Ion-surface interactions and analysis
Ion-surface interactions and analysis is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 50k research works in it since 1950. 19.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the use of ion beam techniques, such as Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) and swift heavy ions, for surface analysis, nanoscale patterning, and molecular imaging. It covers a wide range of applications including surface engineering, nanostructure fabrication, and depth profiling of biological samples.
- Ion Beam
- Surface Analysis
- Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
- Nanoscale Patterning
- Cluster Ion
- Time-of-Flight
- Molecular Imaging
- Swift Heavy Ions
- Surface Engineering
- Nanostructures
- Research works
- 50k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Ion-surface interactions and analysis research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (642 and 567 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 642 works
- 2 United States 567 works
- 3 Russia 323 works
- 4 Japan 229 works
- 5 Germany 207 works
- 6 India 148 works
- 7 France 132 works
- 8 United Kingdom 96 works
- 9 South Korea 67 works
- 10 Italy 53 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 Ion-surface interactions and analysis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Ion-surface interactions and analysis research, followed by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 32 works
- 2 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 24 works
- 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 20 works
- 4 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 18 works
- 5 Oak Ridge National LaboratoryUnited States 17 works
- 6 Ioffe InstituteRussia 17 works
- 7 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 17 works
- 8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 17 works
- 9 Los Alamos National LaboratoryUnited States 16 works
- 10 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 15 works
Who are the leading researchers in Ion-surface interactions and analysis?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Ion-surface interactions and analysis include Jens K. Nørskov.
- 1 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 9.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Ion-surface interactions and analysis research done?
The largest centres of Ion-surface interactions and analysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Tokyo (Japan) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Livermore and Tomsk.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- LivermoreUS · 21.6 works27×
- TomskRU · 32.3 works20×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ion-surface interactions and analysis than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Ion-surface interactions and analysis?
Among universities, judged by research, Uppsala University, Lomonosov Moscow State University and National Research Tomsk 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 table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uppsala UniversitySweden | 61.5 | 17.3% | 8.7× | 14 | +17.4% |
| 2 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia | 57.2 | 5.3% | 9.1× | 24 | +46.9% |
| 3 | National Research Tomsk State UniversityRussia | 46.5 | 0.0% | 17.0× | 10 | +206.6% |
| 4 | Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States | 45.9 | 23.9% | 4.0× | 12 | -22.9% |
| 5 | Homi Bhabha National InstituteIndia | 45.7 | 10.4% | 12.8× | 8 | — |
| 6 | National Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussia | 45.2 | 0.3% | 28.1× | 10 | +188.3% |
| 7 | University of California, BerkeleyUnited States | 43.3 | 24.3% | 3.5× | 9 | -6.5% |
| 8 | Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina | 41.9 | 12.5% | 4.6× | 17 | +43.9% |
| 9 | Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityRussia | 41.5 | 0.0% | 42.4× | 9 | +122.2% |
| 10 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 40.4 | 14.1% | 3.3× | 17 | +30.9% |
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 Ion-surface interactions and analysis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.
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.