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Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma

Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 21.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for material analysis, including instrumental and methodological approaches, plasma interactions, space exploration, geochemical and environmental analysis, and remote sensing. It covers topics such as plasma dynamics, calibration-free LIBS, chemical sensor technology, and the detection and classification of various substances.

  • Spectroscopy
  • Material Analysis
  • Plasma
  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic Data
  • Space Exploration
  • ChemCam Instrument
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geochemical Analysis
  • Elemental Analysis
Research works
43k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+1%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 741 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.2k works
  2. 2 United States 741 works
  3. 3 Russia 334 works
  4. 4 Germany 246 works
  5. 5 India 244 works
  6. 6 France 219 works
  7. 7 Japan 196 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 99 works
  9. 9 Italy 86 works
  10. 10 South Korea 73 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: 34.2%United States: 21.8%Russia: 9.8%Germany: 7.2%6 others listed: 27.0%34%largest
China1,164 · 34.2%United States741 · 21.8%Russia334 · 9.8%Germany246 · 7.2%6 others listed917 · 27.0%

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

Which institutions lead Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory publishes the most Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryUnited States 53 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38 works
  3. 3 P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 34 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 33 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 31 works
  6. 6 China Academy of Engineering PhysicsChina 30 works
  7. 7 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 30 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 29 works
  9. 9 University of BaghdadIraq 28 works
  10. 10 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 26 works

Where is Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma research done?

The largest centres of Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Livermore, Los Alamos and Mianyang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 250 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 172 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 97 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 72 works
  5. 5 Paris France 68 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 62 works
  7. 7 Livermore United States 61 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 53 works
  9. 9 Nanjing China 52 works
  10. 10 Baghdad Iraq 51 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LivermoreUS · 61.2 works56×
  2. Los AlamosUS · 26.4 works23×
  3. MianyangCN · 37.0 works16×
  4. PhagwāraIN · 29.6 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma?

Among universities, judged by research, Lovely Professional University, University of Rochester and University of Allahabad 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 25.07%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Lovely Professional University: 30, 38.7%University of Rochester: 20, 41.6%University of Allahabad: 14, 35.0%University of Baghdad: 28, 7.8%Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology: 15, 15.1%Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 33, 30.3%National Research Nuclear University MEPhI: 11, 10.9%Changchun University of Science and Technology: 16, 12.5%Czech Technical University in Prague: 10, 20.9%Ocean University of China: 10, 37.9%University of Roches…Lovely Professional …University of Allaha…University of Baghdad
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 74.538.7%14.3×30 —
2 University of RochesterUnited States 70.341.6%16.7×20 +17.4%
3 University of AllahabadIndia 58.135.0%32.3×14 -25.8%
4 University of BaghdadIraq 57.57.8%9.3×28 +412.5%
5 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 56.615.1%8.9×15 +210.3%
6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 53.930.3%3.6×33 +108.1%
7 National Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussia 52.110.9%21.0×11 +306.9%
8 Changchun University of Science and TechnologyChina 49.112.5%17.6×16 +75.6%
9 Czech Technical University in PragueCzechia 47.120.9%9.5×10 +8.6%
10 Ocean University of ChinaChina 46.737.9%5.0×10 +41.6%

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 Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma.

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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.

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.