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The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions

In research, The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,539 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy — Physics and Astronomy is 27.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,066
of 28,054
Rank in United States
#819
of 4,192
Research works
83
fractional, all time
Citations
1.3k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
52.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
90%
world 28%

What is The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions 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 #3,539 of 12,888 53.7%64 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions 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 The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 27.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 42.3 works28×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.40× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.54× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 27.84× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 27.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Black Holes, Higgs Boson, High-Energy Collider, Supernovae, Lattice QCD and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Dark Matter10▲ 123×3 topics
  2. Machine Learning8▲ 3.4×20 topics
  3. Particle Physics7▲ 141×2 topics
  4. Black Holes6▲ 88×3 topics
  5. Deep Learning6▲ 2.4×20 topics
  6. Higgs Boson6▲ 159×1 topic
  7. High-Energy Collider6▲ 159×1 topic
  8. Supernovae6▲ 98×2 topics
  9. Lattice QCD5▲ 127×2 topics
  10. Renormalization Group4▲ 120×2 topics
  11. Gravitational Waves4▲ 110×2 topics
  12. Cosmology4▲ 90×2 topics
  13. Nucleosynthesis3▲ 101×3 topics
  14. QCD3▲ 132×1 topic
  15. charmonium3▲ 132×1 topic
  16. Cosmic Rays3▲ 85×2 topics
  17. Gamma-Ray Bursts3▲ 163×1 topic
  18. Neutrinos3▲ 85×2 topics
  19. Neutron Stars3▲ 163×1 topic
  20. Quantum Gravity3▲ 53×3 topics
  21. Star Formation3▲ 82×2 topics
  22. Cosmological Parameters3▲ 68×1 topic
  23. Dark Energy3▲ 58×1 topic
  24. Entanglement3▲ 26×4 topics
  25. String Theory3▲ 66×2 topics
  26. Galactic Center2▲ 80×2 topics
  27. Field Theories2▲ 77×1 topic
  28. Galaxies2▲ 130×1 topic
  29. Holographic2▲ 77×1 topic
  30. Stellar Populations2▲ 130×1 topic
  31. Exoplanets2▲ 84×1 topic
  32. Stellar Astrophysics2▲ 84×1 topic
  33. Data Analysis2▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Heavy-Ion Collisions2▲ 120×1 topic
  35. Quark-Gluon Plasma2▲ 120×1 topic
  36. Visualization2▲ 55×2 topics
  37. Quantum Information2▲ 25×3 topics
  38. Statistical Modeling2▲ 70×2 topics
  39. Python2▲ 132×1 topic
  40. Scientific Computing2▲ 132×1 topic

Which research topics does The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae and Cosmology and Gravitation Theories.

Particle physics theoret…6Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 6 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 3 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…3Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 3 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…3Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 3 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 2 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 2 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …2Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 2 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Col…2High-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 2 fractional worksComputational Physics an…2Computational Physics and Python Applications: 2 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…2Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 2 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsArtificial Intelligence

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 6 works
  2. 2 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  3. 3 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  4. 4 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  5. 5 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  6. 6 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  7. 7 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  8. 8 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  9. 9 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  10. 10 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 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 available89.5%not open10.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.9%domestic only52.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions's research output changed?

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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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