Oganesson

Oganesson (Og) — 10-Year Trends

As of 2026-09-25 · the last 10 years

Research intensity has reached 100% of the element's all-time peak, with that peak occurring inside this ten-year window.

Research intensity ran from about 39% of the element's own all-time peak in 2016 to about 100% in 2026 — a net rise with setbacks along the way, and the all-time peak (2026) falls inside this window. Over the same span its share of research attention across all elements rose. Among the 118 elements, oganesson has one of the smaller research literatures of any element.

The number of papers involving the element rose from about 13 in 2016 to about 225 in 2025 (17.31x). That is faster than the literature as a whole grew over the same years, so the element gained ground in the wider body of research.

The dominant research community is Oganesson Electronic Structure and Periodic Trends. These papers calculate the electron affinity and density functional properties of oganesson to test periodic table trends and stability models, often discussing concepts like the island of stability and element synthesis. Oganesson is a minor presence in this much larger community, with about 1% of its papers involving the element. This community accounts for about 63% of oganesson's recent research, a decline from about 86% in the previous period. A key anchor is the 2024 paper "Toward the Discovery of New Elements: Production of Livermorium ( Z = 116 ) with Ti 50," cited about 57 times.

A second, smaller community is described by the phrases one fold, parameters zero, theory everything. Oganesson is central to this community, appearing in about 89% of its papers. This group represents a rising share of the element's research, growing from 0% to about 12% of recent work. An example is the 2026 paper "Smithium: Element 126 and the Island of Stability, Forced by the Nuclear Magic Numbers," cited about 8 times.

A third community, Dark Matter, Neutrino Physics, and Compact Object Astrophysics, holds a steady but small share of about 1.5% of oganesson's recent research. Oganesson is a minor presence here, with under 1% of its papers involving the element.

Overall, the literature is shifting away from the dominant electronic structure community toward a mix that includes theoretical frameworks and astrophysical contexts, with the remainder of the research spread across other smaller groups.

The window's most-cited paper, "Colloquium : Superheavy elements: Oganesson and beyond" (2019), cited over 240 times, belongs to the electronic structure community and underscores the foundational nature of the field.

For a deeper look at the element's current standing, see the Last 12 Months and Executive Brief reports.