Question 1

Which countries lead Vacuum and Plasma Arcs research?

Accepted Answer

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (753 and 251 works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Vacuum and Plasma Arcs research?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now, Xi'an Jiaotong University publishes the most Vacuum and Plasma Arcs research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and State Grid Corporation of China (China).

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Vacuum and Plasma Arcs?

Accepted Answer

The most-cited researchers publishing on Vacuum and Plasma Arcs include M. Shoji, Xiaogang Wang and Kenji Watanabe.

Question 4

Where is Vacuum and Plasma Arcs research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Vacuum and Plasma Arcs research in 2022-now are Xi'an (China), Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xi'an, Tomsk and Xi'an.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Vacuum and Plasma Arcs?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Southwest Jiaotong University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology 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.

Question 6

Is Vacuum and Plasma Arcs research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Vacuum and Plasma Arcs.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Vacuum and Plasma Arcs?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Vacuum and Plasma Arcs is "On a plasma sheath separating regions of oppositely directed magnetic field" (Edward G. Harris, 1962), with 1,309 citations. Next come "Plasma physics via computer simulation" (1,308) and "Collision Phenomena in Ionized Gases" (1,099).