Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 46k research works in it since 1950. 19.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers represents the cutting-edge research in attosecond physics and optics, focusing on topics such as high-harmonic generation, ultrafast laser pulses, nonlinear optics, molecular dynamics, quantum control, femtosecond science, X-ray spectroscopy, optical parametric amplifiers, and electron dynamics.
- Attosecond Physics
- High-Harmonic Generation
- Ultrafast Laser Pulses
- Nonlinear Optics
- Molecular Dynamics
- Quantum Control
- Femtosecond Science
- X-ray Spectroscopy
- Optical Parametric Amplifiers
- Electron Dynamics
- Research works
- 46k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -3% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.4k and 643 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.4k works
- 2 United States 643 works
- 3 Germany 428 works
- 4 Russia 384 works
- 5 France 233 works
- 6 Japan 193 works
- 7 India 176 works
- 8 United Kingdom 135 works
- 9 Spain 101 works
- 10 Italy 77 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 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 53 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 53 works
- 3 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 40 works
- 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 39 works
- 5 Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics China 38 works
- 6 National University of Defense Technology China 35 works
- 7 Jilin University China 34 works
- 8 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China 33 works
- 9 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 33 works
- 10 The University of Tokyo Japan 33 works
Who are the leading researchers in Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications include M. Shapiro.
- 1 M. Shapiro 8.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jena, Livermore and Szeged.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- JenaDE · 50.6 works27×
- LivermoreUS · 26.7 works23×
- SzegedHU · 26.4 works19×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, Lovely Professional University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shenzhen 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 | Lovely Professional University India | 70.4 | 24.4% | 12.4× | 28 | +372.2% |
| 2 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China | 62.4 | 14.5% | 7.1× | 53 | +299.6% |
| 3 | Shenzhen University China | 62.1 | 14.8% | 8.8× | 30 | +239.4% |
| 4 | Shanxi University China | 61.0 | 21.3% | 13.2× | 16 | +391.7% |
| 5 | University of Rochester United States | 60.3 | 28.0% | 21.0× | 27 | -2.8% |
| 6 | National University of Defense Technology China | 56.6 | 17.6% | 10.1× | 35 | +42.7% |
| 7 | Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications China | 55.0 | 10.8% | 12.3× | 24 | +141.3% |
| 8 | South China Normal University China | 55.0 | 30.2% | 9.7× | 15 | +7.0% |
| 9 | Shenzhen Technology University China | 54.3 | 22.1% | 23.7× | 15 | — |
| 10 | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Israel | 54.1 | 21.5% | 14.8× | 22 | -26.7% |
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-Matter Interactions and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications.
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.