Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials
Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 12.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers advances in infrared detector technologies, focusing on materials such as HgCdTe and CdZnTe, superlattice photodetectors, compound semiconductors, and their applications in radiation detection and focal plane arrays.
- Infrared Detectors
- Semiconductor Materials
- HgCdTe
- CdZnTe
- Superlattice Photodetectors
- Radiation Detection
- Focal Plane Arrays
- Compound Semiconductors
- Gamma-Ray Detectors
- Detector Performance
- Research works
- 29k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 12.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -6% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (765 and 431 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 765 works
- 2 United States 431 works
- 3 Russia 193 works
- 4 India 176 works
- 5 Japan 106 works
- 6 France 84 works
- 7 United Kingdom 76 works
- 8 Germany 73 works
- 9 South Korea 72 works
- 10 Poland 67 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 40 works
- 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 29 works
- 3 Shanghai Institute of Technical PhysicsChina 22 works
- 4 Ioffe InstituteRussia 22 works
- 5 Military University of Technology in WarsawPoland 19 works
- 6 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 16 works
- 7 Institute of Semiconductor PhysicsRussia 15 works
- 8 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 15 works
- 9 Institute of PhysicsChina 13 works
- 10 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 13 works
Where is Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials research done?
The largest centres of Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Moscow (Russia) and Xi'an (China).
Where is the best place to study Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials?
Among universities, judged by research, Military University of Technology in Warsaw, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Sheffield 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Military University of Technology in WarsawPoland | 54.6 | 12.2% | 75.9× | 19 | +80.2% |
| 2 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 51.8 | 14.9% | 6.6× | 29 | +52.7% |
| 3 | University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom | 48.7 | 25.2% | 7.7× | 10 | -32.8% |
| 4 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 47.6 | 28.4% | 5.0× | 15 | +33.3% |
| 5 | ShanghaiTech UniversityChina | 43.3 | 6.2% | 22.3× | 11 | — |
| 6 | The University of Western AustraliaAustralia | 41.1 | 2.8% | 8.8× | 9 | +84.0% |
| 7 | Changchun University of Science and TechnologyChina | 40.6 | 11.9% | 20.2× | 12 | -30.4% |
| 8 | Indian Institute of Technology BombayIndia | 37.9 | 3.4% | 8.5× | 10 | +124.8% |
| 9 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 37.3 | 24.0% | 3.1× | 13 | +58.0% |
| 10 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 36.6 | 36.5% | 1.9× | 8 | +29.2% |
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 Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024.
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.