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Particle Detector Development and Performance

Particle Detector Development and Performance is a research topic within Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Science Explorer counts 30k 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 covers advancements in particle detector technology, including silicon detectors, photon counting, radiation hardness, time projection chambers, gaseous detectors, cosmic-ray muon imaging, X-ray imaging, and the performance of various types of detectors. The papers also discuss the application of CMOS technology in detector design and development.

  • Particle Detectors
  • Silicon Detectors
  • Photon Counting
  • Radiation Hardness
  • Time Projection Chambers
  • Gaseous Detectors
  • Cosmic-Ray Muon Imaging
  • X-ray Imaging
  • Detector Performance
  • CMOS Technology
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Particle Detector Development and Performance

Which countries lead Particle Detector Development and Performance research?

By volume, the United States and Italy publish the most (867 and 596 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 867 works
  2. 2 Italy 596 works
  3. 3 China 589 works
  4. 4 Germany 384 works
  5. 5 France 275 works
  6. 6 Switzerland 262 works
  7. 7 Japan 205 works
  8. 8 Russia 192 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 177 works
  10. 10 India 175 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: 23.3%Italy: 16.0%China: 15.8%Germany: 10.3%6 others listed: 34.6%23%largest
United States867 · 23.3%Italy596 · 16.0%China589 · 15.8%Germany384 · 10.3%6 others listed1,287 · 34.6%

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

Which institutions lead Particle Detector Development and Performance research?

By volume in 2022-now, European Organization for Nuclear Research publishes the most Particle Detector Development and Performance research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 European Organization for Nuclear ResearchSwitzerland 170 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 170 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 141 works
  4. 4 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 133 works
  5. 5 Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryUnited States 94 works
  6. 6 Istituto Nazionale di Fisica NucleareItaly 67 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 52 works
  8. 8 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 52 works
  9. 9 Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies AlternativesFrance 50 works
  10. 10 Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchRussia 45 works

Who are the leading researchers in Particle Detector Development and Performance?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Particle Detector Development and Performance include M. Weber, Xiaogang Wang and Florian Fischer.

  1. 1 M. Weber Israel 267k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Florian Fischer Germany 257k citations
  4. 4 P. Jackson France 230k citations
  5. 5 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k 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 E. Rossi France 221k citations
  10. 10 L. Li 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 Particle Detector Development and Performance?

The most cited paper in Particle Detector Development and Performance is "Geant4—a simulation toolkit" (Stefano Agostinelli et al., 2003), with 25,572 citations. Next come "Geant4 developments and applications" (7,047) and "The anti- k t jet clustering algorithm" (6,780).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Geant4—a simulation toolkit Stefano Agostinelli et al. · Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment Open access127 authors 21 Jun 2003 25,572
2 Geant4 developments and applications John E. Allison et al. · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Open access Feb 2006 7,047
3 The anti- k t jet clustering algorithm Matteo Cacciari, Gavin P Salam, Gregory Soyez · Journal of High Energy Physics Open access 16 Apr 2008 6,780
4 The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC S. Chatrchyan et al. · Journal of Instrumentation Open access2,047 authors 14 Aug 2008 5,508
5 FastJet user manual Matteo Cacciari, Gavin P. Salam, Gregory Soyez · The European Physical Journal C Open access Mar 2012 5,133
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Where is Particle Detector Development and Performance research done?

The largest centres of Particle Detector Development and Performance research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Geneva (Switzerland), Rome (Italy) and Batavia (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Batavia, Dubna and Tsukuba.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 243 works
  2. 2 GenevaSwitzerland 186 works
  3. 3 RomeItaly 101 works
  4. 4 BataviaUnited States 95 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 93 works
  6. 6 HamburgGermany 93 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 83 works
  8. 8 MilanItaly 68 works
  9. 9 HefeiChina 62 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 58 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BataviaUS · 94.6 works253×
  2. DubnaRU · 50.3 works118×
  3. TsukubaJP · 27.3 works97×
  4. Newport NewsUS · 21.0 works92×
  5. UptonUS · 37.4 works86×
  6. GenevaCH · 186.1 works49×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Particle Detector Development and Performance than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Particle Detector Development and Performance?

Among universities, judged by research, Stanford University, University of Zurich and University of Trento score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 14.65%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Massachusetts Instit…University of ZurichStanford UniversityUniversity of Trento
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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.

Citation 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
1Stanford UniversityUnited States 73.815.8%6.4×38 +15.1%
2University of ZurichSwitzerland 71.816.1%6.1×17 +14.6%
3University of TrentoItaly 69.114.2%17.9×19 +38.2%
4Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 68.919.4%6.2×17 +7.1%
5University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 68.311.9%6.5×43 +40.5%
6University of TurinItaly 67.310.4%17.2×37 +31.6%
7Université Paris-SaclayFrance 66.212.4%6.4×16 +46.6%
8Heidelberg UniversityGermany 65.516.7%5.4×16 +9.1%
9University of PaduaItaly 64.411.9%7.9×25 +68.9%
10Peking UniversityChina 64.317.7%1.9×16 +70.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Particle Detector Development and Performance, country by country

Is Particle Detector Development and Performance research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Particle Detector Development and Performance.

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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 Particle Detector Development and Performance as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Particle Detector Development and Performance 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%Particle Detector Development and Performance10.1% 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.

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