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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna

In research, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,042 of 12,888 worldwide), Nuclear and High Energy Physics (#141 of 263 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#946 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy and Astronomy and Astrophysics — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 111.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,988
of 28,054 · #3,556 all time
Rank in Italy
#141
of 618
Research works
2.5k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
47k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna 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 #3,042 of 12,888 25.4%299 #2301
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #141 of 263 31.2%114 #213
Physics and AstronomyField #946 of 1,646 27.3%230 #1042

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna 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#2,301 #3,042
  2. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#213 #141
  3. Physics and Astronomy#1,042 #946
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, Sezione di Bologna specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 111.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 114.4 works111×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 230.2 works32×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 50.2 works30×
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 36.6 works16×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.03× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 31.70× its world share, 230 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 31.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, M. Fusco Girard, A. Pesci and D. Mal’Kevich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna.

  1. 1 M. Fusco Girard Italy · #6,250 worldwide 1.2k citations · 75 works
  2. 2 A. Pesci Italy · #8,174 worldwide 1.1k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 D. Mal’Kevich Italy · #8,887 worldwide 1.2k citations · 59 works
  4. 4 P. Antonioli Italy · #11,467 worldwide 1.3k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 E. Scapparone Italy · #15,430 worldwide 2.1k citations · 171 works
  6. 6 G. Laurenti Italy · #15,478 worldwide 766 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 F. Noferini Italy · #16,902 worldwide 1k citations · 42 works
  8. 8 F. Costa Italy · #19,872 worldwide 1.2k citations · 39 works
  9. 9 A. Hasan Italy · #21,102 worldwide 656 citations · 78 works
  10. 10 S. De Pasquale Italy · #21,234 worldwide 2.4k citations · 229 works
All ranked researchers at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna

Which keywords describe research at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Quantum Information, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Quantum Gravity, Black Holes and Cosmic Rays.

▲ 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▲ 125×4 topics
  2. Particle Physics41▲ 169×2 topics
  3. Quantum Information29▲ 76×3 topics
  4. Higgs Boson28▲ 168×1 topic
  5. High-Energy Collider28▲ 168×1 topic
  6. Quantum Gravity25▲ 94×4 topics
  7. Black Holes23▲ 75×3 topics
  8. Cosmic Rays22▲ 132×2 topics
  9. Neutrinos22▲ 132×2 topics
  10. Lattice QCD20▲ 102×2 topics
  11. Supernovae20▲ 74×2 topics
  12. General Relativity19▲ 86×2 topics
  13. Dark Energy19▲ 90×2 topics
  14. Cosmic Microwave Background19▲ 104×1 topic
  15. Cosmological Parameters19▲ 104×1 topic
  16. Cosmology19▲ 87×4 topics
  17. Entanglement17▲ 35×4 topics
  18. String Theory17▲ 89×2 topics
  19. Photon Counting16▲ 73×3 topics
  20. Field Theories16▲ 110×1 topic
  21. Holographic16▲ 110×1 topic
  22. CMOS Technology16▲ 62×4 topics
  23. Gravitational Waves16▲ 89×2 topics
  24. X-ray Imaging16▲ 140×2 topics
  25. Detector Performance16▲ 148×2 topics
  26. Particle Detectors16▲ 241×1 topic
  27. Silicon Detectors16▲ 241×1 topic
  28. Equation of State15▲ 88×2 topics
  29. Binary Black Hole15▲ 160×1 topic
  30. Neutron Star15▲ 160×1 topic
  31. Quantum Simulation15▲ 56×2 topics
  32. Galactic Center14▲ 97×2 topics
  33. Bell Inequality14▲ 119×1 topic
  34. Decoherence14▲ 119×1 topic
  35. Superfluidity14▲ 96×2 topics
  36. Axions13▲ 170×1 topic
  37. WIMPs13▲ 170×1 topic
  38. Bose-Einstein Condensation13▲ 112×2 topics
  39. Optical Lattices13▲ 62×2 topics
  40. Fermi Gases13▲ 148×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics and Particle Detector Development and Performance.

Particle physics theoret…28Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 28 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…19Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 19 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoreti…16Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 16 fractional worksParticle Detector Develo…16Particle Detector Development and Performance: 16 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 15 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 14 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…13Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 13 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bo…13Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 13 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…10Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 10 fractional worksNeutrino Physics Research10Neutrino Physics Research: 10 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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 28 works
  2. 2 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 19 works
  3. 3 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 16 works
  4. 4 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 16 works
  5. 5 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 15 works
  6. 6 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 14 works
  7. 7 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 13 works
  8. 8 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 13 works
  9. 9 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  10. 10 Neutrino Physics Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 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 available57.3%not open42.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.7%domestic only64.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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