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Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings

Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers various aspects of electrodeposition, including the incorporation of nanoparticles, pulse and pulse reverse plating, electroless nickel coatings, tribological properties, metal matrix composite coatings, and corrosion resistance. It also explores topics such as superconformal electrodeposition, additive manufacturing, and the use of nanomaterials in composite coatings.

  • Electrodeposition
  • Composite Coatings
  • Nanoparticles
  • Pulse Plating
  • Electroless Nickel
  • Nanostructured Coatings
  • Tribology
  • Metal Matrix Composites
  • Corrosion Resistance
  • Additive Manufacturing
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
49% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings

Which countries lead Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (956 and 274 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 956 works
  2. 2 India 274 works
  3. 3 United States 163 works
  4. 4 Japan 106 works
  5. 5 Russia 106 works
  6. 6 Iran 85 works
  7. 7 South Korea 76 works
  8. 8 Germany 68 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 63 works
  10. 10 Taiwan 54 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: 49.0%India: 14.0%United States: 8.3%Japan: 5.4%6 others listed: 23.2%49%largest
China956 · 49.0%India274 · 14.0%United States163 · 8.3%Japan106 · 5.4%6 others listed452 · 23.2%

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

Which institutions lead Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Kunming University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 41 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 26 works
  3. 3 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 24 works
  4. 4 Central South UniversityChina 23 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 22 works
  6. 6 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 20 works
  7. 7 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 18 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 16 works
  9. 9 Northeastern UniversityChina 16 works
  10. 10 Jadavpur UniversityIndia 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings include Wei Huang, Kenji Watanabe and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  5. 5 Han Zhang China 161k 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 Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings?

The most cited paper in Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings is "Preparation of monocrystalline Pt microelectrodes and electrochemical study of the plane surfaces cut in the direction of the {111} and {110} planes" (Jean Clavilier, René Faure, G. Guinet et al., 1980), with 1,505 citations. Next come "The dislocation distribution, flow stress, and stored energy in cold-worked polycrystalline silver" (1,215) and "Novel Electrode Materials for Thin-Film Ultracapacitors: Comparison of Electrochemical Properties of Sol-Gel-Derived and Electrodeposited Manganese Dioxide" (1,097).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Preparation of monocrystalline Pt microelectrodes and electrochemical study of the plane surfaces cut in the direction of the {111} and {110} planes Jean Clavilier, René Faure, G. Guinet et al. · Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry Feb 1980 1,505
2 The dislocation distribution, flow stress, and stored energy in cold-worked polycrystalline silver J. E. Bailey, P. B. Hirsch · Philosophical magazine May 1960 1,215
3 Novel Electrode Materials for Thin-Film Ultracapacitors: Comparison of Electrochemical Properties of Sol-Gel-Derived and Electrodeposited Manganese Dioxide Suh-Cem Pang, Marc Arlen Anderson, Thomas W. Chapman · Journal of The Electrochemical Society Open access 2000 1,097
4 On porous electrodes in electrolyte solutions Robert de Levie · Electrochimica Acta Oct 1963 974
5 Electrografting: a powerful method for surface modification Daniel Bélanger, Jean Pinson · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2011 972
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Where is Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings research done?

The largest centres of Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Kunming (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 116 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 63 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 45 works
  4. 4 KunmingChina 36 works
  5. 5 ChengduChina 34 works
  6. 6 TehranIran 33 works
  7. 7 Xi'anChina 33 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 32 works
  9. 9 ChangshaChina 32 works
  10. 10 ShenyangChina 32 works
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Where is the best place to study Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings?

Among universities, judged by research, Harbin Institute of Technology, Southwest Petroleum University and Kunming University of Science and 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.

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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
1Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 66.417.8%5.2×20 +142.8%
2Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 66.124.0%12.1×9 +45.0%
3Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 62.38.8%18.4×24 +47.5%
4Sakarya UniversityTürkiye 61.513.3%16.8×11 +49.6%
5University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 61.412.1%9.7×18 +26.8%
6Indian Institute of Technology BombayIndia 55.618.1%9.4×10 +247.6%
7Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia 53.613.4%7.7×9 +116.7%
8Central South UniversityChina 53.111.0%5.2×24 -20.9%
9Northeastern UniversityChina 50.69.9%7.5×16 +4.7%
10Amirkabir University of TechnologyIran 50.312.6%14.7×8 +12.5%

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 Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings, country by country

Is Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings.

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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 Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0087% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings 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%Electrodeposition and Electroless Coatings10.4% 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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