Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials

Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 56k 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 focuses on the advancements in lead-free piezoelectric materials, particularly on ferroelectric and relaxor ferroelectric materials with high piezoelectric properties. It covers topics such as perovskite structure, thin film ferroelectrics, electrocaloric effect, domain wall nanoelectronics, and high energy storage materials.

Lead-free Piezoceramics
Ferroelectric Materials
Piezoelectric Properties
Perovskite Structure
Relaxor Ferroelectrics
Thin Film Ferroelectrics
Electrocaloric Effect
Domain Wall Nanoelectronics
High Energy Storage Materials
Phase Boundary Piezoelectrics

Research works: 56k
In the world top 10%: 5.5k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +8%
Largest producer: China

Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials

Which countries lead Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.1k and 1.1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 China 4.1k works
2 India 1.1k works
3 United States 660 works
4 Japan 373 works
5 Russia 361 works
6 South Korea 291 works
7 Germany 268 works
8 France 239 works
9 United Kingdom 127 works
10 Taiwan 112 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.

China4,085 · 53.4%India1,133 · 14.8%United States660 · 8.6%Japan373 · 4.9%6 others listed1,398 · 18.3%

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

Which institutions lead Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials research, followed by Xi'an Jiaotong University and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 335 works
2 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 166 works
3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 113 works
4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 113 works
5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 101 works
6 Guilin University of TechnologyChina 81 works
7 Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia 71 works
8 Sichuan UniversityChina 67 works
9 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 66 works
10 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 59 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and John P. Perdew.

1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
3 John P. Perdew United States 436k citations
4 Georg Kresse Austria 431k citations
5 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
6 Wei Huang China 267k citations
7 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
8 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
9 Tien Yin Wong Singapore 237k citations
10 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k 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 Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials?

The most cited paper in Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials is "First principles phonon calculations in materials science" (Atsushi Togo, Isao Tanaka, 2015), with 11,731 citations. Next come "Multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials" (8,024) and "Epitaxial BiFeO 3 Multiferroic Thin Film Heterostructures" (6,245).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	First principles phonon calculations in materials science Atsushi Togo, Isao Tanaka · Scripta Materialia Open access	29 Jul 2015	11,731
2	Multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials Wilma Eerenstein, N. D. Mathur, James Floyd Scott · Nature	Aug 2006	8,024
3	Epitaxial BiFeO 3 Multiferroic Thin Film Heterostructures Junling Wang, Jeffrey B. Neaton, Haimei Zheng et al. · Science Open access	13 Mar 2003	6,245
4	Lead-free piezoceramics Yasuyoshi Saito, Hisaaki Takao, Toshihiko Tani et al. · Nature	31 Oct 2004	5,517
5	Dielectric relaxation in solids A.K. Jonscher · Journal of Physics D Applied Physics	1999	5,333

All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials research done?

The largest centres of Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jingdezhen and Guilin.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 549 works
2 Xi'anChina 460 works
3 ShanghaiChina 279 works
4 ChengduChina 226 works
5 WuhanChina 193 works
6 NanjingChina 189 works
7 GuilinChina 152 works
8 HangzhouChina 123 works
9 SeoulSouth Korea 120 works
10 HarbinChina 110 works

Where it is the local speciality

JingdezhenCN · 29.1 works48×
GuilinCN · 152.4 works20×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials?

