Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena
Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1953. 16.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of research on dusty plasmas, including topics such as quantum plasma physics, complex ionized gas systems, nonlinear solitary waves, space plasmas, strongly coupled plasma, electron-acoustic waves, ion-acoustic solitons, and their applications in nuclear fusion research.
- Dusty Plasmas
- Quantum Plasma Physics
- Complex Ionized Gas Systems
- Plasma Crystal Experiments
- Nonlinear Solitary Waves
- Space Plasmas
- Electron-Acoustic Waves
- Strongly Coupled Plasma
- Ion-Acoustic Solitons
- Nuclear Fusion Research
- Research works
- 14k fractional, since 1953
- In the world top 10%
- 2.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -2% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena research?
By volume, India and China publish the most (222 and 188 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 India 222 works
- 2 China 188 works
- 3 United States 161 works
- 4 Russia 129 works
- 5 Pakistan 78 works
- 6 Germany 52 works
- 7 France 44 works
- 8 Iran 40 works
- 9 Bangladesh 33 works
- 10 Egypt 32 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Joint Institute for High Temperatures publishes the most Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena research, followed by Guru Nanak Dev University and Northwest Normal University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Joint Institute for High TemperaturesRussia 27 works
- 2 Guru Nanak Dev UniversityIndia 14 works
- 3 Northwest Normal UniversityChina 13 works
- 4 Chittagong University of Engineering & TechnologyBangladesh 11 works
- 5 Space Research InstituteRussia 11 works
- 6 Institute for Plasma ResearchIndia 10 works
- 7 Jahangirnagar UniversityBangladesh 10 works
- 8 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 9 works
- 9 Government College University, LahorePakistan 9 works
- 10 Visva-Bharati UniversityIndia 8 works
Who are the leading researchers in Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena include Xiaogang Wang, M. S. Alam and D. Evans.
- 1 Xiaogang Wang Russia 13k citations
- 2 M. S. Alam United States 5.5k citations
- 3 D. Evans Switzerland 3.6k citations
- 4 A. Kisiel India 2.8k citations
- 5 R. J. M. Snellings France 2.8k citations
- 6 C. A. Pruneau France 2.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena research done?
The largest centres of Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Islamabad (Pakistan), Beijing (China) and Kolkata (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Islamabad.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- IslamabadPK · 35.5 works20×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena?
Among universities, judged by research, Guru Nanak Dev University, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology and Visva-Bharati 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guru Nanak Dev UniversityIndia | 69.7 | 12.5% | 99.4× | 14 | +134.4% |
| 2 | Chittagong University of Engineering & TechnologyBangladesh | 68.0 | 14.8% | 119.6× | 11 | — |
| 3 | Visva-Bharati UniversityIndia | 57.3 | 15.8% | 84.7× | 8 | -21.2% |
| 4 | Jahangirnagar UniversityBangladesh | 45.6 | 6.9% | 98.5× | 10 | -9.1% |
| 5 | Government College University, LahorePakistan | 41.2 | 4.4% | 77.2× | 9 | -1.8% |
| 6 | Northwest Normal UniversityChina | 33.9 | 2.6% | 43.4× | 13 | -0.8% |
| 7 | Dalian University of TechnologyChina | 19.2 | 9.4% | 7.7× | 9 | -25.8% |
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 Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Dust and Plasma Wave Phenomena.
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.