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Natural Philosophy Institute

In research, Natural Philosophy Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,779 of 21,541 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#2,444 of 3,663 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, all time
#9,055
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,015
of 8,685
Research works
335
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.4k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
8%
world 28%

What is Natural Philosophy Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #5,779 of 21,541 29.1%288
Physics and AstronomyField #2,444 of 3,663 29.7%192

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Natural Philosophy Institute 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).

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: 6.42× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 3.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.68× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyArts and Humanities: 10.82× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.30× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Natural Philosophy Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tomography, Nucleosynthesis, Data Analysis, Small-Angle Scattering, Neutron Activation Analysis, Neutron Imaging, Nuclear Forces and Nuclear Structure.

▲ 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. Tomography30▲ 33×4 topics
  2. Nucleosynthesis28▲ 80×3 topics
  3. Data Analysis27▲ 25×2 topics
  4. Small-Angle Scattering27▲ 63×2 topics
  5. Neutron Activation Analysis27▲ 100×1 topic
  6. Neutron Imaging27▲ 100×1 topic
  7. Nuclear Forces25▲ 132×1 topic
  8. Nuclear Structure25▲ 132×1 topic
  9. Lattice QCD17▲ 38×2 topics
  10. Crystal Growth15▲ 13×4 topics
  11. Spectroscopy14▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Radiation Detection13▲ 57×2 topics
  13. Dark Matter13▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Particle Physics12▲ 28×2 topics
  15. QCD12▲ 44×1 topic
  16. charmonium12▲ 44×1 topic
  17. Magnetic Resonance Imaging12▲ 9.4×3 topics
  18. Medical Imaging12▲ 13×2 topics
  19. Inorganic Scintillators12▲ 81×1 topic
  20. Scintillation Detectors12▲ 81×1 topic
  21. Higgs Boson11▲ 34×1 topic
  22. High-Energy Collider11▲ 34×1 topic
  23. Decay Rates9▲ 262×1 topic
  24. Radionuclide Metrology9▲ 262×1 topic
  25. DNA Strand Breaks8▲ 38×1 topic
  26. Low-Energy Electrons8▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Atomic Magnetometer7▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Hyperpolarized Gases7▲ 42×1 topic
  29. Superfluidity7▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Density Functional Theory6▲ 7.2×4 topics
  31. Quantum Mechanics6▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Electronic Structure Calculations6▲ 7.7×2 topics
  33. Quantitative Analysis6▲ 10.0×2 topics
  34. Phase Transitions6▲ 12×3 topics
  35. X-ray Absorption5▲ 42×2 topics
  36. High Resolution5▲ 50×1 topic
  37. X-ray Emission5▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Ab Initio Parametrization5▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Heavy-Ion Collisions5▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Quark-Gluon Plasma5▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Natural Philosophy Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Evolution and Science Education, Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, Economic Theory and Institutions and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life.

  1. 1 Evolution and Science Education History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  2. 2 Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  3. 3 Economic Theory and Institutions Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  6. 6 Embodied and Extended Cognition Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  7. 7 Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  8. 8 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 0 works
  9. 9 Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Genetics 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 available7.8%not open92.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.2%domestic only66.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Natural Philosophy Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% 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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