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Southwestern Institute of Physics

In research, Southwestern Institute of Physics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,708 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#3,446 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#1,278 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Physics and Astronomy and Astronomy and Astrophysics — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 51.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,560
of 28,054 · #8,809 all time
Rank in China
#1,196
of 3,058
Research works
2.9k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
6.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is Southwestern Institute of Physics 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 #3,708 of 12,888 19.1%480 #5712
EngineeringField #3,446 of 6,636 15.8%173 #4703
Physics and AstronomyField #1,278 of 1,646 26.7%162 #2663
Materials ScienceField #1,936 of 2,468 10.7%79 #2925
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,341 of 1,556 11.2%70 #2169
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #237 of 263 31.4%83 #634

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southwestern Institute of 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 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#5,712 #3,708
  2. Engineering#4,703 #3,446
  3. Physics and Astronomy#2,663 #1,278
  4. Materials Science#2,925 #1,936
  5. Materials Chemistry#2,169 #1,341
  6. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#634 #237
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 Southwestern Institute of Physics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 51.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 83.3 works52×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 162.3 works14×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 30.0 works11×
  4. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 70.2 works7.0×
  5. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 40.6 works6.8×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.26× its world share, 50 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.26× its world share, 173 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.47× its world share, 80 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 14.32× its world share, 162 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 14.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southwestern Institute of Physics?

Ranked on the composite score, Yun Shao, Jiming Chen and Yan Pan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southwestern Institute of Physics.

  1. 1 Yun Shao China · #181,533 worldwide 148 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Jiming Chen China · #262,234 worldwide 50 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Yan Pan China · #275,017 worldwide 67 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Yang Li China · #295,022 worldwide 80 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 X.R. Duan China · #465,619 worldwide 118 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 X.T. Ding China · #522,099 worldwide 64 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Kaiming Feng China · #569,914 worldwide 85 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Xiao Ji China · #575,279 worldwide 32 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Bingjie Xu China · #589,629 worldwide 59 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 D.L. Yu China · #591,820 worldwide 46 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Southwestern Institute of Physics

Which keywords describe research at Southwestern Institute of Physics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tokamak, Turbulence, fusion materials, radiation damage, Solar Wind, Critical Current Density, Nb3Sn Conductor and Superconducting Magnets.

▲ 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. Tokamak69▲ 636×1 topic
  2. Turbulence69▲ 156×1 topic
  3. fusion materials42▲ 443×1 topic
  4. radiation damage42▲ 443×1 topic
  5. Solar Wind29▲ 62×2 topics
  6. Critical Current Density27▲ 212×2 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties27▲ 5.5×22 topics
  8. Nb3Sn Conductor25▲ 266×1 topic
  9. Superconducting Magnets25▲ 266×1 topic
  10. Electron Acceleration24▲ 71×2 topics
  11. Ionosphere24▲ 84×1 topic
  12. Magnetosphere24▲ 84×1 topic
  13. Negative Ion Sources19▲ 206×1 topic
  14. Superconducting Cavities19▲ 206×1 topic
  15. Hydrogen Embrittlement18▲ 43×3 topics
  16. Microstructure18▲ 6.8×13 topics
  17. Oxidation Resistance18▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Density Functional Theory16▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Accident Tolerant Fuels16▲ 84×1 topic
  20. Fuel Cladding16▲ 84×1 topic
  21. Entanglement14▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Security13▲ 4.0×10 topics
  23. Electron Beams13▲ 144×1 topic
  24. Laser-Plasma Accelerators13▲ 144×1 topic
  25. Quantum Information13▲ 21×3 topics
  26. Tomography12▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Data Analysis12▲ 8.5×2 topics
  28. Cryptography12▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Neutron Imaging11▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Small-Angle Scattering11▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Quantum11▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Measurement11▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Computation11▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Metrology11▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Superconducting Circuits11▲ 31×1 topic
  36. Plasma Etching10▲ 93×1 topic
  37. Semiconductor Industry10▲ 93×1 topic
  38. Sintering10▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Spark Plasma Sintering10▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Quantum Simulation9▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Southwestern Institute of Physics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Magnetic confinement fusion research, Fusion materials and technologies, Superconducting Materials and Applications and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

Magnetic confinement fus…69Magnetic confinement fusion research: 69 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…42Fusion materials and technologies: 42 fractional worksSuperconducting Material…25Superconducting Materials and Applications: 25 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 24 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 19 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Pr…16Nuclear Materials and Properties: 16 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 13 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 11 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 11 fractional worksPlasma Diagnostics and Applications: 10 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsMaterials ChemistryBiomedical EngineeringAstronomy and Astrophysics4 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 69 works
  2. 2 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 42 works
  3. 3 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 25 works
  4. 4 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 24 works
  5. 5 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 19 works
  6. 6 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 16 works
  7. 7 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 13 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 11 works
  9. 9 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 11 works
  10. 10 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 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 available15.9%not open84.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southwestern Institute of Physics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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.

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