# National Institute on the Physics of Materials

> research institute of the Italian CNR in Genoa

**Wikidata**: [Q3803653](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3803653)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/national-institute-on-the-physics-of-materials

## Summary
The National Institute on the Physics of Materials is a research institute of the Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) located in Genoa, Italy. It is also known by the acronym INFM and the name Italian Institute for the Physics of Matter and is catalogued in multiple international authority systems.

## Key Facts
- The National Institute on the Physics of Materials is a research institute of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) based in Genoa, Italy.
- Location: Genoa, Italy.
- Parent organization: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR).
- Instance of: research institute (an organization whose primary purpose is research).
- Common aliases: INFM; Italian Institute for the Physics of Matter.
- Official website: http://www.cnr.it/sitocnr/IlCNR/Organizzazione/RiformadelCNR/EnticonfluitiCNR/Infm.html.
- ISNI identifier: 0000000417587290.
- ROR identifier: 02kswma64; GRID identifier: grid.157869.4; VIAF identifier: 128887942.
- Library of Congress authority ID: no2002005086 (authority record information dated 2019-03-06).
- Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/123dm0r_8.
- Catalog/authority entry: share_catalogue_author_id 295999; de_agostini_id INFM.
- Wikipedia language presence: Italian (sitelink count for this entity: 1).

## FAQs
### Q: What is the National Institute on the Physics of Materials?
A: It is a research institute that is part of Italy’s Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), based in Genoa and associated by name with research on the physics of materials.

### Q: Where is the institute located?
A: The institute is located in Genoa, Italy.

### Q: Who oversees the institute?
A: The institute is part of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy’s national research council.

### Q: How can I find official information about the institute online?
A: The institute’s information is available on the CNR website at http://www.cnr.it/.../Infm.html and it is indexed under international identifiers such as ISNI 0000000417587290 and ROR 02kswma64.

## Why It Matters
As a CNR research institute located in Genoa and identified as the National Institute on the Physics of Materials (also INFM or Italian Institute for the Physics of Matter), this entity represents a formal component of Italy’s national research infrastructure focused on materials physics by name. Its inclusion in multiple national and international authority and catalog systems (ISNI, ROR, GRID, VIAF, Library of Congress, Google Knowledge Graph) supports discoverability, citation, and institutional interoperability in academic, library, and research-data systems. For researchers, funders, and information professionals, the institute’s formal affiliation with CNR and its maintained web presence provide authoritative points of contact and organizational identity. That identity aids collaboration, resource discovery, and integration into national and international research networks that rely on standardized institutional identifiers.

## Notable For
- Being an official research institute of Italy’s Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) located in Genoa.
- Known by the acronym INFM and the alternate name Italian Institute for the Physics of Matter.
- Presence in multiple international authority and identifier systems (ISNI, ROR, GRID, VIAF, Library of Congress, Google Knowledge Graph).
- Maintains an official CNR web page and an Italian-language Wikipedia entry.

## Body
### Overview
- Official name: National Institute on the Physics of Materials.
- Alternate names: INFM; Italian Institute for the Physics of Matter.
- Described as a research institute of the Italian CNR in Genoa.

### Location and parent organization
- Located in: Genoa, Italy.
- Country: Italy.
- Parent organization: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR).

### Classification
- Instance of: research institute — an organization whose primary purpose is research.

### Online presence and language
- Official website: http://www.cnr.it/sitocnr/IlCNR/Organizzazione/RiformadelCNR/EnticonfluitiCNR/Infm.html.
- Wikipedia presence: Italian-language article (sitelink count: 1).

### Identifiers and catalog records
- ISNI: 0000000417587290.
- ROR: 02kswma64.
- GRID: grid.157869.4.
- VIAF: 128887942.
- Library of Congress authority ID: no2002005086 (record dated 2019-03-06).
- Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/123dm0r_8.
- share_catalogue_author_id: 295999.
- de_agostini_id: INFM.

### Metadata notes
- Wikidata description: research institute of the Italian CNR in Genoa.
- The entity is catalogued across several bibliographic and institutional identifier systems to support consistent referencing.

## References

1. GRID Release 2017-01-10
2. Virtual International Authority File