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Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 97k research works in it since 1950. 21.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role of quantum coherence in photosynthetic energy transfer, as well as its effects on energy migration, ion interactions, hydrogen bonding, and vibrational dynamics in aqueous systems. The research also delves into the impact of ions on surface interfaces and the behavior of molecular systems under quantum coherence.

  • Quantum Coherence
  • Photosynthesis
  • Aqueous Systems
  • Energy Transfer
  • Vibrational Spectroscopy
  • Ion Effects
  • Hydrogen Bonding
  • Electronic Excitations
  • Surface Interfaces
  • Molecular Dynamics
Research works
97k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
21k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-9%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.4k and 1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.4k works
  2. 2 China 1k works
  3. 3 Germany 571 works
  4. 4 Japan 424 works
  5. 5 India 374 works
  6. 6 France 348 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 271 works
  8. 8 Italy 251 works
  9. 9 Russia 246 works
  10. 10 Spain 138 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: 28.0%China: 20.0%Germany: 11.3%Japan: 8.4%6 others listed: 32.3%28%largest
United States1,411 · 28.0%China1,011 · 20.0%Germany571 · 11.3%Japan424 · 8.4%6 others listed1,628 · 32.3%

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

Which institutions lead Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies research, followed by The University of Tokyo and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 66 works
  2. 2 The University of Tokyo Japan 41 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 40 works
  4. 4 Kyoto University Japan 34 works
  5. 5 University of California, Berkeley United States 32 works
  6. 6 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory United States 32 works
  7. 7 University of Science and Technology of China China 31 works
  8. 8 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 31 works
  9. 9 ETH Zurich Switzerland 30 works
  10. 10 University of Chicago United States 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies include L. J. Sham, Michaël Grätzel and John A. Pople.

  1. 1 L. J. Sham 13k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel 13k citations
  3. 3 John A. Pople 11k citations
  4. 4 John P. Perdew 9.9k citations
  5. 5 M. Shapiro 8.6k citations
  6. 6 Donald G. Truhlar 8.4k citations
  7. 7 C. N. P. Gee 6.6k citations
  8. 8 Feiwu Chen 6.5k citations
  9. 9 Kenji Watanabe 6.4k citations
  10. 10 Peter A. Kollman 6.3k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies research done?

The largest centres of Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 233 works
  2. 2 Paris France 148 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 113 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 106 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 70 works
  6. 6 Berlin Germany 70 works
  7. 7 Berkeley United States 69 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 61 works
  9. 9 Hefei China 60 works
  10. 10 Prague Czechia 51 works
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Where is the best place to study Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, ETH Zurich, Scuola Normale Superiore 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.

0%20%40%60%mean 30.98%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →ETH Zurich: 30, 39.9%Scuola Normale Superiore: 17, 31.7%Princeton University: 24, 31.7%Freie Universität Berlin: 24, 27.9%California Institute of Technology: 17, 28.7%École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: 20, 29.1%Temple University: 10, 49.6%University of California, Berkeley: 32, 33.5%Ruhr University Bochum: 22, 18.4%Weizmann Institute of Science: 16, 19.3%ETH ZurichScuola Normale Super…Princeton UniversityFreie Universität Be…
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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
1ETH Zurich Switzerland 63.439.9%7.0×30 +11.2%
2Scuola Normale Superiore Italy 58.031.7%44.7×17 +21.4%
3Princeton University United States 56.331.7%8.6×24 +7.8%
4Freie Universität Berlin Germany 55.927.9%9.8×24 -21.7%
5California Institute of Technology United States 54.028.7%11.0×17 -20.2%
6École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland 53.329.1%7.4×20 +9.9%
7Temple University United States 51.349.6%6.0×10 +10.4%
8University of California, Berkeley United States 50.733.5%6.0×32 -28.7%
9Ruhr University Bochum Germany 49.818.4%9.0×22 +36.0%
10Weizmann Institute of Science Israel 49.119.3%17.9×16 -30.4%

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 Quantum Chemical Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2009.

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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.