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Conducting polymers and applications

Conducting polymers and applications is a research topic within Polymers and Plastics. Science Explorer counts 116k research works in it since 1950. 25.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers represents advances in the research and applications of conducting polymers, with a focus on materials such as polyaniline and PEDOT:PSS. The topics covered include nanofiber synthesis, electrochemical sensors, organic electronics, electrochromic materials, nanocomposites, and biomedical applications in areas such as tissue engineering. These papers showcase the wide-ranging potential and growing importance of conducting polymers in various scientific and technological fields.

  • Conducting Polymers
  • Polyaniline
  • PEDOT:PSS
  • Nanofibers
  • Electrochemical Sensors
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Organic Electronics
  • Electrochromic Materials
  • Nanocomposites
  • Tissue Engineering
Research works
116k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
30k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+32%
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Which countries lead Conducting polymers and applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (11k and 2.7k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 11k works
  2. 2 India 2.7k works
  3. 3 South Korea 1.6k works
  4. 4 United States 1.5k works
  5. 5 Japan 749 works
  6. 6 Germany 521 works
  7. 7 Iran 489 works
  8. 8 Saudi Arabia 489 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 466 works
  10. 10 Taiwan 462 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: 54.0%India: 13.8%South Korea: 8.3%United States: 7.6%6 others listed: 16.3%54%largest
China11k · 54.0%India2,701 · 13.8%South Korea1,610 · 8.3%United States1,487 · 7.6%6 others listed3,176 · 16.3%

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

Which institutions lead Conducting polymers and applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Conducting polymers and applications research, followed by South China University of Technology and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 324 works
  2. 2 South China University of TechnologyChina 187 works
  3. 3 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 165 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 135 works
  5. 5 Donghua UniversityChina 130 works
  6. 6 Soochow UniversityChina 125 works
  7. 7 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 109 works
  8. 8 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 107 works
  9. 9 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 106 works
  10. 10 Tianjin UniversityChina 102 works

Who are the leading researchers in Conducting polymers and applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Conducting polymers and applications include Michaël Grätzel, Zhong Lin Wang and Ben Zhong Tang.

  1. 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
  2. 2 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
  3. 3 Ben Zhong Tang Hong Kong 7k citations
  4. 4 Henry J. Snaith United Kingdom 6.6k citations
  5. 5 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
  6. 6 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
  7. 7 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
  8. 8 Tsutomu Miyasaka Japan 5.3k citations
  9. 9 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 5.1k citations
  10. 10 Yury Gogotsi United States 5.1k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Conducting polymers and applications research done?

The largest centres of Conducting polymers and applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Karaikudi and Changchun.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 1.7k works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 704 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 687 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 489 works
  5. 5 Xi'an China 484 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 453 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 444 works
  8. 8 Tianjin China 385 works
  9. 9 Chengdu China 375 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 316 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KaraikudiIN · 25.2 works10×
  2. Changchun20.3 works8.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Conducting polymers and applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Conducting polymers and applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Guangxi University, Southern University of Science and Technology and Yeungnam 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%60%mean 39.89%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Guangxi University: 98, 48.6%Southern University of Science and Technology: 76, 45.1%Yeungnam University: 63, 32.3%Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology: 48, 38.0%King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: 47, 38.5%Donghua University: 130, 36.0%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 165, 41.5%South China University of Technology: 187, 33.8%Kwangwoon University: 31, 35.7%City University of Hong Kong: 66, 49.4%Guangxi UniversitySouthern University …Ulsan National Insti…Yeungnam 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 Guangxi UniversityChina 71.448.6%6.6×98 +271.6%
2 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 68.045.1%5.7×76 +2146.4%
3 Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 66.932.3%11.9×63 +113.3%
4 Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea 66.338.0%12.9×48 +115.0%
5 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 66.338.5%6.8×47 +293.2%
6 Donghua UniversityChina 65.136.0%14.3×130 +28.3%
7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 63.641.5%4.0×165 +178.8%
8 South China University of TechnologyChina 62.333.8%7.0×187 +91.4%
9 Kwangwoon UniversitySouth Korea 62.035.7%17.5×31 +123.1%
10 City University of Hong KongHong Kong 61.849.4%4.6×66 +54.8%

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 Conducting polymers and applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Conducting polymers and applications.

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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.