Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
Advanced Chemical Physics Studies is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 136k research works in it since 1950. 20.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers represents advancements in density functional theory, including the development of dispersion correction methods, ab initio parametrization, wavefunction analyzers, and continuum solvation models. It also covers topics such as semiempirical methods, van der Waals interactions, hybrid density functionals, molecular simulations, and electronic structure calculations.
- Density Functional Theory
- Dispersion Correction
- Ab Initio Parametrization
- Wavefunction Analyzer
- Semiempirical Methods
- Van der Waals Interactions
- Continuum Solvation Models
- Hybrid Density Functionals
- Molecular Simulations
- Electronic Structure Calculations
- Research works
- 136k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 28k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced Chemical Physics Studies research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.3k works
- 2 China 1.2k works
- 3 Germany 549 works
- 4 France 400 works
- 5 India 345 works
- 6 Japan 342 works
- 7 Russia 320 works
- 8 United Kingdom 220 works
- 9 Italy 205 works
- 10 Spain 191 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Advanced Chemical Physics Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Advanced Chemical Physics Studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Science and Technology of China.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 77 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 47 works
- 3 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 42 works
- 4 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 36 works
- 5 ETH ZurichSwitzerland 32 works
- 6 The University of TokyoJapan 31 works
- 7 Jilin UniversityChina 30 works
- 8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 30 works
- 9 Kyoto UniversityJapan 29 works
- 10 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 28 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Chemical Physics Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies include Georg Kresse, W. Kohn and L. J. Sham.
- 1 Georg Kresse Austria 24k citations
- 2 W. Kohn United States 15k citations
- 3 L. J. Sham United States 13k citations
- 4 Xiaogang Wang Russia 13k citations
- 5 John A. Pople United States 11k citations
- 6 J. Häfner Austria 11k citations
- 7 John P. Perdew United States 9.9k citations
- 8 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 9.8k citations
- 9 M. Shapiro United States 8.6k citations
- 10 Donald G. Truhlar United States 8.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced Chemical Physics Studies research done?
The largest centres of Advanced Chemical Physics Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lemont and Los Alamos.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- LemontUS · 20.8 works16×
- Los AlamosUS · 21.3 works12×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Chemical Physics Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced Chemical Physics Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Scuola Normale Superiore, ETH Zurich and University of Szeged score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scuola Normale SuperioreItaly | 68.1 | 38.7% | 39.5× | 15 | +97.2% |
| 2 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 64.3 | 33.6% | 7.5× | 32 | +37.3% |
| 3 | University of SzegedHungary | 52.9 | 18.7% | 9.3× | 15 | +115.5% |
| 4 | Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael | 52.8 | 26.9% | 11.9× | 11 | -17.0% |
| 5 | University of PerugiaItaly | 51.4 | 21.1% | 12.9× | 18 | -13.6% |
| 6 | University of MississippiUnited States | 51.2 | 23.5% | 17.8× | 15 | +11.9% |
| 7 | University of BonnGermany | 50.3 | 44.2% | 5.3× | 11 | -17.4% |
| 8 | Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands | 49.7 | 35.6% | 5.5× | 14 | +8.7% |
| 9 | Homi Bhabha National InstituteIndia | 49.6 | 14.5% | 9.1× | 12 | +160.6% |
| 10 | Université Paris-SaclayFrance | 49.2 | 15.1% | 7.9× | 20 | — |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Advanced Chemical Physics Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 1997.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.