Nuclear Physics and Applications
Nuclear Physics and Applications is a research topic within Radiation. Science Explorer counts 89k research works in it since 1950. 18.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on neutron imaging and analysis techniques, including small-angle scattering, neutron activation analysis, tomography, spectrometer design and performance, radiography, backscattering spectrometers, data analysis software, calibration standards, and their applications in materials research.
- Neutron Imaging
- Small-Angle Scattering
- Neutron Activation Analysis
- Tomography
- Spectrometer
- Radiography
- Backscattering
- Data Analysis
- Calibration Standard
- Materials Research
- Research works
- 89k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 17k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -7% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Nuclear Physics and Applications research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.6k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.6k works
- 2 China 1.2k works
- 3 Japan 514 works
- 4 Russia 509 works
- 5 France 376 works
- 6 Germany 339 works
- 7 India 320 works
- 8 Italy 317 works
- 9 United Kingdom 216 works
- 10 South Korea 187 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 Nuclear Physics and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Oak Ridge National Laboratory publishes the most Nuclear Physics and Applications research, followed by Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Oak Ridge National LaboratoryUnited States 145 works
- 2 Los Alamos National LaboratoryUnited States 127 works
- 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 77 works
- 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 71 works
- 5 Japan Atomic Energy AgencyJapan 64 works
- 6 Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryUnited States 63 works
- 7 Idaho National LaboratoryUnited States 60 works
- 8 Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchRussia 57 works
- 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 53 works
- 10 Bhabha Atomic Research CentreIndia 52 works
Who are the leading researchers in Nuclear Physics and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Nuclear Physics and Applications include Zhong Lin Wang, M. Costa and M. Morii.
- 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
- 2 M. Costa United Kingdom 9.7k citations
- 3 M. Morii United Kingdom 9.6k citations
- 4 H. F-W. Sadrozinski United States 9.1k citations
- 5 Κ. Peters United Kingdom 7.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Nuclear Physics and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Nuclear Physics and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Oak Ridge (United States) and Los Alamos (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tōkai Mura, Dubna and Los Alamos.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Tōkai MuraJP · 75.2 works125×
- DubnaRU · 65.8 works90×
- Los AlamosUS · 142.8 works70×
- Idaho FallsUS · 61.2 works65×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nuclear Physics and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Nuclear Physics and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and Université Paris-Saclay 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 | National Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussia | 57.7 | 9.2% | 48.0× | 43 | +276.1% |
| 2 | Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 56.4 | 38.7% | 7.6× | 8 | +320.5% |
| 3 | Université Paris-SaclayFrance | 51.5 | 30.0% | 7.5× | 21 | — |
| 4 | Homi Bhabha National InstituteIndia | 50.3 | 14.7% | 23.2× | 36 | — |
| 5 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina | 49.5 | 58.2% | 1.9× | 31 | +39.0% |
| 6 | East China University of TechnologyChina | 49.2 | 22.8% | 16.7× | 11 | +101.2% |
| 7 | Dubna State UniversityRussia | 48.7 | 11.3% | 69.6× | 9 | +180.6% |
| 8 | Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityRussia | 47.5 | 10.2% | 17.8× | 9 | +172.2% |
| 9 | Czech Technical University in PragueCzechia | 46.2 | 18.0% | 10.8× | 19 | -1.4% |
| 10 | Novosibirsk State UniversityRussia | 46.1 | 9.1% | 10.2× | 11 | +169.7% |
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 Nuclear Physics and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Nuclear Physics 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.