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National Institute for Subatomic Physics

In research, National Institute for Subatomic Physics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,515 of 10,670 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#370 of 1,417 worldwide) and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (#74 of 254 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 137.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,416
of 22,385 · #2,685 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#75
of 197
Research works
2k
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
60k
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
National Institute for Subatomic Physics

What is National Institute for Subatomic Physics known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,515 of 10,670 13.1%158 #1411
Physics and AstronomyField #370 of 1,417 13.0%123 #355
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #74 of 254 14.7%76 #63

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute for Subatomic 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,411 #2,515
  2. Physics and Astronomy#355 #370
  3. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#63 #74
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does National Institute for Subatomic Physics work in?

In 2022-now, 94% of research at National Institute for Subatomic Physics is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (72%), Engineering (9%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 173 fractional works · 94.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 132 fractional works · 72.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 79 fractional works · 43.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 31 fractional works · 16.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 6.8% of its workRadiation: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 9.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalInstitute for…184fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences94%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy13272.1%
    2. Engineering179.4%
    3. Computer Science115.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences63.3%
    5. Environmental Science21.2%
    6. Materials Science21.1%
    7. Mathematics20.8%
    8. Chemistry10.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences52.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    3. Decision Sciences10.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    5. Psychology00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Medicine10.8%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    2. Neuroscience00.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Institute for Subatomic Physics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 137.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 79.5 works138×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 31.0 works33×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 132.3 works32×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 32.40× its world share, 132 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 32.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy32.40×132 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.08×6 works
  3. Computer Science0.74×10 works
  4. Mathematics0.70×2 works
  5. Engineering0.62×17 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.51×1 works
  7. Materials Science0.33×2 works
  8. Chemistry0.27×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.25×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.22×5 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.07×0 works
  18. Medicine0.04×2 works
  19. Psychology0.02×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Institute for Subatomic Physics?

Ranked on the quality score, J. V. van Heijningen, J. Meidam and H. van der Graaf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute for Subatomic Physics.

  1. 1 J. V. van Heijningen Netherlands · #1,733 worldwide 81k citations · 264 works
  2. 2 J. Meidam Netherlands · #8,304 worldwide 57k citations · 127 works
  3. 3 H. van der Graaf Netherlands · #9,046 worldwide 58k citations · 801 works
  4. 4 K. Bos Netherlands · #10,789 worldwide 72k citations · 791 works
  5. 5 J. Mahlstedt Netherlands · #11,444 worldwide 19k citations · 263 works
  6. 6 S. Miglioranzi Netherlands · #14,549 worldwide 23k citations · 339 works
  7. 7 F. Hartjes Netherlands · #14,862 worldwide 38k citations · 532 works
  8. 8 J. F. J. van den Brand Netherlands · #16,388 worldwide 120k citations · 1,004 works
  9. 9 A. Samajdar Netherlands · #16,439 worldwide 11k citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Henk Jan Bulten Netherlands · #20,156 worldwide 59k citations · 312 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute for Subatomic Physics

What are the most cited papers from National Institute for Subatomic Physics?

The most cited paper from National Institute for Subatomic Physics is "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (B. P. Abbott et al., 2016), with 14,545 citations. Next come "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (9,794) and "Review of Particle Physics" (7,268).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors 11 Feb 2016 14,545
2 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
3 Review of Particle Physics Masaharu Tanabashi et al. · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. Open access232 authors 17 Aug 2018 7,268
4 Review of Particle Physics Particle Data Group et al. · Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics Open access239 authors Aug 2022 6,346
5 Review of Particle Physics J. Beringer et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access195 authors 20 Jul 2012 6,020
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Institute for Subatomic Physics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Lattice QCD, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Gravitational Waves, charmonium and QCD.

▲ 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-now 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 Matter31▲ 148×3 topics
  2. Particle Physics31▲ 231×2 topics
  3. Lattice QCD25▲ 230×2 topics
  4. Higgs Boson25▲ 267×1 topic
  5. High-Energy Collider25▲ 267×1 topic
  6. Gravitational Waves18▲ 174×2 topics
  7. QCD14▲ 215×1 topic
  8. charmonium14▲ 215×1 topic
  9. Binary Black Hole13▲ 230×1 topic
  10. Neutron Star13▲ 230×1 topic
  11. Photon Counting12▲ 100×3 topics
  12. Heavy-Ion Collisions12▲ 251×1 topic
  13. Quark-Gluon Plasma12▲ 251×1 topic
  14. Cosmic Rays11▲ 125×2 topics
  15. Neutrinos11▲ 125×2 topics
  16. Supernovae11▲ 73×2 topics
  17. CMOS Technology11▲ 72×3 topics
  18. Detector Performance10▲ 181×2 topics
  19. X-ray Imaging10▲ 164×2 topics
  20. Particle Detectors10▲ 290×1 topic
  21. Silicon Detectors10▲ 290×1 topic
  22. Galactic Center9▲ 107×2 topics
  23. Cosmology7▲ 56×3 topics
  24. Axions6▲ 151×1 topic
  25. WIMPs6▲ 151×1 topic
  26. Nucleosynthesis6▲ 66×2 topics
  27. Gamma-Ray Bursts6▲ 111×1 topic
  28. General Relativity6▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Neutron Stars6▲ 111×1 topic
  30. Cosmological Parameters5▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Dark Energy5▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Black Holes5▲ 30×3 topics
  33. Neutrino Flavor Transformation5▲ 184×1 topic
  34. Neutrino Oscillations5▲ 184×1 topic
  35. High-Energy Astrophysics5▲ 102×1 topic
  36. Particle Acceleration5▲ 102×1 topic
  37. Tomography4▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Crystal Growth4▲ 7.4×4 topics
  39. Quantum Gravity4▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Radiation Detection4▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does National Institute for Subatomic Physics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research and High-Energy Particle Collisions Research.

Particle physics theoret…25Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 25 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 14 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 13 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 12 fractional worksParticle Detector Development and Performance: 10 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…6Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 6 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 6 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 5 fractional worksNeutrino Physics Research: 5 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 5 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and Astrophysics

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 25 works
  2. 2 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 14 works
  3. 3 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 13 works
  4. 4 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 12 works
  5. 5 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  6. 6 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  7. 7 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  8. 8 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  9. 9 Neutrino Physics Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 5 works
  10. 10 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 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 available58.3%not open41.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Institute for Subatomic Physics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 National Institute for Subatomic Physics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%National Institute for Subatomic Physics0.00075% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Institute for Subatomic Physics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%National Institute for Subatomic Physics11.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.0% in 1993.

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