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Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics

In research, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,505 of 17,446 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#532 of 2,917 worldwide) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (#564 of 1,567 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy (Physics and Astronomy is 22.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,865
of 22,385 · #4,966 all time
Rank in Sweden
#77
of 107
Research works
1.2k
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
41k
33.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics

What is Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics 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 #2,505 of 17,446 13.2%1,090
Physics and AstronomyField #532 of 2,917 12.4%742
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #564 of 1,567 11.6%232
EngineeringField #4,549 of 9,532 14.0%135
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #516 of 954 12.6%141
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #447 of 726 12.0%208

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nordic Institute for Theoretical 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 fields of science does Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (49%), Social Sciences (6%), Medicine (6%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 60 fractional works · 72.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 41 fractional works · 49.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 16.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 12 fractional works · 14.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKNordic Institutefor Theoretical…83fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences15%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy4149.4%
    2. Engineering45.2%
    3. Materials Science44.6%
    4. Computer Science44.4%
    5. Mathematics44.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.2%
    7. Environmental Science11.1%
    8. Chemistry00.5%
    1. Social Sciences56.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities33.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.8%
    4. Psychology22.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine56.1%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 22.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 41.0 works22×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.68× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 22.20× its world share, 41 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× 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, 22.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy22.20×41 works
  2. Mathematics3.68×4 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.02×3 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.33×2 works
  5. Materials Science1.32×4 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.08×3 works
  7. Veterinary0.74×0 works
  8. Psychology0.64×2 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.58×3 works
  10. Computer Science0.56×4 works
  11. Social Sciences0.50×5 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.44×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.43×1 works
  14. Engineering0.35×4 works
  15. Chemistry0.34×0 works
  16. Medicine0.32×5 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×1 works
  18. Nursing0.27×0 works
  19. Health Professions0.25×1 works
  20. Environmental Science0.22×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×1 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics?

Ranked on the quality score, Jan Bromander, L.‐E. De Geer and G. Astner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics.

  1. 1 Jan Bromander Sweden · #1,318,964 worldwide 1.2k citations · 36 works
  2. 2 L.‐E. De Geer Sweden · #1,516,636 worldwide 1.2k citations · 26 works
  3. 3 G. Astner Sweden · #1,738,680 worldwide 1.7k citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Arthur B. Johnson Sweden · #1,771,785 worldwide 1.6k citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Sven A. Hjorth Sweden · #1,967,264 worldwide 1.7k citations · 61 works
  6. 6 L. Lundin Sweden · #2,129,149 worldwide 475 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 C.J. Herrlander Sweden · #2,142,346 worldwide 1.5k citations · 58 works
  8. 8 P. Salomonson Sweden · #2,215,027 worldwide 1.6k citations · 50 works
  9. 9 R. Guigas Sweden · #2,555,572 worldwide 552 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Peter Peldán Sweden · #2,806,265 worldwide 862 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics

What are the most cited papers from Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics?

The most cited paper from Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics is "Planck 2015 results" (Peter A. R. Ade et al., 2016), with 10,771 citations. Next come "Planck 2015 results" (5,452) and "A new method for predicting signal sequence cleavage sites" (4,557).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Planck 2015 results Peter A. R. Ade et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access261 authors 20 Jun 2016 10,771
2 Planck 2015 results Ade, PAR et al. · ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University) Open access261 authors Oct 2016 5,452
3 A new method for predicting signal sequence cleavage sites Gunnar von Heijne · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 1986 4,557
4 A complete active space SCF method (CASSCF) using a density matrix formulated super-CI approach Björn Olof Roos, Peter R. Taylor, Per E.M. Sigbahn · Chemical Physics May 1980 4,040
5 The restaurant at the end of the random walk: recent developments in the description of anomalous transport by fractional dynamics Ralf Metzler, J. Klafter · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General Open access 21 Jul 2004 2,390
All 49 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Black Holes, Entanglement, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Entanglement, Supernovae, Quantum Information, Field Theories and Holographic.

▲ 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. Black Holes5▲ 59×3 topics
  2. Entanglement4▲ 36×4 topics
  3. Quantum Gravity4▲ 60×3 topics
  4. Quantum Entanglement4▲ 67×2 topics
  5. Supernovae4▲ 52×2 topics
  6. Quantum Information3▲ 31×3 topics
  7. Cosmological Parameters3▲ 63×1 topic
  8. Dark Energy3▲ 53×1 topic
  9. Field Theories3▲ 79×1 topic
  10. Holographic3▲ 79×1 topic
  11. Gravitational Waves3▲ 59×2 topics
  12. Superconductors2▲ 86×1 topic
  13. Topological Insulators2▲ 64×1 topic
  14. Dark Matter2▲ 23×3 topics
  15. Equation of State2▲ 50×2 topics
  16. Renormalization Group2▲ 47×2 topics
  17. Topological Order2▲ 55×2 topics
  18. Binary Black Hole2▲ 85×1 topic
  19. Neutron Star2▲ 85×1 topic
  20. Superconductivity2▲ 14×7 topics
  21. Electronic Structure2▲ 13×6 topics
  22. Optical Lattices2▲ 34×3 topics
  23. Superfluidity2▲ 54×2 topics
  24. Cosmology2▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Monte Carlo Simulation2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  26. Two-Dimensional Materials2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  27. Galactic Center2▲ 43×2 topics
  28. Superconducting Circuits2▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Bell Inequality2▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Decoherence2▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Electronic Structure Calculations2▲ 29×2 topics
  32. Phase Transitions2▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Quantum Simulation2▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Solar Wind2▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Spintronics2▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Bose-Einstein Condensation1▲ 46×2 topics
  37. Many-Body Localization1▲ 78×1 topic
  38. Particle Physics1▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Quantum Thermalization1▲ 78×1 topic
  40. Star Formation1▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Topological Materials and Phenomena and Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research.

Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 3 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 3 fractional worksTopological Materials an…2Topological Materials and Phenomena: 2 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitationa…2Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 2 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 2 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems: 1 fractional worksTheoretical and Computat…1Theoretical and Computational Physics: 1 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 1 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 1 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …1Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 1 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsCondensed Matter Physics

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

  1. 1 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  2. 2 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  3. 3 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  4. 4 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  5. 5 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  6. 6 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  7. 7 Theoretical and Computational Physics Condensed Matter Physics 1 works
  8. 8 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 1 works
  9. 9 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.3%domestic only63.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% 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 Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics0.00036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nordic Institute for Theoretical 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%Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics18.5% 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 20.8% in 2013.

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