Topic · Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Magnetic confinement fusion research
Magnetic confinement fusion research is a research topic within Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Science Explorer counts 49k 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 covers a wide range of topics in plasma physics and fusion research, including turbulence, transport, MHD stability, edge localized modes, zonal flows, confinement, neoclassical tearing modes, energetic particles, and diagnostics. The research spans from theoretical modeling to experimental observations in various fusion devices.
- Turbulence
- Tokamak
- Transport
- MHD Stability
- Edge Localized Modes
- Zonal Flows
- Confinement
- Neoclassical Tearing Modes
- Energetic Particles
- Diagnostics
- Research works
- 49k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- -6% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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