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Ruđer Bošković Institute

In research, Ruđer Bošković Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,631 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,110 of 7,800 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,693 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Oceanography — Physical and Theoretical Chemistry is 23.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,231
of 28,054 · #1,794 all time
Rank in Croatia
#3
of 80
Research works
11k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
214k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Ruđer Bošković Institute 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 #1,631 of 12,888 14.2%717 #1344
Life SciencesDomain #2,110 of 7,800 18.9%241 #2629
MedicineField #3,693 of 10,443 25.0%100 #6502
Health SciencesDomain #4,444 of 11,982 23.5%121 #7363
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,393 of 3,579 16.3%155 #1716
Physics and AstronomyField #929 of 1,646 26.0%135 #998
Environmental ScienceField #2,107 of 3,551 14.3%109 #1586
Materials ScienceField #1,581 of 2,468 8.7%119 #1327
ChemistryField #867 of 1,330 8.8%129 #643
EngineeringField #4,364 of 6,636 10.8%101 #3323

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ruđer Bošković 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,344 #1,631
  2. Life Sciences#2,629 #2,110
  3. Medicine#6,502 #3,693
  4. Health Sciences#7,363 #4,444
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,716 #1,393
  6. Physics and Astronomy#998 #929
  7. Environmental Science#1,586 #2,107
  8. Materials Science#1,327 #1,581
  9. Chemistry#643 #867
  10. Engineering#3,323 #4,364
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Ruđer Bošković Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical and Theoretical Chemistry takes 23.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical and Theoretical ChemistrySubfield · 20.6 works24×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 54.6 works16×
  3. OceanographySubfield · 27.5 works8.9×
  4. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 66.4 works8.0×
  5. ChemistryField · 129.4 works7.5×
← 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: 0.98× its world share, 52 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.63× its world share, 155 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.00× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.46× its world share, 129 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.98× its world share, 52 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.27× its world share, 13 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 101 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.98× its world share, 109 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.08× its world share, 119 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.51× its world share, 135 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 100 worksMedicineNursing: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ruđer Bošković Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Nenad Trinajstić, Marijan Ahel and K. Kadija lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ruđer Bošković Institute.

  1. 1 Nenad Trinajstić Croatia · #49,096 worldwide 737 citations · 154 works
  2. 2 Marijan Ahel Croatia · #60,722 worldwide 255 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 K. Kadija Croatia · #89,139 worldwide 444 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Mathieu Dutour Sikirić Croatia · #148,163 worldwide 217 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 Ivica Kopriva Croatia · #156,727 worldwide 198 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Neven Matočec Croatia · #203,982 worldwide 201 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Neven Žarković Croatia · #228,307 worldwide 131 citations · 65 works
  8. 8 Aleksandar Sabljić Croatia · #233,555 worldwide 128 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Josip Trampetić Croatia · #264,139 worldwide 255 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Margita Jadan Croatia · #271,902 worldwide 210 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Ruđer Bošković Institute

Which keywords describe research at Ruđer Bošković Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medicinal Chemistry, Catalysis, Synthesis, Oxidative Stress, Nanostructures, Environmental Impact, Nanoparticles and Toxicity.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress42▲ 2.4×51 topics
  2. Environmental Impact40▲ 2.2×28 topics
  3. Climate Change38▲ 1.27×47 topics
  4. Nanoparticles36▲ 2.5×32 topics
  5. Catalysis33▲ 4.4×27 topics
  6. Cancer29▲ 1.95×37 topics
  7. Nanostructures26▲ 6.0×16 topics
  8. Synthesis26▲ 6.4×27 topics
  9. Medicinal Chemistry26▲ 8.5×12 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications25▲ 1.92×31 topics
  11. Toxicity24▲ 5.1×15 topics
  12. Nanomaterials23▲ 1.97×15 topics
  13. Quantum Gravity20▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Self-Assembly20▲ 5.6×11 topics
  15. Hydrogen Bonding20▲ 20×5 topics
  16. Drug Discovery19▲ 7.8×11 topics
  17. Health Effects19▲ 2.8×17 topics
  18. Anticancer Agents18▲ 11×11 topics
  19. Dark Matter18▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Pollution17▲ 8.1×3 topics
  21. Supramolecular Chemistry17▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Crystal Engineering17▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Particle Physics16▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Bioimaging14▲ 5.7×5 topics
  25. Green Chemistry14▲ 7.2×9 topics
  26. Black Holes14▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Chemical Sensors14▲ 5.3×3 topics
  28. Marine Environment14▲ 8.7×3 topics
  29. Mechanochemistry14▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Metal Complexes13▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Bioavailability13▲ 5.9×6 topics
  32. Higgs Boson13▲ 23×1 topic
  33. High-Energy Collider13▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Quantum Entanglement12▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Eutrophication12▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Field Theories12▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Holographic12▲ 24×1 topic
  38. String Theory12▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Harmful Algal Blooms12▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Lattice QCD11▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Ruđer Bošković Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Crystallography and molecular interactions and Marine and coastal ecosystems.

Particle physics theoret…13Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 13 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoreti…12Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 12 fractional worksCrystallography and molecular interactions: 10 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 10 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 9 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 9 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 8 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and A…8Chemical Synthesis and Analysis: 8 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 8 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 7 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryOceanographyPollution3 others

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 13 works
  2. 2 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 12 works
  3. 3 Crystallography and molecular interactions Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 10 works
  4. 4 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 10 works
  5. 5 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 9 works
  6. 6 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 9 works
  7. 7 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 8 works
  8. 8 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 8 works
  9. 9 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 8 works
  10. 10 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 7 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.5%domestic only71.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ruđer Bošković Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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