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Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics

Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics is a research topic within Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 29.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the physics of laser-plasma interactions, including the generation and acceleration of electron and proton beams, ion acceleration, high-energy density plasmas, fusion ignition, and the use of high-power lasers. It also involves research in the relativistic regime and utilizes particle-in-cell modeling to study these phenomena.

  • Laser-Plasma Accelerators
  • Electron Beams
  • Proton Generation
  • High-Energy Density Plasmas
  • Fusion Ignition
  • Relativistic Regime
  • Ion Acceleration
  • Wakefield Acceleration
  • High-Power Lasers
  • Particle-in-Cell Modeling
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
10k
per year above
Top-10% rate
29.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-6%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (884 and 826 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 884 works
  2. 2 United States 826 works
  3. 3 Russia 399 works
  4. 4 Germany 247 works
  5. 5 India 185 works
  6. 6 France 179 works
  7. 7 Japan 153 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 139 works
  9. 9 Italy 80 works
  10. 10 Iran 61 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: 28.0%United States: 26.2%Russia: 12.7%Germany: 7.8%6 others listed: 25.3%28%largest
China884 · 28.0%United States826 · 26.2%Russia399 · 12.7%Germany247 · 7.8%6 others listed797 · 25.3%

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

Which institutions lead Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory publishes the most Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics research, followed by Los Alamos National Laboratory and China Academy of Engineering Physics.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryUnited States 104 works
  2. 2 Los Alamos National LaboratoryUnited States 57 works
  3. 3 China Academy of Engineering PhysicsChina 47 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 45 works
  5. 5 P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 45 works
  6. 6 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 45 works
  7. 7 University of RochesterUnited States 39 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 38 works
  9. 9 Lovely Professional UniversityIndia 35 works
  10. 10 Sandia National LaboratoriesUnited States 33 works

Where is Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics research done?

The largest centres of Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Livermore (United States) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Livermore and Columbia.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 251 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 202 works
  3. 3 Livermore United States 109 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 104 works
  5. 5 Hefei China 75 works
  6. 6 Los Alamos United States 60 works
  7. 7 Paris France 60 works
  8. 8 Mianyang China 51 works
  9. 9 Nanjing China 47 works
  10. 10 Xi'an China 47 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LivermoreUS · 109.3 works116×
  2. ColumbiaUS · 23.8 works76×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics?

Among universities, judged by research, Lovely Professional University, University of Science and Technology of China and University of Rochester 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%25%50%75%mean 43.33%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Lovely Professional University: 35, 37.3%University of Science and Technology of China: 44, 41.5%University of Rochester: 39, 45.1%Princeton University: 22, 42.7%University of Allahabad: 10, 58.0%École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: 10, 65.9%Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf: 12, 46.3%Fusion Academy: 9, 49.5%National Research Nuclear University MEPhI: 19, 16.5%Shivaji University: 8, 30.5%University of Roches…Princeton UniversityUniversity of Scienc…Lovely Professional …
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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 70.337.3%19.9×35 +494.0%
2 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 66.441.5%10.4×44 +78.0%
3 University of RochesterUnited States 64.545.1%38.3×39 +28.2%
4 Princeton UniversityUnited States 60.242.7%14.4×22 +32.8%
5 University of AllahabadIndia 60.258.0%26.7×10 —
6 École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland 56.865.9%6.6×10 +16.2%
7 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany 56.446.3%11.6×12 +22.7%
8 Fusion AcademyUnited States 56.149.5%326.2×9 -8.3%
9 National Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussia 54.616.5%44.4×19 +226.2%
10 Shivaji UniversityIndia 53.130.5%23.3×8 +169.2%

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-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics.

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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.