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Physical Sciences research

Physical Sciences is one of the four domains of science in the OpenAlex classification. Science Explorer counts 45M research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: branch of natural science that studies non-living systems.

Research works
45M
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.5M
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
1,571
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+20%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
43% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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