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Dielectric properties of ceramics

Dielectric properties of ceramics is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 6.5k research works in it since 1964. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the study of giant dielectric constant materials, particularly CaCu3Ti4O12 and related perovskite oxides. The research covers topics such as the origin of colossal permittivity, internal barrier layer capacitor effects, Maxwell-Wagner relaxation, defect structures, nonlinear electrical behavior, microstructural influences, doping effects, and dielectric relaxations.

  • Giant Dielectric Constant
  • Perovskite-Related Oxides
  • Colossal Permittivity
  • Internal Barrier Layer Capacitor
  • Maxwell-Wagner Relaxation
  • Defect Structure
  • Nonlinear Electrical Behavior
  • Microstructure
  • Doping Effects
  • Dielectric Relaxations
Research works
6.5k
fractional, since 1964
In the world top 10%
638
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
45% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Dielectric properties of ceramics

Which countries lead Dielectric properties of ceramics research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (526 and 363 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 526 works
  2. 2 India 363 works
  3. 3 Saudi Arabia 50 works
  4. 4 Thailand 46 works
  5. 5 United States 41 works
  6. 6 Pakistan 36 works
  7. 7 Russia 32 works
  8. 8 Tunisia 30 works
  9. 9 Japan 29 works
  10. 10 Egypt 28 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: 44.5%India: 30.7%Saudi Arabia: 4.2%Thailand: 3.9%6 others listed: 16.6%45%largest
China526 · 44.5%India363 · 30.7%Saudi Arabia50 · 4.2%Thailand46 · 3.9%6 others listed197 · 16.6%

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

Which institutions lead Dielectric properties of ceramics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Dielectric properties of ceramics research, followed by Siksha O Anusandhan University and Shaanxi University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 32 works
  2. 2 Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia 27 works
  3. 3 Shaanxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 21 works
  4. 4 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 18 works
  5. 5 Khon Kaen UniversityThailand 17 works
  6. 6 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 13 works
  7. 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 13 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 12 works
  9. 9 Guilin University of TechnologyChina 12 works
  10. 10 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Dielectric properties of ceramics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Dielectric properties of ceramics include Zhong Lin Wang, Wei Huang and John Bannister Goodenough.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  3. 3 John Bannister Goodenough United States 175k citations
  4. 4 Kazuo Shinozaki Japan 170k citations
  5. 5 Han Zhang China 161k citations
  6. 6 Lin Gu China 159k citations
  7. 7 Yadong Li China 155k citations
  8. 8 Huan Liu Australia 148k citations
  9. 9 Zhanhu Guo United States 148k citations
  10. 10 Shi Xue Dou Australia 142k 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 Dielectric properties of ceramics?

The most cited paper in Dielectric properties of ceramics is "High Dielectric Constant in ACu3Ti4O12 and ACu3Ti3FeO12 Phases" (Mas A. Subramanian, Dong Li, Ning Duan et al., 2000), with 2,099 citations. Next come "Switchable Ferroelectric Diode and Photovoltaic Effect in BiFeO 3" (1,992) and "Recent Progress in Multiferroic Magnetoelectric Composites: from Bulk to Thin Films" (1,887).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 High Dielectric Constant in ACu3Ti4O12 and ACu3Ti3FeO12 Phases Mas A. Subramanian, Dong Li, Ning Duan et al. · Journal of Solid State Chemistry May 2000 2,099
2 Switchable Ferroelectric Diode and Photovoltaic Effect in BiFeO 3 Taekjib Choi, S. Lee, Young Jai Choi et al. · Science 19 Feb 2009 1,992
3 Recent Progress in Multiferroic Magnetoelectric Composites: from Bulk to Thin Films Jing Ma, Jia‐Mian Hu, Zheng Li et al. · Advanced Materials 20 Jan 2011 1,887
4 Optical Response of High-Dielectric-Constant Perovskite-Related Oxide Christopher C. Homes, Thomas Vogt, S. M. Shapiro et al. · Science 27 Jul 2001 1,745
5 CaCu 3 Ti 4 O 12 : One-step internal barrier layer capacitor Derek C. Sinclair, Timothy B. Adams, Finlay D. Morrison et al. · Applied Physics Letters 25 Mar 2002 1,704
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Dielectric properties of ceramics research done?

The largest centres of Dielectric properties of ceramics research in 2022-now are Xi'an (China), Beijing (China), Bhubaneswar (India) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bhubaneswar.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Xi'anChina 79 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 50 works
  3. 3 BhubaneswarIndia 36 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 25 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 25 works
  6. 6 ChengduChina 24 works
  7. 7 GuilinChina 19 works
  8. 8 Khon KaenThailand 17 works
  9. 9 RiyadhSaudi Arabia 16 works
  10. 10 NanjingChina 16 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BhubaneswarIN · 36.2 works22×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Dielectric properties of ceramics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Dielectric properties of ceramics?

Among universities, judged by research, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University and Siksha O Anusandhan 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 15.29%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tsinghua UniversityShaanxi University o…Khon Kaen UniversitySiksha O Anusandhan …
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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
1Shaanxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 73.923.3%67.2×21 +78.2%
2Tsinghua UniversityChina 63.934.2%4.2×13 +37.7%
3Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia 60.210.4%101.4×27 -1.7%
4Khon Kaen UniversityThailand 60.211.8%61.9×17 +53.9%
5Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 59.821.4%7.8×18 -13.3%
6Guilin University of TechnologyChina 56.019.8%43.2×12 +23.3%
7University of SfaxTunisia 43.27.3%30.0×10 +68.1%
8Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 37.810.7%12.3×13 -23.0%
9Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 29.27.9%11.6×8 +33.0%
10Shaanxi Normal UniversityChina 23.66.1%24.6×9 -34.2%

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 Dielectric properties of ceramics, country by country

Is Dielectric properties of ceramics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022.

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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 Dielectric properties of ceramics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0051% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Dielectric properties of ceramics 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%Dielectric properties of ceramics9.9% 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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