i10 Productivity
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University of Southern California 50 Scientists Natural Sciences / Physics i10 Productivity Rankings (Sort by last 6 years i10 Index) - 2025
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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Photonics
Optics
Quantum Electronics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
425
278
0.654
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
quantum information
quantum computation
quantum error correction
quantum control
quantum algorithms
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
172
0.761
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cosmology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
122
0.689
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
High Energy Physics
String theory
Supergravity
Black Holes
Mathematics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187
97
0.519
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Extrasolar planets
Cosmology
Inference
Statistics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
78
0.848
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Neuromorphic computing
Nanophotonics
Optical Communication
Orbital Angular Momentum
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
69
0.873
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Magnetism
Cathodes
Structure-Property Relationships
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
54
0.794
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Physics
Electron Microscopy
In Situ Microscopy
BioPACIFIC MIP
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
54
0.871
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Optical Sensing
Optical Communications
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
51
0.962
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Biomedical optical imaging: Optical Coherence Tomography
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
Photoacoustic Microscopy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
46
0.639
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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Physics
Materials science
molecular simulations
adsorption of biomolecules on inorganic surfaces
protein-DNA complexes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
39
0.364
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
35
0.273
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
supergravity string theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
33
0.429
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
quantum information
quantum computing
quantum algorithms
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
30
0.732
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
High Energy Physics
Cosmology
Quantum field theory
2T-Physics
String Theory
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
29
0.175
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
physics
astronautics
aerospace
space
history
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
28
0.368
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Quantum information
theoretical physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
28
0.622
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Optics
electronics
energy
nanofabrication
nanodevices
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
27
0.818
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
theoretical chemical physics
molecular modeling
machine learning
cheminformatics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Solid state physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
14
0.128
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Optics
Nanophotonics
Phase-Change Materials
Machine Learning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Field Effect Transistor
Tungsten Diselenide
Chemical Vapor Deposition
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Distributed Quantum Information Processing
Quantum Networks
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
9
0.692
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Electrochemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Demetrios Christodoulides
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
425
278
0.654
Daniel Lidar|Daniel Hamburger, Daniel Lidar (Hamburger), Daniel Hamburger-Lidar
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
172
0.761
quantum information
quantum computation
quantum error correction
quantum control
quantum algorithms
Elena Pierpaoli
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
122
0.689
Nicholas Warner
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187
97
0.519
High Energy Physics
String theory
Supergravity
Black Holes
Mathematics
Timothy Morton
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
78
0.848
Extrasolar planets
Cosmology
Inference
Statistics
Zhe Zhao
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
69
0.873
Neuromorphic computing
Nanophotonics
Optical Communication
Orbital Angular Momentum
Brent C Melot
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
54
0.794
Magnetism
Cathodes
Structure-Property Relationships
Matthew Mecklenburg
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
54
0.871
Physics
Electron Microscopy
In Situ Microscopy
BioPACIFIC MIP
Kai Pang
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
51
0.962
Brian E Applegate
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
46
0.639
Biomedical optical imaging: Optical Coherence Tomography
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
Photoacoustic Microscopy
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Rosa Di Felice
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
39
0.364
Physics
Materials science
molecular simulations
adsorption of biomolecules on inorganic surfaces
protein-DNA complexes
Stephan Haas
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
35
0.273
Krzysztof Pilch
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
33
0.429
Ben Reichardt
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
30
0.732
quantum information
quantum computing
quantum algorithms
Itzhak Bars
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
29
0.175
High Energy Physics
Cosmology
Quantum field theory
2T-Physics
String Theory
Mike Gruntman
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76
28
0.368
physics
astronautics
aerospace
space
history
Lorenzo Campos Venuti
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
28
0.622
Qingfeng Lin
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
27
0.818
Optics
electronics
energy
nanofabrication
nanodevices
Eli Levenson Falk
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
Andrew E Sifain
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
theoretical chemical physics
molecular modeling
machine learning
cheminformatics
Gerd Bergmann
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
14
0.128
Omid Hemmatyar
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
Optics
Nanophotonics
Phase-Change Materials
Machine Learning
Yuqiang Ma
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
13
1.000
Field Effect Transistor
Tungsten Diselenide
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Siddhartha Santra
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
9
0.692
Distributed Quantum Information Processing
Quantum Networks
Sohini Sarkar
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Electrochemistry