Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
Spectroscopy and Laser Applications is a research topic within Spectroscopy. Science Explorer counts 63k research works in it since 1950. 15.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on molecular spectroscopic databases such as HITRAN, HITEMP, and GEISA, as well as the applications of various types of lasers in gas sensing, breath analysis, and high-temperature molecular spectroscopy. It covers topics such as terahertz quantum-cascade lasers, infrared laser absorption, photoacoustic spectroscopy, diode laser absorption, and cavity ring-down spectroscopy.
- Spectroscopic Databases
- Terahertz Quantum-Cascade Lasers
- Infrared Laser Absorption
- Gas Sensing
- Photoacoustic Spectroscopy
- High-Temperature Molecular Spectroscopy
- Diode Laser Absorption
- Quantum Cascade Laser Frequency Combs
- Breath Analysis
- Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
- Research works
- 63k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -1% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Spectroscopy and Laser Applications research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.6k and 898 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.6k works
- 2 United States 898 works
- 3 Germany 362 works
- 4 Russia 357 works
- 5 France 351 works
- 6 Japan 234 works
- 7 United Kingdom 196 works
- 8 India 173 works
- 9 Italy 139 works
- 10 Switzerland 88 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Spectroscopy and Laser Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Spectroscopy and Laser Applications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 87 works
- 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 55 works
- 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 54 works
- 4 ETH ZurichSwitzerland 45 works
- 5 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 43 works
- 6 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 40 works
- 7 V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric OpticsRussia 39 works
- 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 32 works
- 9 Tianjin UniversityChina 25 works
- 10 Beihang UniversityChina 25 works
Who are the leading researchers in Spectroscopy and Laser Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Spectroscopy and Laser Applications include M. Shapiro, Donald G. Truhlar and C. L. Bennett.
- 1 M. Shapiro United States 8.6k citations
- 2 Donald G. Truhlar United States 8.4k citations
- 3 C. L. Bennett United States 7.4k citations
- 4 M. Lefebvre United States 6.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Spectroscopy and Laser Applications research done?
The largest centres of Spectroscopy and Laser Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Hefei (China) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tomsk, Gaithersburg and Pasadena.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TomskRU · 70.4 works26×
- GaithersburgUS · 22.7 works21×
- PasadenaUS · 32.7 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Spectroscopy and Laser Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Spectroscopy and Laser Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, Dalian University, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology and ETH Zurich 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 | Dalian UniversityChina | 64.6 | 64.1% | 10.4× | 13 | +20.6% |
| 2 | King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia | 56.4 | 20.0% | 12.2× | 18 | +65.4% |
| 3 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 55.0 | 8.9% | 12.8× | 45 | +17.0% |
| 4 | Shanxi UniversityChina | 53.5 | 30.5% | 11.2× | 15 | +74.2% |
| 5 | Polytechnic University of BariItaly | 52.7 | 30.7% | 20.1× | 13 | +49.4% |
| 6 | National Research Tomsk State UniversityRussia | 50.1 | 2.6% | 17.8× | 18 | +189.8% |
| 7 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 48.9 | 40.9% | 4.7× | 40 | +27.1% |
| 8 | Anhui UniversityChina | 48.4 | 20.4% | 7.0× | 17 | +359.9% |
| 9 | University of Colorado BoulderUnited States | 47.6 | 15.8% | 9.7× | 19 | +47.2% |
| 10 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 46.8 | 13.4% | 6.9× | 43 | +86.1% |
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 Spectroscopy and Laser Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Spectroscopy and Laser Applications.
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.