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Institute of Science and Technology Austria

In research, Institute of Science and Technology Austria stands highest in Physical Sciences (#935 of 12,888 worldwide), Computer Science (#438 of 4,667 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,165 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mathematical Physics, Geometry and Topology and Computational Theory and Mathematics — Mathematical Physics is 25.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,200
of 28,054 · #1,693 all time
Rank in Austria
#8
of 168
Research works
2.3k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
65k
28.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Institute of Science and Technology Austria 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 #935 of 12,888 24.8%516 #1689
Computer ScienceField #438 of 4,667 29.6%154 #380
Life SciencesDomain #1,165 of 7,800 41.2%188 #1275
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #791 of 3,579 38.8%127 #1109
Physics and AstronomyField #477 of 1,646 27.0%97 #1101
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,020 of 2,175 35.4%70 #1220
EngineeringField #3,391 of 6,636 21.5%79 #5306
MathematicsField #651 of 1,053 14.7%107 #1247

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Science and Technology Austria 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#1,689 #935
  2. Computer Science#380 #438
  3. Life Sciences#1,275 #1,165
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,109 #791
  5. Physics and Astronomy#1,101 #477
  6. Molecular Biology#1,220 #1,020
  7. Engineering#5,306 #3,391
  8. Mathematics#1,247 #651
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 Science and Technology Austria specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mathematical Physics takes 25.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 30.0 works25×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 23.4 works19×
  3. Computational Theory and MathematicsSubfield · 44.0 works14×
← 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: 0.81× its world share, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.18× its world share, 127 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.11× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.65× its world share, 154 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 79 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.40× its world share, 36 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 12.16× its world share, 107 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.81× its world share, 97 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 12.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Science and Technology Austria?

Ranked on the composite score, Alexander Kolesnikov, László Erdős and Christoph H. Lampert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Science and Technology Austria.

  1. 1 Alexander Kolesnikov Austria · #25,906 worldwide 822 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 László Erdős Austria · #40,910 worldwide 650 citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Christoph H. Lampert Austria · #41,077 worldwide 786 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Jiřı́ Friml Austria · #51,179 worldwide 436 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Vladimir Kolmogorov Austria · #147,014 worldwide 395 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Carl‐Philipp Heisenberg Austria · #218,764 worldwide 350 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 J. M. Fink Austria · #241,614 worldwide 160 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Dan Alistarh Austria · #258,203 worldwide 493 citations · 94 works
  9. 9 Michael Sixt Austria · #324,451 worldwide 117 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Péter Jónás Austria · #330,924 worldwide 157 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Science and Technology Austria?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Entanglement, Approximation Algorithms, Machine Learning, Model Checking, Modular Forms, L-Functions, Gene Expression and Population Genetics.

▲ 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. Machine Learning39▲ 1.58×29 topics
  2. Deep Learning28◆ 1.08×33 topics
  3. Entanglement19▲ 17×4 topics
  4. Approximation Algorithms19▲ 36×5 topics
  5. Gene Expression18▲ 4.1×14 topics
  6. Model Checking15▲ 44×3 topics
  7. Modular Forms14▲ 49×3 topics
  8. L-Functions14▲ 65×2 topics
  9. Population Genetics13▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Quantum Information13▲ 15×3 topics
  11. Random Matrix Theory13▲ 56×3 topics
  12. Stem Cells13▲ 6.8×11 topics
  13. Cohomology12▲ 39×2 topics
  14. Superfluidity12▲ 39×2 topics
  15. Quantum Simulation11▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Eigenvalues11▲ 64×2 topics
  17. Automata11▲ 53×2 topics
  18. Bose-Einstein Condensation11▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Temporal Logic11▲ 43×2 topics
  20. Transcription Factors11▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Representation Theory10▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Harmonic Analysis10▲ 57×2 topics
  23. Optical Lattices10▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Satisfiability Modulo Theories10▲ 75×1 topic
  25. Symbolic Model Checker10▲ 75×1 topic
  26. Tropical Geometry10▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Dynamics10▲ 29×3 topics
  28. Spintronics10▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Automorphic Forms10▲ 73×1 topic
  30. Dynamical Systems10▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Langlands Conjectures10▲ 73×1 topic
  32. Cryptography10▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Symplectic Geometry10▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Principal Component Analysis9▲ 8.9×2 topics
  35. Universality9▲ 63×2 topics
  36. Natural Selection9▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Algorithmic Applications9▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Fermi Gases9▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Ultracold Gases9▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Topological Order9▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Science and Technology Austria publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Formal Methods in Verification, Advanced Algebra and Geometry, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates and Quantum and electron transport phenomena.

Formal Methods in Verifi…10Formal Methods in Verification: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Algebra and Geo…10Advanced Algebra and Geometry: 10 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 9 fractional worksQuantum and electron transport phenomena: 8 fractional worksRandom Matrices and Applications: 8 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 8 fractional worksAlgebraic Geometry and Number Theory: 8 fractional worksEvolution and Genetic Dy…8Evolution and Genetic Dynamics: 8 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems: 8 fractional worksCellular Mechanics and Interactions: 6 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsMathematical PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsStatistics and Probability4 others

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

  1. 1 Formal Methods in Verification Computational Theory and Mathematics 10 works
  2. 2 Advanced Algebra and Geometry Mathematical Physics 10 works
  3. 3 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 9 works
  4. 4 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 8 works
  5. 5 Random Matrices and Applications Statistics and Probability 8 works
  6. 6 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 8 works
  7. 7 Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory Geometry and Topology 8 works
  8. 8 Evolution and Genetic Dynamics Genetics 8 works
  9. 9 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 8 works
  10. 10 Cellular Mechanics and Interactions Cell Biology 6 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 available70.8%not open29.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.4%domestic only46.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Science and Technology Austria's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher 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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