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Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions

Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions is a research topic within Physical and Theoretical Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 14.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in computational chemistry, molecular simulation, and polymer physics. It includes research on density-functional theory, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, chemical kinetics, and the application of computational methods to study the properties and behavior of polymers at the molecular level.

  • Computational Chemistry
  • Molecular Simulation
  • Density-Functional Theory
  • Polymer Science
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Density Functional Theory
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Quantum Chemistry
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-15%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (171 and 86 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 171 works
  2. 2 China 86 works
  3. 3 Germany 71 works
  4. 4 India 64 works
  5. 5 Japan 59 works
  6. 6 Russia 59 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 38 works
  8. 8 France 36 works
  9. 9 Italy 25 works
  10. 10 Canada 19 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.

United States: 27.2%China: 13.6%Germany: 11.3%India: 10.2%6 others listed: 37.7%27%largest
United States171 · 27.2%China86 · 13.6%Germany71 · 11.3%India64 · 10.2%6 others listed238 · 37.7%

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Which institutions lead Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Forschungszentrum Jülich publishes the most Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions research, followed by University of Mons and University of Oxford.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Forschungszentrum JülichGermany 7 works
  2. 2 University of MonsBelgium 6 works
  3. 3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 5 works
  4. 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 5 works
  5. 5 The University of TokyoJapan 5 works
  6. 6 Tohoku UniversityJapan 5 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapan 4 works
  8. 8 University of ChicagoUnited States 4 works
  9. 9 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 4 works
  10. 10 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions include W. Kohn, John A. Pople and John P. Perdew.

  1. 1 W. Kohn United States 15k citations
  2. 2 John A. Pople United States 11k citations
  3. 3 John P. Perdew United States 9.9k citations
  4. 4 Donald G. Truhlar United States 8.4k citations
  5. 5 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 19 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 19 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 16 works
  4. 4 Paris France 11 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 10 works
  6. 6 Saint Petersburg Russia 8 works
  7. 7 New York United States 7 works
  8. 8 Mexico City Mexico 7 works
  9. 9 Rome Italy 7 works
  10. 10 Jülich Germany 7 works
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Is Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026.

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