Fields

Breakthroughs by field

Frontier files every breakthrough under one field and scores it against work of its own kind, so a physics result is never measured by biology's citation habits. Each field has its own median, its own leaders and its own pace.

9fields tracked

185breakthroughs

48most in Biomedicine & Health

64top median, Neuroscience

FieldEntriesMedianLeading now

AI & ComputingMachine learning, foundation models, algorithms, and the systems that run them.
Entries2011 this year
Median48
Leading now · Reimagining research papers as interactive and reliable AI agentsScore 72 · Notable · Sep 16, 2026
PhysicsParticles, fields, condensed matter, and the fundamental laws of the universe.
Entries139 this year
Space & AstronomyAstrophysics, cosmology, planetary science, and what the great telescopes see.
Entries156 this year
Median42
MathematicsProofs, structures, and the abstract machinery behind everything else.
Entries0
Mediann/a
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Each motif is drawn from the field's average pillars. Fields are assigned automatically from each work's OpenAlex topic; see the limits of the method.

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