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Simons Center for Geometry and Physics

In research, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,207 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy (Physics and Astronomy is 24.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#3,320
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#788
of 7,310
Research works
252
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.1k
32.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.31×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Simons Center for Geometry and Physics

What is Simons Center for Geometry and 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 #1,207 of 17,446 24.5%232

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Simons Center for Geometry and 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 Simons Center for Geometry and Physics work in?

In 2022-now, 95% of research at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (55%), Mathematics (23%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 53 fractional works · 95.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 31 fractional works · 55.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 14 fractional works · 25.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 8.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 8.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 23.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 7 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 11.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSimons Center forGeometry and…56fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences95%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences1%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy3155.1%
    2. Mathematics1323.4%
    3. Engineering611.5%
    4. Computer Science22.8%
    5. Materials Science00.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.8%
    7. Chemistry00.7%
    8. Environmental Science00.3%
    1. Medicine12.6%
    1. Social Sciences11.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Simons Center for Geometry and Physics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 24.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 30.7 works25×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 19.87× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 24.78× its world share, 31 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 24.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy24.78×31 works
  2. Mathematics19.87×13 works
  3. Engineering0.77×6 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.48×0 works
  5. Chemistry0.44×0 works
  6. Computer Science0.36×2 works
  7. Materials Science0.24×0 works
  8. Medicine0.13×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.10×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.08×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics?

Ranked on the quality score, Márk Mezei, Pietro Ferrero and Christopher W. Scaduto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Simons Center for Geometry and Physics.

  1. 1 Márk Mezei United States · #135,568 worldwide 2.8k citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Pietro Ferrero United States · #475,250 worldwide 690 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Christopher W. Scaduto United States · #1,716,336 worldwide 121 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 François Greer United States · #3,605,204 worldwide 27 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics

What are the most cited papers from Simons Center for Geometry and Physics?

The most cited paper from Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is "Generalized global symmetries" (Davide Gaiotto, Anton Kapustin, Nathan Seiberg et al., 2015), with 1,741 citations. Next come "NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRY" (1,002) and "Infinite Chiral Symmetry in Four Dimensions" (581).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Generalized global symmetries Davide Gaiotto, Anton Kapustin, Nathan Seiberg et al. · Journal of High Energy Physics Open access Feb 2015 1,741
2 NONCOMMUTATIVE GEOMETRY Etienne Blanchard, David Ellwood, Masoud Khalkhali et al. · WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks Book chapter Oct 1995 1,002
3 Infinite Chiral Symmetry in Four Dimensions Christopher Beem, Madalena Lemos, Pedro Liendo et al. · Communications in Mathematical Physics Open access 13 Jan 2015 581
4 Quantization of Integrable Systems and Four Dimensional Gauge Theories Nikita A. Nekrasov, Samson, L. Shatashvili et al. PreprintOpen access 2010 528
5 Odd viscosity in chiral active fluids Debarghya Banerjee, Anton Souslov, Alexander G. Abanov et al. · Nature Communications Open access 13 Nov 2017 336
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quantum Gravity, Black Holes, String Theory, Quantum Entanglement, Field Theories, Holographic, Renormalization Group and General Relativity.

▲ 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. Quantum Gravity11▲ 227×3 topics
  2. Black Holes9▲ 168×3 topics
  3. Quantum Entanglement9▲ 249×2 topics
  4. String Theory9▲ 293×2 topics
  5. Field Theories9▲ 356×1 topic
  6. Holographic9▲ 356×1 topic
  7. Renormalization Group4▲ 144×2 topics
  8. General Relativity4▲ 101×2 topics
  9. Quantum Groups4▲ 187×2 topics
  10. Dark Energy3▲ 94×2 topics
  11. Cluster Algebras3▲ 226×1 topic
  12. Lattice QCD3▲ 99×2 topics
  13. Triangulated Categories3▲ 226×1 topic
  14. Cosmic Microwave Background3▲ 106×1 topic
  15. Cosmological Parameters3▲ 106×1 topic
  16. QCD3▲ 137×1 topic
  17. charmonium3▲ 137×1 topic
  18. Dynamics2▲ 82×2 topics
  19. Symplectic Geometry2▲ 104×2 topics
  20. Entanglement2▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Topological Order2▲ 74×2 topics
  22. Dark Matter2▲ 30×3 topics
  23. Many-Body Localization2▲ 154×1 topic
  24. Particle Physics2▲ 46×2 topics
  25. Quantum Thermalization2▲ 154×1 topic
  26. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation2▲ 59×2 topics
  27. Higgs Boson2▲ 59×1 topic
  28. High-Energy Collider2▲ 59×1 topic
  29. Nonlinear Equations2▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Lorentz Violation2▲ 171×1 topic
  31. Noncommutative Field Theory2▲ 171×1 topic
  32. Rogue Waves2▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Soliton Solutions2▲ 81×1 topic
  34. K-Theory2▲ 105×2 topics
  35. Optical Lattices1▲ 38×3 topics
  36. Superconductors1▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Topological Insulators1▲ 54×1 topic
  38. Fluid-Structure Interaction1▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Superfluidity1▲ 54×2 topics
  40. Kähler Metrics1▲ 162×1 topic

Which research topics does Simons Center for Geometry and Physics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Algebraic structures and combinatorial models, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions.

Black Holes and Theoreti…9Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 9 fractional worksAlgebraic structures and…3Algebraic structures and combinatorial models: 3 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…3Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 3 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 3 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems: 2 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…2Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 2 fractional worksNonlinear Waves and Solitons: 2 fractional worksNoncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories: 2 fractional worksTopological Materials and Phenomena: 1 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 1 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsGeometry and TopologyAstronomy and AstrophysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics2 others

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

  1. 1 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 9 works
  2. 2 Algebraic structures and combinatorial models Geometry and Topology 3 works
  3. 3 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  4. 4 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  5. 5 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  6. 6 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  7. 7 Nonlinear Waves and Solitons Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  8. 8 Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  9. 9 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  10. 10 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available62.9%not open37.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.6%domestic only68.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Simons Center for Geometry and Physics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Simons Center for Geometry and Physics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Simons Center for Geometry and Physics0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Simons Center for Geometry and Physics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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