Question 1

Which countries lead Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena research?

Accepted Answer

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 663 works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena research?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena?

Accepted Answer

The most-cited researchers publishing on Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena include M. Weber, Xiaogang Wang and P. Jackson.

Question 4

Where is Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Batavia, Paterna and Dubna.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, University of Padua, Stanford University and University of Chicago score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Question 6

Is Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena is "First‐Year Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe ( WMAP ) Observations: Determination of Cosmological Parameters" (David N. Spergel, Licia Verde, Hiranya V. Peiris et al., 2003), with 11,089 citations. Next come "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (10,856) and "Planck 2015 results" (10,771).