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Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology

In research, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,481 of 12,888 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 58.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,586
of 28,054 · #1,759 all time
Rank in Austria
#16
of 168
Research works
348
▼ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
65.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

What is Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology 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 #1,481 of 12,888 31.5%78 #1188

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology 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 Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics takes 58.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 34.7 works58×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 42.6 works23×
  3. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 20.6 works10×
  4. Computer ScienceField · 22.2 works3.4×
  5. Physical SciencesDomain · 78.5 works2.4×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.43× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 23.00× its world share, 43 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.04× 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, 23.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology?

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

▲ 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▲ 217×4 topics
  2. Quantum Information19▲ 196×3 topics
  3. Superconducting Circuits14▲ 241×2 topics
  4. Security13▲ 24×2 topics
  5. Cryptography13▲ 126×1 topic
  6. Quantum13▲ 191×1 topic
  7. Quantum Simulation11▲ 168×2 topics
  8. Bell Inequality8▲ 256×1 topic
  9. Decoherence8▲ 256×1 topic
  10. Biosensors7▲ 17×5 topics
  11. Superfluidity7▲ 200×2 topics
  12. Bose-Einstein Condensation7▲ 235×2 topics
  13. Optical Lattices6▲ 110×3 topics
  14. Quantum Algorithms6▲ 127×1 topic
  15. Quantum Computation6▲ 127×1 topic
  16. Fermi Gases6▲ 251×1 topic
  17. Ultracold Gases6▲ 251×1 topic
  18. Machine Learning4▲ 1.59×8 topics
  19. Nanomechanical Systems4▲ 159×1 topic
  20. Optomechanics4▲ 159×1 topic
  21. Optical Modulators3▲ 25×3 topics
  22. Quantum Entanglement3▲ 49×2 topics
  23. Integrated Circuits2▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Microcavities2▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Nanophotonic Waveguides2▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Silicon Photonics2▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Many-Body Localization2▲ 124×1 topic
  28. Metamaterials2▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Quantum Thermalization2▲ 124×1 topic
  30. Semiconductor Lasers2▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Electromagnetically Induced Transparency2▲ 124×1 topic
  32. Slow Light2▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Optical Fiber2▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Fluctuation Theorems2▲ 63×1 topic
  35. Helium Nanodroplets2▲ 119×1 topic
  36. Quantum Turbulence2▲ 119×1 topic
  37. Stochastic Thermodynamics2▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Vortex Dynamics2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Optical Manipulation2▲ 81×1 topic
  40. Quantum Gravity2▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology publish most on?

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

Quantum Information and …13Quantum Information and Cryptography: 13 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 8 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 6 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bo…6Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 6 fractional worksMechanical and Optical R…4Mechanical and Optical Resonators: 4 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksQuantum many-body systems: 2 fractional worksQuantum optics and atomic interactions: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: 2 fractional worksQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamics: 2 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringStatistical and Nonlinear Physics

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

  1. 1 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 13 works
  2. 2 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 8 works
  3. 3 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  4. 4 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 6 works
  5. 5 Mechanical and Optical Resonators Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Quantum many-body systems Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  8. 8 Quantum optics and atomic interactions Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  10. 10 Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 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 available75.8%not open24.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors61.1%domestic only38.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower 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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