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Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions

Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions is a research topic within Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Science Explorer counts 90k research works in it since 1950. 41.3% 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 hadron physics and quantum chromodynamics (QCD), including the study of charmonium, mesons, baryons, parton distributions, exotic states, and the application of renormalization group techniques in lattice QCD. It also explores chiral dynamics, resonances, and the infrared behavior of QCD Green's functions.

  • QCD
  • charmonium
  • mesons
  • baryons
  • parton distributions
  • renormalization group
  • exotic states
  • lattice QCD
  • chiral dynamics
  • resonances
Research works
90k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
37k
per year above
Top-10% rate
41.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-13%
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Which countries lead Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 United States 1.1k works
  3. 3 Germany 695 works
  4. 4 India 506 works
  5. 5 Russia 431 works
  6. 6 Italy 399 works
  7. 7 France 355 works
  8. 8 Japan 351 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 248 works
  10. 10 Spain 221 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: 23.0%United States: 19.8%Germany: 12.4%India: 9.0%6 others listed: 35.8%23%largest
China1,288 · 23.0%United States1,110 · 19.8%Germany695 · 12.4%India506 · 9.0%6 others listed2,005 · 35.8%

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

Which institutions lead Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research publishes the most Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Joint Institute for Nuclear ResearchRussia 102 works
  2. 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 79 works
  3. 3 GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion ResearchGermany 74 works
  4. 4 Institute of Modern PhysicsChina 68 works
  5. 5 European Organization for Nuclear ResearchSwitzerland 65 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 63 works
  7. 7 Brookhaven National LaboratoryUnited States 54 works
  8. 8 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESYGermany 53 works
  9. 9 Peking UniversityChina 52 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 50 works

Who are the leading researchers in Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions 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 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions research done?

The largest centres of Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Dubna (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dubna, Newport News and Upton.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 369 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 162 works
  3. 3 Paris France 115 works
  4. 4 Dubna Russia 115 works
  5. 5 Lanzhou China 113 works
  6. 6 Darmstadt Germany 94 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 77 works
  8. 8 Geneva Switzerland 70 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 70 works
  10. 10 Hamburg Germany 69 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DubnaRU · 114.6 works164×
  2. Newport NewsUS · 36.6 works100×
  3. UptonUS · 63.8 works91×
  4. TsukubaJP · 22.9 works52×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Université Paris-Saclay and Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat 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%50%100%mean 62.86%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 79, 61.2%Université Paris-Saclay: 28, 49.4%Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat: 21, 60.2%University of Zurich: 34, 66.2%Durham University: 26, 64.2%Lanzhou University: 37, 66.2%Stony Brook University: 39, 59.2%Shanxi Normal University: 8, 68.7%Istanbul Aydın University: 10, 84.6%Central China Normal University: 45, 48.7%University of ZurichUniversity of Chines…Sardar Vallabhbhai N…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 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 72.361.2%6.7×79 +199.0%
2 Université Paris-SaclayFrance 71.949.4%10.2×28 +682.7%
3 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology SuratIndia 68.960.2%17.8×21 +193.0%
4 University of ZurichSwitzerland 67.166.2%9.2×34 +26.7%
5 Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom 65.564.2%10.4×26 +34.7%
6 Lanzhou UniversityChina 64.466.2%9.1×37 +42.2%
7 Stony Brook UniversityUnited States 64.059.2%18.9×39 +10.0%
8 Shanxi Normal UniversityChina 63.868.7%21.3×8 +179.2%
9 Istanbul Aydın UniversityTürkiye 63.684.6%13.1×10 —
10 Central China Normal UniversityChina 61.848.7%24.8×45 +31.0%

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 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions.

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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.