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Quantum (Australia)

In research, Quantum (Australia) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,005 of 12,888 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#553 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physics and Astronomy and Artificial Intelligence — Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics is 38.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,575
of 28,054 · #2,822 all time
Rank in Australia
#61
of 391
Research works
985
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
27.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Quantum (Australia) 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 #2,005 of 12,888 22.5%180 #1794
Physics and AstronomyField #553 of 1,646 26.2%76 #756

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Quantum (Australia) 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).

What does Quantum (Australia) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics takes 38.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 59.4 works38×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 76.2 works16×
  3. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 27.5 works5.3×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.50× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.12× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.34× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 15.90× its world share, 76 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 15.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Quantum (Australia)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Entanglement, Quantum Information, Quantum Simulation, Superconducting Circuits, Security, Communication, Cryptography and Measurement.

▲ 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. Entanglement27▲ 83×4 topics
  2. Quantum Information23▲ 93×3 topics
  3. Quantum Simulation17▲ 100×2 topics
  4. Superconducting Circuits15▲ 100×2 topics
  5. Security15▲ 10×11 topics
  6. Communication14▲ 21×2 topics
  7. Cryptography14▲ 54×2 topics
  8. Measurement14▲ 75×2 topics
  9. Computation14▲ 88×2 topics
  10. Metrology14▲ 107×1 topic
  11. Quantum14▲ 79×1 topic
  12. Superfluidity12▲ 132×2 topics
  13. Bose-Einstein Condensation11▲ 148×2 topics
  14. Optical Lattices11▲ 77×3 topics
  15. Biosensors10▲ 8.7×7 topics
  16. Fermi Gases9▲ 159×1 topic
  17. Ultracold Gases9▲ 159×1 topic
  18. Quantum Algorithms8▲ 71×1 topic
  19. Quantum Computation8▲ 71×1 topic
  20. Spintronics7▲ 27×4 topics
  21. Quantum Computing7▲ 32×4 topics
  22. Bell Inequality6▲ 78×1 topic
  23. Decoherence6▲ 78×1 topic
  24. Nonlinear Optics6▲ 24×4 topics
  25. Optical Modulators6▲ 18×3 topics
  26. Electron Spin6▲ 70×1 topic
  27. Semiconductor Quantum Dots6▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Microresonators5▲ 28×3 topics
  29. Electronic Structure5▲ 12×7 topics
  30. Microcavities5▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 7.9×2 topics
  32. Two-Dimensional Materials4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  33. Atomic Magnetometer4▲ 61×1 topic
  34. Hyperpolarized Gases4▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Topological Order4▲ 42×2 topics
  36. Silicon Photonics4▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Superconductivity4▲ 11×7 topics
  38. Quantum Entanglement4▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Raman Lasers4▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Slow Light4▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Quantum (Australia) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Quantum Information and Cryptography, Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture and Quantum Mechanics and Applications.

Quantum Information and …14Quantum Information and Cryptography: 14 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 9 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 8 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 6 fractional worksQuantum and electron transport phenomena: 6 fractional worksAtomic and Subatomic Phy…4Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research: 4 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 4 fractional worksMechanical and Optical Resonators: 4 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 4 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems: 3 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringCondensed Matter Physics

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

  1. 1 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  2. 2 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 9 works
  3. 3 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  4. 4 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 6 works
  5. 5 Quantum and electron transport phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 6 works
  6. 6 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  7. 7 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Mechanical and Optical Resonators Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  9. 9 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 4 works
  10. 10 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 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 available60.7%not open39.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.6%domestic only54.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Quantum (Australia)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.