Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 61k research works in it since 1950. 17.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to diamond nanotechnology, including quantum sensing using nitrogen-vacancy centers, applications in biomedical and quantum computing, Raman spectroscopy of diamond-like materials, and the synthesis and characterization of nanodiamonds. The research also explores the potential for nanoscale imaging, magnetometry, thermometry, and photonics using diamond-based materials.
- Nanodiamonds
- Quantum Sensing
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Quantum Computing
- Biomedical Applications
- Spin Qubits
- Fluorescent Nanodiamonds
- Magnetic Sensing
- Room-Temperature Quantum Memory
- Diamond Thin Films
- Research works
- 61k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 11k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +7% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.8k and 781 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.8k works
- 2 United States 781 works
- 3 Russia 549 works
- 4 Japan 461 works
- 5 India 397 works
- 6 Germany 358 works
- 7 France 226 works
- 8 South Korea 173 works
- 9 United Kingdom 168 works
- 10 Italy 129 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 Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Xi'an Jiaotong University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 102 works
- 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 76 works
- 3 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 72 works
- 4 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 52 works
- 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 47 works
- 6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 45 works
- 7 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 40 works
- 8 Jilin UniversityChina 40 works
- 9 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 40 works
- 10 Lanzhou Institute of Chemical PhysicsChina 39 works
Who are the leading researchers in Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research include K. K. Gan, David Vanderbilt and W. Dąbrowski.
- 1 K. K. Gan United States 8.1k citations
- 2 David Vanderbilt United States 7.3k citations
- 3 W. Dąbrowski Poland 6.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research research done?
The largest centres of Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tomsk and Livermore.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TomskRU · 48.4 works13×
- LivermoreUS · 20.7 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research?
Among universities, judged by research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Yanshan University and Guangdong University of Technology 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 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 64.0 | 38.3% | 6.2× | 52 | -3.9% |
| 2 | Yanshan UniversityChina | 53.8 | 22.4% | 9.6× | 24 | -9.7% |
| 3 | Guangdong University of TechnologyChina | 53.7 | 14.7% | 7.3× | 30 | +153.2% |
| 4 | Huaqiao UniversityChina | 53.5 | 14.9% | 11.5× | 16 | +116.4% |
| 5 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 51.7 | 12.3% | 6.1× | 72 | +90.5% |
| 6 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 50.3 | 17.5% | 6.3× | 76 | -12.1% |
| 7 | Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina | 50.3 | 31.1% | 4.3× | 17 | — |
| 8 | Montanuniversität LeobenAustria | 49.1 | 20.3% | 17.7× | 9 | -3.2% |
| 9 | Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina | 49.0 | 19.4% | 7.7× | 18 | +72.3% |
| 10 | National Research Tomsk State UniversityRussia | 49.0 | 1.9% | 10.4× | 15 | +242.1% |
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 Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research.
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.