Ga2O3 and related materials
Ga2O3 and related materials is a research topic within Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1956. 18.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the materials, processing, and devices related to Gallium Oxide (Ga2O3) semiconductors. It covers a wide range of topics including ultrawide bandgap semiconductors, power devices, photodetectors, thin film growth, crystal growth, field-effect transistors, and solar-blind applications.
- Gallium Oxide
- Semiconductor
- Ultrawide Bandgap
- Power Devices
- Photodetectors
- Thin Films
- Crystal Growth
- Field-Effect Transistors
- Solar-Blind
- Epitaxial Growth
- Research works
- 31k fractional, since 1956
- In the world top 10%
- 5.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +24% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Ga2O3 and related materials research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.5k and 568 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.5k works
- 2 United States 568 works
- 3 India 503 works
- 4 Japan 325 works
- 5 South Korea 263 works
- 6 Taiwan 164 works
- 7 Germany 138 works
- 8 Russia 113 works
- 9 France 109 works
- 10 Saudi Arabia 89 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 Ga2O3 and related materials research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Xidian University publishes the most Ga2O3 and related materials research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Science and Technology of China.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Xidian UniversityChina 98 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 88 works
- 3 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 53 works
- 4 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 42 works
- 5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 40 works
- 6 Shandong UniversityChina 39 works
- 7 Nanjing UniversityChina 33 works
- 8 Xiamen UniversityChina 32 works
- 9 Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 32 works
- 10 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung UniversityTaiwan 31 works
Who are the leading researchers in Ga2O3 and related materials?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Ga2O3 and related materials include Georg Kresse, Zhong Lin Wang and Wei Huang.
- 1 Georg Kresse Austria 24k citations
- 2 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
- 3 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
- 4 Alex Zunger United States 4.7k citations
- 5 A. C. Gossard United States 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Ga2O3 and related materials research done?
The largest centres of Ga2O3 and related materials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Nanjing (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Santa Barbara.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Santa BarbaraUS · 26.8 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ga2O3 and related materials than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Ga2O3 and related materials?
Among universities, judged by research, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Xidian 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 | King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia | 73.2 | 18.3% | 18.2× | 28 | +222.1% |
| 2 | Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 67.9 | 18.3% | 13.2× | 32 | +265.6% |
| 3 | Xidian UniversityChina | 67.3 | 13.5% | 24.0× | 98 | +108.0% |
| 4 | Zhejiang Sci-Tech UniversityChina | 64.6 | 34.2% | 6.9× | 12 | +181.3% |
| 5 | Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina | 60.8 | 17.6% | 7.6× | 22 | +405.2% |
| 6 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 59.0 | 22.6% | 7.9× | 52 | +4.0% |
| 7 | Sejong UniversitySouth Korea | 56.3 | 29.3% | 9.1× | 9 | -25.6% |
| 8 | Zhengzhou UniversityChina | 55.8 | 20.5% | 5.6× | 27 | +187.2% |
| 9 | Xi'an University of TechnologyChina | 55.7 | 18.2% | 10.4× | 19 | +76.5% |
| 10 | South China University of TechnologyChina | 55.1 | 28.3% | 4.3× | 26 | +114.8% |
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 Ga2O3 and related materials research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Ga2O3 and related materials.
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.