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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

In research, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,342 of 12,888 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#1,171 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 116.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,097
of 28,054 · #3,298 all time
Rank in Italy
#201
of 618
Research works
1.2k
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud 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 #4,342 of 12,888 23.1%130 #2075
Physics and AstronomyField #1,171 of 1,646 23.8%92 #1105

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud 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 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 116.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 52.8 works116×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 91.8 works29×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.15× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 28.55× its world share, 92 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.03× 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, 28.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud?

Ranked on the composite score, G. Cuttone, G.A.P. Cirrone and L. Pandola lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud.

  1. 1 G. Cuttone Italy · #1,606 worldwide 1.7k citations · 115 works
  2. 2 G.A.P. Cirrone Italy · #2,537 worldwide 1.5k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 L. Pandola Italy · #9,547 worldwide 1.5k citations · 51 works
  4. 4 R. Coniglione Italy · #41,028 worldwide 480 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 A. Grimaldi Italy · #43,089 worldwide 535 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 P. Piattelli Italy · #44,196 worldwide 529 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 E. Migneco Italy · #46,864 worldwide 429 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 M. Musumeci Italy · #56,670 worldwide 388 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 G. Riccobene Italy · #72,600 worldwide 558 citations · 71 works
  10. 10 A. Rovelli Italy · #75,202 worldwide 260 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud

Which keywords describe research at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nucleosynthesis, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Structure, Lattice QCD, Tomography, Data Analysis, Small-Angle Scattering and Radiography.

▲ 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. Nucleosynthesis19▲ 270×3 topics
  2. Nuclear Forces14▲ 546×1 topic
  3. Nuclear Structure14▲ 546×1 topic
  4. Lattice QCD13▲ 155×2 topics
  5. Tomography10▲ 39×4 topics
  6. Data Analysis9▲ 22×3 topics
  7. Small-Angle Scattering9▲ 110×2 topics
  8. Neutron Activation Analysis9▲ 166×1 topic
  9. Neutron Imaging9▲ 166×1 topic
  10. Radiography9▲ 161×2 topics
  11. QCD8▲ 163×1 topic
  12. charmonium8▲ 163×1 topic
  13. Dark Matter7▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Particle Physics7▲ 66×2 topics
  15. Crystal Growth6▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Radiation Detection6▲ 94×2 topics
  17. Medical Imaging6▲ 8.1×3 topics
  18. Higgs Boson6▲ 78×1 topic
  19. High-Energy Collider6▲ 78×1 topic
  20. Inorganic Scintillators6▲ 124×1 topic
  21. Scintillation Detectors6▲ 124×1 topic
  22. CMOS Technology6▲ 48×3 topics
  23. Heavy-Ion Collisions5▲ 145×1 topic
  24. Quark-Gluon Plasma5▲ 145×1 topic
  25. Neutrino Flavor Transformation5▲ 220×1 topic
  26. Neutrino Oscillations5▲ 220×1 topic
  27. DNA Strand Breaks4▲ 215×1 topic
  28. Low-Energy Electrons4▲ 215×1 topic
  29. Negative Ion Sources4▲ 164×1 topic
  30. Superconducting Cavities4▲ 164×1 topic
  31. Gravitational Waves4▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Photon Counting4▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Detector Performance4▲ 83×2 topics
  34. X-ray Imaging4▲ 74×2 topics
  35. Cosmic Rays4▲ 50×2 topics
  36. Neutrinos4▲ 50×2 topics
  37. Particle Detectors4▲ 126×1 topic
  38. Silicon Detectors4▲ 126×1 topic
  39. Particle Therapy3▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Proton Therapy3▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nuclear physics research studies, Nuclear Physics and Applications, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies.

Nuclear physics research…14Nuclear physics research studies: 14 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 9 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…8Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 8 fractional worksRadiation Detection and …6Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 6 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 6 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 5 fractional worksNeutrino Physics Research5Neutrino Physics Research: 5 fractional worksAtomic and Molecular Physics: 4 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 4 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 4 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsRadiationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsAerospace Engineering

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

  1. 1 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 14 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 9 works
  3. 3 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  4. 4 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 6 works
  5. 5 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  6. 6 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 5 works
  7. 7 Neutrino Physics Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 5 works
  8. 8 Atomic and Molecular Physics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  9. 9 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 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 available49.0%not open51.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.6%domestic only59.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Sud's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower 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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