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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. 8.2% 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%
451
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-22%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (296 and 88 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 296 works
  2. 2 India 88 works
  3. 3 United States 40 works
  4. 4 Germany 40 works
  5. 5 South Korea 27 works
  6. 6 Russia 25 works
  7. 7 Japan 24 works
  8. 8 France 18 works
  9. 9 Poland 15 works
  10. 10 Taiwan 11 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: 50.7%India: 15.1%United States: 6.9%Germany: 6.8%6 others listed: 20.5%51%largest
China296 · 50.7%India88 · 15.1%United States40 · 6.9%Germany40 · 6.8%6 others listed120 · 20.5%

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

Which institutions lead Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry publishes the most Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials research, followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Xiamen University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & ChemistryChina 12 works
  2. 2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 10 works
  3. 3 Xiamen UniversityChina 7 works
  4. 4 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 7 works
  5. 5 Technische Universität IlmenauGermany 7 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 7 works
  7. 7 Xiamen University of TechnologyChina 6 works
  8. 8 Central South UniversityChina 5 works
  9. 9 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 5 works
  10. 10 Indian Space Research OrganisationIndia 5 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 J. R. Dahn, Yang‐Kook Sun and Hideo Hosono.

  1. 1 J. R. Dahn Canada 4.8k citations
  2. 2 Yang‐Kook Sun South Korea 3.1k citations
  3. 3 Hideo Hosono Japan 2.9k citations

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

Where is Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials research done?

The largest centres of Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Ürümqi (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xi'an.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 51 works
  2. 2 Xi'an China 20 works
  3. 3 Ürümqi China 19 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 18 works
  5. 5 Chengdu China 17 works
  6. 6 Xiamen China 14 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 12 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 12 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 11 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 8 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Xi'anCN · 20.4 works3.6×
← 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 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 10.013.0%8.4×10 +35.5%

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 Electrical and Thermal Properties of Materials research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025.

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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.