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Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics

Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 51k 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 explores the behavior of helium at ultra-low temperatures, focusing on quantum effects in helium nanodroplets and solids. It covers topics such as superfluidity, quantum turbulence, ring polymer molecular dynamics, nuclear quantum effects, quantum solvation, vortex dynamics, path integral Monte Carlo simulations, and the properties of supersolid helium.

  • Helium Nanodroplets
  • Quantum Turbulence
  • Superfluidity
  • Ring Polymer Molecular Dynamics
  • Nuclear Quantum Effects
  • Quantum Solvation
  • Vortex Dynamics
  • Path Integral Monte Carlo
  • Supersolid Helium
  • Quantum Vortices
Research works
51k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics

Which countries lead Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (725 and 679 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 725 works
  2. 2 China 679 works
  3. 3 Germany 269 works
  4. 4 Japan 246 works
  5. 5 France 221 works
  6. 6 Russia 220 works
  7. 7 India 179 works
  8. 8 Italy 158 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 152 works
  10. 10 Spain 93 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: 24.6%China: 23.1%Germany: 9.1%Japan: 8.4%6 others listed: 34.8%25%largest
United States725 · 24.6%China679 · 23.1%Germany269 · 9.1%Japan246 · 8.4%6 others listed1,024 · 34.8%

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

Which institutions lead Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 111 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 98 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 96 works
  4. 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 41 works
  5. 5 Max Planck SocietyGermany 37 works
  6. 6 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 36 works
  7. 7 Peking UniversityChina 26 works
  8. 8 The University of TokyoJapan 25 works
  9. 9 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 24 works
  10. 10 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics include John P. Perdew, Georg Kresse and Andre K. Geim.

  1. 1 John P. Perdew United States 436k citations
  2. 2 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
  3. 3 Andre K. Geim United Kingdom 315k citations
  4. 4 Kieron Burke United States 276k citations
  5. 5 Matthias Ernzerhof Canada 276k citations
  6. 6 M. Weber Israel 267k citations
  7. 7 Jens K. Nørskov Denmark 260k citations
  8. 8 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  9. 9 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  10. 10 Rodney S. Ruoff United States 231k 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 Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics?

The most cited paper in Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics is "Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple" (John P. Perdew, Kieron Burke, Matthias Ernzerhof, 1996), with 217,166 citations. Next come "Ab initio molecular dynamics for liquid metals" (45,996) and "A climbing image nudged elastic band method for finding saddle points and minimum energy paths" (21,923).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple John P. Perdew, Kieron Burke, Matthias Ernzerhof · Physical Review Letters Open access 28 Oct 1996 217,166
2 Ab initio molecular dynamics for liquid metals Georg Kresse, J. Häfner · Physical review. B, Condensed matter 1993 45,996
3 A climbing image nudged elastic band method for finding saddle points and minimum energy paths Graeme Henkelman, Blas Pedro Uberuaga, Hannes Jónsson · The Journal of Chemical Physics 8 Dec 2000 21,923
4 A unified formulation of the constant temperature molecular dynamics methods Shūichi Nosé · The Journal of Chemical Physics Open access Jul 1984 19,419
5 The influence of polarization functions on molecular orbital hydrogenation energies P. C. Hariharan, John Anthony Pople · Theoretical Chemistry Accounts 1973 15,945
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Where is Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 182 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 101 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 87 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 71 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 50 works
  6. 6 HefeiChina 45 works
  7. 7 Chapel HillUnited States 41 works
  8. 8 LondonUnited Kingdom 34 works
  9. 9 WarsawPoland 31 works
  10. 10 CambridgeUnited States 27 works
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Where is the best place to study Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Trento and Princeton 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.

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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
1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 69.430.3%6.5×15 +5.9%
2University of TrentoItaly 68.230.5%12.2×11 +4.0%
3Princeton UniversityUnited States 67.325.2%7.9×12 +44.2%
4University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 66.920.5%6.0×24 +63.4%
5Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 66.122.9%4.8×14 +45.4%
6Universität InnsbruckAustria 64.814.9%14.4×13 +14.9%
7ETH ZurichSwitzerland 64.320.2%6.8×16 -14.0%
8Heidelberg UniversityGermany 62.014.5%6.0×15 +30.9%
9Université Paris-SaclayFrance 59.421.4%6.1×13 +7.6%
10University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 57.61.0%6.9×41 +107.6%

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 Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics, country by country

Is Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2009. The fastest-growing topics are Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics.

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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 Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics 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.

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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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