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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials research

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials is a subfield of Materials Science. Science Explorer counts 604k research works in it since 1950. 16.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: substance that can occur in different amounts, all with some similar [mixture of some] characteristics, and with which objects can be made.

Research works
604k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
98k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
17
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
the tick is no change

What is Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Graphene, Carbon-Based Materials, Electrochemical Capacitors, Thin Films, Electronic Structure, Crystal Growth. Gaining share since 2009–13: Carbon-Based Materials, Electrochemical Capacitors, Graphene, Carbon Nanotubes, Microwave Absorption. Losing share: Lanthanide Complexes, Single-Molecule Magnets, High-Temperature, Iron-Based.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Graphene34k▲ 2.3×2 topics
  2. Carbon-Based Materials28k▲ 2.4×1 topic
  3. Electrochemical Capacitors28k▲ 2.4×1 topic
  4. Thin Films19k▼ 0.86×3 topics
  5. Electronic Structure16k▼ 0.73×4 topics
  6. Crystal Growth15k◆ 0.88×3 topics
  7. Metamaterials13k▲ 2.0×1 topic
  8. Negative Refraction13k▲ 2.0×1 topic
  9. Gold Nanoparticles11k◆ 0.91×1 topic
  10. Plasmonic Nanoparticles11k◆ 0.91×1 topic
  11. Ferroelectricity11k◆ 0.95×2 topics
  12. Magnetic Nanoparticles9,037▲ 1.32×2 topics
  13. Magnetoelectric8,858◆ 1.01×1 topic
  14. Multiferroic8,858◆ 1.01×1 topic
  15. Magnetocaloric Materials8,694▼ 0.71×1 topic
  16. Perovskites8,694▼ 0.71×1 topic
  17. Magnetic Materials8,252▼ 0.77×1 topic
  18. Magnetostriction8,252▼ 0.77×1 topic
  19. Gallium Oxide7,747◆ 0.99×1 topic
  20. Semiconductor7,747◆ 0.99×1 topic
  21. Lanthanide Complexes7,213▼ 0.50×1 topic
  22. Single-Molecule Magnets7,213▼ 0.50×1 topic
  23. Nonlinear Optical Materials7,150▼ 0.78×2 topics
  24. Second Harmonic Generation7,150▼ 0.78×2 topics
  25. Carbon Nanotubes6,394▲ 2.2×1 topic
  26. Microwave Absorption6,394▲ 2.2×1 topic
  27. Superconductivity4,996▼ 0.61×2 topics
  28. Liquid Crystals4,485▼ 0.60×1 topic
  29. Self-Organization4,485▼ 0.60×1 topic
  30. Crystallographic Computing3,645▼ 0.68×1 topic
  31. Deep-Ultraviolet Materials3,645▼ 0.68×1 topic
  32. Computational Chemistry3,505◆ 0.91×1 topic
  33. Electro-Optic Modulators3,505◆ 0.91×1 topic
  34. High-Temperature2,760▼ 0.51×1 topic
  35. Iron-Based2,760▼ 0.51×1 topic
  36. Permanent Magnets2,643▼ 0.68×1 topic
  37. Rare-Earth2,643▼ 0.68×1 topic
  38. Half-Metallic2,445▲ 1.54×1 topic
  39. Heusler Compounds2,445▲ 1.54×1 topic
  40. Organic Molecular Metals2,236▼ 0.79×1 topic

Which countries lead Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and India rank highest in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. By volume, China and India publish the most (39k and 11k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #1 all time 20.8% top 10% · 39k works
  2. 2 United States · #2 all time 13.7% top 10% · 6.9k works
  3. 3 India · #8 all time 11.6% top 10% · 11k works
  4. 4 South Korea · #7 all time 17.2% top 10% · 3.4k works
  5. 5 United Kingdom · #6 all time 16.1% top 10% · 1.7k works
  6. 6 Germany · #4 all time 10.7% top 10% · 2.5k works
  7. 7 Japan · #3 all time 6.4% top 10% · 4.1k works
  8. 8 Australia · #12 all time 23.4% top 10% · 818 works
  9. 9 Saudi Arabia · #21 all time 21.9% top 10% · 1.4k works
  10. 10 ?? · #17 all time 16.6% top 10% · 1.1k 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 47 countries ranked in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 39k works
  2. 2 India 11k works
  3. 3 United States 6.9k works
  4. 4 Japan 4.1k works
  5. 5 South Korea 3.4k works
  6. 6 Russia 3.3k works
  7. 7 Germany 2.5k works
  8. 8 France 2.3k works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 1.7k works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 1.4k 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: 51.6%India: 14.4%United States: 9.1%Japan: 5.5%6 others listed: 19.4%52%largest
China39k · 51.6%India11k · 14.4%United States6,851 · 9.1%Japan4,109 · 5.5%6 others listed15k · 19.4%

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

Which institutions lead Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials research?

