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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

In research, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,591 of 12,888 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#471 of 1,646 worldwide) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (#119 of 263 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation and Physics and Astronomy — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 79.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,828
of 28,054 · #1,288 all time
Rank in Italy
#81
of 618
Research works
7.1k
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
116k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare 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 #1,591 of 12,888 21.2%501 #894
Physics and AstronomyField #471 of 1,646 25.4%297 #391
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #119 of 263 27.5%149 #117
EngineeringField #4,103 of 6,636 13.5%98 #1946

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare 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#894 #1,591
  2. Physics and Astronomy#391 #471
  3. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#117 #119
  4. Engineering#1,946 #4,103
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 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 79.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 149.0 works79×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 36.1 works44×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 297.0 works22×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 48.4 works16×
  5. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 36.8 works8.6×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 98 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.17× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 22.29× its world share, 297 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 22.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare?

Ranked on the composite score, M. Masetti, M. Statera and A. Gargano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare.

  1. 1 M. Masetti Italy · #72,604 worldwide 342 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 M. Statera Italy · #87,696 worldwide 284 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 A. Gargano Italy · #234,333 worldwide 236 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 F. Calogero Italy · #239,777 worldwide 602 citations · 130 works
  5. 5 I. DʼAntone Italy · #274,071 worldwide 152 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 A. Covello Italy · #337,612 worldwide 178 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 G. Morpurgo Italy · #369,195 worldwide 106 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 A. Manfredini Italy · #370,373 worldwide 4 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 A. Ventura Italy · #393,670 worldwide 277 citations · 85 works
  10. 10 E. Pace Italy · #401,843 worldwide 171 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare

Which keywords describe research at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Cosmic Rays, Neutrinos, Photon Counting, CMOS Technology, Higgs Boson and High-Energy Collider.

▲ 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. Dark Matter47▲ 68×4 topics
  2. Particle Physics43▲ 96×2 topics
  3. Cosmic Rays36▲ 119×2 topics
  4. Neutrinos36▲ 119×2 topics
  5. Photon Counting28▲ 67×3 topics
  6. CMOS Technology26▲ 55×4 topics
  7. Higgs Boson25▲ 81×1 topic
  8. High-Energy Collider25▲ 81×1 topic
  9. X-ray Imaging24▲ 115×2 topics
  10. Detector Performance24▲ 122×2 topics
  11. Cosmology23▲ 58×3 topics
  12. Medical Imaging23▲ 7.3×7 topics
  13. Particle Detectors22▲ 188×1 topic
  14. Silicon Detectors22▲ 188×1 topic
  15. Lattice QCD20▲ 57×2 topics
  16. Nucleosynthesis20▲ 70×3 topics
  17. Galactic Center20▲ 75×2 topics
  18. Neutrino Flavor Transformation20▲ 222×1 topic
  19. Neutrino Oscillations20▲ 222×1 topic
  20. Crystal Growth19▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Axions18▲ 130×1 topic
  22. WIMPs18▲ 130×1 topic
  23. Radiation Detection18▲ 67×2 topics
  24. Supernovae18▲ 36×2 topics
  25. High-Energy Astrophysics18▲ 109×1 topic
  26. Particle Acceleration18▲ 109×1 topic
  27. Inorganic Scintillators17▲ 85×1 topic
  28. Scintillation Detectors17▲ 85×1 topic
  29. Renormalization Group15▲ 46×2 topics
  30. Tomography15▲ 14×5 topics
  31. Black Holes13▲ 23×3 topics
  32. General Relativity13▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Data Analysis13▲ 7.8×6 topics
  34. Quantum Gravity13▲ 26×4 topics
  35. Entanglement13▲ 14×4 topics
  36. QCD13▲ 61×1 topic
  37. charmonium13▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Nuclear Forces12▲ 115×1 topic
  39. Nuclear Structure12▲ 115×1 topic
  40. Dark Energy12▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Particle Detector Development and Performance, Neutrino Physics Research and Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena.

Particle physics theoret…25Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 25 fractional worksParticle Detector Develo…22Particle Detector Development and Performance: 22 fractional worksNeutrino Physics Research20Neutrino Physics Research: 20 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…18Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 18 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 18 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 17 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…13Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 13 fractional worksNuclear physics research studies: 12 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 12 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Do…11Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 11 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsRadiationAstronomy and AstrophysicsPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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

  1. 1 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 25 works
  2. 2 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 22 works
  3. 3 Neutrino Physics Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 20 works
  4. 4 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18 works
  5. 5 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18 works
  6. 6 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 17 works
  7. 7 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 13 works
  8. 8 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 12 works
  9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  10. 10 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.6%domestic only73.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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