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National Institute for Astrophysics

In research, National Institute for Astrophysics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,833 of 12,888 worldwide), Astronomy and Astrophysics (#105 of 443 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#805 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Instrumentation is 101.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,963
of 28,054 · #2,934 all time
Rank in Italy
#138
of 618
Research works
4k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
84k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is National Institute for Astrophysics 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 #2,833 of 12,888 19.5%418 #1899
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #105 of 443 21.1%207 #103
Physics and AstronomyField #805 of 1,646 21.7%297 #847
EngineeringField #5,345 of 6,636 13.6%67 #4497

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute for 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 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#1,899 #2,833
  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics#103 #105
  3. Physics and Astronomy#847 #805
  4. Engineering#4,497 #5,345
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 National Institute for Astrophysics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Instrumentation takes 101.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. InstrumentationSubfield · 24.3 works102×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 206.8 works83×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 296.7 works28×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 41.2 works27×
  5. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 24.0 works4.3×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.93× its world share, 67 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 27.83× its world share, 297 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 27.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute for Astrophysics?

Ranked on the composite score, F. Finelli⋆, A. Gruppuso and G. Morgante lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute for Astrophysics.

  1. 1 F. Finelli⋆ Italy · #3,658 worldwide 2.8k citations · 144 works
  2. 2 A. Gruppuso Italy · #4,921 worldwide 2.2k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 G. Morgante Italy · #6,999 worldwide 1.9k citations · 116 works
  4. 4 F. Cuttaia Italy · #7,020 worldwide 2.2k citations · 61 works
  5. 5 A. de Rosa Italy · #8,336 worldwide 1.8k citations · 58 works
  6. 6 A. Zacchei Italy · #9,226 worldwide 1.7k citations · 87 works
  7. 7 C. Burigana Italy · #10,423 worldwide 2.4k citations · 144 works
  8. 8 L. Terenzi Italy · #12,048 worldwide 1.5k citations · 55 works
  9. 9 M. Sandri Italy · #13,508 worldwide 1.5k citations · 53 works
  10. 10 F. Villa Italy · #13,676 worldwide 1.5k citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute for Astrophysics

Which keywords describe research at National Institute for Astrophysics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Black Holes, Star Formation, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Gravitational Waves, Supernovae, Dark Matter and Cosmology.

▲ 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. Black Holes43▲ 94×3 topics
  2. Star Formation35▲ 139×2 topics
  3. Accretion Disks31▲ 139×2 topics
  4. Magnetic Fields31▲ 101×2 topics
  5. Gravitational Waves31▲ 115×2 topics
  6. Supernovae31▲ 78×2 topics
  7. Dark Matter28▲ 50×4 topics
  8. Cosmology27▲ 84×3 topics
  9. Exoplanets26▲ 135×1 topic
  10. Stellar Astrophysics26▲ 135×1 topic
  11. Astronomical Instrumentation24▲ 195×1 topic
  12. Spectrograph24▲ 195×1 topic
  13. Cosmic Rays23▲ 95×2 topics
  14. Neutrinos23▲ 95×2 topics
  15. Galactic Center23▲ 105×2 topics
  16. Nucleosynthesis23▲ 97×3 topics
  17. Galaxies22▲ 165×1 topic
  18. Stellar Populations22▲ 165×1 topic
  19. Solar System Abundances21▲ 92×1 topic
  20. Terrestrial Planets21▲ 92×1 topic
  21. Gamma-Ray Bursts21▲ 168×1 topic
  22. Neutron Stars21▲ 168×1 topic
  23. Solar Wind19▲ 43×2 topics
  24. High-Energy Astrophysics18▲ 142×1 topic
  25. Particle Acceleration18▲ 142×1 topic
  26. Event Horizon Telescope18▲ 174×1 topic
  27. X-Ray Astronomy18▲ 174×1 topic
  28. X-Ray Spectroscopy18▲ 87×2 topics
  29. Mars16▲ 104×1 topic
  30. Martian Surface16▲ 104×1 topic
  31. Turbulence14▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Molecular Clouds13▲ 109×1 topic
  33. Protoplanetary Disks13▲ 109×1 topic
  34. Radio Astronomy13▲ 118×2 topics
  35. Coronal Mass Ejections12▲ 69×1 topic
  36. Solar Dynamics Observatory12▲ 69×1 topic
  37. Photon Counting12▲ 36×3 topics
  38. Detector Performance11▲ 70×2 topics
  39. X-ray Imaging11▲ 65×2 topics
  40. Epoch of Reionization10▲ 162×1 topic

Which research topics does National Institute for Astrophysics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena and Astro and Planetary Science.

Stellar, planetary, and …26Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 26 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…24Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 24 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 22 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…21Astro and Planetary Science: 21 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…21Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 21 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 18 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 18 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…16Planetary Science and Exploration: 16 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 13 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 12 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationNuclear and High Energy Physics

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 26 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 24 works
  3. 3 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 22 works
  4. 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 works
  5. 5 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 works
  6. 6 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18 works
  7. 7 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
  8. 8 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  9. 9 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
  10. 10 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 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 available66.8%not open33.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.8%domestic only59.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute for Astrophysics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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