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Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides

Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 49k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the emergent phenomena at oxide interfaces, focusing on topics such as two-dimensional electron gases, superconductivity, magnetic effects, interface physics, electronic structure, perovskite oxides, electron mobility, pulsed laser deposition, and Fermi liquid behavior.

  • Oxide Interfaces
  • Two-Dimensional Electron Gases
  • Superconductivity
  • Magnetic Effects
  • Interface Physics
  • Electronic Structure
  • Perovskite Oxides
  • Electron Mobility
  • Pulsed Laser Deposition
  • Fermi Liquid
Research works
49k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
43% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides

Which countries lead Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.8k and 1.1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.8k works
  2. 2 United States 1.1k works
  3. 3 India 606 works
  4. 4 Japan 427 works
  5. 5 Germany 398 works
  6. 6 South Korea 363 works
  7. 7 Russia 264 works
  8. 8 France 230 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 187 works
  10. 10 Italy 134 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: 43.2%United States: 16.7%India: 9.3%Japan: 6.6%6 others listed: 24.3%43%largest
China2,806 · 43.2%United States1,086 · 16.7%India606 · 9.3%Japan427 · 6.6%6 others listed1,577 · 24.3%

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

Which institutions lead Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 313 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 134 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 112 works
  4. 4 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 64 works
  5. 5 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 58 works
  6. 6 Max Planck SocietyGermany 50 works
  7. 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 50 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 50 works
  9. 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 45 works
  10. 10 Jilin UniversityChina 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and John P. Perdew.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 John P. Perdew United States 436k citations
  4. 4 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
  5. 5 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  6. 6 Andre K. Geim United Kingdom 315k citations
  7. 7 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  8. 8 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  9. 9 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  10. 10 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k 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 Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides?

The most cited paper in Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides is "Unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene superlattices" (Yuan Cao, Valla Fatemi, Shiang Fang et al., 2018), with 8,553 citations. Next come "The surface science of titanium dioxide" (7,918) and "VASPKIT: A user-friendly interface facilitating high-throughput computing and analysis using VASP code" (7,910).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene superlattices Yuan Cao, Valla Fatemi, Shiang Fang et al. · Nature Open access 5 Mar 2018 8,553
2 The surface science of titanium dioxide Ulrike Diebold · Surface Science Reports 2003 7,918
3 VASPKIT: A user-friendly interface facilitating high-throughput computing and analysis using VASP code Vei Wang, Nan Xu, Jincheng Liu et al. · Computer Physics Communications Open access 28 May 2021 7,910
4 A grid-based Bader analysis algorithm without lattice bias Wenjie Tang, Edward Sanville, Graeme Henkelman · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter 30 Jan 2009 7,692
5 Topological insulators in Bi2Se3, Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 with a single Dirac cone on the surface Haijun Zhang, Chao‐Xing Liu, Xiao‐Liang Qi et al. · Nature Physics 10 May 2009 6,416
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Where is Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides research done?

The largest centres of Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lemont, Jülich and Oak Ridge.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 471 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 169 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 163 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 156 works
  5. 5 SeoulSouth Korea 154 works
  6. 6 HefeiChina 122 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 120 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 110 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 92 works
  10. 10 HangzhouChina 72 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LemontUS · 30.8 works20×
  2. JülichDE · 26.6 works13×
  3. Oak RidgeUS · 32.0 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Science and Technology of China, Nanjing Tech University and University of South 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 19.26%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hong Kong University…Nanjing Tech Univers…University of South …University of Scienc…
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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.

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 Science and Technology of ChinaChina 74.314.2%6.9×58 +21.7%
2Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 71.221.1%7.2×25 +58.9%
3University of South ChinaChina 69.118.8%11.4×22 +756.8%
4Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 68.026.4%3.2×10 +72.1%
5Fuzhou UniversityChina 67.921.7%5.0×20 +48.5%
6South China University of TechnologyChina 67.423.6%2.9×23 +101.6%
7Tsinghua UniversityChina 66.617.3%2.7×45 +10.1%
8Jilin UniversityChina 66.317.6%4.4×36 +29.9%
9University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 65.811.4%4.3×50 +15.4%
10Jiangsu UniversityChina 65.320.5%3.0×17 +181.9%

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 Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, country by country

Is Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides.

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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 Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.038% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides0.034% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides 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%Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides9.7% 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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