Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies
Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies is a research topic within Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Science Explorer counts 4.5k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the dynamics of complex biological and physical systems, focusing on topics such as inertial electrostatic confinement fusion, chaotic dynamics, stochastic analysis, neural network technologies, quantum mechanics, thermonuclear fusion, statistical instability, homeostatic systems, and the effects of physical effort on biological systems.
- Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion
- Chaotic Dynamics
- Biological Systems
- Stochastic Analysis
- Neural Network Technologies
- Quantum Mechanics
- Thermonuclear Fusion
- Statistical Instability
- Homeostatic Systems
- Physical Effort
- Research works
- 4.5k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 460 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +25% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
Russia
51% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies research?
By volume, Russia and the United States publish the most (427 and 145 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Russia
427 works
- 2
United States
145 works
- 3
China
60 works
- 4
Ukraine
48 works
- 5
Germany
43 works
- 6
Japan
29 works
- 7
United Kingdom
23 works
- 8
France
21 works
- 9
India
20 works
- 10
Italy
14 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 Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies research?
By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies research, followed by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Atenisi Institute.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Russian Academy of SciencesRussia
123 works
- 2
Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia
18 works
- 3
Atenisi Institute
Tonga
12 works
- 4
Weatherford CollegeUnited States
11 works
- 5
Max Planck SocietyGermany
10 works
- 6
Moscow State University
Tajikistan
10 works
- 7
Human Growth FoundationUnited States
10 works
- 8
Sechenov UniversityRussia
9 works
- 9
National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine
8 works
- 10
Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany
8 works
Where is Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies research done?
The largest centres of Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saint Petersburg and Moscow.
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
MoscowRussia
197 works
- 2
Saint PetersburgRussia
57 works
- 3
KyivUkraine
19 works
- 4
BeijingChina
16 works
- 5
Kazan’Russia
15 works
- 6
New YorkUnited States
14 works
- 7
NovosibirskRussia
13 works
- 8
Nuku'alofaTonga
12 works
- 9
WeatherfordUnited States
11 works
- 10
DushanbeTajikistan
10 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Saint PetersburgRU · 57.0 works22×
- MoscowRU · 197.3 works20×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Atenisi Institute, Weatherford College and Lomonosov Moscow State 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 first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atenisi InstituteTonga |
65.3 | 8.6% | 42877.4× | 12 | - |
| 2 | Weatherford CollegeUnited States |
56.4 | 9.3% | 9.2× | 11 | +67.0% |
| 3 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia |
53.0 | 2.9% | 24.6× | 18 | +41.0% |
| 4 | Sechenov UniversityRussia |
41.5 | 6.6% | 35.2× | 9 | +452.2% |
| 5 | Moscow State UniversityTajikistan |
38.5 | 2.6% | 43.5× | 10 | +109.9% |
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 Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies, country by countryIs Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies.
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 Fusion and Plasma Physics Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0030% in 2024.
Fractional works of Fusion and Plasma 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.
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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