Northwestern Polytechnical University (China) ranks first in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Central South University.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Northwestern Polytechnical University China · Xi'an · #5 all time 37.1% top 10% · 475 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #1 all time 21.8% top 10% · 1k works
  3. 3 Central South University China · Changsha · #33 all time 28.2% top 10% · 378 works
  4. 4 Fudan University China · Shanghai · #9 all time 32.1% top 10% · 261 works
  5. 5 Beijing Institute of Technology China · Beijing · #19 all time 27.5% top 10% · 364 works
  6. 6 Nanjing University China · Nanjing · #20 all time 21.2% top 10% · 386 works
  7. 7 Harbin Institute of Technology China · Harbin · #26 all time 22.3% top 10% · 519 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua University China · Beijing · #6 all time 25.7% top 10% · 334 works
  9. 9 Qingdao University China · Qingdao · #59 all time 35.4% top 10% · 208 works
  10. 10 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #37 all time 21.8% top 10% · 512 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 304 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Top 100 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 1k works
  2. 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 519 works
  3. 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 512 works
  4. 4 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 494 works
  5. 5 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 475 works
  6. 6 Tohoku UniversityJapan 403 works
  7. 7 Southeast UniversityChina 399 works
  8. 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 387 works
  9. 9 Nanjing UniversityChina 386 works
  10. 10 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 383 works

Who are the leading researchers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials?

Among the most productive authors in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, David R. Smith, David Vanderbilt and Georg Kresse rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 David R. Smith United States · #94 worldwide 6.3k citations · 145 works
  2. 2 David Vanderbilt United States · #102 worldwide 7.3k citations · 143 works
  3. 3 Georg Kresse Austria · #163 worldwide 24k citations · 113 works
  4. 4 Naomi J. Halas United States · #1,053 worldwide 2.8k citations · 107 works
  5. 5 Jean‐Marie Tarascon France · #1,069 worldwide 4.9k citations · 166 works
  6. 6 Fujio Izumi Japan · #1,117 worldwide 5.8k citations · 88 works
  7. 7 Mostafa A. El‐Sayed United States · #1,236 worldwide 3.5k citations · 149 works
  8. 8 David J. Singh United States · #1,553 worldwide 5.1k citations · 208 works
  9. 9 Mark R. Pederson United States · #1,663 worldwide 4.2k citations · 82 works
  10. 10 T.Α. Lipo United States · #1,882 worldwide 3.5k citations · 215 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,796 highest-output authors in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials researchers

Where is Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials research done?

The largest centres of Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jinan, Sayō and Mohali.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 5.8k works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 2.4k works
  3. 3 Xi'an China 2.4k works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 2.3k works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 1.4k works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 1.4k works
  7. 7 Chengdu China 1.3k works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 1.3k works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 1.3k works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 1.1k works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Jinan76.3 works14×
  2. SayōJP · 40.4 works11×
  3. Mohali29.8 works11×
  4. AjmerIN · 262.3 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials than the world average.

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials research by country

The best places for Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials?

Among universities, judged by research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Qingdao University and King Khalid 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 29.53%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northwestern Polytechnical University: 475, 37.1%Qingdao University: 208, 35.4%King Khalid University: 154, 25.8%Yeungnam University: 158, 28.5%Donghua University: 180, 35.0%Shaanxi University of Science and Technology: 174, 28.8%Air Force Engineering University: 103, 23.2%Xi'an Technological University: 76, 29.7%Hangzhou Dianzi University: 183, 21.1%Nanjing Forestry University: 141, 30.7%Northwestern Polytec…Qingdao UniversityYeungnam UniversityKing Khalid University
above the meannear itbelow it

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 60.437.1%4.4×475 +69.9%
2 Qingdao UniversityChina 60.435.4%4.1×208 +211.5%
3 King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia 59.225.8%4.5×154 +473.1%
4 Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 58.328.5%7.9×158 +49.8%
5 Donghua UniversityChina 56.835.0%5.2×180 +104.9%
6 Shaanxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 56.628.8%7.5×174 +87.6%
7 Air Force Engineering UniversityChina 55.023.2%7.5×103 +308.1%
8 Xi'an Technological UniversityChina 54.129.7%5.9×76 +206.5%
9 Hangzhou Dianzi UniversityChina 53.921.1%5.8×183 +208.5%
10 Nanjing Forestry UniversityChina 53.130.7%3.3×141 +362.2%

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 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications and Electromagnetic wave absorption materials.

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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.

  1. Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication+473%
  2. Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications+262%
  3. Electromagnetic wave absorption materials+201%
  4. Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications+138%
  5. Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties+122%
  6. Multiferroics and related materials+99%
  7. Magnetic Properties of Alloys-10%
  8. Organic and Molecular Conductors Research-12%
  9. Crystal Structures and Properties-15%
  10. Copper Interconnects and Reliability-37%
← shrinkingno changegrowing →

Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials include?

Supercapacitor Materials…72kSupercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 72k fractional worksMagnetism in coordinatio…59kMagnetism in coordination complexes: 59k fractional worksMagnetic Properties and Applications: 57k fractional worksMagnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials: 56k fractional worksGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications: 44k fractional worksLiquid Crystal Research Advancements: 39k fractional worksMetamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications: 36k fractional worksMultiferroics and related materials: 35k fractional worksGa2O3 and related materials: 31k fractional worksCrystal Structures and Properties: 30k fractional worksCopper Interconnects and Reliability: 27k fractional worksMagnetic Properties of Alloys: 26k fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.