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Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 57k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advances in atomic magnetometry techniques, including the use of atomic magnetometers for magnetic resonance imaging with hyperpolarized gases, measurement of neutron lifetime, exploration of quantum states, and applications in magnetoencephalography and lung function imaging. The research also covers topics such as optical pumping, spin-exchange relaxation, and microfabricated devices for atomic sensing.

  • Atomic Magnetometer
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Hyperpolarized Gases
  • Neutron Lifetime Measurement
  • Quantum States
  • Magnetoencephalography
  • Lung Function Imaging
  • Optical Pumping
  • Spin-Exchange Relaxation
  • Microfabricated Devices
Research works
57k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+20%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

Which countries lead Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.8k and 1.6k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.8k works
  2. 2 United States 1.6k works
  3. 3 Germany 523 works
  4. 4 Russia 421 works
  5. 5 Japan 417 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 313 works
  7. 7 France 303 works
  8. 8 Italy 267 works
  9. 9 India 235 works
  10. 10 Canada 163 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: 29.5%United States: 26.2%Germany: 8.8%Russia: 7.1%6 others listed: 28.5%30%largest
China1,762 · 29.5%United States1,562 · 26.2%Germany523 · 8.8%Russia421 · 7.1%6 others listed1,698 · 28.5%

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

Which institutions lead Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Beihang University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 230 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 187 works
  3. 3 Beihang UniversityChina 173 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 129 works
  5. 5 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 76 works
  6. 6 Peking UniversityChina 56 works
  7. 7 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 55 works
  8. 8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 51 works
  9. 9 Hefei UniversityChina 49 works
  10. 10 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 48 works

Who are the leading researchers in Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research include M. Shoji, Zhong Lin Wang and John P. Perdew.

  1. 1 M. Shoji Japan 806k citations
  2. 2 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  3. 3 John P. Perdew United States 436k citations
  4. 4 Karl John Friston United Kingdom 310k citations
  5. 5 Kieron Burke United States 276k citations
  6. 6 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  7. 7 M. Weber Israel 267k citations
  8. 8 Gordon Brent Mills United States 265k citations
  9. 9 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  10. 10 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research?

The most cited paper in Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research is "Functional connectivity in the motor cortex of resting human brain using echo‐planar mri" (Bharat B. Biswal, F. Zerrin Yetkin, Victor M. Haughton et al., 1995), with 10,242 citations. Next come "Sparse MRI: The application of compressed sensing for rapid MR imaging" (7,086) and "Generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisitions (GRAPPA)" (5,407).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Functional connectivity in the motor cortex of resting human brain using echo‐planar mri Bharat B. Biswal, F. Zerrin Yetkin, Victor M. Haughton et al. · Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Oct 1995 10,242
2 Sparse MRI: The application of compressed sensing for rapid MR imaging Michael S. Lustig, David L. Donoho, John M. Pauly · Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Open access 29 Oct 2007 7,086
3 Generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisitions (GRAPPA) Mark Alan Griswold, Peter M. Jakob, Robin Martin Heidemann et al. · Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Jun 2002 5,407
4 Magnetoencephalography—theory, instrumentation, and applications to noninvasive studies of the working human brain Matti Hämäläinen, Riitta Hari, Risto Juhani Ilmoniemi et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access Apr 1993 4,788
5 Unitary Symmetry and Leptonic Decays N. Cabibbo · Physical Review Letters Open access 15 Jun 1963 4,773
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Where is Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research research done?

The largest centres of Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Hefei (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dubna, Batavia and Gaithersburg.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 579 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 196 works
  3. 3 HefeiChina 142 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 129 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 113 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 112 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 78 works
  8. 8 LondonUnited Kingdom 74 works
  9. 9 HangzhouChina 72 works
  10. 10 Xi'anChina 66 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DubnaRU · 30.9 works45×
  2. BataviaUS · 26.0 works43×
  3. GaithersburgUS · 32.8 works23×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Beihang University, University of Colorado Boulder and Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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%10%20%30%mean 18.71%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Colora…Massachusetts Instit…Beihang UniversityHarvard University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Beihang UniversityChina 83.120.5%24.6×173 +255.0%
2University of Colorado BoulderUnited States 74.724.0%10.5×31 +13.1%
3Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 71.523.5%6.3×28 +22.1%
4Harvard UniversityUnited States 64.317.9%2.2×46 +6.9%
5Hefei UniversityChina 62.317.5%76.7×49 -
6University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom 61.923.6%3.0×15 +29.9%
7California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 60.515.1%12.3×28 +27.9%
8Stanford UniversityUnited States 56.613.6%3.7×34 +1.3%
9University of BaselSwitzerland 55.415.5%5.3×13 +28.9%
10ETH ZurichSwitzerland 54.915.9%4.7×21 +5.0%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research, country by country

Is Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.036% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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