Question 1

Which countries lead Physical and Theoretical Chemistry research?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, the United States, China and Germany rank highest in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (3.5k and 2.9k works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Physical and Theoretical Chemistry research?

Accepted Answer

Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) ranks first in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry on research quality in 2022-now, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Max Planck Society.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry?

Accepted Answer

Counting only their work in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Donald G. Truhlar, Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju and Antonio Frontera have the most papers in the world top 10% for their subfield and year beyond the 10% expected.

Question 4

Where is Physical and Theoretical Chemistry research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ivanovo and Palma.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Physical and Theoretical Chemistry?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, ETH Zurich, Northwestern University and Stanford University score highest, combining standing in the field's ranking, citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Question 6

Is Physical and Theoretical Chemistry research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2008. The fastest-growing topics are Chemical Reactions and Mechanisms and Various Chemistry Research Topics.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry is "Projector augmented-wave method" (Peter E. Blöchl, 1994), with 93,392 citations. Next come "Efficiency of ab-initio total energy calculations for metals and semiconductors using a plane-wave basis set" (76,620) and "A consistent and accurate ab initio parametrization of density functional dispersion correction (DFT-D) for the 94 elements H-Pu" (59,482).