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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. 9.9% 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%
4.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications

Which countries lead Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.5k and 704 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.5k works
  2. 2 United States 704 works
  3. 3 Germany 464 works
  4. 4 Russia 402 works
  5. 5 France 249 works
  6. 6 Japan 208 works
  7. 7 India 199 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 154 works
  9. 9 Spain 108 works
  10. 10 Italy 86 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: 37.2%United States: 17.2%Germany: 11.3%Russia: 9.8%6 others listed: 24.5%37%largest
China1,528 · 37.2%United States704 · 17.2%Germany464 · 11.3%Russia402 · 9.8%6 others listed1,005 · 24.5%

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

Which institutions lead Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 189 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 172 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 123 works
  4. 4 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 72 works
  5. 5 Max Planck SocietyGermany 71 works
  6. 6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 59 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 41 works
  8. 8 Jilin UniversityChina 39 works
  9. 9 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 38 works
  10. 10 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 37 works

Who are the leading researchers in Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications include Wei Huang, Ben Zhong Tang and Xiaogang Wang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  3. 3 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  4. 4 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  5. 5 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  6. 6 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  7. 7 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  8. 8 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  9. 9 Daniel A. Bloch France 190k citations
  10. 10 Edward Hartley Sargent Canada 185k 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 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications?

The most cited paper in Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications is "Double-slit photoelectron interference in strong-field ionization of the neon dimer" (M. Kunitski, Nicolas Eicke, P. Huber et al., 2019), with 8,265 citations. Next come "Double-slit photoelectron interference in strong-field ionization of the neon dimer" (8,258) and "Coherence in Spontaneous Radiation Processes" (7,522).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Double-slit photoelectron interference in strong-field ionization of the neon dimer M. Kunitski, Nicolas Eicke, P. Huber et al. · Institutional Repository of Leibniz Universität Hannover (Leibniz Universität Hannover) Open access 2019 8,265
2 Double-slit photoelectron interference in strong-field ionization of the neon dimer Maksim Kunitski, Nicolas Eicke, Pia Huber et al. · Nature Communications Open access 27 Dec 2018 8,258
3 Coherence in Spontaneous Radiation Processes R. H. Dicke · Physical Review Open access 1954 7,522
4 Plasma perspective on strong field multiphoton ionization P. B. Corkum · Physical Review Letters Open access 27 Sep 1993 7,217
5 Attosecond physics Ferenc Krausz, Misha Ivanov · Reviews of Modern Physics 2 Feb 2009 5,432
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications research in 2022-now 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 Menlo Park, Jena and Livermore.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 315 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 179 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 166 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 89 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 84 works
  6. 6 Xi'anChina 71 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 71 works
  8. 8 HamburgGermany 70 works
  9. 9 ShenzhenChina 67 works
  10. 10 ChangchunChina 61 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Menlo ParkUS · 21.3 works29×
  2. JenaDE · 53.5 works26×
  3. LivermoreUS · 27.6 works23×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Stanford University, Shenzhen University and South China Normal 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 16.63%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Aarhus UniversitySouth China Normal U…Stanford UniversityShenzhen University
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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.

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
1Stanford UniversityUnited States 67.217.1%5.7×37 -11.2%
2Shenzhen UniversityChina 66.511.9%9.5×30 +18.6%
3South China Normal UniversityChina 63.221.9%10.8×16 +9.9%
4Aarhus UniversityDenmark 62.325.5%3.4×13 -12.8%
5University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 61.08.6%8.2×59 +29.8%
6Technion – Israel Institute of TechnologyIsrael 59.916.7%14.1×23 +24.5%
7Kansas State UniversityUnited States 58.922.0%15.5×15 -19.4%
8California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 58.715.1%7.9×12 +131.6%
9ETH ZurichSwitzerland 55.616.7%5.5×17 -57.9%
10National University of Defense TechnologyChina 55.510.8%11.4×38 +22.8%

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 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, country by country

Is Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019.

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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 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications 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%Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications9.6% 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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