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Nuclear physics research studies

Nuclear physics research studies is a research topic within Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Science Explorer counts 62k 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 theoretical and experimental studies on nuclear structure, nuclear forces, nucleosynthesis, neutron radii, mean-field models, nuclear reactions, shell model, isospin physics, mass evaluation, and astrophysical reaction rates.

  • Nuclear Structure
  • Nuclear Forces
  • Nucleosynthesis
  • Neutron Radii
  • Mean-Field Models
  • Nuclear Reactions
  • Shell Model
  • Isospin Physics
  • Mass Evaluation
  • Astrophysical Reaction Rates
Research works
62k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Nuclear physics research studies

Which countries lead Nuclear physics research studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (757 and 685 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 757 works
  2. 2 China 685 works
  3. 3 India 408 works
  4. 4 Russia 315 works
  5. 5 Japan 275 works
  6. 6 Germany 248 works
  7. 7 France 230 works
  8. 8 Italy 182 works
  9. 9 Iraq 96 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 92 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: 23.0%China: 20.8%India: 12.4%Russia: 9.6%6 others listed: 34.2%23%largest
United States757 · 23.0%China685 · 20.8%India408 · 12.4%Russia315 · 9.6%6 others listed1,123 · 34.2%

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

Which institutions lead Nuclear physics research studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Nuclear physics research studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 167 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 112 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 107 works
  4. 4 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 87 works
  5. 5 Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchRussia 72 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 57 works
  7. 7 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 57 works
  8. 8 Peking UniversityChina 47 works
  9. 9 Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesFrance 46 works
  10. 10 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 46 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nuclear physics research studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nuclear physics research studies 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 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  5. 5 Jerome H. Friedman United States 224k citations
  6. 6 A. Meyer France 224k citations
  7. 7 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  8. 8 G. Mitselmakher France 223k citations
  9. 9 L. Li France 211k citations
  10. 10 M. Costa France 207k 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 Nuclear physics research studies?

The most cited paper in Nuclear physics research studies is "The Ame2003 atomic mass evaluation" (G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra, Catherine Thibault, 2003), with 4,793 citations. Next come "Review of particle properties" (4,419) and "Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics" (4,319).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Ame2003 atomic mass evaluation G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra, Catherine Thibault · Nuclear Physics A Dec 2003 4,793
2 Review of particle properties George P. Yost et al. · Physics Letters B Apr 1988 4,419
3 Angular Momentum in Quantum Mechanics A. R. Edmonds, H. Mendlowitz · Physics Today Apr 1958 4,319
4 parsec : stellar tracks and isochrones with the PAdova and TRieste Stellar Evolution Code Alessandro Bressan, Paola Marigo, L. Girardi et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 29 Oct 2012 4,269
5 Synthesis of the Elements in Stars E. M. Burbidge, Geoffrey Ronald Burbidge, William Alfred Fowler et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access Oct 1957 4,005
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Where is Nuclear physics research studies research done?

The largest centres of Nuclear physics research studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chapel Hill (United States), Moscow (Russia) and Dubna (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dubna, Măgurele and Wako.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 204 works
  2. 2 Chapel HillUnited States 167 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 133 works
  4. 4 DubnaRussia 87 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 79 works
  6. 6 DarmstadtGermany 75 works
  7. 7 LanzhouChina 72 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 63 works
  9. 9 East LansingUnited States 54 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 53 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DubnaRU · 87.1 works213×
  2. MăgureleRO · 33.8 works128×
  3. WakoJP · 36.5 works80×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nuclear physics research studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nuclear physics research studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Peking University, Michigan State University and Université Libre de Bruxelles 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.

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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
1Peking UniversityChina 74.934.8%6.1×47 +6.6%
2Michigan State UniversityUnited States 62.519.2%20.3×57 -18.3%
3Université Libre de BruxellesBelgium 59.619.6%17.0×20 -1.0%
4University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUnited States 58.029.5%6.8×10 +13.2%
5University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 56.817.6%4.7×29 +25.8%
6University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 54.91.2%24.5×167 +534.1%
7Université Paris-SaclayFrance 52.510.8%9.0×22 +9.0%
8Lanzhou UniversityChina 52.118.9%6.4×17 +100.2%
9Ruhr University BochumGermany 52.122.2%6.5×10 +28.3%
10University of WashingtonUnited States 51.336.0%2.6×11 -25.3%

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 Nuclear physics research studies, country by country

Is Nuclear physics research studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2009.

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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 Nuclear physics research studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Nuclear physics research studies 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.

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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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