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Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology

In research, Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#509 of 12,888 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#104 of 1,646 worldwide) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (#66 of 565 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Physics and Astronomy — Condensed Matter Physics is 67.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#929
of 28,054 · #2,729 all time
Rank in Germany
#45
of 1,178
Research works
499
▲ 3908% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.6k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology 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 #509 of 12,888 37.7%280 #1743
Physics and AstronomyField #104 of 1,646 41.1%163 #717
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #66 of 565 42.5%116 #584

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology 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#1,743 #509
  2. Physics and Astronomy#717 #104
  3. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics#584 #66
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 Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Condensed Matter Physics takes 67.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 30.9 works67×
  2. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 116.5 works56×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 163.2 works26×
  4. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 42.1 works6.1×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.33× its world share, 52 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.21× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.20× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 25.50× its world share, 163 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 25.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Annabelle Bohrdt and Sebastian Paeckel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Annabelle Bohrdt Germany · #1,047,612 worldwide 86 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Sebastian Paeckel Germany · #1,594,810 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Entanglement, Topological Order, Quantum Information, Quantum Simulation, Dynamics, Renormalization Group, Many-Body Localization and Quantum Thermalization.

▲ 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. Entanglement62▲ 144×4 topics
  2. Topological Order40▲ 286×2 topics
  3. Machine Learning40▲ 4.2×20 topics
  4. Quantum Information38▲ 114×3 topics
  5. Quantum Simulation32▲ 140×2 topics
  6. Dynamics32▲ 246×3 topics
  7. Renormalization Group32▲ 202×2 topics
  8. Many-Body Localization31▲ 525×1 topic
  9. Quantum Thermalization31▲ 525×1 topic
  10. Superfluidity22▲ 175×2 topics
  11. Spintronics22▲ 57×3 topics
  12. Superconducting Circuits21▲ 106×2 topics
  13. Computation21▲ 99×2 topics
  14. Cryptography20▲ 58×1 topic
  15. Quantum20▲ 88×1 topic
  16. Quantum Computing20▲ 68×4 topics
  17. Security20▲ 11×2 topics
  18. Bose-Einstein Condensation20▲ 196×2 topics
  19. Electronic Structure Calculations19▲ 99×2 topics
  20. Optical Lattices18▲ 99×3 topics
  21. Electron Spin18▲ 167×1 topic
  22. Semiconductor Quantum Dots18▲ 167×1 topic
  23. Cuprate Superconductors17▲ 175×1 topic
  24. High-Temperature Superconductivity17▲ 175×1 topic
  25. Fermi Gases16▲ 214×1 topic
  26. Ultracold Gases16▲ 214×1 topic
  27. Quantum Algorithms16▲ 103×1 topic
  28. Quantum Computation16▲ 103×1 topic
  29. Superconductivity16▲ 32×8 topics
  30. Electronic Structure11▲ 20×7 topics
  31. Topological Insulators9▲ 69×2 topics
  32. Spin Dynamics9▲ 70×2 topics
  33. Biosensors8▲ 5.6×6 topics
  34. Frustrated Magnets8▲ 104×1 topic
  35. Quantum Spin Liquids8▲ 104×1 topic
  36. Quantum Spin Hall Effect8▲ 78×1 topic
  37. Superconductors8▲ 78×1 topic
  38. Two-Dimensional Materials8▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Bell Inequality6▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Decoherence6▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Quantum many-body systems, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum and electron transport phenomena and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism.

Quantum many-body systems31Quantum many-body systems: 31 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 20 fractional worksQuantum and electron tra…18Quantum and electron transport phenomena: 18 fractional worksPhysics of Superconducti…17Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 17 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bo…16Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 16 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algori…16Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 16 fractional worksAdvanced Condensed Matter Physics: 8 fractional worksTopological Materials and Phenomena: 8 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 6 fractional worksQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamics: 5 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsArtificial IntelligenceCondensed Matter Physics

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

  1. 1 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 31 works
  2. 2 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  3. 3 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 18 works
  4. 4 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 17 works
  5. 5 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 16 works
  6. 6 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 16 works
  7. 7 Advanced Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter Physics 8 works
  8. 8 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 8 works
  9. 9 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 6 works
  10. 10 Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 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 available77.9%not open22.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors52.0%domestic only48.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3908% 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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