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Neutrino Physics Research

Neutrino Physics Research is a research topic within Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the flavor transformation of neutrinos, including evidence from various experiments such as Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, KamLAND, and Daya Bay. It also covers topics like double-beta decay, supernova simulations, sterile neutrinos, and the detection of solar and reactor antineutrinos.

  • Neutrino Flavor Transformation
  • Neutrino Oscillations
  • Double-Beta Decay
  • Supernova Simulations
  • Sterile Neutrinos
  • Solar Neutrinos
  • Reactor Antineutrinos
  • Neutrino Masses
  • Neutrino Interactions
  • Neutrino Detection
Research works
26k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Neutrino Physics Research

Which countries lead Neutrino Physics Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (698 and 424 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 698 works
  2. 2 China 424 works
  3. 3 Italy 313 works
  4. 4 India 292 works
  5. 5 Germany 275 works
  6. 6 Russia 217 works
  7. 7 Japan 204 works
  8. 8 France 175 works
  9. 9 Spain 123 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 112 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.

United States: 24.6%China: 15.0%Italy: 11.0%India: 10.3%6 others listed: 39.0%25%largest
United States698 · 24.6%China424 · 15.0%Italy313 · 11.0%India292 · 10.3%6 others listed1,106 · 39.0%

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

Which institutions lead Neutrino Physics Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Neutrino Physics Research research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 104 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 97 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 82 works
  4. 4 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 76 works
  5. 5 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica NucleareItaly 54 works
  6. 6 Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryUnited States 53 works
  7. 7 Max Planck SocietyGermany 45 works
  8. 8 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 43 works
  9. 9 Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchRussia 30 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 27 works

Who are the leading researchers in Neutrino Physics Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Neutrino Physics Research include M. Weber, Xiaogang Wang and P. Jackson.

  1. 1 M. Weber Israel 267k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 P. Jackson France 230k citations
  4. 4 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  5. 5 A. Meyer France 224k citations
  6. 6 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  7. 7 G. Mitselmakher France 223k citations
  8. 8 E. Rossi France 221k citations
  9. 9 L. Li France 211k citations
  10. 10 A. J. Beddall France 211k 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 Neutrino Physics Research?

The most cited paper in Neutrino Physics Research is "Evidence for Oscillation of Atmospheric Neutrinos" (Y. Fukuda et al., 1998), with 5,135 citations. Next come "μ→eγ at a rate of one out of 109 muon decays?" (4,789) and "Neutrino oscillations in matter" (4,149).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evidence for Oscillation of Atmospheric Neutrinos Y. Fukuda et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access121 authors 24 Aug 1998 5,135
2 μ→eγ at a rate of one out of 109 muon decays? Peter Minkowski · Physics Letters B Apr 1977 4,789
3 Neutrino oscillations in matter L. Wolfenstein · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields May 1978 4,149
4 The search for supersymmetry: Probing physics beyond the standard model Howard E. Haber · Physics Reports 1985 3,856
5 Neutrino masses in SU(2) ⊗ U(1) theories J. Schechter, José W.F. Valle · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Nov 1980 3,295
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Neutrino Physics Research research done?

The largest centres of Neutrino Physics Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Rome (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Batavia, Dubna and Paterna.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 152 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 125 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 70 works
  4. 4 RomeItaly 57 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 56 works
  6. 6 BataviaUnited States 53 works
  7. 7 HamburgGermany 46 works
  8. 8 MumbaiIndia 43 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 36 works
  10. 10 DubnaRussia 35 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BataviaUS · 53.5 works183×
  2. DubnaRU · 35.0 works105×
  3. PaternaES · 28.9 works105×
  4. L’AquilaIT · 23.8 works34×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Neutrino Physics Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Neutrino Physics Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Copenhagen, Universitat de València and University of California, Berkeley 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 20.67%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Copenh…University of Califo…Universitat de Valèn…University of Padua
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1University of CopenhagenDenmark 71.130.6%4.6×13 +8.6%
2Universitat de ValènciaSpain 67.215.9%25.4×43 -25.1%
3University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 65.823.6%5.5×16 +19.1%
4University of PaduaItaly 64.910.5%10.3×26 +25.6%
5Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 64.024.4%6.9×12 +17.3%
6Hokkaido UniversityJapan 59.526.4%6.5×9 +62.1%
7University of WashingtonUnited States 57.131.4%2.8×10 +41.4%
8Harvard UniversityUnited States 51.817.8%1.1×11 +65.8%
9Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 51.112.7%14.2×17 -5.3%
10The University of TokyoJapan 51.013.4%7.0×27 -45.5%

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 Neutrino Physics Research, country by country

Is Neutrino Physics Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2016.

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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 Neutrino Physics Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Neutrino Physics Research0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Neutrino Physics Research 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%Neutrino Physics Research10.4% 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.

Questions people ask

Who leads neutrino research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Neutrino Physics Research research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (698 and 424 works in 2022-now).

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