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Computational Physics (United States)

In research, Computational Physics (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,803 of 10,670 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#691 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Physics and Astronomy and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Astronomy and Astrophysics is 15.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,013
of 22,385 · #4,704 all time
Rank in United States
#679
of 3,332
Research works
1.9k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
46k
23.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Computational Physics (United States)

What is Computational Physics (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,803 of 10,670 10.3%219 #2548
Physics and AstronomyField #691 of 1,417 9.5%63 #1379

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Computational Physics (United States) 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 Computational Physics (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Computational Physics (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (23%), Engineering (21%), Materials Science (13%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 271 fractional works · 83.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 76 fractional works · 23.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 26 fractional works · 8.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 22 fractional works · 6.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 15 fractional works · 4.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 67 fractional works · 20.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 16 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 41 fractional works · 12.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 9.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 34 fractional works · 10.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 17 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 26 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKComputationalPhysics (United…325fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences4%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy7623.3%
    2. Engineering6720.7%
    3. Materials Science4112.5%
    4. Computer Science3410.4%
    5. Chemistry175.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences164.9%
    7. Environmental Science82.3%
    8. Mathematics72.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering31.0%
    10. Energy30.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology195.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.9%
    3. Neuroscience30.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine133.9%
    2. Health Professions20.5%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences51.4%
    2. Decision Sciences41.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    4. Psychology10.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Computational Physics (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Astronomy and Astrophysics takes 15.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 26.4 works16×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 75.9 works10×
  3. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 22.1 works9.5×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.89× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.33× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.33× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.14× its world share, 16 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.38× its world share, 67 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.58× its world share, 41 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.85× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 10.49× its world share, 76 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 10.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy10.49×76 works
  2. Materials Science3.58×41 works
  3. Chemistry3.33×17 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.14×16 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.89×3 works
  6. Mathematics1.85×7 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.43×4 works
  8. Engineering1.38×67 works
  9. Computer Science1.33×34 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.07×19 works
  11. Energy0.87×3 works
  12. Neuroscience0.54×3 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.50×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.47×8 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.32×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×2 works
  18. Medicine0.20×13 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×3 works
  20. Health Professions0.18×2 works
  21. Nursing0.11×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.11×4 works
  23. Psychology0.08×1 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.07×1 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Computational Physics (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, John Correira, James E. Bishop and D. J. Strickland lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Computational Physics (United States).

  1. 1 John Correira United States · #654,698 worldwide 1.4k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 James E. Bishop United States · #872,487 worldwide 2.7k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 D. J. Strickland United States · #1,177,920 worldwide 2.7k citations · 135 works
  4. 4 Joseph Scott Evans United States · #1,216,123 worldwide 3.4k citations · 224 works
  5. 5 Douglas J. Strickland United States · #1,469,725 worldwide 3k citations · 99 works
  6. 6 Robert B. Kerr United States · #1,820,580 worldwide 273 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Scott Evans United States · #1,883,038 worldwide 791 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Sudha Kapali United States · #2,128,632 worldwide 116 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Peter Pippan United States · #2,198,892 worldwide 164 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Antonius Dorda United States · #2,317,323 worldwide 513 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Computational Physics (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Computational Physics (United States)?

The most cited paper from Computational Physics (United States) is "QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials" (Paolo Giannozzi et al., 2009), with 29,445 citations. Next come "Age-Related Clonal Hematopoiesis Associated with Adverse Outcomes" (4,900) and "The atomic simulation environment—a Python library for working with atoms" (4,765).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials Paolo Giannozzi et al. · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter Open access Sep 2009 29,445
2 Age-Related Clonal Hematopoiesis Associated with Adverse Outcomes Siddhartha Jaiswal et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 Nov 2014 4,900
3 The atomic simulation environment—a Python library for working with atoms Ask Hjorth Larsen et al. · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter Open access 21 Mar 2017 4,765
4 Reformulation of elasticity theory for discontinuities and long-range forces Stewart A. Silling · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 2000 4,276
5 A meshfree method based on the peridynamic model of solid mechanics Stewart A. Silling, Ebrahim Askari · Computers & Structures 23 Mar 2005 2,550
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Computational Physics (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molecular Dynamics, Machine Learning, Solar Wind, Two-Dimensional Materials, Dark Matter, Superconductivity, Quantum Mechanics and Density Functional Theory.

▲ 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. Machine Learning21▲ 1.93×49 topics
  2. Molecular Dynamics12▲ 22×6 topics
  3. Solar Wind9▲ 30×2 topics
  4. Nanoparticles7▲ 1.72×24 topics
  5. Two-Dimensional Materials7▲ 9.2×4 topics
  6. Dark Matter6▲ 17×4 topics
  7. Superconductivity6▲ 11×9 topics
  8. Quantum Mechanics6▲ 21×4 topics
  9. Density Functional Theory6▲ 18×6 topics
  10. Carbon Nanotubes6▲ 5.5×5 topics
  11. Computational Chemistry6▲ 22×4 topics
  12. Adaptive Mesh Refinement6▲ 29×2 topics
  13. High-Order Schemes6▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Ionosphere6▲ 33×1 topic
  15. Magnetosphere6▲ 33×1 topic
  16. Electronic Structure6▲ 9.8×8 topics
  17. Crystal Structures6▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Graphene6▲ 2.6×8 topics
  19. Quantum Information5▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Gravitational Waves5▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Black Holes5▲ 17×3 topics
  22. High-Throughput5▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Materials Informatics5▲ 25×1 topic
  24. Radial Basis Functions5▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Supernovae5▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Tomography5▲ 8.0×5 topics
  27. Hydrogen Bonding4▲ 16×5 topics
  28. Particle Physics4▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Fluid-Structure Interaction4▲ 8.8×5 topics
  30. Quantum Simulation4▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Shock-Wave Interactions4▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Turbulence Modeling4▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Vortex Dynamics4▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Large-Eddy Simulation4▲ 6.7×4 topics
  35. Nucleosynthesis4▲ 25×3 topics
  36. Superfluidity4▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Entanglement4▲ 7.3×4 topics
  38. Electronic Structure Calculations3▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Renormalization Group3▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Galactic Center3▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Computational Physics (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Machine Learning in Materials Science, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies.

Ionosphere and magnetosp…6Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 6 fractional worksMachine Learning in Mate…5Machine Learning in Materials Science: 5 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dyna…4Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Physic…3Advanced Chemical Physics Studies: 3 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 3 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 3 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bo…3Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 3 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 3 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 3 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitationa…3Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 3 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsMaterials ChemistryComputational MechanicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics1 others

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

  1. 1 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  2. 2 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 5 works
  3. 3 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 4 works
  4. 4 Advanced Chemical Physics Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  5. 5 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 3 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 3 works
  7. 7 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 3 works
  8. 8 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 3 works
  9. 9 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  10. 10 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 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 available38.7%not open61.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.5%domestic only65.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Computational Physics (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Computational Physics (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00099% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Computational Physics (United States)0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Computational Physics (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Computational Physics (United States)10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.6% in 1999.

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