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Kurchatov Institute

In research, Kurchatov Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#940 of 12,888 worldwide), Materials Science (#561 of 2,468 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#413 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Materials Science, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Radiation — General Materials Science is 38.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,556
of 28,054 · #1,053 all time
Rank in Russia
#10
of 1,062
Research works
15k
▲ 62% vs 2013–17
Citations
142k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Kurchatov Institute 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 #940 of 12,888 6.3%2,456 #758
Materials ScienceField #561 of 2,468 3.4%536 #545
Physics and AstronomyField #413 of 1,646 10.1%742 #409
EngineeringField #2,296 of 6,636 4.8%757 #1507
Life SciencesDomain #3,313 of 7,800 6.2%390 #3637
Materials ChemistrySubfield #880 of 1,556 3.5%348 #521
Social SciencesDomain #6,532 of 10,521 8.5%105 #6517
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,257 of 3,579 6.3%221 #2197
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #166 of 263 14.4%297 #234
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #368 of 565 6.1%184 #306

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kurchatov Institute 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#758 #940
  2. Materials Science#545 #561
  3. Physics and Astronomy#409 #413
  4. Engineering#1,507 #2,296
  5. Life Sciences#3,637 #3,313
  6. Materials Chemistry#521 #880
  7. Social Sciences#6,517 #6,532
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,197 #2,257
  9. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#234 #166
  10. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics#306 #368
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 Kurchatov Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Materials Science takes 38.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Materials ScienceSubfield · 52.6 works38×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 296.9 works30×
  3. RadiationSubfield · 99.6 works23×
  4. Physics and AstronomyField · 742.3 works11×
  5. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 50.7 works10×
  6. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 183.6 works8.1×
← 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: 0.51× its world share, 76 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 221 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 67 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.15× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.67× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.58× its world share, 127 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 88 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 46 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.74× its world share, 21 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.61× its world share, 757 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 66 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.89× its world share, 536 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.44× its world share, 53 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 10.62× its world share, 742 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 178 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 10.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kurchatov Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, A. Khanzadeev, Y. Schütz and J. Rak lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kurchatov Institute.

  1. 1 A. Khanzadeev Russia · #3,510 worldwide 1.6k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Y. Schütz Russia · #6,770 worldwide 1.5k citations · 130 works
  3. 3 J. Rak Russia · #9,363 worldwide 974 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 F. Křížek Russia · #11,721 worldwide 985 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 H. Delagrange Russia · #13,707 worldwide 843 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 M. Ippolitov Russia · #13,747 worldwide 1.2k citations · 44 works
  7. 7 C. Baumann Russia · #17,388 worldwide 957 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 V. Samsonov Russia · #18,144 worldwide 924 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 S. Zaporozhets Russia · #19,127 worldwide 767 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 I. Maldonado Cervantes Russia · #19,381 worldwide 1.1k citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Kurchatov Institute

Which keywords describe research at Kurchatov Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Diagnostics, Turbulence, Tomography, Lattice QCD, Tokamak and Transport.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties149▲ 4.9×31 topics
  2. Nanoparticles113▲ 2.9×41 topics
  3. Microstructure93▲ 5.7×18 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications81▲ 2.2×35 topics
  5. Diagnostics78▲ 30×3 topics
  6. Turbulence75▲ 27×4 topics
  7. Tomography72▲ 13×5 topics
  8. Lattice QCD71▲ 38×2 topics
  9. Tokamak70▲ 104×1 topic
  10. Transport70▲ 70×1 topic
  11. Nanocomposites69▲ 2.7×22 topics
  12. Metal Nanoparticles69▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Hydrogen Embrittlement66▲ 25×3 topics
  14. Oxidation Resistance65▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Aerospace Applications65▲ 21×3 topics
  16. Density Functional Theory65▲ 20×6 topics
  17. Small-Angle Scattering60▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Dark Matter57▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Particle Physics56▲ 24×2 topics
  20. High Temperature Behavior54▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Data Analysis54▲ 6.2×9 topics
  22. Molten Salt53▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Nuclear Reactor53▲ 53×1 topic
  24. Crystal Growth53▲ 6.0×12 topics
  25. Adhesive Joints52▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Raman Spectroscopy51▲ 8.3×6 topics
  27. Structural Properties51▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Molecular Dynamics Simulations50▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Radiography49▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics49▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Polymer Composite Materials49▲ 45×1 topic
  32. fusion materials48▲ 84×1 topic
  33. radiation damage48▲ 84×1 topic
  34. Neutron Activation Analysis48▲ 43×1 topic
  35. Neutron Imaging48▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Higgs Boson47▲ 29×1 topic
  37. High-Energy Collider47▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Accident Tolerant Fuels46▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Fuel Cladding46▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Renormalization Group38▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Kurchatov Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Magnetic confinement fusion research, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Material Properties and Applications and Fusion materials and technologies.

Magnetic confinement fus…70Magnetic confinement fusion research: 70 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics …53Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 53 fractional worksMaterial Properties and Applications: 49 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…48Fusion materials and technologies: 48 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…48Nuclear Physics and Applications: 48 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 47 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 46 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics a…37Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 37 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 34 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 29 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAerospace EngineeringGeneral Materials ScienceMaterials Chemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 70 works
  2. 2 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 53 works
  3. 3 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 49 works
  4. 4 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 48 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 48 works
  6. 6 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 47 works
  7. 7 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 46 works
  8. 8 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 37 works
  9. 9 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 34 works
  10. 10 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 29 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 available24.9%not open75.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kurchatov Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 62% 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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