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Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Black Holes and Theoretical Physics is a research topic within Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Science Explorer counts 76k 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 the holographic derivation of field theories and gravity, particularly in the context of string theory, quantum entanglement, black holes, AdS/CFT correspondence, supergravity, and conformal symmetry. It explores various aspects such as viscosity, entropy, enthalpy, and the thermodynamics of black holes in the holographic context.

  • Holographic
  • Field Theories
  • Gravity
  • String Theory
  • Quantum Entanglement
  • Black Holes
  • AdS/CFT Correspondence
  • Supergravity
  • Conformal Symmetry
  • Quantum Gravity
Research works
76k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
20% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Which countries lead Black Holes and Theoretical Physics research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.4k and 1.3k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.4k works
  2. 2 China 1.3k works
  3. 3 India 995 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 594 works
  5. 5 Italy 579 works
  6. 6 Japan 502 works
  7. 7 Germany 493 works
  8. 8 France 383 works
  9. 9 Brazil 380 works
  10. 10 Russia 372 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: 20.1%China: 18.3%India: 14.3%United Kingdom: 8.5%6 others listed: 38.8%20%largest
United States1,402 · 20.1%China1,273 · 18.3%India995 · 14.3%United Kingdom594 · 8.5%6 others listed2,709 · 38.8%

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

Which institutions lead Black Holes and Theoretical Physics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Black Holes and Theoretical Physics research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 193 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 151 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 117 works
  4. 4 Max Planck SocietyGermany 88 works
  5. 5 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 74 works
  6. 6 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 70 works
  7. 7 Kyoto UniversityJapan 64 works
  8. 8 Perimeter InstituteCanada 63 works
  9. 9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 56 works
  10. 10 The University of TokyoJapan 55 works

Who are the leading researchers in Black Holes and Theoretical Physics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Black Holes and Theoretical Physics include M. Weber, Xiaogang Wang and John C. Morris.

  1. 1 M. Weber Israel 267k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 John C. Morris United States 241k citations
  4. 4 P. Jackson France 230k citations
  5. 5 Jerome H. Friedman United States 224k citations
  6. 6 A. Meyer France 224k citations
  7. 7 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  8. 8 G. Mitselmakher France 223k citations
  9. 9 E. Rossi France 221k citations
  10. 10 L. Li France 211k 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 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics?

The most cited paper in Black Holes and Theoretical Physics is "The large $N$ limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity" (JUAN M. MALDACENA, 1998), with 14,697 citations. Next come "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (14,545) and "Anti de Sitter space and holography" (13,441).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The large $N$ limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity JUAN M. MALDACENA · Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Open access 1998 14,697
2 Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors 11 Feb 2016 14,545
3 Anti de Sitter space and holography Edward H. Witten · Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Open access 1998 13,441
4 Particle creation by black holes Stephen William Hawking · Communications in Mathematical Physics Aug 1975 13,167
5 Inflationary universe: A possible solution to the horizon and flatness problems Alan H. Guth · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 15 Jan 1981 10,058
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Where is Black Holes and Theoretical Physics research done?

The largest centres of Black Holes and Theoretical Physics research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Famagusta and Bābolsar.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 315 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 196 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 179 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 167 works
  5. 5 MadridSpain 139 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 139 works
  7. 7 KolkataIndia 112 works
  8. 8 LahorePakistan 98 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 92 works
  10. 10 WaterlooCanada 91 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FamagustaCY · 45.3 works67×
  2. BābolsarIR · 32.2 works40×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Black Holes and Theoretical Physics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Black Holes and Theoretical Physics?

Among universities, judged by research, Zhejiang Normal University, Princeton University and Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 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%20%40%mean 29.41%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Zhejiang Normal Univ…University of NizwaBirla Institute of T…Princeton 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
1Zhejiang Normal UniversityChina 72.136.5%10.5×28 +1968.5%
2Princeton UniversityUnited States 70.827.1%11.7×49 +10.2%
3Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniIndia 68.128.0%12.8×47 +72.1%
4University of NizwaOman 67.731.4%36.0×13 +102.0%
5University of LahorePakistan 66.828.5%22.3×36 -
6University of Hradec KrálovéCzechia 66.847.3%15.6×9 +476.8%
7University of Management and TechnologyPakistan 66.139.8%15.3×14 +214.4%
8Khazar UniversityAzerbaijan 64.321.1%121.7×35 -
9Eastern Mediterranean UniversityCyprus 63.919.0%75.8×45 +82.4%
10University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 63.015.4%6.7×74 -2.9%

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 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, country by country

Is Black Holes and Theoretical Physics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Black Holes and Theoretical Physics.

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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 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.045% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Black Holes and Theoretical Physics0.040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Black Holes and Theoretical Physics 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%Black Holes and Theoretical Physics9.8% 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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Who leads black hole research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Black Holes and Theoretical Physics research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.4k and 1.3k works in 2022-now).

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