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Astronomical and nuclear sciences

Astronomical and nuclear sciences is a research topic within Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 26.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on nuclear masses, mass measurements of isotopes, atomic weights, and their implications for stellar metamorphosis, superheavy elements, and the periodic table. It includes research on neutron-rich nuclides, Penning trap spectrometry, and nucleosynthesis.

  • Nuclear Masses
  • Mass Measurements
  • Isotopes
  • Atomic Weights
  • Stellar Metamorphosis
  • Periodic Table
  • Superheavy Elements
  • Neutron-rich Nuclides
  • Penning Trap Spectrometry
  • Nucleosynthesis
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
26.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-48%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Astronomical and nuclear sciences research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (130 and 126 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 130 works
  2. 2 United States 126 works
  3. 3 India 115 works
  4. 4 Russia 63 works
  5. 5 France 48 works
  6. 6 Japan 43 works
  7. 7 Italy 38 works
  8. 8 Germany 37 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 24 works
  10. 10 Iraq 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.

China: 20.2%United States: 19.6%India: 17.9%Russia: 9.7%6 others listed: 32.6%20%largest
China130 · 20.2%United States126 · 19.6%India115 · 17.9%Russia63 · 9.7%6 others listed209 · 32.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Astronomical and nuclear sciences research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research publishes the most Astronomical and nuclear sciences research, followed by Lomonosov Moscow State University and GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchRussia 14 works
  2. 2 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 11 works
  3. 3 GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion ResearchGermany 10 works
  4. 4 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 10 works
  5. 5 Thapar Institute of Engineering & TechnologyIndia 10 works
  6. 6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 Institute of Modern PhysicsChina 9 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 8 works
  9. 9 China Institute of Atomic EnergyChina 8 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Astronomical and nuclear sciences?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Astronomical and nuclear sciences include C. Schmitt, A. Lléres and S. E. Woosley.

  1. 1 C. Schmitt United States 6.8k citations
  2. 2 A. Lléres France 6.6k citations
  3. 3 S. E. Woosley United States 2.7k citations

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

Where is Astronomical and nuclear sciences research done?

The largest centres of Astronomical and nuclear sciences research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Dubna (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 44 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 27 works
  3. 3 Paris France 18 works
  4. 4 Dubna Russia 17 works
  5. 5 East Lansing United States 14 works
  6. 6 Darmstadt Germany 14 works
  7. 7 Mumbai India 13 works
  8. 8 Lanzhou China 12 works
  9. 9 Shanghai China 11 works
  10. 10 Patiāla India 10 works
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Where is the best place to study Astronomical and nuclear sciences?

Among universities, judged by research, Michigan State University, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology and Lomonosov Moscow State University 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.

0%25%50%75%mean 29.575%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Michigan State University: 10, 69.6%Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology: 10, 37.8%Lomonosov Moscow State University: 11, 5.9%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 9, 5.0%Michigan State Unive…Thapar Institute of …Lomonosov Moscow Sta…University of North …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 73.069.6%16.2×10 +13.6%
2 Thapar Institute of Engineering & TechnologyIndia 62.037.8%73.7×10 +66.6%
3 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 59.95.9%14.4×11 +80.1%
4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 14.55.0%6.3×9 -37.4%

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 Astronomical and nuclear sciences research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2009.

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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.

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.