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Max Planck Institute for Physics

In research, Max Planck Institute for Physics stands highest in Nuclear and High Energy Physics (#22 of 263 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,837 of 12,888 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#613 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 182.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,287
of 28,054 · #1,003 all time
Rank in Germany
#160
of 1,178
Research works
5k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
159k
31.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
48.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Max Planck Institute for Physics 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
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #22 of 263 52.9%156 #14
Physical SciencesDomain #1,837 of 12,888 49.1%269 #707
Physics and AstronomyField #613 of 1,646 51.8%227 #299

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Max Planck Institute for Physics 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. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#14 #22
  2. Physical Sciences#707 #1,837
  3. Physics and Astronomy#299 #613
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 Max Planck Institute for Physics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 182.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 156.4 works183×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 227.0 works38×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 39.5 works28×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.77× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 37.53× its world share, 227 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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, 37.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Max Planck Institute for Physics?

Ranked on the composite score, O. Kortner, A. Manz and Georg G. Raffelt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Max Planck Institute for Physics.

  1. 1 O. Kortner Germany · #2,898 worldwide 2.8k citations · 139 works
  2. 2 A. Manz Germany · #2,972 worldwide 2.3k citations · 99 works
  3. 3 Georg G. Raffelt Germany · #5,205 worldwide 2.4k citations · 112 works
  4. 4 Werner Heisenberg Germany · #10,860 worldwide 626 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 R. D. Peccei Germany · #11,613 worldwide 1.7k citations · 49 works
  6. 6 W. Heisenberg Germany · #12,238 worldwide 674 citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Z. Drásal Germany · #15,248 worldwide 1.4k citations · 78 works
  8. 8 D. Hauff Germany · #17,204 worldwide 1.1k citations · 80 works
  9. 9 G. Lutz Germany · #18,032 worldwide 1.4k citations · 144 works
  10. 10 E. Lorenz Germany · #24,737 worldwide 842 citations · 100 works
All ranked researchers at Max Planck Institute for Physics

Which keywords describe research at Max Planck Institute for Physics?

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

▲ 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 Matter60▲ 191×4 topics
  2. Particle Physics57▲ 279×2 topics
  3. Higgs Boson42▲ 295×1 topic
  4. High-Energy Collider42▲ 295×1 topic
  5. Quantum Gravity37▲ 168×4 topics
  6. Black Holes32▲ 122×3 topics
  7. Lattice QCD31▲ 194×2 topics
  8. Supernovae28▲ 127×2 topics
  9. Quantum Entanglement28▲ 157×2 topics
  10. Field Theories28▲ 221×1 topic
  11. Holographic28▲ 221×1 topic
  12. Cosmic Rays27▲ 196×2 topics
  13. Neutrinos27▲ 196×2 topics
  14. Dark Energy23▲ 130×2 topics
  15. General Relativity23▲ 124×2 topics
  16. Cosmic Microwave Background22▲ 149×1 topic
  17. Cosmological Parameters22▲ 149×1 topic
  18. Renormalization Group19▲ 130×2 topics
  19. Cosmology18▲ 100×3 topics
  20. QCD18▲ 194×1 topic
  21. charmonium18▲ 194×1 topic
  22. Galactic Center18▲ 142×2 topics
  23. Axions16▲ 244×1 topic
  24. WIMPs16▲ 244×1 topic
  25. Photon Counting15▲ 80×3 topics
  26. CMOS Technology15▲ 67×5 topics
  27. Detector Performance15▲ 166×2 topics
  28. Particle Detectors14▲ 265×1 topic
  29. Silicon Detectors14▲ 265×1 topic
  30. Hydrodynamics13▲ 81×2 topics
  31. Heavy-Ion Collisions13▲ 194×1 topic
  32. Quark-Gluon Plasma13▲ 194×1 topic
  33. High-Energy Astrophysics11▲ 153×1 topic
  34. Particle Acceleration11▲ 153×1 topic
  35. Neutrino Flavor Transformation11▲ 275×1 topic
  36. Neutrino Oscillations11▲ 275×1 topic
  37. Gravitational Waves9▲ 57×2 topics
  38. Lorentz Violation8▲ 192×1 topic
  39. Noncommutative Field Theory8▲ 192×1 topic
  40. Nucleosynthesis6▲ 47×2 topics

Which research topics does Max Planck Institute for Physics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions.

Particle physics theoret…42Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 42 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 28 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 22 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 18 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 16 fractional worksParticle Detector Develo…14Particle Detector Development and Performance: 14 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 13 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 11 fractional worksNeutrino Physics Research: 11 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 8 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsStatistical and Nonlinear Physics

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 42 works
  2. 2 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 28 works
  3. 3 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 22 works
  4. 4 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18 works
  5. 5 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 16 works
  6. 6 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 14 works
  7. 7 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 13 works
  8. 8 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 11 works
  9. 9 Neutrino Physics Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 11 works
  10. 10 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 8 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 available47.9%not open52.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.6%domestic only71.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Max Planck Institute for Physics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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