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Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies

Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies is a research topic within Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

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  • Smartphones
  • Experimental Tools
  • Video Analysis
  • Accelerometer Sensors
  • Pendulum Motion
  • Arduino
  • High-Speed Cameras
  • Dimensional Analysis
  • Friction Experiments
  • Acoustic Phenomena
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-3%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies

Which countries lead Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (752 and 208 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 752 works
  2. 2 China 208 works
  3. 3 Germany 199 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 151 works
  5. 5 Brazil 149 works
  6. 6 India 146 works
  7. 7 Italy 134 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 122 works
  9. 9 Russia 103 works
  10. 10 Japan 90 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: 36.6%China: 10.1%Germany: 9.7%Indonesia: 7.4%6 others listed: 36.2%37%largest
United States752 · 36.6%China208 · 10.1%Germany199 · 9.7%Indonesia151 · 7.4%6 others listed744 · 36.2%

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

Which institutions lead Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and The University of Sydney.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 32 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 28 works
  3. 3 The University of SydneyAustralia 25 works
  4. 4 Michigan Technological UniversityUnited States 18 works
  5. 5 San Jose State UniversityUnited States 15 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 14 works
  7. 7 United States Department of DefenseUnited States 13 works
  8. 8 University of TrentoItaly 12 works
  9. 9 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 11 works
  10. 10 University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 11 works

Who are the leading researchers in Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies include Zhong Lin Wang, Martin McKee and Andrew Zisserman.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Martin McKee United Kingdom 270k citations
  3. 3 Andrew Zisserman United Kingdom 255k citations
  4. 4 Harry Eugene Stanley United States 198k 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 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies?

The most cited paper in Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies is "Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes" (Leslie Allen, Marco W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw et al., 1992), with 10,522 citations. Next come "Linear and Nonlinear Waves" (8,303) and "Significance of Electromagnetic Potentials in the Quantum Theory" (7,047).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes Leslie Allen, Marco W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw et al. · Physical Review A Jun 1992 10,522
2 Linear and Nonlinear Waves Gerald Beresford Whitham, Richard Fowler · Physics Today Jun 1975 8,303
3 Significance of Electromagnetic Potentials in the Quantum Theory Yakir Aharonov, David Böhm · Physical Review Open access Aug 1959 7,047
4 On the LambertW function Robert M. Corless, Gastón H. Gonnet, D. E. G. Hare et al. · Advances in Computational Mathematics Dec 1996 6,268
5 An introduction to fluid dynamics N. Curle · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Jul 1968 6,206
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Where is Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies research done?

The largest centres of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Sydney (Australia) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 49 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 44 works
  3. 3 SydneyAustralia 30 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 27 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 24 works
  6. 6 TashkentUzbekistan 22 works
  7. 7 New YorkUnited States 21 works
  8. 8 Mexico CityMexico 20 works
  9. 9 RomeItaly 20 works
  10. 10 Los AngelesUnited States 19 works
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Where is the best place to study Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, The University of Sydney, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and University of Cambridge 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 8.63%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Indian Institute of …University of Cambri…University of TrentoThe University of Sy…
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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
1The University of SydneyAustralia 67.05.2%7.4×25 +40.3%
2Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia 62.734.1%7.0×9 +179.5%
3University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 50.812.9%3.5×11 +69.5%
4University of TrentoItaly 49.66.4%17.5×12 +29.2%
5The University of AdelaideAustralia 47.912.0%8.3×10 +667.9%
6Michigan Technological UniversityUnited States 47.20.0%69.9×18 +754.1%
7University of BolognaItaly 43.214.0%4.6×10 +269.1%
8San Jose State UniversityUnited States 35.41.0%51.8×15 -
9Goethe University FrankfurtGermany 35.30.6%8.6×10 +40.6%
10University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 35.10.1%8.6×11 +706.2%

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 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies, country by country

Is Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies 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%Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies10.8% 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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