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International Solvay Institutes

In research, International Solvay Institutes stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,383 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Physics and Astronomy (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 57.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,917
of 22,385 · #1,956 all time
Rank in Belgium
#26
of 105
Research works
810
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.16×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
58%
world 18%
International Solvay Institutes

What is International Solvay Institutes known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,383 of 10,670 24.3%76 #1260

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where International Solvay Institutes 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does International Solvay Institutes work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at International Solvay Institutes is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (45%), Social Sciences (11%), Mathematics (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 91 fractional works · 68.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 60 fractional works · 45.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 24 fractional works · 18.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 15 fractional works · 11.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 14 fractional works · 10.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 28.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 6.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInternationalSolvay Institutes133fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences68%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences29%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy6045.3%
    2. Mathematics1410.3%
    3. Computer Science64.3%
    4. Engineering43.4%
    5. Materials Science32.4%
    6. Chemistry21.3%
    7. Environmental Science10.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1511.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance107.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting86.4%
    4. Psychology21.6%
    5. Decision Sciences11.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    1. Medicine21.3%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does International Solvay Institutes specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 57.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 24.0 works58×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 60.1 works20×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 8.78× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 20.36× its world share, 60 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.98× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.63× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 20.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy20.36×60 works
  2. Mathematics8.78×14 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.63×10 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.98×8 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.16×2 works
  6. Social Sciences0.89×15 works
  7. Chemistry0.86×2 works
  8. Veterinary0.74×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.69×3 works
  10. Computer Science0.56×6 works
  11. Psychology0.53×2 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.30×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×0 works
  14. Engineering0.23×4 works
  15. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.17×1 works
  17. Health Professions0.15×0 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  19. Energy0.14×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.12×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×1 works
  23. Medicine0.07×2 works

Who are the top researchers at International Solvay Institutes?

Ranked on the quality score, Hernán A. González, Alice Bernamonti and Daniel C. Thompson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is International Solvay Institutes.

  1. 1 Hernán A. González Belgium · #269,040 worldwide 1.6k citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Alice Bernamonti Belgium · #527,695 worldwide 1.5k citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Daniel C. Thompson Belgium · #536,136 worldwide 3.5k citations · 136 works
  4. 4 Jakob Salzer Belgium · #541,474 worldwide 440 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Miguel Vanvlasselaer Belgium · #713,260 worldwide 494 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Neil B. Copland Belgium · #790,596 worldwide 1.1k citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Marine De Clerck Belgium · #1,325,194 worldwide 171 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Oscar Fuentealba Belgium · #1,451,975 worldwide 349 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Maria Knysh Belgium · #1,506,051 worldwide 62 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Soumyadeep Chaudhuri Belgium · #1,800,122 worldwide 268 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at International Solvay Institutes

What are the most cited papers from International Solvay Institutes?

The most cited paper from International Solvay Institutes is "Time, Structure, and Fluctuations" (Ilya Prigogine, 1978), with 1,131 citations. Next come "Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics" (912) and "Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap" (777).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Time, Structure, and Fluctuations Ilya Prigogine · Science Sep 1978 1,131
2 Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics Ilya Prigogine · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences May 2003 912
3 Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap Abbas Askar et al. · Classical and Quantum Gravity Open access204 authors 19 Jun 2019 777
4 Is performance driven by industry‐or firm‐specific factors? A new look at the evidence Gabriel A. Hawawini, Venkat R. Subramanian, Paul J. Verdin · Strategic Management Journal Open access 5 Nov 2002 748
5 Aspects of the BMS/CFT correspondence Glenn Barnich, Cédric Troessaert · Journal of High Energy Physics Open access May 2010 660
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at International Solvay Institutes?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quantum Gravity, Black Holes, String Theory, Field Theories, Holographic, General Relativity, Cosmological Parameters and Dark Energy.

▲ 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-now 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. Quantum Gravity24▲ 218×3 topics
  2. Black Holes18▲ 137×3 topics
  3. String Theory16▲ 221×2 topics
  4. Field Theories16▲ 272×1 topic
  5. Holographic16▲ 272×1 topic
  6. General Relativity11▲ 119×2 topics
  7. Cosmological Parameters10▲ 143×1 topic
  8. Dark Energy10▲ 122×1 topic
  9. Lorentz Violation7▲ 325×1 topic
  10. Noncommutative Field Theory7▲ 325×1 topic
  11. Dark Matter5▲ 33×4 topics
  12. Renormalization Group4▲ 60×2 topics
  13. Particle Physics4▲ 45×2 topics
  14. Innovation4▲ 2.9×11 topics
  15. Higgs Boson3▲ 42×1 topic
  16. High-Energy Collider3▲ 42×1 topic
  17. Lattice QCD3▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Entanglement3▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation3▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Quantum Groups3▲ 58×2 topics
  21. QCD3▲ 58×1 topic
  22. charmonium3▲ 58×1 topic
  23. Galactic Center2▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Strategic Alliances2▲ 28×3 topics
  25. Cluster Algebras2▲ 66×1 topic
  26. Triangulated Categories2▲ 66×1 topic
  27. Cosmology2▲ 25×3 topics
  28. Organizational Learning2▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Symplectic Geometry2▲ 43×2 topics
  30. Business Models2▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Dynamics2▲ 33×2 topics
  32. K-Theory2▲ 57×2 topics
  33. Nonlinear Equations2▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Optical Lattices2▲ 23×3 topics
  35. Topological Order2▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Cosmic Rays2▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Many-Body Localization2▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Neutrinos2▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Quantum Thermalization2▲ 64×1 topic
  40. Superconducting Circuits2▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does International Solvay Institutes publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories and Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies.

Black Holes and Theoreti…16Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 16 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…10Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 10 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quant…7Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 7 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 3 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 3 fractional worksAlgebraic structures and combinatorial models: 2 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems: 2 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge Management: 2 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 2 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 2 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsGeometry and Topology2 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 16 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  3. 3 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 7 works
  4. 4 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  5. 5 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  6. 6 Algebraic structures and combinatorial models Geometry and Topology 2 works
  7. 7 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  8. 8 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  9. 9 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  10. 10 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available63.0%not open37.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors57.9%domestic only42.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has International Solvay Institutes's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is International Solvay Institutes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00043% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%International Solvay Institutes0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of International Solvay Institutes over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%International Solvay Institutes23.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.8% in 2023.

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