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Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research is a research topic within Astronomy and Astrophysics. Science Explorer counts 35k 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 focuses on the observation, study, and implications of gravitational waves from binary black hole and neutron star mergers, as well as the use of LIGO and Virgo detectors for these detections. It also delves into the equation of state of nuclear matter, pulsar timing, compact binary mergers, tests of general relativity, and the potential of space-borne detectors for gravitational wave observations.

  • Gravitational Waves
  • Binary Black Hole
  • Neutron Star
  • LIGO and Virgo
  • Equation of State
  • Pulsar Timing
  • Compact Binary Mergers
  • General Relativity Tests
  • Space-borne Detectors
  • Nuclear Matter
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research

Which countries lead Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 1.1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 United States 1.1k works
  3. 3 India 517 works
  4. 4 Italy 448 works
  5. 5 Germany 417 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 349 works
  7. 7 Japan 314 works
  8. 8 France 306 works
  9. 9 Russia 240 works
  10. 10 Spain 192 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: 25.5%United States: 21.7%India: 9.8%Italy: 8.5%6 others listed: 34.5%26%largest
China1,347 · 25.5%United States1,147 · 21.7%India517 · 9.8%Italy448 · 8.5%6 others listed1,819 · 34.5%

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

Which institutions lead Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Max Planck Society.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 300 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 160 works
  3. 3 Max Planck SocietyGermany 129 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 104 works
  5. 5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 77 works
  6. 6 National Institute for AstrophysicsItaly 68 works
  7. 7 California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 62 works
  8. 8 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 57 works
  9. 9 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 51 works
  10. 10 The University of TokyoJapan 46 works

Who are the leading researchers in Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research include M. Weber, Kai You Wang and G. Mitselmakher.

  1. 1 M. Weber Israel 267k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 G. Mitselmakher France 223k citations
  4. 4 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  5. 5 Ian W Harry Germany 189k citations
  6. 6 R. W. L. Jones United Kingdom 189k citations
  7. 7 Edward H. Witten United States 174k 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 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research?

The most cited paper in Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research is "Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant" (Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko, P. Challis et al., 1998), with 19,814 citations. Next come "Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae" (18,225) and "Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger" (14,545).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko, P. Challis et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access Sep 1998 19,814
2 Measurements of Ω and Λ from 42 High‐Redshift Supernovae S. Perlmutter et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access Jun 1999 18,225
3 Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors 11 Feb 2016 14,545
4 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
5 Electromagnetic extraction of energy from Kerr black holes Roger D. Blandford, R. L. Znajek · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Jul 1977 5,162
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Where is Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research research done?

The largest centres of Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia) and Rome (Italy).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 420 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 146 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 142 works
  4. 4 RomeItaly 107 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 103 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 96 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 86 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 85 works
  9. 9 PotsdamGermany 78 works
  10. 10 NanjingChina 70 works
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Where is the best place to study Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Eastern Mediterranean University, Princeton University and Khazar 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%20%40%mean 22.43%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Eastern Mediterranea…Khazar UniversityPrinceton UniversityCalifornia Institute…
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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
1Eastern Mediterranean UniversityCyprus 70.232.0%34.1×14 +90.6%
2Princeton UniversityUnited States 68.820.8%10.7×30 +8.4%
3Khazar UniversityAzerbaijan 67.222.7%95.7×18 -
4California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 64.515.7%27.6×62 -18.5%
5University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 63.121.4%5.5×29 +9.4%
6University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States 62.529.1%5.3×19 +8.3%
7Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 61.922.8%2.4×23 +53.6%
8Sapienza University of RomeItaly 60.714.9%7.1×51 +11.9%
9University of NizwaOman 60.222.5%39.0×10 +19.0%
10University of LahorePakistan 60.022.4%15.0×16 -

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 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research, country by country

Is Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research.

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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 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.028% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research0.028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research 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%Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research10.3% 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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Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research is a research topic within Astronomy and Astrophysics. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

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