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High-pressure geophysics and materials

High-pressure geophysics and materials is a research topic within Geophysics. Science Explorer counts 93k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the dynamics and structure of Earth's mantle, including topics such as crystal structure prediction, high-pressure phases, seismic imaging, superconductivity, hydrous minerals, and plate tectonics. It also explores the properties and behavior of Earth's lower mantle through various experimental and theoretical approaches.

  • Mantle Dynamics
  • Crystal Structure Prediction
  • High-pressure Phases
  • Seismic Imaging
  • Superconductivity
  • Earth's Lower Mantle
  • Hydrous Minerals
  • Tomography
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Mineral Physics
Research works
93k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
High-pressure geophysics and materials

Which countries lead High-pressure geophysics and materials research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.1k and 1.9k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.1k works
  2. 2 United States 1.9k works
  3. 3 Russia 906 works
  4. 4 France 640 works
  5. 5 Japan 620 works
  6. 6 Germany 561 works
  7. 7 India 558 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 403 works
  9. 9 Italy 363 works
  10. 10 Canada 234 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.

China: 33.8%United States: 20.0%Russia: 9.8%France: 6.9%6 others listed: 29.5%34%largest
China3,142 · 33.8%United States1,860 · 20.0%Russia906 · 9.8%France640 · 6.9%6 others listed2,739 · 29.5%

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

Which institutions lead High-pressure geophysics and materials research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most High-pressure geophysics and materials research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 630 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 535 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 300 works
  4. 4 China Earthquake AdministrationChina 152 works
  5. 5 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 141 works
  6. 6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 133 works
  7. 7 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 117 works
  8. 8 China University of GeosciencesChina 114 works
  9. 9 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 95 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of Geological SciencesChina 90 works

Who are the leading researchers in High-pressure geophysics and materials?

The most-cited researchers publishing on High-pressure geophysics and materials include Zhong Lin Wang, John P. Perdew and Georg Kresse.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 John P. Perdew United States 436k citations
  3. 3 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
  4. 4 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  5. 5 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  6. 6 Kieron Burke United States 276k citations
  7. 7 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  8. 8 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  9. 9 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 260k citations
  10. 10 Xiaogang Wang China 260k 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 High-pressure geophysics and materials?

The most cited paper in High-pressure geophysics and materials is "From ultrasoft pseudopotentials to the projector augmented-wave method" (Georg Kresse, Daniel P. Joubert, 1999), with 85,965 citations. Next come "Ab initio molecular dynamics for liquid metals" (45,996) and "Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes" (25,720).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 From ultrasoft pseudopotentials to the projector augmented-wave method Georg Kresse, Daniel P. Joubert · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 Jan 1999 85,965
2 Ab initio molecular dynamics for liquid metals Georg Kresse, J. Häfner · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 1993 45,996
3 Chemical and isotopic systematics of oceanic basalts: implications for mantle composition and processes Shen‐Su Sun, W. F. McDonough · Geological Society London Special Publications 1989 25,720
4 Soft self-consistent pseudopotentials in a generalized eigenvalue formalism David Vanderbilt · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 Apr 1990 23,211
5 Ab initio molecular-dynamics simulation of the liquid-metal–amorphous-semiconductor transition in germanium Georg Kresse, J. Häfner · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 May 1994 23,146
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is High-pressure geophysics and materials research done?

The largest centres of High-pressure geophysics and materials research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Obninsk.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 1.2k works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 377 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 243 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 176 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 149 works
  6. 6 HefeiChina 135 works
  7. 7 NovosibirskRussia 125 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 121 works
  9. 9 NanjingChina 119 works
  10. 10 RomeItaly 113 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ObninskRU · 33.7 works65×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in High-pressure geophysics and materials than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study High-pressure geophysics and materials?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, ETH Zurich and University of Science and Technology of China 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.

0%10%20%mean 13.07%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →ETH ZurichCalifornia Institute…University of Chines…University of Scienc…
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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.

Citation 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
1University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 68.212.8%8.2×133 +6.2%
2ETH ZurichSwitzerland 64.615.9%8.0×55 -38.3%
3University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 62.611.3%8.1×95 +7.5%
4California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 61.814.9%15.2×54 -26.6%
5Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 61.713.6%7.7×40 +98.7%
6Curtin UniversityAustralia 61.515.1%7.5×23 -36.4%
7University of California San DiegoUnited States 60.013.4%4.5×43 +4.1%
8China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 59.67.0%40.8×117 -3.4%
9China University of GeosciencesChina 58.69.8%25.2×114 -16.5%
10University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 57.216.9%3.1×36 -38.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 High-pressure geophysics and materials, country by country

Is High-pressure geophysics and materials research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% 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 High-pressure geophysics and materials as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.042% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%High-pressure geophysics and materials0.037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of High-pressure geophysics and materials 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%High-pressure geophysics and materials9.7% 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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