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American Physical Society

In research, American Physical Society stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,217 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,740 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,299
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,746
of 7,310
Research works
368
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
American Physical Society

What is American Physical Society known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #8,217 of 17,446 9.4%196
Social SciencesDomain #8,740 of 14,833 6.2%121

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Physical Society 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does American Physical Society work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at American Physical Society is in Physical Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (32%), Social Sciences (10%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 58.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 32.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 11.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 10.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 24.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 6.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 8.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAmerican PhysicalSociety58fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences58%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences24%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy1932.5%
    2. Engineering59.2%
    3. Computer Science47.3%
    4. Materials Science24.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.3%
    6. Environmental Science11.9%
    7. Chemistry11.0%
    1. Social Sciences610.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities46.7%
    3. Psychology22.8%
    4. Decision Sciences12.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    1. Medicine58.8%
    2. Health Professions22.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.9%
    2. Neuroscience11.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 14.60× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.32× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 14.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy14.60×19 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.38×1 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.32×4 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.49×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.46×0 works
  6. Materials Science1.17×2 works
  7. Neuroscience1.15×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.98×2 works
  9. Computer Science0.94×4 works
  10. Psychology0.90×2 works
  11. Social Sciences0.80×6 works
  12. Chemistry0.64×1 works
  13. Engineering0.61×5 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×1 works
  15. Medicine0.46×5 works
  16. Environmental Science0.38×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at American Physical Society?

Ranked on the quality score, August Hund, Emilio Villari and Theodore Hodapp lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Physical Society.

  1. 1 August Hund United States · #1,487,261 worldwide 118 citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Emilio Villari United States · #2,116,577 worldwide 24 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Theodore Hodapp United States · #2,163,313 worldwide 706 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 F. Maresca United States · #2,787,643 worldwide 217 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Jessica Thomas United States · #2,790,882 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Steven Kenneth Kauffmann United States · #3,161,134 worldwide 973 citations · 123 works
  7. 7 Homer L. Dodge United States · #3,175,889 worldwide 29 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Chandler Stanten Boyd United States · #3,509,539 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Daniel Ucko United States · #3,602,703 worldwide 80 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Karl K. Darrow United States · #3,667,342 worldwide 323 citations · 151 works
All ranked researchers at American Physical Society

What are the most cited papers from American Physical Society?

The most cited paper from American Physical Society is "Equation of state in ( 2 + 1 )-flavor QCD" (Alexei Bazavov, Tanmoy Bhattacharya, C. DeTar et al., 2014), with 1,215 citations. Next come "Chiral and deconfinement aspects of the QCD transition" (1,147) and "FLAG Review 2019" (740).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Equation of state in ( 2 + 1 )-flavor QCD Alexei Bazavov, Tanmoy Bhattacharya, C. DeTar et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 4 Nov 2014 1,215
2 Chiral and deconfinement aspects of the QCD transition Alexei Bazavov et al. · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 5 Mar 2012 1,147
3 FLAG Review 2019 Sinya Aoki et al. · The European Physical Journal C Open access Feb 2020 740
4 FLAG Review 2021 Yasumichi Aoki et al. · The European Physical Journal C Open access 4 Oct 2022 614
5 Review of lattice results concerning low-energy particle physics Shunsuke Aoki et al. · The European Physical Journal C Open access Feb 2017 595
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at American Physical Society?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metamaterials, Dark Matter, High-Energy Collider, Particle Physics, Supply Chain Management, Nanophotonics, Global Collaboration and S&T Policies.

▲ 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-now 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. Metamaterials3▲ 38×5 topics
  2. Supply Chain Management2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  3. Dark Matter2▲ 34×2 topics
  4. High-Energy Collider2▲ 71×1 topic
  5. Particle Physics2▲ 49×1 topic
  6. Nanophotonics2▲ 36×3 topics
  7. Big Data2▲ 3.5×3 topics
  8. Human Rights2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  9. Global Collaboration2▲ 89×2 topics
  10. Data Analysis2▲ 11×2 topics
  11. Global Warming2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  12. S&T Policies2▲ 345×1 topic
  13. Science Diplomacy2▲ 345×1 topic
  14. Ethical Considerations2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  15. Photonic Crystals2▲ 23×3 topics
  16. Digital Twin2▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Supernovae2▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Cosmological Parameters1▲ 43×1 topic
  19. Dark Energy1▲ 36×1 topic
  20. Astrobiology1▲ 73×2 topics
  21. Biosensors1▲ 4.6×5 topics
  22. Python1▲ 108×1 topic
  23. Scientific Computing1▲ 108×1 topic
  24. Cloud Manufacturing1▲ 22×1 topic
  25. Lattice QCD1▲ 35×2 topics
  26. Negative Refraction1▲ 38×1 topic
  27. Plasmonic Metasurfaces1▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Quantum Information1▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Smart Manufacturing1▲ 22×1 topic
  30. Spectroscopy1▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Biomedical Science1▲ 85×1 topic
  32. Entanglement1▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Health Research1▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Agricultural Education1▲ 111×1 topic
  35. Content-Based Retrieval1▲ 74×1 topic
  36. Earth Systems Science1▲ 275×1 topic
  37. Gaia Hypothesis1▲ 275×1 topic
  38. Optical Modulators1▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Radio Astronomy1▲ 78×2 topics
  40. School Gardens1▲ 111×1 topic

Which research topics does American Physical Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, International Science and Diplomacy, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Computational Physics and Python Applications.

Particle physics theoret…2Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 2 fractional worksInternational Science an…2International Science and Diplomacy: 2 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 1 fractional worksComputational Physics and Python Applications: 1 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 1 fractional worksMetamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications: 1 fractional worksScience, Research, and Medicine: 1 fractional worksEarth Systems and Cosmic…1Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution: 1 fractional worksVideo Analysis and Summarization: 1 fractional worksDiverse Educational Innovations Studies: 1 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsPolitical Science and International RelationsAstronomy and AstrophysicsArtificial Intelligence6 others

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 2 works
  2. 2 International Science and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  3. 3 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 works
  7. 7 Science, Research, and Medicine Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution Atmospheric Science 1 works
  9. 9 Video Analysis and Summarization Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  10. 10 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has American Physical Society's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is American Physical Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%American Physical Society0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of American Physical Society over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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