Glass properties and applications
Glass properties and applications is a research topic within Ceramics and Composites. Science Explorer counts 50k research works in it since 1950. 16.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in glass science and technology, including structural analysis, optical properties, rare-earth doped materials, nuclear waste immobilization, spectroscopic studies, amorphous materials, crystal nucleation, high-resolution NMR, and fiber lasers.
- Glass Science
- Structural Analysis
- Optical Properties
- Rare-Earth Doped Materials
- Nuclear Waste Immobilization
- Spectroscopic Studies
- Amorphous Materials
- Crystal Nucleation
- High-Resolution NMR
- Fiber Lasers
- Research works
- 50k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +4% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Glass properties and applications research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.4k and 566 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.4k works
- 2 India 566 works
- 3 Russia 371 works
- 4 United States 350 works
- 5 France 230 works
- 6 Egypt 223 works
- 7 Japan 209 works
- 8 Saudi Arabia 169 works
- 9 Germany 139 works
- 10 Poland 107 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 Glass properties and applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Glass properties and applications research, followed by Wuhan University of Technology and Changchun University of Science and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 55 works
- 2 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 44 works
- 3 Changchun University of Science and TechnologyChina 41 works
- 4 Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia 41 works
- 5 National Research CentreEgypt 39 works
- 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 39 works
- 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 34 works
- 8 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 32 works
- 9 Central South UniversityChina 28 works
- 10 Isra UniversityJordan 27 works
Who are the leading researchers in Glass properties and applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Glass properties and applications include David Vanderbilt, Wei Huang and Akihisa Inoue.
- 1 David Vanderbilt United States 7.3k citations
- 2 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
- 3 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
- 4 Bruce Dunn United States 4.1k citations
- 5 C. N. R. Rao India 3.9k citations
- 6 Lei Jiang China 3.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Glass properties and applications research done?
The largest centres of Glass properties and applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Cairo (Egypt). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nakhon Pathom and Shibīn al Kawm.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Nakhon PathomTH · 25.4 works193×
- Shibīn al KawmEG · 25.7 works22×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Glass properties and applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Glass properties and applications?
Among universities, judged by research, King Khalid University, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University and Sinai 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 Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia | 75.0 | 25.0% | 11.6× | 21 | +222.0% |
| 2 | Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia | 71.9 | 22.4% | 32.7× | 41 | — |
| 3 | Sinai UniversityEgypt | 68.4 | 48.3% | 113.7× | 10 | — |
| 4 | Isra UniversityJordan | 67.6 | 27.3% | 179.2× | 27 | — |
| 5 | Jouf UniversitySaudi Arabia | 65.9 | 37.1% | 16.9× | 11 | — |
| 6 | Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt | 65.0 | 24.2% | 17.3× | 32 | +47.4% |
| 7 | Menoufia UniversityEgypt | 63.1 | 14.3% | 23.1× | 26 | +172.2% |
| 8 | University of TabukSaudi Arabia | 62.6 | 28.0% | 23.4× | 16 | — |
| 9 | Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia | 61.8 | 36.2% | 12.7× | 11 | — |
| 10 | Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat UniversityThailand | 61.2 | 7.4% | 482.9× | 25 | +283.1% |
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 Glass properties and applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Glass properties and applications.
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.