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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. 1 China 765 works
  2. 2 United States 431 works
  3. 3 Russia 193 works
  4. 4 India 176 works
  5. 5 Japan 106 works
  6. 6 France 84 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 76 works
  8. 8 Germany 73 works
  9. 9 South Korea 72 works
  10. 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.

China: 37.5%United States: 21.1%Russia: 9.5%India: 8.6%6 others listed: 23.3%37%largest
China765 · 37.5%United States431 · 21.1%Russia193 · 9.5%India176 · 8.6%6 others listed476 · 23.3%

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.

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).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 196 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 85 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 56 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 52 works
  5. 5 Saint Petersburg Russia 43 works
  6. 6 Warsaw Poland 40 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 36 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 34 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 34 works
  10. 10 Nanjing China 32 works
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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.

0%20%40%mean 16.55%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Military University of Technology in Warsaw: 19, 12.2%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 29, 14.9%University of Sheffield: 10, 25.2%University of Electronic Science and Technology of China: 15, 28.4%ShanghaiTech University: 11, 6.2%The University of Western Australia: 9, 2.8%Changchun University of Science and Technology: 12, 11.9%Indian Institute of Technology Bombay: 10, 3.4%Huazhong University of Science and Technology: 13, 24.0%Harbin Institute of Technology: 8, 36.5%University of Electr…University of Sheffi…University of Chines…Military University …
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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 Military University of Technology in WarsawPoland 54.612.2%75.9×19 +80.2%
2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 51.814.9%6.6×29 +52.7%
3 University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom 48.725.2%7.7×10 -32.8%
4 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 47.628.4%5.0×15 +33.3%
5 ShanghaiTech UniversityChina 43.36.2%22.3×11
6 The University of Western AustraliaAustralia 41.12.8%8.8×9 +84.0%
7 Changchun University of Science and TechnologyChina 40.611.9%20.2×12 -30.4%
8 Indian Institute of Technology BombayIndia 37.93.4%8.5×10 +124.8%
9 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 37.324.0%3.1×13 +58.0%
10 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 36.636.5%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.

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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.