Rare-earth and actinide compounds
Rare-earth and actinide compounds is a research topic within Condensed Matter Physics. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 13.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the study of superconductivity in heavy fermion systems, including the exploration of quantum criticality, non-Fermi-liquid behavior, unconventional superconductivity, magnetic phase transitions, and the properties of actinide metals. It also covers topics related to Fermi surfaces, topological insulators, and spin-triplet order in superconductors.
- Heavy Fermion
- Superconductivity
- Quantum Criticality
- Non-Fermi-Liquid Behavior
- Fermi Surface
- Unconventional Superconductivity
- Magnetic Phase Transitions
- Actinide Metals
- Topological Insulators
- Spin-Triplet Order
- Research works
- 41k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -21% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Rare-earth and actinide compounds research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (653 and 420 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 653 works
- 2 United States 420 works
- 3 Japan 295 works
- 4 Russia 186 works
- 5 India 183 works
- 6 Germany 177 works
- 7 France 103 works
- 8 United Kingdom 59 works
- 9 Poland 58 works
- 10 Ukraine 42 works
How concentrated that is
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Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Rare-earth and actinide compounds research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Rare-earth and actinide compounds research, followed by Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 40 works
- 2 Los Alamos National LaboratoryUnited States 32 works
- 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 31 works
- 4 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 25 works
- 5 The University of TokyoJapan 25 works
- 6 University of MünsterGermany 24 works
- 7 Tohoku UniversityJapan 24 works
- 8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 21 works
- 9 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 18 works
- 10 National Institute for Materials ScienceJapan 18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Rare-earth and actinide compounds?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Rare-earth and actinide compounds include John B. Goodenough, Y. Arai and Philip W. Anderson.
- 1 John B. Goodenough United States 6.2k citations
- 2 Y. Arai Japan 6k citations
- 3 Philip W. Anderson United States 5.8k citations
- 4 David J. Singh United States 5.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Rare-earth and actinide compounds research done?
The largest centres of Rare-earth and actinide compounds research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Tokyo (Japan) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Los Alamos and Ames.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing China 169 works
- 2 Moscow Russia 86 works
- 3 Tokyo Japan 60 works
- 4 Shanghai China 40 works
- 5 Yekaterinburg Russia 37 works
- 6 Hefei China 36 works
- 7 Dresden Germany 36 works
- 8 Tsukuba Japan 35 works
- 9 Ames United States 35 works
- 10 Los Alamos United States 33 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Los AlamosUS · 33.4 works46×
- AmesUS · 34.5 works33×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Rare-earth and actinide compounds than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Rare-earth and actinide compounds?
Among universities, judged by research, Jilin University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tohoku 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jilin UniversityChina | 56.2 | 25.7% | 6.0× | 15 | +44.6% |
| 2 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 55.3 | 16.0% | 4.8× | 21 | +310.7% |
| 3 | Tohoku UniversityJapan | 49.8 | 7.6% | 14.6× | 24 | -49.9% |
| 4 | Guilin University of Electronic TechnologyChina | 47.5 | 3.9% | 15.5× | 12 | +175.8% |
| 5 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia | 47.3 | 0.6% | 11.1× | 25 | +0.2% |
| 6 | Ural Federal UniversityRussia | 47.2 | 4.2% | 18.3× | 14 | +95.0% |
| 7 | University of MünsterGermany | 47.1 | 3.5% | 27.1× | 24 | -18.6% |
| 8 | Technische Universität DresdenGermany | 46.8 | 20.2% | 7.6× | 9 | -30.5% |
| 9 | Iowa State UniversityUnited States | 44.2 | 5.5% | 19.2× | 18 | -37.8% |
| 10 | Kyoto UniversityJapan | 43.8 | 14.5% | 7.4× | 14 | -32.3% |
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 Rare-earth and actinide compounds research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 21% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2006.
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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.