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Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies is a research topic within Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Science Explorer counts 107k 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 particle physics, including high-energy collider experiments, Higgs boson observation, neutrino mass, supersymmetry, quantum chromodynamics, standard model, muon anomalous magnetic moment, electroweak symmetry breaking, and dark matter.

  • Particle Physics
  • High-Energy Collider
  • Higgs Boson
  • Neutrino Mass
  • Supersymmetry
  • Quantum Chromodynamics
  • Standard Model
  • Muon Anomalous Magnetic Moment
  • Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
  • Dark Matter
Research works
107k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

Which countries lead Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.1k and 1.7k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 2.1k works
  2. 2 China 1.7k works
  3. 3 Germany 1.1k works
  4. 4 India 851 works
  5. 5 Italy 823 works
  6. 6 Russia 618 works
  7. 7 France 615 works
  8. 8 Japan 528 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 486 works
  10. 10 Spain 389 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: 22.7%China: 18.3%Germany: 12.4%India: 9.2%6 others listed: 37.4%23%largest
United States2,095 · 22.7%China1,687 · 18.3%Germany1,145 · 12.4%India851 · 9.2%6 others listed3,458 · 37.4%

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

Which institutions lead Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies research, followed by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 365 works
  2. 2 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 363 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 304 works
  4. 4 European Organization for Nuclear ResearchSwitzerland 194 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 165 works
  6. 6 Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchRussia 131 works
  7. 7 Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryUnited States 125 works
  8. 8 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 104 works
  9. 9 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 103 works
  10. 10 Max Planck SocietyGermany 95 works

Who are the leading researchers in Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies include M. Weber, Gordon Brent Mills and Xiaogang Wang.

  1. 1 M. Weber Israel 267k citations
  2. 2 Gordon Brent Mills United States 265k citations
  3. 3 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  4. 4 Florian Fischer Germany 257k citations
  5. 5 John C. Morris United States 241k citations
  6. 6 P. Jackson France 230k citations
  7. 7 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  8. 8 Jerome H. Friedman United States 224k citations
  9. 9 A. Meyer France 224k citations
  10. 10 Kai You Wang China 224k 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 physics theoretical and experimental studies?

The most cited paper in Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies is "The large $N$ limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity" (JUAN M. MALDACENA, 1998), with 14,697 citations. Next come "Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC" (10,856) and "Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC" (10,126).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The large $N$ limit of superconformal field theories and supergravity JUAN M. MALDACENA · Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Open access 1998 14,697
2 Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC G. Aad et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,932 authors 14 Aug 2012 10,856
3 Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC S. Chatrchyan et al. · Physics Letters B Open access2,891 authors 17 Aug 2012 10,126
4 Inflationary universe: A possible solution to the horizon and flatness problems Alan H. Guth · Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields Open access 15 Jan 1981 10,058
5 PYTHIA 6.4 physics and manual Torbjörn Sjöstrand, S. Mrenna, Peter Z. Skands · Journal of High Energy Physics Open access 9 May 2006 9,135
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Where is Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies research done?

The largest centres of Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Hamburg (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dubna, Batavia and Upton.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 521 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 275 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 227 works
  4. 4 HamburgGermany 213 works
  5. 5 GenevaSwitzerland 211 works
  6. 6 DubnaRussia 142 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 126 works
  8. 8 RomeItaly 126 works
  9. 9 BataviaUnited States 125 works
  10. 10 MunichGermany 121 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DubnaRU · 142.4 works128×
  2. BataviaUS · 124.9 works128×
  3. UptonUS · 92.1 works81×
  4. FrascatiIT · 24.8 works81×
  5. Newport NewsUS · 45.4 works76×
  6. TsukubaJP · 51.1 works69×
  7. PaternaES · 58.2 works63×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Zurich, Princeton University and Harvard University 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%30%mean 19.92%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Princeton UniversityHarvard UniversityUniversity of ZurichUniversitat de Valèn…
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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
1University of ZurichSwitzerland 74.121.3%8.4×62 -3.5%
2Princeton UniversityUnited States 71.726.8%5.1×24 +26.8%
3Harvard UniversityUnited States 69.125.5%0.8×25 +13.1%
4Universitat de ValènciaSpain 67.715.4%18.1×104 -3.1%
5University of PaduaItaly 66.815.8%7.1×59 +21.3%
6Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 66.816.2%8.4×50 +19.8%
7University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 66.311.6%6.0×103 +23.0%
8Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 66.021.3%7.0×51 -11.9%
9University of BernSwitzerland 66.023.6%5.7×33 -4.8%
10University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 64.421.7%3.4×33 +10.0%

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 physics theoretical and experimental studies, country by country

Is Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies.

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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 physics theoretical and experimental studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.053% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%0.30%Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies0.044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Particle physics theoretical and experimental 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.

still counting5%10%15%Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies9.9% 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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