Flame retardant materials and properties
Flame retardant materials and properties is a research topic within Polymers and Plastics. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 20.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the recent advancements in flame retardant polymer materials, including the development of halogen-free flame retardants, nanocomposites, phosphorus-based flame retardants, intumescent polymers, and the flame retardancy of textiles. The research covers a wide range of topics such as thermal properties, combustion behavior, and the development of novel flame retardant coatings for various polymeric materials.
- Flame Retardant Polymers
- Fire-Retardant Materials
- Nanocomposites
- Phosphorus-based Flame Retardants
- Intumescent Polymers
- Polymer Nanocomposites
- Epoxy Resins
- Graphene-based Flame Retardants
- Halogen-Free Flame Retardants
- Textile Flame Retardancy
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +51% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Flame retardant materials and properties research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (2.5k and 196 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.5k works
- 2 India 196 works
- 3 United States 176 works
- 4 France 112 works
- 5 Türkiye 95 works
- 6 South Korea 94 works
- 7 Russia 88 works
- 8 Germany 74 works
- 9 Australia 72 works
- 10 Poland 69 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Flame retardant materials and properties research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Science and Technology of China publishes the most Flame retardant materials and properties research, followed by Sichuan University and Qingdao University of Science and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 87 works
- 2 Sichuan UniversityChina 70 works
- 3 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 59 works
- 4 Qingdao UniversityChina 57 works
- 5 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 50 works
- 6 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 48 works
- 7 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 43 works
- 8 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 41 works
- 9 Donghua UniversityChina 33 works
- 10 Tiangong UniversityChina 30 works
Who are the leading researchers in Flame retardant materials and properties?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Flame retardant materials and properties include Zhanhu Guo, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Paul K. Chu.
- 1 Zhanhu Guo United States 4.4k citations
- 2 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States 4.4k citations
- 3 Paul K. Chu Hong Kong 3.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Flame retardant materials and properties research done?
The largest centres of Flame retardant materials and properties research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Nanjing (China) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Toowoomba and Changzhou.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ToowoombaAU · 20.9 works36×
- ChangzhouCN · 31.5 works16×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Flame retardant materials and properties than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Flame retardant materials and properties?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Southern Queensland, Wuhan University of Technology and Qingdao University 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Southern QueenslandAustralia | 70.8 | 64.2% | 37.8× | 21 | — |
| 2 | Wuhan University of TechnologyChina | 68.5 | 33.8% | 12.6× | 41 | +245.8% |
| 3 | Qingdao UniversityChina | 68.0 | 45.9% | 25.4× | 57 | +60.4% |
| 4 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 67.3 | 39.9% | 17.9× | 87 | +19.4% |
| 5 | Southwest UniversityChina | 64.6 | 47.2% | 8.8× | 19 | +1095.8% |
| 6 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 64.1 | 41.1% | 10.2× | 70 | -1.4% |
| 7 | Zhejiang A & F UniversityChina | 63.6 | 38.6% | 26.2× | 17 | +280.6% |
| 8 | Changzhou UniversityChina | 60.1 | 30.8% | 26.6× | 28 | +141.7% |
| 9 | Nanjing Tech UniversityChina | 59.0 | 25.7% | 21.3× | 43 | +93.6% |
| 10 | Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina | 58.8 | 33.2% | 10.3× | 50 | +14.3% |
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 Flame retardant materials and properties research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Flame retardant materials and properties.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.