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Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials

Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 5.5k research works in it since 1956. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development, properties, and applications of Negative Temperature Coefficient Resistance (NTCR) Ceramic Thermistors. It covers topics such as LTCC technology, electrical properties, microfluidic systems, spinel manganates, thin films, sintering processes, microstructure characterization, and the use of nanoparticles in thermistor fabrication.

  • Ceramics
  • Thermistors
  • LTCC Technology
  • Electrical Properties
  • Microfluidic Systems
  • Spinel Manganates
  • Thin Films
  • Sintering
  • Microstructure
  • Nanoparticles
Research works
5.5k
fractional, since 1956
In the world top 10%
557
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+33%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
50% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials

Which countries lead Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (382 and 116 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 382 works
  2. 2 India 116 works
  3. 3 United States 61 works
  4. 4 Germany 48 works
  5. 5 South Korea 35 works
  6. 6 Japan 33 works
  7. 7 Russia 28 works
  8. 8 France 20 works
  9. 9 Poland 18 works
  10. 10 Italy 16 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: 50.4%India: 15.4%United States: 8.0%Germany: 6.4%6 others listed: 19.8%50%largest
China382 · 50.4%India116 · 15.4%United States61 · 8.0%Germany48 · 6.4%6 others listed150 · 19.8%

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

Which institutions lead Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 36 works
  2. 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 11 works
  3. 3 Fraunhofer-GesellschaftGermany 9 works
  4. 4 Technische Universität IlmenauGermany 9 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 9 works
  6. 6 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 8 works
  7. 7 Xiamen UniversityChina 8 works
  8. 8 Xiamen University of TechnologyChina 7 works
  9. 9 Central South UniversityChina 7 works
  10. 10 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials include John Bannister Goodenough, Kazuo Shinozaki and Huan Liu.

  1. 1 John Bannister Goodenough United States 175k citations
  2. 2 Kazuo Shinozaki Japan 170k citations
  3. 3 Huan Liu Australia 148k citations
  4. 4 Gerbrand Ceder United States 131k citations
  5. 5 Arumugam Manthiram United States 129k 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 Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials?

The most cited paper in Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials is "Present status of amorphous In–Ga–Zn–O thin-film transistors" (Toshio Kamiya, Kenji Nomura, Hideo Hosono, 2010), with 1,964 citations. Next come "Humidity Sensors Principle, Mechanism, and Fabrication Technologies: A Comprehensive Review" (1,280) and "Thermal properties of imidazolium ionic liquids" (1,039).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Present status of amorphous In–Ga–Zn–O thin-film transistors Toshio Kamiya, Kenji Nomura, Hideo Hosono · Science and Technology of Advanced Materials Open access Feb 2010 1,964
2 Humidity Sensors Principle, Mechanism, and Fabrication Technologies: A Comprehensive Review Hamid Farahani, Rahman Wagiran, Mohd Nizar Hamidon · Sensors Open access 30 Apr 2014 1,280
3 Thermal properties of imidazolium ionic liquids Helen L. Ngo, Karen A. LeCompte, Liesl M. Hargens et al. · Thermochimica Acta Aug 2000 1,039
4 Tin doped indium oxide thin films: Electrical properties Radhouane Bel Hadj Tahar, Takayuki Ban, Yutaka Ohya et al. · Journal of Applied Physics Open access Mar 1998 913
5 A comprehensive review of Thermoelectric Generators: Technologies and common applications Nesrine Jaziri, Ayda Boughamoura, Jens Müller et al. · Energy Reports Open access 23 Dec 2019 888
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Where is Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials research done?

The largest centres of Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Ürümqi (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ürümqi and Xi'an.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 64 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 27 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 23 works
  4. 4 ÜrümqiChina 22 works
  5. 5 ChengduChina 19 works
  6. 6 XiamenChina 16 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 15 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 14 works
  9. 9 NanjingChina 14 works
  10. 10 GuangzhouChina 11 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ÜrümqiCN · 21.8 works20×
  2. Xi'anCN · 26.9 works3.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Technische Universität Ilmenau and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Citation 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 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 84.116.6%8.3×11 +32.7%
2Technische Universität IlmenauGermany 37.91.9%117.5×9 +129.4%
3University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 29.08.9%8.8×8 +45.9%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials, country by country

Is Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials.

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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 Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0039% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials 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%Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials10.2% 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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