Department Strength

Compare universities within a research field using public funding, faculty influence, citations, and rising-star concentration. Funding is a background signal, not a guarantee that a department or lab is recruiting.

Explore the broader Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics research field before comparing individual professors.

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics departments sorted by funding
#InstitutionProfsAvg hCitationsFundingRising
Washington State UniversityInsufficient sample124.02,202$00%
Chinese University of Hong KongInsufficient sample123.02,716$00%
Ontario Institute for Cancer ResearchInsufficient sample111.0500$00%
University of California San DiegoInsufficient sample18.0668$00%

Public funding totals are shown as ranges unless your account has access to exact matched NSF/NIH amounts. These records exclude startup and other non-NSF/NIH funding.