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Fusion Academy

In research, Fusion Academy stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,187 of 10,670 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#552 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Physics and Astronomy (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 72.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,789
of 22,385 · #3,330 all time
Rank in United States
#1,491
of 3,332
Research works
2k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.17×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Fusion Academy

What is Fusion Academy 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 #3,187 of 10,670 14.8%144 #1539
Physics and AstronomyField #552 of 1,417 15.6%74 #500

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fusion Academy 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 Fusion Academy work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Fusion Academy is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (44%), Engineering (25%), Materials Science (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 162 fractional works · 88.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 82 fractional works · 44.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 42 fractional works · 22.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 18 fractional works · 9.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 6.0% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEngineering: 47 fractional works · 25.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 9.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFusion Academy184fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences3%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy8244.4%
    2. Engineering4725.4%
    3. Materials Science1810.0%
    4. Computer Science63.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences52.6%
    6. Environmental Science21.1%
    7. Chemistry20.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    9. Energy10.3%
    10. Mathematics10.3%
    1. Medicine84.4%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Social Sciences21.1%
    2. Psychology20.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    1. Neuroscience31.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Fusion Academy specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 72.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 41.7 works72×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 81.7 works20×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.69× its world share, 47 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.86× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 19.98× its world share, 82 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 20.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy19.98×82 works
  2. Materials Science2.86×18 works
  3. Engineering1.69×47 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.67×5 works
  5. Chemical Engineering0.93×1 works
  6. Neuroscience0.89×3 works
  7. Chemistry0.55×2 works
  8. Computer Science0.38×6 works
  9. Dentistry0.37×0 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×0 works
  11. Energy0.34×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×1 works
  13. Health Professions0.28×1 works
  14. Psychology0.28×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.25×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×2 works
  17. Medicine0.23×8 works
  18. Environmental Science0.22×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.18×1 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  22. Social Sciences0.08×2 works
  23. Nursing0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fusion Academy?

Ranked on the quality score, R. Parker, S. N. Golovato and NSF lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fusion Academy.

  1. 1 R. Parker United States · #1,713,713 worldwide 1.8k citations · 74 works
  2. 2 S. N. Golovato United States · #2,324,952 worldwide 1.8k citations · 88 works
  3. 3 NSF United States · #2,829,505 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 A.J. Creely United States · #2,855,681 worldwide 176 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Texas Univ., Austin, TX (United States). Inst. for Fusion Studies United States · #2,895,042 worldwide 35 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 David R. Terry United States · #3,329,315 worldwide 566 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 B.A. Smith United States · #3,799,031 worldwide 754 citations · 74 works
  8. 8 D. C. Barnes United States · #3,939,805 worldwide 959 citations · 76 works
  9. 9 Ryoji Furui United States · #4,027,984 worldwide 0 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 J. A. Casey United States · #4,450,962 worldwide 200 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Fusion Academy

What are the most cited papers from Fusion Academy?

The most cited paper from Fusion Academy is "Plasma-material interactions in current tokamaks and their implications for next step fusion reactors" (G. Federici, Charles H. Skinner, J.N. Brooks et al., 2001), with 1,377 citations. Next come "Drift waves and transport" (1,233) and "Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions" (1,176).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Plasma-material interactions in current tokamaks and their implications for next step fusion reactors G. Federici, Charles H. Skinner, J.N. Brooks et al. · Nuclear Fusion Open access Dec 2001 1,377
2 Drift waves and transport Wendell Horton · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access Apr 1999 1,233
3 Chapter 3: MHD stability, operational limits and disruptions T. C. Hender et al. · Nuclear Fusion Open access Jun 2007 1,176
4 Vacuum Electronic High Power Terahertz Sources John H. Booske, Richard Dobbs, Colin D. Joye et al. · IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology 25 Aug 2011 1,079
5 Comparisons and physics basis of tokamak transport models and turbulence simulations A. M. Dimits, Glenn Bateman, M Beer et al. · Physics of Plasmas Mar 2000 1,024
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fusion Academy?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Turbulence, Tokamak, Transport, Solar Wind, Electron Acceleration, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere and Electron Beams.

▲ 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. Turbulence31▲ 186×3 topics
  2. Tokamak30▲ 770×1 topic
  3. Transport30▲ 518×1 topic
  4. Solar Wind15▲ 90×2 topics
  5. Electron Acceleration12▲ 101×2 topics
  6. Ionosphere12▲ 121×1 topic
  7. Magnetosphere12▲ 121×1 topic
  8. Electron Beams10▲ 315×1 topic
  9. Laser-Plasma Accelerators10▲ 315×1 topic
  10. Molecular Dynamics Simulations10▲ 127×2 topics
  11. fusion materials10▲ 285×1 topic
  12. radiation damage10▲ 285×1 topic
  13. Critical Current Density8▲ 184×2 topics
  14. Nb3Sn Conductor8▲ 244×1 topic
  15. Superconducting Magnets8▲ 244×1 topic
  16. Tomography6▲ 18×4 topics
  17. Negative Ion Sources6▲ 176×1 topic
  18. Superconducting Cavities6▲ 176×1 topic
  19. Biosensors5▲ 5.2×5 topics
  20. Data Analysis4▲ 8.3×2 topics
  21. Graphene4▲ 3.2×5 topics
  22. Metamaterials4▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Neutron Imaging4▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Small-Angle Scattering4▲ 42×1 topic
  25. Spectroscopy4▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Molten Salt3▲ 55×1 topic
  27. Nuclear Reactor3▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Nanophotonics3▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Coronal Mass Ejections3▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Plasma Etching3▲ 76×1 topic
  31. Semiconductor Industry3▲ 76×1 topic
  32. Solar Dynamics Observatory3▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Entanglement3▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Superconductivity3▲ 8.9×6 topics
  35. Material Analysis3▲ 76×1 topic
  36. Optical Modulators3▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Plasma3▲ 73×1 topic
  38. Electronic Structure Calculations2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. High Temperature Behavior2▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Plasmonics2▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Fusion Academy publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Magnetic confinement fusion research, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics and Fusion materials and technologies.

Magnetic confinement fus…30Magnetic confinement fusion research: 30 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…12Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 12 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interaction…10Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 10 fractional worksFusion materials and technologies: 10 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 8 fractional worksParticle accelerators an…6Particle accelerators and beam dynamics: 6 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 4 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 3 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 3 fractional worksPlasma Diagnostics and Applications: 3 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsMaterials ChemistryBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 30 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 12 works
  3. 3 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 works
  4. 4 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 10 works
  5. 5 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 4 works
  8. 8 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  10. 10 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available37.5%not open62.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fusion Academy's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Fusion Academy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00076% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Fusion Academy0.00064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fusion Academy 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%Fusion Academy12.1% 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 20.5% in 2024.

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