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Lorentz Center

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Research works
114
▼ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.5k
66.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Lorentz Center

Not ranked overall: Lorentz Center is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Lorentz Center work in?

In all years, 90% of research at Lorentz Center is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (60%), Engineering (9%), Materials Science (6%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 102 fractional works · 90.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 69 fractional works · 60.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 29 fractional works · 25.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 9.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 9.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 10 fractional works · 8.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 5.8% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 9.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKLorentz Center114fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy6960.4%
    2. Engineering119.4%
    3. Materials Science76.4%
    4. Mathematics54.7%
    5. Computer Science43.8%
    6. Chemistry32.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.7%
    8. Environmental Science10.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology65.5%
    2. Neuroscience00.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Social Sciences10.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    3. Psychology00.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Medicine21.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 27.55× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 27.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy27.55×4 works
  2. Computer Science1.74×1 works
  3. Materials Science1.58×0 works
  4. Neuroscience1.39×0 works
  5. Psychology1.02×0 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.87×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×0 works
  10. Engineering0.22×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.17×0 works
  12. Medicine0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lorentz Center?

Ranked on the quality score, M. J. P. Nijmeijer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lorentz Center.

  1. 1 M. J. P. Nijmeijer Netherlands · #1,800,276 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Lorentz Center

What are the most cited papers from Lorentz Center?

The most cited paper from Lorentz Center is "Statistical Mechanics of Assemblies of Coupled Oscillators" (G. W. Ford, Mark Kac, Peter Mazur, 1965), with 972 citations. Next come "Theory of the field-effect mobility in amorphous organic transistors" (913) and "Squark and gluino production at hadron colliders" (739).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Statistical Mechanics of Assemblies of Coupled Oscillators G. W. Ford, Mark Kac, Peter Mazur · Journal of Mathematical Physics Open access Apr 1965 972
2 Theory of the field-effect mobility in amorphous organic transistors M. C. J. M. Vissenberg, Marion Matters · Physical review. B, Condensed matter Open access 15 May 1998 913
3 Squark and gluino production at hadron colliders Wim Beenakker, R. Höpker, M. Spira et al. · Nuclear Physics B May 1997 739
4 Spontaneous symmetry breaking and Higgs effect in supergravity without cosmological constant Eugène Cremmer, Bernard Julia, Joël Scherk et al. · Nuclear Physics B 1979 635
5 Random Walks on Lattices. III. Calculation of First-Passage Times with Application to Exciton Trapping on Photosynthetic Units Elliott W. Montroll · Journal of Mathematical Physics Apr 1969 553
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lorentz Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Lattice QCD, Particle Physics, Quantum Gravity, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Black Holes and Renormalization Group.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Matter11▲ 52×4 topics
  2. Lattice QCD11▲ 72×2 topics
  3. Particle Physics10▲ 70×2 topics
  4. Quantum Gravity9▲ 68×4 topics
  5. Higgs Boson9▲ 83×1 topic
  6. High-Energy Collider9▲ 83×1 topic
  7. Black Holes8▲ 46×3 topics
  8. Renormalization Group6▲ 57×2 topics
  9. Field Theories6▲ 79×1 topic
  10. General Relativity6▲ 66×2 topics
  11. Holographic6▲ 79×1 topic
  12. Dark Energy6▲ 66×2 topics
  13. Supernovae6▲ 51×2 topics
  14. Cosmic Microwave Background6▲ 75×1 topic
  15. Cosmological Parameters6▲ 75×1 topic
  16. QCD6▲ 63×1 topic
  17. charmonium6▲ 63×1 topic
  18. Hydrodynamics5▲ 58×2 topics
  19. Phase Transitions5▲ 32×3 topics
  20. Heavy-Ion Collisions5▲ 87×1 topic
  21. Quark-Gluon Plasma5▲ 87×1 topic
  22. Monte Carlo Simulation4▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Nanoparticles4▲ 2.7×13 topics
  24. Fluctuation Theorems4▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Fractal Dimension4▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Stochastic Thermodynamics4▲ 57×1 topic
  27. Critical Phenomena4▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Network Dynamics4▲ 26×3 topics
  29. Random Walk Algorithm4▲ 50×1 topic
  30. Quantum Information3▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Entanglement3▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Cosmology2▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Electronic Structure Calculations2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  34. Social Influence2▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Polymer Films2▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Supercooled Liquids2▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Equation of State2▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Colloidal Suspensions2▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Cuprate Superconductors2▲ 18×1 topic
  40. High-Temperature Superconductivity2▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Lorentz Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture and Complex Network Analysis Techniques.

Cosmology and Gravitatio…0Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 0 fractional worksQuantum Information and …0Quantum Information and Cryptography: 0 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 0 fractional worksComplex Network Analysis…0Complex Network Analysis Techniques: 0 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitationa…0Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 0 fractional worksQuantum and electron transport phenomena: 0 fractional worksIron-based superconductors research: 0 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evo…0Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsArtificial IntelligenceStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2 others

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

  1. 1 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  2. 2 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  3. 3 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  4. 4 Complex Network Analysis Techniques Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 0 works
  5. 5 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  7. 7 Iron-based superconductors research Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 0 works
  8. 8 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter Physics 0 works
  10. 10 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 0 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.3%domestic only65.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lorentz Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Lorentz Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Lorentz Center0.000042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Lorentz Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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