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Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce

In research, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,830 of 12,888 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 70.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,004
of 28,054 · #5,002 all time
Rank in Italy
#346
of 618
Research works
2.8k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
55k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce 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 #6,830 of 12,888 26.3%85 #3133

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce 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, Sezione di Lecce specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 70.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 29.6 works70×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 53.4 works18×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.49× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 18.00× its world share, 53 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 18.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, F. Grancagnolo, P. Bernardini and G. Mancarella lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce.

  1. 1 F. Grancagnolo Italy · #437 worldwide 4.5k citations · 151 works
  2. 2 P. Bernardini Italy · #104,759 worldwide 511 citations · 127 works
  3. 3 G. Mancarella Italy · #129,762 worldwide 358 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 P. Pistilli Italy · #142,575 worldwide 301 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 I. De Mitri Italy · #145,329 worldwide 788 citations · 104 works
  6. 6 F. Pempinelli Italy · #174,076 worldwide 213 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 M. Boiti Italy · #194,400 worldwide 210 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Carlo Storelli Italy · #302,957 worldwide 196 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 B. G. Konopelchenko Italy · #312,940 worldwide 154 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 A. Surdo Italy · #324,057 worldwide 420 citations · 75 works
All ranked researchers at Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Lecce

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

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

▲ 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 Matter12▲ 75×4 topics
  2. Particle Physics10▲ 97×2 topics
  3. Black Holes8▲ 61×3 topics
  4. Cosmic Rays8▲ 112×2 topics
  5. Neutrinos8▲ 112×2 topics
  6. Cosmology7▲ 74×3 topics
  7. Quantum Gravity6▲ 53×3 topics
  8. Higgs Boson5▲ 79×1 topic
  9. High-Energy Collider5▲ 79×1 topic
  10. Supernovae5▲ 49×2 topics
  11. Galactic Center5▲ 88×2 topics
  12. Lattice QCD5▲ 67×2 topics
  13. Field Theories5▲ 81×1 topic
  14. General Relativity5▲ 55×2 topics
  15. Holographic5▲ 81×1 topic
  16. Quantum Entanglement5▲ 58×2 topics
  17. Cosmological Parameters4▲ 61×1 topic
  18. Dark Energy4▲ 52×1 topic
  19. Axions4▲ 138×1 topic
  20. WIMPs4▲ 138×1 topic
  21. Renormalization Group4▲ 52×2 topics
  22. QCD4▲ 80×1 topic
  23. charmonium4▲ 80×1 topic
  24. High-Energy Astrophysics3▲ 90×1 topic
  25. Particle Acceleration3▲ 90×1 topic
  26. CMOS Technology3▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Photon Counting3▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Detector Performance3▲ 66×2 topics
  29. X-ray Imaging3▲ 63×2 topics
  30. Particle Detectors3▲ 108×1 topic
  31. Silicon Detectors3▲ 108×1 topic
  32. Star Formation3▲ 38×2 topics
  33. Nonlinear Equations2▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 5.7×7 topics
  35. Nucleosynthesis2▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Neutrino Flavor Transformation2▲ 105×1 topic
  37. Neutrino Oscillations2▲ 105×1 topic
  38. Accretion Disks2▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Magnetic Fields2▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Gravitational Waves2▲ 24×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena.

Particle physics theoret…5Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 5 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoreti…5Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 5 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…4Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 4 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…4Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 4 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 4 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 3 fractional worksParticle Detector Develo…3Particle Detector Development and Performance: 3 fractional worksNeutrino Physics Research: 2 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 2 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 2 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and Astrophysics

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 5 works
  2. 2 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 5 works
  3. 3 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  4. 4 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  5. 5 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  6. 6 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  7. 7 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  8. 8 Neutrino Physics Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  9. 9 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  10. 10 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 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 available33.5%not open66.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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