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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. 42.2% 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%
45k
per year above
Top-10% rate
42.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-10%
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Which countries lead Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.9k and 1.5k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.9k works
  2. 2 China 1.5k works
  3. 3 Germany 1k works
  4. 4 India 776 works
  5. 5 Italy 752 works
  6. 6 Russia 588 works
  7. 7 France 555 works
  8. 8 Japan 479 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 433 works
  10. 10 Spain 354 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: 22.8%China: 18.0%Germany: 12.1%India: 9.3%6 others listed: 37.8%23%largest
United States1,905 · 22.8%China1,507 · 18.0%Germany1,015 · 12.1%India776 · 9.3%6 others listed3,160 · 37.8%

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

Which institutions lead Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, European Organization for Nuclear Research publishes the most Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies research, followed by Joint Institute for Nuclear Research and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 European Organization for Nuclear ResearchSwitzerland 177 works
  2. 2 Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchRussia 126 works
  3. 3 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESYGermany 123 works
  4. 4 Fermi National Accelerator LaboratoryUnited States 122 works
  5. 5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 97 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 91 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 77 works
  8. 8 Brookhaven National LaboratoryUnited States 76 works
  9. 9 GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion ResearchGermany 70 works
  10. 10 Peking UniversityChina 64 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 Xiaogang Wang, R. Kowalewski and S. L. Wu.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang Russia 13k citations
  2. 2 R. Kowalewski United Kingdom 11k citations
  3. 3 S. L. Wu United Kingdom 10k citations
  4. 4 Sw. Banerjee United Kingdom 10k citations
  5. 5 P. Jackson United Kingdom 10k citations
  6. 6 M. Costa United Kingdom 9.7k citations
  7. 7 M. Weber France 9.7k citations
  8. 8 X. Wu Switzerland 9.6k citations
  9. 9 M. Morii United Kingdom 9.6k citations
  10. 10 A. Cerri United States 9.5k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies research done?

The largest centres of Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Geneva (Switzerland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dubna, Batavia and Frascati.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 480 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 261 works
  3. 3 Paris France 194 works
  4. 4 Geneva Switzerland 193 works
  5. 5 Hamburg Germany 168 works
  6. 6 Dubna Russia 137 works
  7. 7 Batavia United States 122 works
  8. 8 Rome Italy 114 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 112 works
  10. 10 Munich Germany 111 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DubnaRU · 137.4 works130×
  2. BataviaUS · 121.8 works124×
  3. FrascatiIT · 22.8 works83×
  4. UptonUS · 86.4 works81×
  5. Newport NewsUS · 43.9 works80×
  6. TsukubaJP · 46.6 works71×
  7. PaternaES · 52.7 works64×
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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, Université Paris-Saclay, University of Zurich and Durham University 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%25%50%75%mean 56.25%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Université Paris-Saclay: 36, 51.2%University of Zurich: 54, 59.3%Durham University: 45, 61.4%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 97, 57.5%Shanxi Normal University: 8, 67.4%Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat: 15, 68.2%Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati: 28, 56.6%Karlsruhe Institute of Technology: 64, 48.8%Central China Normal University: 45, 50.3%Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: 57, 41.8%Durham UniversityUniversity of ZurichUniversity of Chines…Université Paris-Sac…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Université Paris-SaclayFrance 69.551.2%8.8×36 +634.2%
2 University of ZurichSwitzerland 69.259.3%9.7×54 +57.4%
3 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom 67.661.4%12.0×45 +45.9%
4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 66.557.5%5.5×97 +279.7%
5 Shanxi Normal UniversityChina 65.467.4%14.5×8 +315.5%
6 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology SuratIndia 65.268.2%8.4×15 +212.4%
7 Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiIndia 63.056.6%7.7×28 +659.0%
8 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 62.248.8%11.3×64 +9.2%
9 Central China Normal UniversityChina 60.750.3%16.5×45 +41.0%
10 Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 60.441.8%18.0×57 +33.7%

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 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.