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Ceramics and Composites research

Ceramics and Composites is a subfield of Materials Science. Science Explorer counts 117k research works in it since 1950. 16.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: inorganic, nonmetallic solid prepared by the action of heat.

Research works
117k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
19k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
2
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
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Which countries lead Ceramics and Composites research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, India and the United States rank highest in Ceramics and Composites. By volume, China and India publish the most (6k and 1.4k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 17.8% top 10% · 6k works
  2. 2 India · #7 all time 13.8% top 10% · 1.4k works
  3. 3 United States · #1 all time 11.3% top 10% · 988 works
  4. 4 Germany · #3 all time 11.0% top 10% · 418 works
  5. 5 Saudi Arabia · #23 all time 23.8% top 10% · 222 works
  6. 6 Egypt · #17 all time 19.2% top 10% · 301 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom · #4 all time 16.7% top 10% · 239 works
  8. 8 Türkiye · #18 all time 11.6% top 10% · 306 works
  9. 9 Japan · #5 all time 6.6% top 10% · 559 works
  10. 10 France · #6 all time 8.8% top 10% · 463 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 14 countries ranked in Ceramics and Composites. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Ceramics and Composites

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 6k works
  2. 2 India 1.4k works
  3. 3 United States 988 works
  4. 4 Russia 834 works
  5. 5 Japan 559 works
  6. 6 France 463 works
  7. 7 Germany 418 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 306 works
  9. 9 Egypt 301 works
  10. 10 South Korea 266 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 52.2%India: 12.0%United States: 8.5%Russia: 7.2%6 others listed: 20.0%52%largest
China6,041 · 52.2%India1,393 · 12.0%United States988 · 8.5%Russia834 · 7.2%6 others listed2,313 · 20.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Ceramics and Composites research?

Northwestern Polytechnical University (China) ranks first in Ceramics and Composites on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Harbin Institute of Technology.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Northwestern Polytechnical University China · Xi'an · #4 all time 33.2% top 10% · 204 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #2 all time 19.6% top 10% · 188 works
  3. 3 Harbin Institute of Technology China · Harbin · #9 all time 21.8% top 10% · 201 works
  4. 4 Wuhan University of Technology China · Wuhan · #24 all time 19.1% top 10% · 159 works
  5. 5 Central South University China · Changsha · #28 all time 17.9% top 10% · 163 works
  6. 6 Xi'an Jiaotong University China · Xi'an · #6 all time 24.8% top 10% · 87 works
  7. 7 Wuhan University of Science and Technology China · Wuhan · #63 all time 19.9% top 10% · 112 works
  8. 8 University of Science and Technology Beijing China · Beijing · #17 all time 13.8% top 10% · 121 works
  9. 9 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #41 all time 17.3% top 10% · 80 works
  10. 10 Kunming University of Science and Technology China · Kunming · #62 all time 21.2% top 10% · 67 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 15 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Ceramics and Composites.

Top 100 Ceramics and Composites institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 204 works
  2. 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 201 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 189 works
  4. 4 Central South UniversityChina 163 works
  5. 5 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 159 works
  6. 6 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 121 works
  7. 7 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 112 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 87 works
  9. 9 Northeastern UniversityChina 82 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 80 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ceramics and Composites?

Among the most productive authors in Ceramics and Composites, N. F. Mott, A.G. Evans and Bruce Dunn rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 N. F. Mott United Kingdom · #1,498 worldwide 3.4k citations · 88 works
  2. 2 A.G. Evans United States · #1,647 worldwide 3.2k citations · 161 works
  3. 3 Bruce Dunn United States · #1,913 worldwide 4.1k citations · 117 works
  4. 4 K. Lu China · #3,811 worldwide 2k citations · 88 works
  5. 5 Roberto Car United States · #3,836 worldwide 3k citations · 151 works
  6. 6 T.G. Nieh United States · #4,307 worldwide 1.5k citations · 72 works
  7. 7 B. L. Mordike Germany · #4,402 worldwide 1.7k citations · 78 works
  8. 8 William L. Johnson United States · #6,945 worldwide 2.2k citations · 179 works
  9. 9 Robert O. Ritchie United States · #8,330 worldwide 2.5k citations · 177 works
  10. 10 E. Ma United States · #8,545 worldwide 1.5k citations · 92 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,000 highest-output authors in Ceramics and Composites. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Ceramics and Composites researchers

Where is Ceramics and Composites research done?

The largest centres of Ceramics and Composites research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Wuhan (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nakhon Pathom, Chernogolovka and Freiberg.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 1k works
  2. 2 Xi'an China 497 works
  3. 3 Wuhan China 393 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 338 works
  5. 5 Changsha China 276 works
  6. 6 Harbin China 267 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 246 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 218 works
  9. 9 Chengdu China 177 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 167 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Nakhon PathomTH · 25.5 works66×
  2. ChernogolovkaRU · 36.2 works24×
  3. FreibergDE · 28.4 works23×
  4. JingdezhenCN · 21.6 works23×
  5. LeobenAT · 23.1 works15×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ceramics and Composites than the world average.

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Ceramics and Composites research by country

The best places for Ceramics and Composites research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Ceramics and Composites?

Among universities, judged by research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Sinai University and Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University 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.

0%20%40%mean 26.34%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northwestern Polytechnical University: 204, 33.2%Sinai University: 10, 47.4%Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University: 42, 21.8%Wuhan University of Science and Technology: 112, 19.9%Isra University: 27, 27.1%Wuhan University of Technology: 159, 19.1%Harbin Institute of Technology: 201, 21.8%Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials: 20, 29.9%Maharshi Dayanand University: 16, 35.8%Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University: 25, 7.4%Sinai UniversityNorthwestern Polytec…Princess Nourah bint…Wuhan University of …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 69.933.2%12.4×204 -8.3%
2 Sinai UniversityEgypt 66.647.4%39.2×10 —
3 Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia 62.921.8%11.4×42 —
4 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 61.719.9%23.3×112 +67.3%
5 Isra UniversityJordan 61.327.1%61.1×27 —
6 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 60.019.1%13.7×159 +5.2%
7 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 58.921.8%8.5×201 -2.5%
8 Beijing Institute of Aeronautical MaterialsChina 58.429.9%46.5×20 +91.6%
9 Maharshi Dayanand UniversityIndia 57.335.8%9.6×16 +46.4%
10 Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat UniversityThailand 55.67.4%163.4×25 +282.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Ceramics and Composites research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced ceramic materials synthesis and Glass properties and applications.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

What does Ceramics and Composites include?