.5%79 #890
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,785 of 2,318 12.4%71 #2067
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #210 of 263 29.9%112 #497
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #644 of 795 24.7%75 #1126
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #1,281 of 1,568 17.6%70 #1236

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Plasma 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. Physical Sciences#2,152 #3,093
  2. Engineering#2,280 #2,299
  3. Materials Science#1,212 #1,560
  4. Physics and Astronomy#2,206 #1,130
  5. Materials Chemistry#890 #1,140
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,067 #1,785
  7. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#497 #210
  8. Aerospace Engineering#1,126 #644
  9. Biomedical Engineering#1,236 #1,281
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 Plasma Physics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 54.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 111.7 works54×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 189.2 works13×
  3. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 74.5 works9.8×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 25.4 works7.5×
  5. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 79.1 works6.2×
  6. Biomedical EngineeringSubfield · 69.7 works5.1×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.14× its world share, 307 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.01× its world share, 91 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 13.04× its world share, 189 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 13.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Plasma Physics?

Ranked on the composite score, Yong Cheng, Xuemei Ren and Jiefeng Wu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Plasma Physics.

  1. 1 Yong Cheng China · #299,175 worldwide 140 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Xuemei Ren China · #398,572 worldwide 245 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Jiefeng Wu China · #417,630 worldwide 72 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Yuntao Song China · #427,230 worldwide 94 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Baonian Wan China · #442,641 worldwide 243 citations · 81 works
  6. 6 Yu Wu China · #457,974 worldwide 215 citations · 93 works
  7. 7 Yuanzhe Zhao China · #483,460 worldwide 88 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Yifei Wu China · #500,110 worldwide 126 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Ge Gao China · #501,061 worldwide 57 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Jiansheng Hu China · #520,113 worldwide 217 citations · 66 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Plasma Physics

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Plasma Physics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Turbulence, Diagnostics, Tokamak, Transport, Critical Current Density, Nb3Sn Conductor, Superconducting Magnets and Molecular Dynamics Simulations.

▲ 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. Turbulence97▲ 170×4 topics
  2. Diagnostics96▲ 177×2 topics
  3. Tokamak96▲ 688×1 topic
  4. Transport96▲ 462×1 topic
  5. Critical Current Density61▲ 374×2 topics
  6. Nb3Sn Conductor59▲ 485×1 topic
  7. Superconducting Magnets59▲ 485×1 topic
  8. Molecular Dynamics Simulations46▲ 167×2 topics
  9. fusion materials46▲ 387×1 topic
  10. radiation damage46▲ 387×1 topic
  11. Negative Ion Sources42▲ 352×1 topic
  12. Superconducting Cavities42▲ 352×1 topic
  13. Electron Acceleration24▲ 55×2 topics
  14. Solar Wind24▲ 40×2 topics
  15. Ionosphere21▲ 57×1 topic
  16. Magnetosphere21▲ 57×1 topic
  17. Plasma Etching18▲ 123×1 topic
  18. Semiconductor Industry18▲ 123×1 topic
  19. Mechanical Properties16▲ 2.5×20 topics
  20. Oxidation Resistance16▲ 22×3 topics
  21. Electron Beams15▲ 129×1 topic
  22. Hydrogen Embrittlement15▲ 27×3 topics
  23. Laser-Plasma Accelerators15▲ 129×1 topic
  24. Power Electronics14▲ 6.7×8 topics
  25. Density Functional Theory14▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Accident Tolerant Fuels14▲ 56×1 topic
  27. Fuel Cladding14▲ 56×1 topic
  28. Heat Transfer13▲ 3.9×15 topics
  29. Molten Salt12▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Nuclear Reactor12▲ 56×1 topic
  31. Tomography11▲ 9.6×4 topics
  32. Spectroscopy10▲ 9.4×6 topics
  33. Fault Detection9▲ 10.0×3 topics
  34. Electronic Structure Calculations9▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Cuprate Superconductors9▲ 40×1 topic
  36. High-Temperature Superconductivity9▲ 40×1 topic
  37. HVDC Transmission9▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Radiography8▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Control Strategies8▲ 8.8×4 topics
  40. Small-Angle Scattering8▲ 23×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Magnetic confinement fusion research, Superconducting Materials and Applications, Fusion materials and technologies and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics.

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 96 works
  2. 2 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 59 works
  3. 3 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 46 works
  4. 4 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 42 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 works
  6. 6 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 18 works
  7. 7 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 15 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 14 works
  9. 9 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 12 works
  10. 10 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 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 available17.1%not open82.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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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