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Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences

In research, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,142 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#18,331
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#915
of 1,844
Research works
268
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
50.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.32×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
47%
world 18%
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences

What is Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #8,142 of 17,446 19.8%215

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences 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 Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences is in Physical Sciences, 21% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (26%), Engineering (13%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 59.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 26.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 12.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 12.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 21.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKIsaac NewtonInstitute for…24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences59%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences21%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy626.2%
    2. Engineering312.8%
    3. Mathematics15.7%
    4. Computer Science15.0%
    5. Environmental Science13.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.8%
    7. Materials Science12.7%
    1. Social Sciences15.6%
    2. Psychology14.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities14.3%
    4. Decision Sciences13.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology28.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine26.7%
    2. Health Professions00.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.84× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 11.78× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 3.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× 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, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy11.78×6 works
  2. Mathematics4.84×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.37×1 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.79×1 works
  5. Psychology1.55×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.53×2 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.52×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.49×1 works
  9. Engineering0.85×3 works
  10. Materials Science0.78×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.77×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.77×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.64×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.44×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.35×0 works
  16. Medicine0.35×2 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.34×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Howard E. Covington lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences.

  1. 1 Howard E. Covington United Kingdom · #3,309,633 worldwide 101 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences?

The most cited paper from Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences is "Distributed entanglement" (Valerie Coffman, Joydip Kundu, William K. Wootters, 2000), with 2,678 citations. Next come "Experimental Realization of Teleporting an Unknown Pure Quantum State via Dual Classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Channels" (1,811) and "Kinetic roughening phenomena, stochastic growth, directed polymers and all that. Aspects of multidisciplinary statistical mechanics" (1,449).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Distributed entanglement Valerie Coffman, Joydip Kundu, William K. Wootters · Physical Review A Open access 10 Apr 2000 2,678
2 Experimental Realization of Teleporting an Unknown Pure Quantum State via Dual Classical and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Channels D. Boschi, S. Branca, F. De Martini et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access 9 Feb 1998 1,811
3 Kinetic roughening phenomena, stochastic growth, directed polymers and all that. Aspects of multidisciplinary statistical mechanics Timothy Halpin-Healy, Yi‐Cheng Zhang · Physics Reports Open access Mar 1995 1,449
4 The Einstein equations on the 3-brane world Tetsuya Shiromizu, Kei-ichi Maeda, Misao Sasaki · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 22 Jun 2000 1,418
5 Quantum nature of the big bang: Improved dynamics Abhay Ashtekar, Tomasz Pawłowski, Parampreet Singh · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 2 Oct 2006 1,170
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: History and Developments in Astronomy, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics and Model Reduction and Neural Networks.

History and Developments…1History and Developments in Astronomy: 1 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 0 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksModel Reduction and Neural Networks: 0 fractional worksMeta-analysis and systematic reviews: 0 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 0 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tourism: 0 fractional worksExplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): 0 fractional worksAcademic Writing and Publishing: 0 fractional worksMusic Therapy and Health0Music Therapy and Health: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsComputational MechanicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsStatistical and Nonlinear Physics5 others

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

  1. 1 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  2. 2 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 0 works
  3. 3 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  4. 4 Model Reduction and Neural Networks Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 0 works
  5. 5 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  6. 6 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  7. 7 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 0 works
  8. 8 Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Academic Writing and Publishing History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  10. 10 Music Therapy and Health Social Psychology 0 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 available56.1%not open43.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.4%domestic only52.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000077% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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