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Instituto de Física La Plata

In research, Instituto de Física La Plata stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,707 of 12,888 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#1,571 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Physics and Astronomy — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 36.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,981
of 28,054 · #10,049 all time
Rank in Argentina
#36
of 188
Research works
1.1k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Instituto de Física La Plata 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 #6,707 of 12,888 13.5%135 #6267
Physics and AstronomyField #1,571 of 1,646 16.5%66 #2488

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto de Física La Plata 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 Instituto de Física La Plata specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 36.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 20.2 works36×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 65.6 works17×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.43× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.90× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.69× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 16.57× its world share, 66 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 16.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto de Física La Plata?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard Gans, Federico Holik and M. Portesi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto de Física La Plata.

  1. 1 Richard Gans Argentina · #296,576 worldwide 88 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Federico Holik Argentina · #1,199,916 worldwide 34 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 M. Portesi Argentina · #1,460,638 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 G. M. Bosyk Argentina · #1,542,836 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Nicolás Grandi Argentina · #1,566,054 worldwide 27 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto de Física La Plata

Which keywords describe research at Instituto de Física La Plata?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Entanglement, Quantum Gravity, Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Quantum Information, Black Holes, Quantum Entanglement and Field Theories.

▲ 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. Entanglement9▲ 35×4 topics
  2. Quantum Gravity8▲ 54×4 topics
  3. Dark Matter7▲ 36×3 topics
  4. Particle Physics7▲ 52×2 topics
  5. Quantum Information7▲ 33×3 topics
  6. Black Holes6▲ 36×3 topics
  7. Nanoparticles6▲ 2.6×24 topics
  8. Quantum Entanglement6▲ 50×2 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications5▲ 2.6×24 topics
  10. Field Theories5▲ 67×1 topic
  11. Holographic5▲ 67×1 topic
  12. Renormalization Group5▲ 54×2 topics
  13. Supernovae5▲ 35×2 topics
  14. Dark Energy4▲ 39×2 topics
  15. Higgs Boson4▲ 47×1 topic
  16. High-Energy Collider4▲ 47×1 topic
  17. Cosmic Rays4▲ 45×2 topics
  18. Neutrinos4▲ 45×2 topics
  19. Cosmic Microwave Background4▲ 40×1 topic
  20. Cosmological Parameters4▲ 40×1 topic
  21. General Relativity4▲ 33×2 topics
  22. Optical Lattices4▲ 34×3 topics
  23. Superconducting Circuits4▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Topological Order4▲ 45×2 topics
  25. Lattice QCD4▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Quantum Simulation4▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Superconductivity4▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Spintronics3▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Gravitational Waves3▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Bell Inequality3▲ 50×1 topic
  31. Cosmology3▲ 27×3 topics
  32. Decoherence3▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Dynamics3▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Phase Transitions3▲ 31×3 topics
  35. Computation3▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Many-Body Localization3▲ 82×1 topic
  37. Quantum Thermalization3▲ 82×1 topic
  38. Cryptography3▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Electronic Structure3▲ 9.0×6 topics
  40. Quantum3▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto de Física La Plata publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Quantum Mechanics and Applications.

Black Holes and Theoreti…5Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 5 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…4Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 4 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…4Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 4 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Ap…3Quantum Mechanics and Applications: 3 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems: 3 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 3 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…3Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamics …2Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: 2 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…2Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 2 fractional worksStatistical Mechanics an…2Statistical Mechanics and Entropy: 2 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsArtificial Intelligence1 others

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

  1. 1 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 5 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  3. 3 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  4. 4 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  5. 5 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  6. 6 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  7. 7 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  8. 8 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  9. 9 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  10. 10 Statistical Mechanics and Entropy Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 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 available60.9%not open39.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.0%domestic only53.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto de Física La Plata's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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