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Fusion (United States)

In research, Fusion (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,585 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Physics and Astronomy — Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 78.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,145
of 28,054 · #4,853 all time
Rank in United States
#1,088
of 4,192
Research works
2k
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
39k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Fusion (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,585 of 12,888 37.5%111 #3007

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fusion (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Fusion (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 78.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 30.7 works79×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 58.5 works21×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.77× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.53× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 21.23× its world share, 58 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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, 21.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fusion (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Snipes, P. Bonoli and S. N. Golovato lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fusion (United States).

  1. 1 J. Snipes United States · #131,503 worldwide 352 citations · 83 works
  2. 2 P. Bonoli United States · #602,548 worldwide 47 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 S. N. Golovato United States · #632,747 worldwide 42 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 A. Mazurenko United States · #646,008 worldwide 45 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 J.H. Schultz United States · #717,327 worldwide 71 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Daniel A. Nash United States · #736,906 worldwide 38 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 S. J. Wukitch United States · #749,977 worldwide 65 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 I. Faust United States · #760,263 worldwide 75 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 N. T. Howard United States · #770,917 worldwide 85 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 R. Mumgaard United States · #876,174 worldwide 72 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Fusion (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Fusion (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Turbulence23▲ 215×2 topics
  2. Tokamak23▲ 868×1 topic
  3. Transport23▲ 583×1 topic
  4. Solar Wind12▲ 108×2 topics
  5. Electron Acceleration10▲ 118×2 topics
  6. Ionosphere10▲ 142×1 topic
  7. Magnetosphere10▲ 142×1 topic
  8. Electron Beams7▲ 310×1 topic
  9. Laser-Plasma Accelerators7▲ 310×1 topic
  10. Critical Current Density6▲ 208×2 topics
  11. Nb3Sn Conductor6▲ 271×1 topic
  12. Superconducting Magnets6▲ 271×1 topic
  13. fusion materials6▲ 265×1 topic
  14. radiation damage6▲ 265×1 topic
  15. Negative Ion Sources4▲ 194×1 topic
  16. Superconducting Cavities4▲ 194×1 topic
  17. Coronal Mass Ejections3▲ 56×1 topic
  18. Solar Dynamics Observatory3▲ 56×1 topic
  19. Tomography3▲ 11×4 topics
  20. High Temperature Behavior2▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Molten Salt2▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Nuclear Reactor2▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Data Analysis2▲ 5.3×2 topics
  24. Electronic Structure Calculations2▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Neutron Imaging2▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Small-Angle Scattering2▲ 26×1 topic
  27. Cuprate Superconductors2▲ 38×1 topic
  28. High-Temperature Superconductivity2▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Plasma Etching2▲ 59×1 topic
  30. Semiconductor Industry2▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Space Exploration2▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Spectroscopy2▲ 7.6×6 topics
  33. Dielectric Properties2▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Electrical Properties2▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Phase Transitions2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Crystal Structure1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  37. Dusty Plasmas1▲ 179×1 topic
  38. Ferroelectricity1▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Protonic Conduction1▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Solid Acids1▲ 47×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Magnetic confinement fusion research, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics and Superconducting Materials and Applications.

Magnetic confinement fus…23Magnetic confinement fusion research: 23 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 10 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 6 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…6Fusion materials and technologies: 6 fractional worksParticle accelerators and beam dynamics: 4 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 3 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 2 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 2 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 2 fractional works
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiomedical EngineeringMaterials Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 23 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  3. 3 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 7 works
  4. 4 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 6 works
  6. 6 Particle accelerators and beam dynamics Aerospace Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  8. 8 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 2 works
  10. 10 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 2 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.3%domestic only73.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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