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Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics

In research, Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,828 of 17,446 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#692 of 2,917 worldwide) and Astronomy and Astrophysics (#393 of 954 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics and Astronomy and Physical Sciences (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 66.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#11,395
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,366
of 7,310
Research works
596
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
34.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.18×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics

What is Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics 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 #3,828 of 17,446 15.5%568
Physics and AstronomyField #692 of 2,917 16.4%440
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #393 of 954 14.0%206

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics 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 Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (74%), Engineering (9%), Materials Science (3%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 58 fractional works · 92.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 46 fractional works · 73.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 22 fractional works · 34.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 13 fractional works · 20.3% of its workRadiation: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workInstrumentation: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 9.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKJoint Institutefor Nuclear…62fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences4%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy4673.9%
    2. Engineering69.5%
    3. Materials Science22.6%
    4. Computer Science12.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.0%
    6. Chemistry11.0%
    7. Environmental Science00.7%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences12.0%
    2. Psychology11.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine12.2%
    2. Dentistry00.4%
    3. Health Professions00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 66.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 21.7 works67×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 46.1 works33×
  3. Physical SciencesDomain · 57.6 works2.4×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 33.23× its world share, 46 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× 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, 33.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy33.23×46 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.24×1 works
  3. Dentistry0.83×0 works
  4. Materials Science0.75×2 works
  5. Chemistry0.63×1 works
  6. Engineering0.63×6 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×0 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.38×0 works
  9. Psychology0.35×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.29×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×1 works
  12. Energy0.19×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.16×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.15×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  16. Medicine0.12×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.12×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.09×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.08×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.01×0 works
  22. Health Professions0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics?

Ranked on the quality score, Young Sun Lee, Rana Ezzeddine and Erika M. Holmbeck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics.

  1. 1 Young Sun Lee United States · #250,860 worldwide 28k citations · 322 works
  2. 2 Rana Ezzeddine United States · #487,854 worldwide 4.2k citations · 118 works
  3. 3 Erika M. Holmbeck United States · #591,716 worldwide 871 citations · 92 works
  4. 4 Umberto Battino United States · #1,133,102 worldwide 392 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 C. Jordan United States · #1,471,307 worldwide 5.1k citations · 21 works
  6. 6 United States. Bureau of Standards. United States · #2,507,231 worldwide 0 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Yiyu Chen United States · #2,692,724 worldwide 154 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Gary R. Davis United States · #2,755,156 worldwide 1.4k citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Tomas Chylek United States · #3,657,713 worldwide 251 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Joakim Cederkall United States · #4,439,618 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics

What are the most cited papers from Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics?

The most cited paper from Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics is "THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY" (Kevork N. Abazajian et al., 2009), with 5,449 citations. Next come "MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): PLANETS, OSCILLATIONS, ROTATION, AND MASSIVE STARS" (3,616) and "SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS" (2,231).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY Kevork N. Abazajian et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access204 authors 18 May 2009 5,449
2 MODULES FOR EXPERIMENTS IN STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS (MESA): PLANETS, OSCILLATIONS, ROTATION, AND MASSIVE STARS Bill Paxton, Matteo Cantiello, Phil Arras et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access 28 Aug 2013 3,616
3 SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS Daniel J. Eisenstein et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access244 authors 9 Aug 2011 2,231
4 Binding energies in atomic negative ions Hartmut Hotop, W. C. Lineberger · Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data Jul 1975 1,539
5 The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Jennifer Adelman-McCarthy et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access163 authors 24 Mar 2008 1,501
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nucleosynthesis, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Structure, Gravitational Waves, Supernovae and Accretion Disks.

▲ 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-now 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. Nucleosynthesis12▲ 408×3 topics
  2. Exoplanets6▲ 244×1 topic
  3. Stellar Astrophysics6▲ 244×1 topic
  4. Nuclear Forces6▲ 520×1 topic
  5. Nuclear Structure6▲ 520×1 topic
  6. Gravitational Waves6▲ 167×2 topics
  7. Accretion Disks5▲ 147×2 topics
  8. Magnetic Fields5▲ 110×2 topics
  9. Supernovae5▲ 90×2 topics
  10. Gamma-Ray Bursts4▲ 265×1 topic
  11. Neutron Stars4▲ 265×1 topic
  12. Star Formation4▲ 116×2 topics
  13. Astronomical Instrumentation4▲ 179×1 topic
  14. Spectrograph4▲ 179×1 topic
  15. Tomography3▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Molecular Clouds3▲ 177×1 topic
  17. Protoplanetary Disks3▲ 177×1 topic
  18. Black Holes3▲ 47×3 topics
  19. Neutron Imaging3▲ 137×1 topic
  20. Radiography3▲ 130×2 topics
  21. Small-Angle Scattering3▲ 87×1 topic
  22. Galactic Center2▲ 76×2 topics
  23. Dark Matter2▲ 29×3 topics
  24. Mass Measurements2▲ 851×1 topic
  25. Nuclear Masses2▲ 851×1 topic
  26. Solar System Abundances2▲ 69×1 topic
  27. Terrestrial Planets2▲ 69×1 topic
  28. Cosmic Rays2▲ 65×2 topics
  29. Neutrinos2▲ 65×2 topics
  30. X-Ray Spectroscopy2▲ 70×2 topics
  31. Cosmology2▲ 40×2 topics
  32. Event Horizon Telescope2▲ 111×1 topic
  33. X-Ray Astronomy2▲ 111×1 topic
  34. Binary Black Hole2▲ 80×1 topic
  35. DNA Strand Breaks2▲ 177×1 topic
  36. Low-Energy Electrons2▲ 177×1 topic
  37. Neutron Star2▲ 80×1 topic
  38. Quantum Electrodynamics2▲ 107×2 topics
  39. High-Energy Astrophysics1▲ 85×1 topic
  40. Particle Acceleration1▲ 85×1 topic

Which research topics does Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Nuclear physics research studies, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 6 fractional worksNuclear physics research studies: 6 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…4Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 4 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…4Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 4 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 3 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 3 fractional worksAstronomical and nuclear…2Astronomical and nuclear sciences: 2 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 2 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 2 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsInstrumentationRadiation

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  2. 2 Nuclear physics research studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  3. 3 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  4. 4 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 4 works
  5. 5 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  6. 6 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 3 works
  7. 7 Astronomical and nuclear sciences Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  8. 8 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  9. 9 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  10. 10 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available49.6%not open50.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.3%domestic only54.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%30%Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics11.2% in 2020all institutions10.0% in 202020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.4% in 2016.

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