Among universities, judged by research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Tsinghua University and Shaanxi University of Science and Technology 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina	70.1	17.9%	11.9×	166	+23.6%
2	Tsinghua UniversityChina	67.0	25.7%	6.1×	113	+9.7%
3	Shaanxi University of Science and TechnologyChina	63.2	25.9%	27.6×	54	+41.2%
4	University of Science and Technology BeijingChina	61.7	23.8%	8.6×	54	+44.3%
5	Guilin University of TechnologyChina	60.6	16.4%	48.0×	81	+69.7%
6	University of WollongongAustralia	60.1	42.7%	6.2×	15	-34.8%
7	Hangzhou Dianzi UniversityChina	54.9	18.3%	11.8×	32	+43.6%
8	Xidian UniversityChina	54.6	16.8%	7.5×	44	+168.2%
9	Siksha O Anusandhan UniversityIndia	54.5	11.0%	43.8×	71	+22.3%
10	Sichuan UniversityChina	54.5	19.2%	3.7×	67	+8.0%
11	Central South UniversityChina	53.6	20.7%	3.0×	46	+95.9%
12	Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina	53.6	18.5%	6.1×	26	+110.3%
13	Nanchang UniversityChina	53.3	20.8%	3.3×	20	+44.8%
14	Wuhan University of TechnologyChina	52.8	10.4%	10.2×	66	+18.7%
15	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina	51.9	16.2%	4.3×	57	+10.9%
16	Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States	51.5	15.0%	6.8×	60	-22.0%
17	Southeast UniversityChina	51.2	20.3%	2.2×	27	+35.0%
18	Anhui Polytechnic UniversityChina	51.2	19.3%	18.7×	19	+485.9%
19	Hunan UniversityChina	51.0	23.2%	3.9×	22	+136.4%
20	Liaocheng UniversityChina	51.0	22.7%	14.1×	20	+33.0%
21	Zhejiang Normal UniversityChina	50.8	31.5%	4.0×	9	+131.5%
22	Harbin University of Science and TechnologyChina	50.7	15.7%	21.4×	33	+116.8%
23	Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina	49.9	21.5%	3.2×	30	+76.4%
24	Hainan UniversityChina	49.6	34.4%	2.5×	9	+251.7%
25	Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina	48.8	22.8%	9.6×	18	+68.2%
26	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	48.1	21.2%	2.4×	16	+23.6%
27	Shandong UniversityChina	47.8	7.9%	5.5×	58	+46.0%
28	Guilin University of Electronic TechnologyChina	47.7	8.4%	24.2×	54	+65.2%
29	Shenyang University of TechnologyChina	47.7	24.6%	8.0×	14	+148.1%
30	Shaanxi Normal UniversityChina	46.6	16.4%	14.1×	32	+3.5%
31	Université Paris-SaclayFrance	46.3	12.0%	4.3×	22	+103.8%
32	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina	45.4	13.6%	3.5×	33	+18.9%
33	Ningbo UniversityChina	45.0	15.9%	4.6×	23	+41.8%
34	Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina	44.8	16.7%	3.7×	24	+85.3%
35	Anhui UniversityChina	44.4	15.4%	6.4×	23	+141.8%
36	University of SfaxTunisia	44.4	7.7%	11.3×	23	+38.8%
37	Tongji UniversityChina	44.3	23.2%	3.1×	38	-13.5%
38	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina	44.1	16.9%	1.2×	28	+18.4%
39	Xiangtan UniversityChina	43.7	16.8%	11.3×	22	+35.1%
40	Xi’an UniversityChina	43.5	14.7%	28.8×	16	+65.9%
41	Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina	41.2	10.5%	4.4×	57	-9.1%
42	City University of Hong KongChina	39.6	18.7%	2.0×	9	+36.8%
43	King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia	39.1	11.3%	3.4×	10	+134.4%
44	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	38.8	9.1%	2.1×	16	+128.1%
45	Inner Mongolia University of Science and TechnologyChina	38.7	16.9%	14.9×	13	-19.3%
46	University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina	38.0	6.8%	6.5×	58	-13.0%
47	University of Nebraska–LincolnUnited States	38.0	21.1%	4.3×	10	-11.8%
48	National University of SingaporeSingapore	37.9	18.8%	2.1×	20	-21.9%
49	Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina	35.4	6.1%	2.6×	9	+152.7%
50	University of MichiganUnited States	35.1	29.7%	0.8×	10	-0.5%
51	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States	34.5	16.2%	1.7×	13	-32.6%
52	ETH ZurichSwitzerland	33.8	12.2%	2.4×	14	-27.4%
53	Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea	31.8	5.5%	5.8×	10	+32.1%
54	École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland	29.6	3.8%	3.5×	12	-18.8%

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 Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials, country by country

Is Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric 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 Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.041% in 2024.

Fractional works of Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric 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.

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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Which countries lead Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials?

What are the most cited papers in Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials?

Where is Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials?

Is Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion