Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
Carbon Nanotubes in Composites is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 48k research works in it since 1950. 17.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the science, properties, synthesis, and diverse applications of carbon nanotubes. It covers topics such as nanotube composites, functionalization, electronics, mechanical properties, and chemistry.
- Nanotubes
- Carbon
- Composites
- Properties
- Functionalization
- Electronics
- Mechanical
- Synthesis
- Applications
- Chemistry
- Research works
- 48k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -24% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Carbon Nanotubes in Composites research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.2k and 508 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.2k works
- 2 India 508 works
- 3 United States 488 works
- 4 Russia 462 works
- 5 Japan 277 works
- 6 South Korea 174 works
- 7 Iran 172 works
- 8 Germany 115 works
- 9 France 111 works
- 10 Türkiye 92 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 Carbon Nanotubes in Composites research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Carbon Nanotubes in Composites research, followed by Peking University and Harbin Institute of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 35 works
- 2 Peking University China 27 works
- 3 Harbin Institute of Technology China 24 works
- 4 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 23 works
- 5 University of Science and Technology of China China 20 works
- 6 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Japan 19 works
- 7 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 19 works
- 8 Tsinghua University China 18 works
- 9 Rice University United States 18 works
- 10 Northwestern Polytechnical University China 17 works
Who are the leading researchers in Carbon Nanotubes in Composites?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Carbon Nanotubes in Composites include Zhong Lin Wang, Kenji Watanabe and Takashi Taniguchi.
- 1 Zhong Lin Wang 11k citations
- 2 Kenji Watanabe 6.4k citations
- 3 Takashi Taniguchi 6.2k citations
- 4 Hongjie Dai 5.8k citations
- 5 Wei Huang 5.5k citations
- 6 Rodney S. Ruoff 5.5k citations
- 7 Yury Gogotsi 5.1k citations
- 8 Huan Liu 4.9k citations
- 9 Marvin L. Cohen 4.7k citations
- 10 Qiang Zhang 4.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Carbon Nanotubes in Composites research done?
The largest centres of Carbon Nanotubes in Composites research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ufa.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- UfaRU · 21.0 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Carbon Nanotubes in Composites than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Carbon Nanotubes in Composites?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Guilan, Peking University and Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev 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 | University of Guilan Iran | 61.0 | 22.9% | 14.0× | 9 | +5.8% |
| 2 | Peking University China | 56.7 | 20.6% | 3.7× | 28 | +7.1% |
| 3 | Kazan State Technical University named after A. N. Tupolev Russia | 51.0 | 7.7% | 38.9× | 9 | +416.7% |
| 4 | Rice University United States | 50.8 | 7.8% | 16.8× | 18 | -27.8% |
| 5 | Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Russia | 49.5 | 7.4% | 28.8× | 11 | — |
| 6 | Kyung Hee University South Korea | 48.7 | 21.6% | 5.4× | 9 | +7.9% |
| 7 | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar India | 47.1 | 4.7% | 13.9× | 9 | +184.4% |
| 8 | Northwestern Polytechnical University China | 46.7 | 22.0% | 3.1× | 17 | -21.8% |
| 9 | National Research Tomsk State University Russia | 45.7 | 0.0% | 10.5× | 10 | +233.4% |
| 10 | Beijing University of Chemical Technology China | 45.5 | 14.3% | 7.1× | 15 | -37.2% |
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 Carbon Nanotubes in Composites research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 24% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
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.