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Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism is a research topic within Condensed Matter Physics. Science Explorer counts 107k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the physics of high-temperature superconductivity, particularly in cuprate superconductors. It covers a wide range of topics including electronic structure calculations, proximity effects in superconductor-ferromagnet structures, quantum Monte Carlo methods, and the evidence for electron–phonon coupling in high-temperature superconductors.

  • High-Temperature Superconductivity
  • Cuprate Superconductors
  • Dynamical Mean-Field Theory
  • Proximity Effects
  • Quantum Monte Carlo
  • Electronic Structure Calculations
  • Ferromagnet Structures
  • Valence-Bond Ground States
  • Electron–Phonon Coupling
  • Stripe Order
Research works
107k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

Which countries lead Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.8k and 1.4k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.8k works
  2. 2 United States 1.4k works
  3. 3 Japan 825 works
  4. 4 Germany 589 works
  5. 5 Russia 398 works
  6. 6 India 357 works
  7. 7 France 309 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 259 works
  9. 9 Italy 243 works
  10. 10 South Korea 174 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.

China: 28.8%United States: 22.0%Japan: 12.9%Germany: 9.2%6 others listed: 27.1%29%largest
China1,847 · 28.8%United States1,412 · 22.0%Japan825 · 12.9%Germany589 · 9.2%6 others listed1,740 · 27.1%

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

Which institutions lead Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 350 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 185 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 134 works
  4. 4 Max Planck SocietyGermany 92 works
  5. 5 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 90 works
  6. 6 The University of TokyoJapan 87 works
  7. 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 65 works
  8. 8 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 60 works
  9. 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 51 works
  10. 10 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 51 works

Who are the leading researchers in Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism include M. Shoji, Zhong Lin Wang and John P. Perdew.

  1. 1 M. Shoji Japan 806k citations
  2. 2 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  3. 3 John P. Perdew United States 436k citations
  4. 4 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
  5. 5 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  6. 6 Andre K. Geim United Kingdom 315k citations
  7. 7 Kieron Burke United States 276k citations
  8. 8 Matthias Ernzerhof Canada 276k citations
  9. 9 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  10. 10 M. Weber Israel 267k 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 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism?

The most cited paper in Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism is "Efficient iterative schemes for ab initio total-energy calculations using a plane-wave basis set" (Georg Kresse, Jürgen Furthmüller, 1996), with 123,939 citations. Next come "Accurate and simple analytic representation of the electron-gas correlation energy" (25,193) and "Accurate spin-dependent electron liquid correlation energies for local spin density calculations: a critical analysis" (20,860).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Efficient iterative schemes for ab initio total-energy calculations using a plane-wave basis set Georg Kresse, Jürgen Furthmüller · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 Oct 1996 123,939
2 Accurate and simple analytic representation of the electron-gas correlation energy John P. Perdew, Yue Wang · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 15 Jun 1992 25,193
3 Accurate spin-dependent electron liquid correlation energies for local spin density calculations: a critical analysis S. H. Vosko, L. Wilk, Marwan Nusair · Canadian Journal of Physics Open access Aug 1980 20,860
4 Possible highT c superconductivity in the Ba?La?Cu?O system J. Georg Bednorz, K. Alex M�ller · The European Physical Journal B Jun 1986 14,328
5 Theory of Superconductivity J. Bardeen, Leon N. Cooper, J. R. Schrieffer · Physical Review Open access Dec 1957 13,231
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Where is Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism research done?

The largest centres of Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Moscow (Russia) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wako, Villigen and Batavia.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 554 works
  2. 2 TokyoJapan 227 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 182 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 172 works
  5. 5 HefeiChina 140 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 111 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 107 works
  8. 8 ChengduChina 102 works
  9. 9 TsukubaJapan 81 works
  10. 10 DresdenGermany 76 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WakoJP · 36.5 works43×
  2. VilligenCH · 25.3 works38×
  3. BataviaUS · 22.9 works34×
  4. ChernogolovkaRU · 24.8 works31×
  5. UptonUS · 23.6 works31×
  6. DolgoprudnyyRU · 21.2 works22×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism?

Among universities, judged by research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 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.

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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
1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 70.225.1%9.0×45 -0.3%
2Stanford UniversityUnited States 64.518.4%4.5×48 +0.4%
3Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 64.318.7%5.4×33 +10.8%
4University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 60.913.4%5.6×65 +22.0%
5Princeton UniversityUnited States 59.717.3%9.1×29 -9.0%
6Harvard UniversityUnited States 59.430.0%1.0×22 -20.2%
7École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland 58.814.0%9.8×28 +45.8%
8The University of TokyoJapan 58.612.4%9.9×87 -29.3%
9University of WashingtonUnited States 57.930.8%1.6×13 +92.9%
10Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 57.525.9%3.7×11 +68.4%

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 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, country by country

Is Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 1994.

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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 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.032% in 2024.

still counting0.20%0.40%0.60%Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism0.027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism 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%Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism9.6% 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.

Questions people ask

Who leads superconductivity research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.8k and 1.4k works in 2022-now).

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