Subfield · Materials Science
Polymers and Plastics research
Polymers and Plastics is a subfield of Materials Science. Science Explorer counts 481k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
In short: substance composed of macromolecules with repeating structural units.
- Research works
- 481k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 48k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Topics
- 14
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +18% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
China
50% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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