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Niels Brock

In research, Niels Brock stands highest in Physics and Astronomy (#662 of 1,417 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,391 of 10,670 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 83.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,154
of 22,385 · #5,954 all time
Rank in Denmark
#60
of 93
Research works
379
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
28.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
57%
world 18%
Niels Brock

What is Niels Brock 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
Physics and AstronomyField #662 of 1,417 27.0%66 #499
Physical SciencesDomain #6,391 of 10,670 24.9%92 #2426

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Niels Brock 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 fields of science does Niels Brock work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Niels Brock is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (57%), Engineering (5%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 106 fractional works · 83.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 72 fractional works · 57.0% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 33 fractional works · 26.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 25 fractional works · 19.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNiels Brock127fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences9%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy7257.0%
    2. Engineering65.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences64.9%
    4. Computer Science64.6%
    5. Mathematics54.0%
    6. Environmental Science43.5%
    7. Materials Science32.3%
    8. Chemistry21.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    10. Energy00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting54.2%
    2. Social Sciences21.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    5. Psychology10.7%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.2%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine21.3%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Niels Brock specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 83.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 33.4 works84×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 25.1 works38×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 72.4 works26×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.14× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.38× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 25.64× its world share, 72 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 25.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy25.64×72 works
  2. Mathematics3.38×5 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.14×6 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.30×5 works
  5. Chemistry1.08×2 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.00×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.70×4 works
  8. Materials Science0.66×3 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×4 works
  10. Computer Science0.59×6 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.56×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×1 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.39×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.34×1 works
  16. Engineering0.33×6 works
  17. Energy0.29×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×2 works
  19. Psychology0.24×1 works
  20. Health Professions0.22×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.13×2 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  23. Medicine0.07×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Niels Brock?

Ranked on the quality score, Roger Morales, Martín E. Pessah and Pablo Benítez-Llambay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Niels Brock.

  1. 1 Roger Morales Denmark · #539,216 worldwide 150 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Martín E. Pessah Denmark · #881,530 worldwide 1.5k citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Pablo Benítez-Llambay Denmark · #1,029,633 worldwide 764 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Raquel López Fernández Denmark · #4,306,892 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Bruno F. Abrantes Denmark · #4,727,170 worldwide 167 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Niels Brock

What are the most cited papers from Niels Brock?

The most cited paper from Niels Brock is "Rényi Divergence and Kullback-Leibler Divergence" (Tim van Erven, Peter Harremoës, 2014), with 1,598 citations. Next come "Majorana bound state in a coupled quantum-dot hybrid-nanowire system" (1,077) and "Editor's Choice – European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2022 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Venous Disease of the Lower Limbs" (833).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rényi Divergence and Kullback-Leibler Divergence Tim van Erven, Peter Harremoës · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory Open access 19 Jun 2014 1,598
2 Majorana bound state in a coupled quantum-dot hybrid-nanowire system Mingtang Deng, S. Vaitiekėnas, Esben Bork Hansen et al. · Science Open access 22 Dec 2016 1,077
3 Editor's Choice – European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2022 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Venous Disease of the Lower Limbs Marianne G. De Maeseneer et al. · European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Open access 11 Jan 2022 833
4 From hadrons to quarks in neutron stars: a review Gordon Baym, Tetsuo Hatsuda, Toru Kojo et al. · Reports on Progress in Physics Open access 9 Feb 2018 767
5 EQUATION OF STATE AND NEUTRON STAR PROPERTIES CONSTRAINED BY NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND OBSERVATION K. Hebeler, J. M. Lattimer, C. J. Pethick et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 19 Jul 2013 764
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Niels Brock?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cosmic Rays, Neutrinos, Dark Matter, High-Energy Astrophysics, Particle Acceleration, Gravitational Waves, Particle Physics and Black Holes.

▲ 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. Cosmic Rays13▲ 206×2 topics
  2. Neutrinos13▲ 206×2 topics
  3. Dark Matter10▲ 70×3 topics
  4. High-Energy Astrophysics10▲ 296×1 topic
  5. Particle Acceleration10▲ 296×1 topic
  6. Gravitational Waves10▲ 133×2 topics
  7. Particle Physics9▲ 100×2 topics
  8. Black Holes8▲ 62×3 topics
  9. Supernovae8▲ 73×2 topics
  10. Neutrino Flavor Transformation7▲ 376×1 topic
  11. Neutrino Oscillations7▲ 376×1 topic
  12. Climate Change7▲ 1.92×19 topics
  13. Galactic Center6▲ 110×2 topics
  14. Higgs Boson6▲ 97×1 topic
  15. High-Energy Collider6▲ 97×1 topic
  16. Binary Black Hole5▲ 136×1 topic
  17. Neutron Star5▲ 136×1 topic
  18. Quantum Gravity5▲ 45×4 topics
  19. Magnetic Fields5▲ 55×3 topics
  20. Accretion Disks4▲ 72×2 topics
  21. Gamma-Ray Bursts4▲ 129×1 topic
  22. Neutron Stars4▲ 129×1 topic
  23. Cosmology4▲ 49×3 topics
  24. Quantum Entanglement4▲ 45×2 topics
  25. Lattice QCD3▲ 46×2 topics
  26. Dark Energy3▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Event Horizon Telescope3▲ 115×1 topic
  28. Field Theories3▲ 58×1 topic
  29. General Relativity3▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Holographic3▲ 58×1 topic
  31. X-Ray Astronomy3▲ 115×1 topic
  32. Cosmic Microwave Background3▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Cosmological Parameters3▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Axions3▲ 104×1 topic
  35. WIMPs3▲ 104×1 topic
  36. Renormalization Group3▲ 41×2 topics
  37. Ocean Circulation2▲ 14×3 topics
  38. QCD2▲ 55×1 topic
  39. charmonium2▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Exoplanets2▲ 46×1 topic

Which research topics does Niels Brock publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena, Neutrino Physics Research, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research.

Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 10 fractional worksNeutrino Physics Research: 7 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…6Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 6 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitationa…5Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 5 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 4 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 3 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoreti…3Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 3 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 3 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 3 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 2 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and Astrophysics

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

  1. 1 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  2. 2 Neutrino Physics Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 7 works
  3. 3 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 6 works
  4. 4 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works
  5. 5 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  6. 6 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  8. 8 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  9. 9 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  10. 10 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 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 available78.1%not open21.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.9%domestic only43.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Niels Brock's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher 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 Niels Brock as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Niels Brock0.00051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Niels Brock 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%Niels Brock12.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.7% in 2024.

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