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Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition

Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 61k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and application of corrosion inhibitors, including organic compounds and plant extracts, for the protection of metals from corrosion in various aggressive environments. The research encompasses electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, molecular dynamics simulations, and the investigation of self-healing mechanisms in protective coatings. Additionally, it explores the impact of sulfate-reducing bacteria on metal corrosion.

  • Corrosion Inhibitors
  • Metal Corrosion
  • Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
  • Organic Coatings
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation
  • Green Inhibitors
  • Adsorption Properties
  • Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Self-Healing Coatings
  • Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria
Research works
61k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
57% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition

Which countries lead Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.5k and 903 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 4.5k works
  2. 2 India 903 works
  3. 3 United States 651 works
  4. 4 Japan 352 works
  5. 5 Iran 277 works
  6. 6 France 266 works
  7. 7 Germany 258 works
  8. 8 Saudi Arabia 250 works
  9. 9 Nigeria 245 works
  10. 10 South Korea 235 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: 56.6%India: 11.4%United States: 8.2%Japan: 4.4%6 others listed: 19.3%57%largest
China4,486 · 56.6%India903 · 11.4%United States651 · 8.2%Japan352 · 4.4%6 others listed1,532 · 19.3%

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

Which institutions lead Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition research, followed by University of Science and Technology Beijing and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 218 works
  2. 2 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 214 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 104 works
  4. 4 Northeastern UniversityChina 102 works
  5. 5 Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 86 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 72 works
  7. 7 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China 66 works
  8. 8 Chongqing UniversityChina 63 works
  9. 9 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 62 works
  10. 10 King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 53 works

Who are the leading researchers in Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition include Zhong Lin Wang, Yury G. Gogotsi and Wei Huang.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  4. 4 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  5. 5 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  6. 6 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  7. 7 George M. Sheldrick Germany 220k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition?

The most cited paper in Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition is "THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY" (Edward S. Reynolds, 1963), with 25,107 citations. Next come "A low-viscosity epoxy resin embedding medium for electron microscopy" (12,956) and "Resolving surface chemical states in XPS analysis of first row transition metals, oxides and hydroxides: Sc, Ti, V, Cu and Zn" (4,588).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE USE OF LEAD CITRATE AT HIGH pH AS AN ELECTRON-OPAQUE STAIN IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY Edward S. Reynolds · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access Apr 1963 25,107
2 A low-viscosity epoxy resin embedding medium for electron microscopy Arthur R. Spurr · Journal of Ultrastructure Research 1969 12,956
3 Resolving surface chemical states in XPS analysis of first row transition metals, oxides and hydroxides: Sc, Ti, V, Cu and Zn Mark C. Biesinger, Leo W. M. Lau, Andrea R. Gerson et al. · Applied Surface Science 4 Aug 2010 4,588
4 The mean free path of electrons in metals E. H. Sondheimer · Advances In Physics 1952 2,617
5 A quantitative demonstration of the grain boundary diffusion mechanism for the oxidation of metals A. Atkinson, R. I. Taylor, Anthony ewart Hughes · Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties May 1982 2,539
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Where is Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition research done?

The largest centres of Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ota, Athens and Kenitra.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 870 works
  2. 2 QingdaoChina 220 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 211 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 192 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 178 works
  6. 6 ChengduChina 176 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 166 works
  8. 8 ShenyangChina 166 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 159 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 136 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. OtaNG · 27.9 works32×
  2. AthensUS · 22.6 works18×
  3. KenitraMA · 39.5 works17×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Science and Technology Beijing, University of Prishtina and Tongren 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%mean 23.31%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Prisht…Tongren UniversityUniversity of Scienc…Northeastern Univers…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 66.817.4%26.9×214 +23.5%
2University of PrishtinaKosovo 65.040.1%9.2×8 +156.1%
3Tongren UniversityChina 63.337.2%50.8×10 +19.1%
4Northeastern UniversityChina 59.916.5%11.1×102 +33.7%
5Chongqing UniversityChina 59.121.6%5.7×63 +22.4%
6Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 55.522.1%6.8×27 +39.9%
7Université Ibn-TofailMorocco 55.418.3%19.5×40 +13.9%
8China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 55.315.5%12.9×62 +74.7%
9Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 55.226.6%7.8×18 +29.5%
10King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 54.817.8%15.1×53 -23.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition, country by country

Is Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.048% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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